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Congratulations on choosing our NA Bass Hammer Bass Guitar Amplifier. Welcome to the Bass Hammer by Nembrini Audio, a plugin meticulously modeled to emulate the Tone Hammer* preamp/D.I. pedal. This powerful plugin is engineered to infuse your digital audio workspace with the legendary tonal characteristics and dynamic versatility of its hardware counterpart.
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BASS GUITAR AMPLIFIER Front Panel The front panel contains the main controls of the Bass Hammer Bass Guitar Amplifier plugin: 1 - 10dB Pad: This control attenuates the input signal by 10 decibels, ensuring that the signal remains within the optimal dynamic range of the plugin.
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BASS GUITAR AMPLIFIER Front Panel 1 - Treble: Provides up to +/- 18 dB of adjustment at 4 kHz, allowing for crisp high-end shaping. 2 - Bass: Delivers up to +/- 18 dB of adjustment at 40 Hz, for full control over the low-end power.
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BASS GUITAR AMPLIFIER Front Panel 1 - AGS (Adaptive Gain Sculpting): Engage this feature to access a responsive EQ curve and gain structure that adapts to the interplay between your playing and the Drive control. This circuitry brings out the nuances of your performance, adding depth and character to your bass tone.
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BASS GUITAR AMPLIFIER Cabinet - Impulse Loader panel 1 - Recording Chain Mode: these three buttons switch between the included cabinet/recording chain emulation, the Impulse Loader and the complete bypass of the entire cabinet/recording chain section. Noise Gate (2) and Levels (3) sections are always active in all the three Cabinet Modes.
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BASS GUITAR AMPLIFIER 2 - Noise Gate: allows you to eliminate the noise produced by the large amount of gain. Power: activates the Noise Gate circuit. Threshold: defines the level where the gate is activated. Range: selects the quantity of noise reduction.
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BASS GUITAR AMPLIFIER Cabinet MODE 1 - Cabinet: you can choose between four selected cabinet emulations: 1- SVT 8x10: based on Ampeg* SVT 810E bass cabinet. 2- SVT 4x10: based on Ampeg* SVT 410HLF bass cabinet with tweeter.
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4 - DYNAMIC D12: based on modern AKG* D12 VR dynamic microphone. 3 - D.I.: The Bass Hammer Amplifier plugin has a parallel D.I. that replicates the amplifier pre/post signal without pas- sing through cab/mic simulation. In this section you can modify the signal with Tone knob for brighter or darker sound, an High Pass Filter and a Low Pass Filter.
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BASS GUITAR AMPLIFIER IMPULSES MODE The Nembrini Audio Impulses Loader lets you load up to two 3rd-party impulse responses and blend them together. The following settings are available for each of the two loaded IRs: 1 - Empty button: unloads the current IR.
BYPASS MODE In this mode the whole cabinet / recording chain section and impulses loader are completely bypassed, letting you use your favorite impulse loader or your real power amplifier and speaker system with the Bass Hammer Bass Guitar Amplifier plugin.
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BASS GUITAR AMPLIFIER The Toolbars 4 5 4 Top Toolbar 1 - Open the manual and the information about the plugin. 2 - + and - buttons allow you to scroll through the presets. 3 - Undo/Redo changes made to the parameters of the plugin at any time.
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BASS GUITAR AMPLIFIER 1 - Shows you the active preset. Click on the label to see the preset list. 2 - Allow you to override the current selected preset. 3 - Save the current selected preset as a new preset with a name of your choice.
* Please note that all marks and models are all trademarks of their respective owners, which are in no way associated or affiliated with Nembrini Audio. These marks and names are used solely for the purpose of describing certain tones produced using Nembrini Audio’s modelling...
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