Make and model
Ceriatone Dizzy 30
Description
Here is another set of my Matchless DC30 clone. I have released two previous sets of this mighty amp, but I just had to do a new one last summer, when I got a new – and a lot better - interface. I did not release it back then, for various reasons that I have mostly forgotten – but here they are, and this time it's retrained @ Tonezone with input calibration added (and MAN what a cool experience Tonezone 3000 was!). Speaking of that: I have recently come to believe that 6 dBu is a healthier reamp level, but these are done last summer, whith a reamp level of 12 dBu. You can use input calibration with these, but I still suggest that you take away 6 dB at the plugin input (given that your interface is 12 dBu). Why? Simply because I think these profiles sound more like the real amp that way. Anyway, I urge you to play around with the input level to find your sweet spot, and let your ears be the judge (And especially if you think, say, EoB is to clean, Crunch is to dirty. Pick crunch, take some away at the input!). Now about the amp: Channel one is a slightly modified AC30 top boost channel. Channel two is a slightly modified AC15 channel, but we're talking about the vintage AC15 driven by the EF86 tube, not the modern ones. I'm sure there are some differences in the power amp too. But this is really like having two great modified Vox amps in one. What's not to like? There are two sets of profiles from each channel, with four gain levels. It goes like this: For channel one, there is bright (BRT) and balanced (BAL). The starting point for BRT is bass at 4, treble at 6. For the hotter profiles, some bass is taken off, and a tiny bit of treble is added to the hottest one. Starting point for BAL is bass at 4.5, treble at 5.5. Now that may seem like a tiny difference, but the tone controls on this amp is highly interactive, so a little goes a long way. It was also not my intention to make something dramatically different, but rather two alternatives that would make this work for both bright and dark guitars. If you want to alter the tone further than the profiles sound straight out of the box, just use the EQ in the NAM plugin! You get Clean, Edge of Breakup (EoB), Crunch and Drive for each of these sets. Then there is channel two. It's the same principle here. The one labeled BAL2 is the brightest of the two. I'd say you can use this with most guitars, but if you want to use ch2 with humbuckers, try this first. WRM (warm) has some more bottom in it, not much, but enough to make 'buckers sound flubby. But this channel loves single coils! And there is really NO totally clean sound in this channel – at least, you gotta work really hard! (Again, take more away at the input in the plugin.) So the gain levels here are EoB, Crunch, Drive1 and Drive2. I have not done any jumpered/parallell profiles this time, but I tested briefly that it is possible to use two instances of the amp, and blend in both channels without phase issues. Didn't check that very thorough, though, so check for yourself if you want blended channels. Now, one big question you might raise: What IR's to use with these? My answer is: NONE. Even if these are DI profiles. Or: Use whatever IR's you like. I have moved on from IR's, and use only the Quantum Speaker from Neutron Audio. They have two versions of the Greenback, which is one of the speakers that sits in my amp, and a real Matchless. They also have other sets of Celestion speakers, and I have successfully mimiced a mismatched Matchless cab by using the NA V30 profiles together with the Greenback. Pan them slightly left/right, and you get that 3D effect that is the icing on the cake when you play the real thing. I am not going to add to the disagreement about the QS vs IR's here, I'm just saying that the QS is what I would use. Technical stuff: Reamped with a Palmer Trave @ 12 dBu Loadbox is a Two-Notes Captor 8 Interface: Audient iD4 Trained for a maximum of 1000 epochs, ESR is lower than 0,0061 (highest). Rock on!
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