JCM800 HotPreamp

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e Tonestackfullcoupl edwi t
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o Mono/St ereopr ocessingsuppor t
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ginalsound, Select
abl eover samplingrate(upt o16x)
keepinganeyet oCPUper formancesandr eal-
ti
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Toinst
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heJCM800HotPr eampPlug-I
n,justf
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heinstr
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ngtotheplatf
orm andplug-i
nfor
matyouwantt ouse.
WindowsVST:
Copythefol
derJCM800HotPreamp.dll.
dati
ntoyourVSTPl ug- I
nsf older
.(f
orexampleC: \
Program Fil
es\
Stei
nber
g\VSTPlugi
ns)
CopytheleJCM800HotPreamp.dl
lintoyourVSTPlug-Insfolder.(f
orexampl eC:\Pr
ogram Fil
es\Stei
nberg\
VSTPl
ugins)
MacOSXVST:
CopythebundleJCM800HotPreamp.vstint
othepath:/Libr
ary/Audi o/Pl
ug-Ins/
VST/
MacOSXAU:
CopythebundleJCM800HotPreamp.componentintothepat h:/Library/
Audio/Pl
ug-I
ns/Component s/

ForWindowsVSTf ormat,iprovideseparatex86(32bit
)andx64( 64bi t
)binaries,somakesur etochooset herightoneaccordi
ngt
oyour
operat
ingsystem andplug-inhostspecicati
ons.Keepinmi ndthatx64bi narieswil
lnotrunon32bi tenvi
ronments
Aft
erthat,youshould(r
e)startyourf
avouriteVST/AUhost,makingsur eitre-scansyourPlug-Insfol
der(s)t
orecognizetheJCM800HotPreamp
asanew Eff
ect
Pl ug-
In(pleasenotethatsomehos tsmaynotr e-scant heplug-infol
derautomat i
call
yateverystart
-up,soyoumayneed
todothatmanually.Refertoyourhostsmanualforinst
ruct
ions)
.
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feverythi
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ght,youshoul dnow seet heJCM800HotPr eampent ryintothe Ef
fect
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stofyourhost .
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nalJCM800Pr
eampci
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cat
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1.Locat ethe68Ki nputr esi
storandpl acea
330pfcapacr ossi t.Thiswi l
lbeefupt hemi ds
andl owsandmaket heent i
reampf eelmor e
"meat y"and" thi
ck" .
2.Locat ethe10Kcat hoder esistorandr eplacei t
witha4. 7Kr esistor.Thi swi l
lbeefupt hegai n.
Thisseemst obet he" sweet -spot "ont heseamps.
3.Locat ethe820ohm cat hoder esist
orandpl ace
a.68ufcapacr ossi t.Thiswi llincreas ethegai n
alit
tle.Butmost lyitgi vesyout henice" Pl exi"
midrangeboost .
4.Locat ethe33K" sloper esistor "whichi si ntheEQ
sectionandr epl acei twit
ha47Kr esistor.Thi s
bumpst heamp' sent ir
emi dr angef requenci es
upanot ch.Ther esul tisaver y" f
at","thick"or
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beef y"tonet hati sr eall
yawesome.
ChangedJCM800Pr
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h
a50Kpot .Thi sisf ort hosewhoar eseeki ngmor e
exibil
tyoutoft hemi drangeknob.
6.Locat ethe.68ufcapwhi chi sf oundonU1and
repl
acei twitha. 47ufcap.Thi sal t
erst he
midranger esponseandaddsa" heavier"t onal
qualitytotheamp.
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selecting4xover sampl i
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Makeal wayssur etohavet hehi ghesti nputsi gnalbef oret heADconver sion,avoidingclippi ng.
Onceyourgui tarsignalisconver tedt odi gi
tal,i
twi llber epresent edasaser iesofnumber st hat
youcanseeasvol tageval ues.Thesevol t
agescanhaveamaxi mum andmi nimum val ueof1. 0and- 1.
0
respect i
vely.Supposi ngyouri nputsi gnali speakingati tshi gherpossibleval uerightbeforet hecli
pping
thresholdoft heconver t
er,itwi l
lber epr esent edas1. 0insideyourhostandt heJCM800Pr eampwi ll
reactt oitli
kei fyou'resendi nga1. 0Vsi gnalt oitsinputst age.
Becausei fyourgui tarpickuphasamaxi mum out putvol tagehi gherthan1V( or2Vpeak- to- peak),
l
ikemanymoder nactivepickupshave,you' llneedt oadj ustthei nputsignalt hat
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JCM800Pr eamp.That 'swher etheI nputLevelcont rolcomesi ntoplay.Youneedt otweaki tto
compensat et hevol t
agescal i
ng/nor mal i
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ionmadebyyourADconver t er.
i
fyouar eusi ngahumbuckerpi ckups( maxi mum out putof1. 5V),you'l
lneedt osett heInputLevelsl i
der
atthecent erpositi
on.Bydoi ngt his,youri nputwi l
lbemul ti
pliedby1. 5.I fyouareusi ngasi nglecoil
,
i
nst ead,andi t
smaxi mum out putval uei s,let'ssay ,0.5V,you' llneedt oset
theI nputslidertotheone- sixthoff ullsliderrange.Bydoi ngt his,yourinputwi l
lbemul ti
pliedby0. 5.
Inputlevelsl i
derallowsyout ochanget hemul t
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near l
yf r
om 0t o3.

JCM800Preampisapreampli
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or,soitneedsacabinetsi
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