Version 1.1.2 Rev. A – March 6, 2009 Rev. B – April 30, 2009
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1. 1 Program Change Sound Down Decreases Sound number by one CC Note unit 1 Program Change Var Up Increases Variation number by CC Note one unit 1 Program Change Var Down Decreases Variation number by CC Note one unit 1 Program Change Smart Controls Link any valid MIDI Message to TH1 Smart Control system for ex panded real time control PARAMETER FUNCTION EVENT Smart 1 to 8 Controls the equally named CC Note Smart Control Program Change Direct Variation Recall MIDI Messages can directly recall any Variation in the currently se lected Sound PARAMETER FUNCTION EVENT Variation 1 to8 When assigned recalls the equal CC Note ly numbered Variation in the cur Program rently active Sound Change NOTE when using some hosts some MIDI Messages might be stolen especially the most common MIDI CC 7 and 10 Overloud is a trademark of Almateg srl All Specifications subject to change without notice Made in Italy e www overloud com TH1 Triode Manual Cosmetics TH1 Floor management TH1 has the capability to change its skin to the user s taste This user selectable cosmetic behavior can be global or linked to each Varia tion see the Interface Preferences chapter for more on this Just right click and Ctrl click on Mac in any place in the back ground of the Module View or Overview panels and you ll be pre sented with the Floor choice menu which l2. Master Reverb Level Master Delay Level Output Level Tuner ON OFF Tuner Global Mute INPUT GATE LOW HIGH REVERB DELAY e re md mm Master Fig 51 Assigning Master parameters to Smart Controls NOTE Input Level is available as a parameter only here Please use it with care since changing this parameter can affect heavily the way TH1 sounds and behaves especially with distortion Digital Input Level if set wrong can bring to very poor noise performance Connecting the Global Internal BPM Parameter When in VAR or INT modes the BPM indicator number can be dragged to any Smart Control Fig 52 Assigning Global BPM to a Smart Control Overloud is a trademark of Almateq srl All Specifications subject to change without notice Made in Italy e www overloud com TH1 Triode Manual Editing Smart names A double click on an active Smart Display the display above each Smart Control will open the Rename popup window Just type a name and click Ok to rename the control Set Smart name Enter the new name for this Smart control Cancel Fig 53 Smart name editing window Smart connections window A right click right click or Ctrl click on Mac on the Smart Display will open the Smart connections window A table lists all the parameters connected to that Smart For each of them min value max value or 1 to 4 and curve MIN the value corresponding to the Minimum or OFF
3. Triode Version 1 1 2 Rev B April 30 2009 TH1 Triode Manual Contents COENE a usvasssceisvsaacsannssuasaenieeessesessaanenneeeaiieles 2 an POL ANE k 1 i c PIERA TEA EEEE A E A A T 4 User Interface eos sececcecececoececcsaconssecacssassaccassseenusansseoscr sas saccasssasaesasssanacessesaseansdsecasescucecsseucesseusoucerssecescesucousesssuseusesasexesssatsv a cssessctrcseserecicssserecnesnsaee nessssesnataeiase 5 HEADER PANEL SOUND PANEL OVERVIEW PANEL MODULE VIEW PANEL SMART PANEL FOOTER PANEL FREELY RESIZABLE WINDOW AUTO HIDE THE OVERVIEW PANEL ESLL VU NEN TAM EE E A E 8 N N OA DD WD NO A Connecting the Guitar 8 TH1 Standalone Options 8 Input Channel Choice in TH1 8 Input Level Adjustment 9 Banks Sound Variations 9 BIW MODE a E E E A ast vianivianisianse 9 COT LNE MOE aE EAA AN 9 E CUEING UG E EA O VEA E E E E E NO O A A O A N 11 The Sound Chain and the Module Panel 11 TH1 signal flow explained 11 TH1 Mixer Module 11 Interacting with Modules 11 Module Presets 13 THI Memory Basit Cont pisos Iaa EENET EEE TEENETE ENERE NEERA 15 User and Factory memory locations 15 What is a Bank 15 What is a Sound 15 What is a Variation 15 Naming memories 15 Basic browsing 15 When to write to disk 15 Writing to disk Basic method 15 Copy and Paste of memories 16 Clearing memories 16 Reverting to a saved memory 16 THI Memor Advanced Concepte sneri aa cau ean ean cnn ean NEEE ean ESENES ESEESE ENEAN 17
4. ule Panel showing the Modules connected in order to form the sig nal path of the currently loaded Variation The Sound Chain is the upper horizontal panel showing an overview of the entire signal path The Module View shows you a closer view of your current selection To focus the Module Panel on what you need to edit click on any Module in the Sound Chain Panel The semi transparent guitar at the left side of the signal path represents the input to TH1 while the semi transparent mixer at the right end represents the output from TH1 either to the DAW host or to your audio interface Between the aforementioned guitar and mixer these panels show all the processing being applied to your sound by TH1 in order to create its tones The signal path carries by default a serial parallel serial layout You can add as many modules as you need to any part of the signal path either from Sound Chain or Module Panel Fig 17 TH1 Default Sound Chain There are five different kinds of modules in TH1 Stomp boxes Expression pedals Amplifiers Cabinets Rack effects The above mentioned modules can be loaded in any order and number and in any position inside the TH1 signal path either in the Sound Chain or Module Panel Having this power joined together with the serial parallel insertion points will allow you to create either basic down to earth configura tions or very complex dual parallel mono stereo processing kind of signa
5. Auto hide overview Fig 9 The auto hide overview preference When closed the Panel looks like this va T a ws IUI JCiipvicer eee 7 N b gt Fig 10 Overview panel closed view Just roll over the zone marked with Overview Panel and the panel will self open and it will remain opened as long as you operate on it Fig 11 Overview panel the opening animation Place the mouse pointer outside of the Overview panel and the panel will collapse again Overloud is a trademark of Almateg srl All Specifications subject to change without notice Made in Italy e www overloud com TH1 Triode Manual Playing with TH1 Connecting the Guitar Guitar pickups have high electrical impedance while computer standard line inputs have low impedance For this reason you can not connect the guitar to your computer directly doing so you would get a muddy and dark tone You need to connect the guitar to a proper instrument input Many audio interfaces offer such an input which can have different names Instrument Inst Guitar Hi Z DI are just a few ex amples Once you have connected a guitar to the proper input you ll have to adjust the input level of the audio interface using its level knob When you play very hard the guitar and the input level is almost approaching its upper limit it means that you have reached an op timal setting This setting is critical to TH1 proper functionality esp
6. Product Transfer of the Overloud Product 7 LIMITED WARRANTY Overloud warrants to the original purchaser of the computer soft ware product for a period of ninety 90 days following the date of original purchase that under normal use the software program and the user documentation are free from defects that will materially interfere with the operation of the program as described in the en closed user documentation 8 WARRANTY CLAIMS Overloud is a trademark of Almateg srl All Specifications subject to change without notice Made in Italy e www overloud com To make a warranty claim under the above limited warranty please return the product to the point of purchase accompanied by proof of purchase your name your return address and a statement of the defect or send the CD s to us at the below address within ninety 90 days from purchase Include a copy of the dated purchase re ceipt your name your return address and a statement of the defect Overloud or its authorized dealer will use reasonable commercial efforts to repair or replace the product and return it to you postage prepaid or issue to you a credit equal to the purchase price at its option TH1 Triode Manual 9 LIMITATIONS ON WARRANTY Overloud warrants only that the program will perform as described in the user documentation No other advertising description or re presentation whether made by an Overloud dealer distributor agent or employ
7. 75 Amp n Verb Copy Variation ar Away Clean Dirty Full Load at Startup Raw Guitar Hero Stack 80 Mild Dry Dirt Smiart ize Clean Trem Fig 43 Copy Paste Clear or set a Variation to be loaded at Startup time NOTE the Load at Startup command is also available as a right click or Ctrl click on Mac command on a Variation button in the main win dow Sound Classic Amps Sampler Dadaca Tan 3n Clean Stuff Copy Sound Rock Sampler Metal Sampler Hard Rock Sampler Guitar Hero Rhythm Smart Control Sampler Mild Dry Dirt Fig 44 Copy Paste amp Clear a Sound Bank ee i EE Experia COPY Bank Experie Export Bank Import Bank Fig 45 Copy Paste amp Clear a Bank Import and Export Bank Right clicking or Ctrl click on Mac on a Bank name in the Browser window allows for Importing and Exporting of your Banks Overloud is a trademark of Almateg srl All Specifications subject to change without notice Made in Italy e www overloud com Calling such commands brings on a file system dialog window which you can navigate in order to locate the Bank to be imported or locate the destination and name for the Bank to be exported Save Export bank Save As untitled a lt a a m G Artist Presets Q search b Y DEVICES Date Modified l Ill MacBoo E fberti 05 nov 08 08 46 F ivi Bi Fritz 24 ott 08 16 01 4 iDisk E Kbidi 25 ott 08 01 54 L Macinto I Marco
8. Panel BANK Bank number TH1 features 999 Factory plus 999 User Banks USER FACTORY The User Factory selector is located under the Bank number Factory Banks cannot be overwritten SOUND Sound number Each Bank features 13 Sounds from 00 to 12 VARIATION Variation number Each Sound has 8 of them the yellow 3 digit number is laid out in order to show a Sound Variation E g 07 3 is Sound 7 Variation 3 BANKNAME Bank name text color matches Bank number color SOUND NAME Sound name text color matches Sound number color 8 VARIATIONS 8 buttons to select Variations upper row Variations 1 to 4 lower row Variations 5 to 8 WRITE Opens the Writes panel or writes a Sound all 8 Variations to disk SEARCH Search the database for a particular Sound or Variation Overloud is a trademark of Almateg srl All Specifications subject to change without notice Made in Italy e www overloud com TH1 Triode Manual The Overview panel shows an interactive view of the full TH1 Sound Chain You can easily modify the composition of each Sound Chain by way of simple mouse actions Fig 4 Overview The Module view panel shows a zoomed coordinated view of the sound chain This view allows for a full editing capability of all parameters of the single modules in the Sound Chain In order to have the Module view focus on one particular module in the Sound Chain just click on the module itself in the Overview Fig 5 Module View The
9. having one knob or switch that can easily and intuitively automate turning groups of knobs or ON OFF switches and more just by engaging a Smart Control This is a way to act on the current Variation in different ways at the same time Smart Controls are MIDI remote able and host automate able fur ther widening the already astonishing expressive power of TH1 When any parameter is under Smart Control management we refer to it as being connected to a Smart Control How to setup a connection To connect a parameter from a Module to a Smart Control Sound Chain Panel click on the Module drag and drop it over the Smart Control of your choice Module Panel click on the Module name drag and drop it over the Smart Control of your choice Fig 49 Dragging a module to a Smart Control to assign parameters A popup menu appears right away listing all the parameters of the Module Select the parameter you wish to assign to that Smart Con trol Already assigned parameters are marked with a Power Drive e Level 5 Fig 50 Assigning more parameters to the same Smart Control If you need to assign more than one parameter from the same Module or from a different Module repeat the steps above Connecting Global parameters Drag and drop the Tuner Global section to a Smart Control will al low you to assign Input Sensitivity Low High Input Level Noise Gate Threshold Global Low EQ Global High EQ
10. setting of the Smart Control MAX the value corresponding to the Maximum or ON setting of the Smart Control 1 to 4 with Step types of controls define the values for each of the single steps CURVE how fast the controlled parameter will go from Min to Max along the Smart Control run A linear action corresponds to the in termediate setting while moving it to the left right will gradually make the parameter rise slower in the initial ending part of the Smart Control run Extreme settings correspond to hard MIN to MAX switching behaviors DRIVE Smart connections 4 12 24 50 49 62 57 Stepup Stepdown Step up down Knob Switch Touch Tap Fig 54 Smart connections window DRIVE I Smart connections Stepup Stepdown Step up down Steps 4 Knob Switch Touch BET Fig 55 Smart connections window Step mode Made in Italy e www overloud com How to configure Smart connections Set the parameter s under Smart control to the settings corres ponding to your needs then click Sets the Current parameter value as MIN Sets the Current parameter value as MAX Swaps MIN and MAX Sets the current parameter value as Step 1 to 4 Sets the ALL Current parameter value as Step 1 to 4 U E Egongo Sets the ALL Current parameter value as MIN or MAX Test your Smart behavior either locally or remotely to see if it fits your needs Smart Control
11. the Overview Panel zone that Panel will show automati cally as long as you mouse around it It s similar to the auto hide functions found in the Mac OS X dock and Windows Task Bar Overview for navigation only by checking this option editing oper ations copying moving deleting etc will not be allowed in the Overview Panel thus avoiding accidental changes in case your hands are focusing on your instrument Ignore Variation Floors TH1 saves the currently selected Floor background with each Variation When this preference is selected TH1 will always show the currently default Floor Overloud is a trademark of Almateg srl All Specifications subject to change without notice Made in Italy e www overloud com Tuner Mode TH1 Tuner can work in two ways In Dot Mode the tuner has a single LED lit to indicate the currently measured tuning In Bar Mode the tuner turn on all LEDs between the middle LED the currently meas ured tuning Auto Mute This setting when activated automatically selects the Tuner Mute each time you turn the Tuner on Tuner Mute serves also as a Global Mute function Microphone distance unit You can choose whether to use Centimeters or Inches as distance measure for the Microphones in the Cabinet Module TH1 Triode Manual Advanced usage of TH1 The Amplifier Module Fig 65 TH1 Amplifier While the Amplifier Module carries a rather familiar look and set of parameters i
12. the cross sign simply closes the win Overloud is a trademark of Almateg srl All Specifications subject to change without notice Made in Italy e www overloud com TH1 Triode Manual dow Clicking on the currently selected preset name will open the drop down menu showing all presets Overloud is a trademark of Almateg srl All Specifications subject to change without notice Made in Italy e www overloud com TH1 Triode Manual TH1 Memory Basic Concepts User and Factory memory locations Factory memory locations are for factory installed Banks This mem ory zone is not writable TH1 can feature up to 103 896 factory in Stalled Variations User memory locations are at the user s disposal You have a total of up to 103 896 writable Variations more than anyone can even think of What is a Bank A Bank is a collection of Sounds It responds to MIDI Bank Change messages so you can remotely change Banks inside TH1 Each Bank features up to 13 Sounds and its content should be con sistent a set of Sounds for a live gig for a particular style or guitar in your setup or for different instruments TH1 is for guitars but noth ing stops you from using it on other instruments or on vocals What is a Sound A Sound is the main reference for your well sound A song name a style name a set of a gig anything can fit into a Sound Each Sound can feature up to 8 Variations What is a Variation T
13. the iLok with the license on it to third party com puters provided that a the iLok smart key is owned by and under the exclusive control of the licensee b the program s shall NOT be used simultaneously on more than one computer c the iLok smart key with the Overloud Product license shall not be sold rented leased loaned or otherwise removed from the licensee s possession without first removing the license except as provided in Paragraph 4 below pertaining to Product Transfer Storage Network use You may also store or install a copy of the Overloud Product on a storage device such as a network server used only to install or run the Overloud Product on your own com puters over a local network however you must acquire and dedi cate a distinct license for each user of the Overloud Product from the storage device Any given license for the Overloud Product may not be shared or used concurrently or otherwise on different computers or by different employees of a given organization 3 AUTHORIZATION The Overloud Product only works when you are in possession of a valid license file software license or an iLok storing a valid license hardware license You will receive a license file or hardware license upon completion of the license request procedure Once your sys tem will be able to find the license you may use the product You agree to follow the license request procedure and therefore to provide true accurate an
14. types Mom F stepper UP a0 UP 2 4 pa _Fepper own ora Rn Na AAN N q A b ia Fig 56 Smart Controls types Switch Knob Step Up Down and Up Down Touch and Tap Knob any parameter assigned to this type of control will change gradually based on the knob position and on the assignment set tings Switch parameters assigned to this type of control will be hard switched between their Min and Max settings Touch is a temporary switch When pressed sets mapped parame ters to Max When released sets to Min Tap this special type of control is devoted to the Internal Global BPM Tap able control or to each single Tap activated parameter in any of TH1 Modules Step Up each action on this Smart triggers a change of status This type of control cycles through up to 4 different statuses from the lowest to the highest numbered Step Down each action on this Smart triggers a change of status This type of control cycles through up to 4 different statuses from the highest to the lowest numbered Step Up Down each action on this Smart triggers a change of sta tus This type of control cycles through up to 4 different statuses from the lowest to highest back to the lowest numbered then again up and so on Smart type can be configured in the lower left part of the Smart connection window Overloud is a trademark of Almateg srl All Specifications subject to change without notice TH1 Triode
15. written Varia tions on them making it easier for you especially in the Search op erating mode where you will only see Sounds with an actual mem ory content Overloud is a trademark of Almateg srl All Specifications subject to change without notice Made in Italy e www overloud com E ignore empty banks sounds Fig 39 The Ignore empty banks sounds option button On the right of it there s a text input field This serves as a direct text search tool for the whole database names Looking for a Rock sound Just type Rock here and the Browser will only show you Banks Sounds or Variations with the word Rock in their name Fig 40 Search text edit control The main window is filled with the results of the Search or a simple list of the Banks Sounds and Variations if no Search value was typed in uean Clean Desy uean tmo trune Croncnys rs Simply A Man Crunchy Man Fuzzy Man uzz TupletSimple OD Tpit Simple FlexiTrem Rig rs Simply Clean Cleaner Less Clean Hazed Fig 41 Search resulting list Pre listening If the Listen check box is activated then while you browse Varia tions you ll be able to have a real time pre listen of that tone if you play some audio a track or a guitar through it This is a great fea ture when you re looking for a hard to identify tone or before over writing an existing Variation you might need E Listen gt LEVEL Fig 42 Pre listening controls Not
16. 7 BPM Modes 28 Teno a SUM OM E A 30 FAQ Frequently Asked Questions 30 Free Technical Support 30 ENG User Een e pCO NING UA oaeen iE EAA E 31 Overloud is a trademark of Almateq srl All Specifications subject to change without notice Made in Italy e www overloud com TH1 Triode Manual Important Note All product names and trademarks are property of their respective owners which are in no way associated or affiliated with Overloud These product names and trademarks of other manufacturers are used solely for the purpose of identifying the specific products that were studied during Overloud s sound model development and for describing certain types of tones produced by Overloud s digital modeling technologies The use of these names and trademarks does not imply any cooperation or endorsement Overloud is a trademark of Almateg srl All Specifications subject to change without notice Made in Italy e www overloud com TH1 Triode Manual User Interface The TH1 interface is split into six stacked horizontal panels Header Sound Overview Module Smart and Footer Each of these panels is dedicated to particular functionalities of TH1 Let s take a look HEADER PANEL The Header panel features the global controls of TH1 with the input related ones on the left side while the output related ones are located at the right end LIVE INLEV TH Triode mss Fig 1 Header Panel LIVE Toggles betw
17. 72 Cabinet Model selector TH1 Triode Manual Cabinet Module Bypass when highlighted the whole cabinet and mics module is bypassed Cabinet Selector click on the selector arrows to scroll through the different cabinets click on the cabinet name to reveal the popup menu for direct cabinet choice ReSPiRe Real Sound Pressure Response is an Overloud custom technology developed in order to reproduce the same kind of sound pressure feeling you get when playing in front of a real amplifier and cabinet This is the default setting ON and will sound best in most situations However you might want to deactivate it when your mix tends to be muddy Mic A Model Mic B Model and Balance panels Mic A Model Mic F Dist 4 gt AustriaGold414 C Mic A Horizontal 1 4 cm Mic A vertical 1 9 cm 0 0 em Fig 73 Mic A Model and positioning controls The Mic A and Mic B Model panels are very similar Mic A B Model click on the selector arrows to scroll through the different microphones click on the microphone name to reveal the popup menu for direct cabinet choice Mic A B Horizontal gives a readout of the microphone horizontal position X Axis To change this value just click and drag hori zontally the relative microphone Mic A B Vertical gives readout of the microphone vertical position Y Axis To change this value just click and drag vertical the rela tive microphone Mic A B Distance use this slider to set the
18. M 120 00 HOST Fig 76 HOST BPM readout Internal BPM When in internal BPM mode INT TH1 sets its own BPM based on the tempo you either type to its left double click to edit tap via the pop up TAP icon or set with a TAP Tempo control via Smart or MIDI message limite INT Fig 77 INT BPM readout Variation BPM When in Variation BPM mode VAR TH1 reads its BPM setting when loading every Variation Entry is done just like in the INT mode data entry TAP icon TAP Tempo Smart or MIDI message PUR VAR Fig 78 VAR BPM readout Fig 79 The pop up TAP control TH1 Triode Manual 120 009 var _ Fig 80 Data entry mode NOTE when in INT mode TH1 will never load Variation specific BPM settings allowing you to change Variation in a Live situation without losing the BPM you dialed in before Be careful to select your preferred operation mode before the start of your live set Overloud is a trademark of Almateg srl All Specifications subject to change without notice Made in Italy e www overloud com TH1 Triode Manual Technical Support FAQ Frequently Asked Questions If you need technical support please first take a look at our FAQ pages online at www overloud com There you ll find answers to the most common questions Free Technical Support If the FAQ pages didn t help you can get free technical support on line at www overloud com or writing to support over
19. Manual Stepup Stepdown Step up down Knob Switch Touch Tap Fig 57 Controls to choose a Smart Control type Managing Smart Controls You can clear copy or swap Smart Controls like you do with Mod ules Click Dragging a Smart or its display and releasing the mouse over another Smart or its display will make the two Smart Controls swap positions Fig 58 Smart Control swap Click Dragging a Smart or its display and releasing it outside of the Smart panel will delete the Smart Control Fig 59 Smart Control clear Ctrl Click Drag Alt Click Drag on Mac of a Smart or its display copies a Smart to another Fig 60 Smart Control copy NOTE copying of Smart Controls is useful if you want to have the same parameters mapped but with a different Smart type like Stepper Up and Down NOTE swapping Smart Controls makes it easy to setup your Smart Controls to reflect your desires when it comes to MIDI remote control since each Smart responds to a particular MIDI message hence physi cal controller Overloud is a trademark of Almateq srl All Specifications subject to change without notice Made in Italy e www overloud com Smart applications ON OFF switching of a single Module a Wah or an Overdrive for example Easily step through different amp channel settings Complex step through completely different tones Human triggered temporary On Off effects Complex ON OFF s
20. Martini 27 ott O8 17 47 PLACES 0 Michael Raphael 25 ott 08 01 54 Scrivania E nalbantov 10 nov 08 11 04 Downloads dE Sergio Cruz B ott 08 00 55 5 AN Applicaz GD Sergio Michel TH1 Presets 25 ott 08 01 55 F Documenti j SimoneSello 31 ott 08 01 32 X A simonec TH1 1 0 factory rev1 zip 10 nov 08 12 15 New Folder Cancel Save Fig 46 Export Bank file system dialog box Mac ANOO Import bank n man C m AE TH1 Q search Y DEVICES an bank0ol xml I l MacBoo E FACTORY l E iDisk FLOOR A E Macinto IR miD hikma E MODULES Scrivania oLD Downloads OLD IR A Applicaz i i ee Name bankOOl xml Bi Documenti TH1 Manual paf Size 64 KB f simonec E thumbnails Kind Word 2003 4 a Musica i XML Format v Created Today at Cancel Open Gig Immagini i FEB citennsi d Fig 47 Import Bank file system dialog box Mac NOTE all copy paste and clear operations in the Browser window are immediately effective and cannot be undone in any way Please pay attention before committing to actions like these TH1 Triode Manual Taking control locally Smart Controls Smart Controls is another revolutionary feature of TH1 giving you local host or remote control of TH1 in ways unheard of before both in the software and hardware worlds Cs AD Aa T a oc b b Fig 48 Smart Controls The idea behind Smart Controls is
21. O Pu Fig 62 The MIDI Bindings Preference panel MIDI Bindings Preset menu Once you set your MIDI Bindings preferences you can save the set tings to disk using this section Hit the plus sign and type a name in the dialog window to add a preset click on the minus sign to re move a preset from the list Program Change recalls internal memory When deselected all incoming Program Change messages can be routed to other functions in the MIDI Bindings panel When this preference is activated if a Program Change is received by TH1 it routed directly to the internal memory system as de scribed below MIDI Bank Change MIDI Bank change is fully supported you can select all 999 banks as well as you can switch between Factory and User Banks Overloud is a trademark of Almateg srl All Specifications subject to change without notice Made in Italy e www overloud com MIDI Program Change When you look at the Sound panel of TH1 you can see that Sound numbers are displayed in a SS V format where SS stands for the Sound number 00 to 12 and V stands for the Variation number 1 to 8 Quite simply this number leaving out the dot represents the MIDI Program Change you have to send remotely in order to select that Variation inside TH1 As an example if you want to select Variation 2 in Sound 03 read ing 03 2 on TH1 Sound panel then you will have to send a MIDI Program Change 032 How to program MIDI events to
22. Smart panel has 8 customizable controls that you can easily program in order to control as many parameters at same time as you want and need om a gt ZN ononon oomen Gecsowor wn nowomowa Compowort oenysoeea gt N gt lt N FS FN a Fig 6 Smart Panel The Footer panel contains BPM Beat Per Minute Tempo controls a complimentary display and buttons geile HOST PREFERENCES HELP MANUAL NFO Fig 7 Footer Panel Overloud is a trademark of Almateq srl All Specifications subject to change without notice Made in Italy TH1 Triode Manual BPM Shows the current BPM be it Host driven or internally generated HOST INT VAR Toggles between Host Int own generated and Var per variation tempos HELP TEXT Help text display PREFERENCES Opens the Preferences window HELP Activates the interactive Help Text display MANUAL Opens the TH1 Manual INFO Opens the TH1 Product Information window FREELY RESIZABLE WINDOW TH1 Window is freely resizable in real time no need to re instantiate TH1 or tweaking numbers in a Preference window Just click and drag the low er right corner of TH1 interface in any direction TH1 will remember its size when you reopen it next time PREFERENCES HELP MANUAL Fig 8 Bottom right corner of TH1 window AUTO HIDE THE OVERVIEW PANEL In case you fall short on screen estate TH1 allows you to turn the Overview panel into Auto Hide mode eee Views E
23. Sound Browser panel 17 Right click operations in Browser 18 Import and Export Bank 18 Taking evel riage oye Aemeeeterteemner ttre tere artnet tteererttrevertreverttenterttrttertrrntertrrrrertrrrrererrcrrrercrrtrreererer erent errr crn err errr arcerrarcertertr terry tan 19 Smart Controls 19 Taking CONtOl Vid Host AUTOM ALION sesesccscsscocesesessesvesceseseereavressestnearereseennniiaeiannanaainnaainnadaunnannnnmmnnnue 22 Automatable Parameters Table 22 Taking controlvia WUD MIDI BIMNdINgS sseseccscvesecsesesovesesecscasvovcsesesscavesvcucscssessessevcusssadsesacuapeseasaacaasapesecaaseaciapesaausaca2ayeaeedsavesteaeccczsasasuctenceusasasuesoneoneresasauaneees 23 MIDI Bindings Preset menu 23 Program Change recalls internal memory 23 Overloud is a trademark of Almateq srl All Specifications subject to change without notice Made in Italy e www overloud com TH1 Triode Manual How to program MIDI events to control TH1 23 OSIM SUS sacs csacaccas sacececsascanc tuazesccnscanceszazcetzsat2sescssuiecccaucosucuens sess susuausesusssuscudesseseacasanasaseneacccasaseseseaccsasenasesaseteasesesuecceusassussdecsessesecceteasessesetcezeacensaisusssnansnsiiexs 25 TH1 Floor management 25 Menace PST TSIM CSS apaa EE EEEE oct E ET 26 Advanced usage Or Min Whe corse ccessepvcuyserecesessecevesecceeesecavecsescecesnsexcecssexcevesteceveseecescsevcvsexestss1s0i1s414 11101097144149 OOOO OOOO OOOO ONOONO 27 The Amplifier Module 27 The Cabinet Module 2
24. an 2 0 0 dB 0 00 Fig 18 Mixer Module Pan sets the panpot or panorama position of the input channel at the output For stereo signal it acts as a balance control at mini mum it will only pickup the left channel signal at maximum only the right channel will be preset at the mixer output Level the reference level in dB of the channel Balance this control allows you to dial in a real time balance be tween the two mixer channels Mono Stereo switch sets the output mode of the mixer Mono will merge all inputs to mono All controls in this custom module are available as Smart Connec tions Interacting with Modules Our goal in designing TH1 was to keep things simple while still re taining a lot of power and flexibility This will allow you to focus on what s really important creating your sound and playing not wor rying too much about how to do that Highlights and Icons will help you understanding the functions of TH1 and you will also get some interactive help about what you are doing from the highlights and small icons shown while you are per forming your actions Overloud is a trademark of Almateg srl All Specifications subject to change without notice Made in Italy e www overloud com TH1 Triode Manual Inserting a Module When working on a Variation from scratch to insert a module in any of the two views click on the grey square insertion area if avail able and choose the modu
25. ange without notice Made in Italy e www overloud com Set current as default Sets the currently selected Floor as the default Floor being loaded when no Variation based Floor is assigned or when the Ignore Vari ation Floors preference is selected Use default Selects the currently default Floor for the active Variation TH1 Triode Manual Interface Preferences Clicking Preferences lower right of TH1 will open the equally named window Here you can set some TH1 functions and global behaviors Preferences Knob Mode Tuner Mode Linear Bar Mode Rotating Dot Mode Tooltips Auto Mute E Show tooltips W Auto Mute when Tuner is turned on Confirmations E Ask confirmation for Browser operations Views Microphone distance unit W Auto hide overview Centimeters W W Overview for navigation only Inches W ignore Variation Floors Fig 64 Preferences Interface Knob Mode In Linear Mode knobs are turned with vertical linear movements of the cursor up rises down lowers values In Rotating Mode knobs are turned by way of circular movements of the mouse around the knobs themselves Tooltips When Show tooltips is selected you will see tooltip clouds appear ing when you stop over an interface control suggesting you how to use it Views Auto hide overview in case you fall short on screen estate TH1 al lows you to turn the Overview panel into Auto Hide mode When rolling on
26. control TH1 In the MIDI Bindings panel each entry is shaped as a button in the Learn columns Clicking it will put TH1 in Auto Learn mode any meaningful incom ing MIDI message is directly mapped to the parameter linked to that button An alternative way of assigning MIDI events is hand picking the event type in the Event menu and its number in the field Miscellaneous These parameters are Global and don t change function when switching Variations PARAMETER FUNCTION Volume Pedal The first Volume Pedal in any Vari ation is controlled via the even tually assigned MIDI message Wah Pedal The first Wah Pedal in any Varia tion is controlled via the eventual ly assigned MIDI message Tap Controls the Internal and Varia CC Note tion based Tap Tempo feature Program Change Tuner Global switch to control Tuner CC Note status Program Change Mute Global switch to control output CC Note Mute status Program Change Output Vo Global control for the main Output lume Volume parameter handle with care TH1 Triode Manual Memory Navigation These functions are unique to the MIDI remote control Any viable message can help you browse through TH1 internal memory sys tem PARAMETER FUNCTION EVENT Bank Up Increases Bank number by one CC Note unit 1 Program Change Bank Down Decreases Bank number by one CC Note unit 1 Program Change Sound Up Increases Sound number by one CC Note unit
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28. de allows you to play freely with all TH1 controls locally or re motely without incurring any dialog boxes requiring you to take your hands away from your instrument When this mode is acti vated any changes you may wish to write to disk have to be done intentionally since you will not get any alert when abandoning a modified Variation or Sound Compact Live Mode A second Live Mode is reachable by Ctrl clicking the Live button the Compact Live Mode When this mode is activated the TH1 window gets shrunk to a minimal size hiding both Sound Chain views This is ideal when you just want to play primarily using the Smart Con trols without being distracted by the views that are really of no use when you want to play live Overloud is a trademark of Almateg srl All Specifications subject to change without notice Made in Italy e www overloud com TH1 Triode Manual THI Triode Darkface Top30 Fig 16 TH1 window in Compact Live Mode TH1 Operating Modes Table MODE ACTIVATE WITH FUNCTION LIVE Click on the LIVE Full view button Prompt less mode COMPACT Ctrl Click on the LIVE Un distracting view LIVE button Prompt less mode Overloud is a trademark of Almateg srl All Specifications subject to change without notice Made in Italy e www overloud com TH1 Triode Manual Editing TH1 The Sound Chain and the Module Panel TH1 graphic interface is mostly filled by the Sound Chain and Mod
29. distance between the speaker grill and the microphone Z Axis Mic B Invert Phase with this button lit the microphone B channel is phase reversed relative to the microphone A channel Mic B Model Mic ADist 4 gt AustriaGold4i4 C Mic B Horizontal 45 em cr Eee I td RO ee Mic B Vertical 8 6 cm Mic B Invert Phase 0 0 em Fig 74 Mic B Model positioning and phase controls The Balance panel simply allows you to balance the amount of Mic A and Mic B you want in the output signal Overloud is a trademark of Almateg srl All Specifications subject to change without notice Made in Italy e www overloud com Balance Fig 75 Mic A Mic B balance fader This Module with all of its features really allows for a life like micro phone positioning and balancing making TH1 one of the most po werful modeling based products on the market The microphone selection and positioning tool can be a good learn ing tool for students wishing to learn the secrets of cabinet micing BPM Modes When dealing with BPM Beat Per Minute tempo information TH1 behaves in three different ways based on its settings Clicking in the BPM area lower left of TH1 on either HOST INT or VAR cycles through these settings Host BPM When in HOST BPM mode TH1 derives its BPM reference from the host the DAW TH1 is running in If your Host changes BPM TH1 will quickly follow it and adapt its BPM reference to the new host BP
30. ecially regard ing all gain based modules amplifiers distortion pedals If you adjust the level in the digital realm through your DAW Digital Audio Workstation or using a plug in inserted in a track before TH1 you will most likely not get an optimal tone For example if the in put level is too high and the audio interface input is clipping lower ing the level on the DAW track will not solve the clipping which happens at the Analog to Digital converter So the only way to set the proper input level is by adjusting your audio interface level following these guidelines Connect your guitar to the audio interface directly the fewer processing prior to conversion the best Select the pickup next to the bridge of your guitar switch it to the humbucker position if it s a split pickup Ride the guitar volume and tone pots to their maximum setting Play very hard on the guitar while still being musical usually some strong open position chords will make it Raise the input level so that the input is close to clipping but a clip doesn t yet happen TH1 Standalone Options When using TH1 in Standalone mode you have to set the proper connections and settings for your audio and MIDI hardware Options Fig 12 TH1 Standalone Options button Click the Options and you ll be shown a window like this Audio Settings tleliemel Wu a ee Duet 0316 SECRE 44100 Hz e eair 128 samples 2 9 ms ane O input 1 Active
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32. een normal and Live Mode no prompts to save when changing tone INLEV Shows the Input Level Adjustment window which helps in setting the optimal input level IN Input level meter TUNER TH1 Tuner press ON to turn it on MUTE to temporarily silence TH1 output OUT Output level knob adjusts TH1 output level OUT Output level meter By clicking OPEN in the Tuner zone the lid opens up giving you access to TH1 Global controls Global controls act as an overall Master control that affects TH1 sound regardless of the Variation being loaded INPUT GATE LOW HIGH REVERB DELAY Triode THE amp amp amp ov od Sct Fig 2 Header Panel with Master controls made visible INPUT Input sensitivity changes input sensitivity as much as it would be on a real amp LOW is best suited for single coils HIGH for usually works better with humbuckers GATE The Global Noise Gate threshold level It works as a combined Expander Gate for maximum efficiency LOW Use this to dial in a global Low frequencies EQ for all TH1 Sounds Variations HIGH Use this to dial in a global High frequencies EQ for all TH1 Sounds Variations REVERB Use this to trim Reverb levels in all TH1 Sounds Variations DELAY Use this to trim Delay levels in all TH1 Sounds Variations SOUND PANEL The Sound panel is dedicated to TH1 Banks Sounds and Variations management 00 1 ere Clean Chorused Rhythm Rhythm 9 Standard Rock Fig 3 Sound
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34. hing changes in the main TH1 window until you eventually commit a Load or Write action in the Sound Browser While in Listen mode you can eventually set an output level for this feature NOTE using the Arrow keys on your keyboard you can browse very quickly through all the Variations eventually filtered by your search Write options When you hit the Write button on the main TH1 window the Sound Browser will open in Write mode Once in this window you can select the Sound or Variation you want to write the current Sound or Variation to The Listen feature comes in handy here since it helps in identifying which Sound or Variation you eventually want to overwrite Operation is as easy as selecting the proper Variation or Sound by clicking either on the Variation button or the Sound row then click ing on either Write Variation or Write Sound TH1 Triode Manual Search options When you hit the Search button on the main TH1 window the Sound Browser will open in Search mode Once in this window you can select the Sound or Variation you want to load Load Variation will load the selected Variation in place of the cur rently selected Variation in TH1 Load Sound will locate TH1 to the Bank and Sound you selected in the Search Browser Right click operations in Browser Right clicking or Ctrl click on Mac on different places in the Sound Browser brings to a set a different options Variation Top 30 Rock 64 Rock
35. hinking of the way guitarists usually need to access different sounds in their rig we conceived the concept of Variations Situations when you need to get things organized the way you want usually involve playing different sections of a song with dif ferent sounds playing a whole gig or a set in a gig using your set of sounds This translates into the power of creating variations on the theme a change of amplifier channel a change of stomp box bypass or more complex things while keeping to the sound concept intact TH1 Sound and Variation concepts come from here These will still all fit into a common umbrella like a song title a gig title or something like it This said a Variation could really be anything you wish or need Naming memories Bank double click on the Bank name display the upper part of the big display in the Sound panel pale blue text Sound double click on the Bank name display the upper part of the big display in the Sound panel pale yellow text Alternatively right click or Ctrl click on Mac on the Write button and choose Rename Sound Variation double click or right click or Ctrl click on Mac and choose Rename Variation on the desired Variation button Copy Variation 00 Ss Rename Variation Load at startup Fig 31 Right click or Ctrl Click on Mac on a Variation button brings up the Variation menu Basic browsing To browse through TH1 memories use the arrows to change Bank
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37. input channels C input 2 eRe O LAC Driver Bus 1 Fig 13 The Audio and MIDI Settings window Audio Device Selection Select you Audio device which should be listed in the drop down menu Setting Sample Rate Set the Sample rate if you don t have particular needs go for 44100 Hz Audio Buffer Size Audio buffer size is very much dependant on your computer overall performance and on the kind of audio device connected Usually 256 samples is a good starting point you might want to lower this to 128 samples or even to 64 samples if your audio hardware sup ports them Pay attention that a too much low setting can affect TH1 or the whole computer performance bringing to clicking and crackling better known as buffer dropouts Active Input Channels Click to activate or de activate the Audio Device inputs according to your needs Usually a guitar is mono and is going to be connected on most audio devices to input 1 or 2 Some Audio Devices might not allow you to select a single input for example Input 1 In such a case there s a solution explained in the next paragraph Active MIDI Inputs Please select the physical or virtual MIDI inputs you mean to use to remotely control TH1 TH1 by design listens to MIDI input flow on all channels of the se lected ports simplifying your work Input Channel Choice in TH1 Some Audio Devices for Standalone use and hosts in plug in mode don t allow for Mono inpu
38. l paths TH1 signal flow explained The signal path is strictly serial one module s output signal always feeds the following module s input apart from the section where the signal gets clearly split in two This section has parallel processing capabilities further powered by TH1 Mixer at the end of it A serial path is where all Modules are connected directly one into the next A parallel path is where the signal splits into two signals running in parallel allowing you to apply processing independently to the two paths Since you can place any module type in any position it s very easy to build Dual Cabinet Dual Amp Dual FX or any other kind of paral lel processing using this section together with the serial paths at both ends in the signal flow Please note that even if in real life you are forced to have an amplifi er connected to a cabinet in TH1 you are totally free to create any signal path you can imagine You could for example put two am plifiers in series or have rack effects placed between amplifier and cabinet It s easy to set up a traditional signal path but it s also easy to experiment with new sounds and with unconventional se quences of modules The possibilities are endless TH1 Mixer Module The TH1 Mixer is placed at the end of the parallel processing section and allows you to trim each path s signal to your needs THI Mixer Balance E Level 1 Pan 1 0 0 dB 0 00 eg Level 2 P
39. le from the popup menu Amplifier Cabinet Overdrive Distortion Fig 19 Click the grey square area to insert a module In any other case inserting a new module is done by right clicking or Ctrl click on Mac on the cable where you would like the module to be positioned Amplifier Cabinet Overdrive Distortion Fig 20 Right Ctrl clicking a cable to insert a module Replacing a Module You can load a new module in place of another one by right clicking or Ctrl click on Mac the module s name in the Module view Amplifier Cabinet Overdrive Distortion Fuzz Fig 21 Right Ctrl clicking a module to replace it Moving a Module In order to move a Module click on a module and drag it around the signal path either in the Sound Chain or Module view and drop it on a cable in the desired place You will see a small down arrow icon showing you where you can drop it Overloud is a trademark of Almateg srl All Specifications subject to change without notice Made in Italy e www overloud com Fig 22 Dragging a module to move it Swapping Modules Click on a module and drag it around the Sound Chain or Module Panel Dropping it on another module will swap their positions Fig 23 Dragging a module over another one to swap them Copying a Module 1 You can copy a module by way of Ctrl click PC or Alt click Mac an existing module and dragging it anywhere in the signal path ei
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41. mmit them to disk with a Write command Copy Variation Paste Variation Rename Variation Reload Variation Load at startup Fig 34 The Variation right click or Ctrl click on Mac Menu Overloud is a trademark of Almateg srl All Specifications subject to change without notice Made in Italy e www overloud com TH1 Triode Manual TH1 Memory Advanced Concepts Sound Browser panel TH1 has a dedicated Sound Browser panel putting the whole memo ry database under your fingertips This panel has two operating modes Search and Write linked to the buttons in the Sound View of TH1 Fig 36 Write and Search buttons When hitting either buttons you will be presented with this panel Factory presets S E ignore empty banks sounds User presets 00 TH Sampler OJ Classic Amps Sam 02 03 04 Mew 0s 06 s k 00 Oho 01 k 02 03 Mod 04 Stud 05 os 06 Cur 07 Caii k 08 Sign 09 calif 10 Fig 37 The Sound Browser panel On the upper left side of the panel you ll find two selector buttons for Factory and User presets Here you re selecting which kind of Banks you re browsing In the Write mode the Factory presets button is of course deacti vated since you can t write to Factory presets Factory presets User presets Fig 38 Factory User presets selector Next to them there s Ignore empty banks sounds selector Acti vating it will filter out all Banks and Sounds with no
42. ooks like this Solid Burgundy Solid Carmine Red Solid Cerulean Blue Solid Cobalt Blue Solid Dark Grey Solid Emerald Green Solid Gold Solid Green Solid Jade Green Solid Lavender Solid Red Pigment Solid Steel Blue Solid Tangerine Solid UN Blue Soundproof Set current as default e Use default TH1 factory floor 70s Blue 70s Green 70s Red 70s Bordeaux Carpet Black Carpet Dark Grey Carpet Grey Cyan Carpet Red Carton Concrete cappi Dark Diamonds Starship Striped Carpet Autumn Striped Carpet Bluey Striped Carpet Vivid Orange Paper Sand Sky Solid Army Green Solid Blue Solid Bondi Blue Stripes Light Grey Under Construction Underground Wallpaper Add new from file Fig 63 the righ click and Ctrl click on Mac menu to select custom Floors with a long list of user added Floors Add new from file Selecting this option opens up a OS dialog window Point to the place your graphic file of choice is located to load it into TH1 Once selected the file is copied to the TH1 internal working directory so that all files are kept in a safe and common place TH1 accepts both PNG and JPG files NOTE an additional method of adding Floors to TH1 is by means of drag and drop of the graphic file from your OS files system windows to TH1 The file will be applied immediately and copied to the internal working directory Overloud is a trademark of Almateg srl All Specifications subject to ch
43. owing it Fig 67 No cabinet to be linked Overloud is a trademark of Almateg srl All Specifications subject to change without notice Made in Italy e www overloud com A question mark will indicate that there s no Cabinet Module loaded after the Amplifier module Obviously no linking can happen in this situation Fig 68 Cabinet link off A grayed out chain will indicate Cabinet Linking is OFF Changing amplifier model will not change cabinet model in the Cabinet Mod ule Fig 69 Cabinet link on The lit chain stands for an active Cabinet Linking With this setting every amplifier model you select from the dropdown list or the ar row selectors will automatically load its own cabinet Darkface 65 Amplifier and Darkface 65 Cabinet Fig 70 Cabinet link temporarily suspended A slashed chain means that Cabinet Linking is selected but tempora rily deactivated This happens when you selected a different cabinet model directly from the Cabinet Module while Cabinet Linking was active Once you choose a different amplifier model the Cabinet Linking function will be automatically reactivated The Cabinet Module This Module features two edit modes When you double click on the Cabinet Module while in the Module Panel you ll be presented with the editing panels for that Module Fig 71 TH1 Cabinet Cabinet Model panel Cabinet Model w 4 gt 2x12 OB Darkface 6S US O ReSPiRe Fig
44. pale blue number Sound pale yellow number and click with your mouse on any of the 8 Variation buttons on the right in the Sound panel Alternatively Rolling with your mouse over the Variation number right next to the Sound number a set of arrows appear You can use those arrows to browse quicker through Variations in different Sounds and Banks Fig 32 Pop out Variation change arrows Direct access to Banks and Sounds is done by way of double clicking on either the Bank or Sound number and typing a number 1 to 999 for Banks 0 to 12 for Sounds When to write to disk When a Variation or a Sound is changed you will see an asterisk appear on the left side of the Variation button and of the Write but ton Hit PEETER Fig 33 Asterisks indicating changes to be saved This is the way TH1 informs you that there are unsaved changes in your edits and that you need to write those changes to disk before switching Sound in order to keep those changes Based on the Playing Mode selected when not in any of the two Live modes you will also get a prompt to save the Sound when changing a Sound with unsaved modifications Writing to disk Basic method There are two methods for writing a Variation or a Sound and in this paragraph we re exploring the simplest To write a Variation to disk Click and hold the Variation button Overloud is a trademark of Almateq srl All Specifications subject to change withou
45. r example This feature makes it easy to create hybrid hardware and modeled setups re amping schemes or combinations using external third party plug ins In the Module Panel just click on the proper zone Power Led or Bypass switch to bypass that Module While in the Sound Chain Panel double click the module icon Focusing on a Module While the signal path management can be dealt with either in the Sound Chain or Module Panel editing of the Modules can only hap pen in the Module panel In order to focus on the desired Module you can Click on a Module in the Overview you will see the four white cor ners move around the clicked Module these four corners represent in the Overview the portion of it that is zoomed in the Module view Click and drag the background in the Module view to move around the Sound Chain Module Presets With the exception of the Cab IR each Module in TH1 carries its own preset management system In the Module View panel double click on the Module name or an ywhere but on parameters and the Module Preset panel will appear Fig 29 Preset panel on opening The panel will show Unsaved Setting until you load a preset or write your own custom preset Fig 30 Preset Panel with a saved preset The two arrows scroll through all the available presets The plus and minus signs work as Add current to presets list and Remove cur rent from presets list while
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47. t also has some unique features to it SLR Seamless Live Remodeling The horizontal fader is dedicated to one of TH1 most unique fea tures Acting on this fader will make TH1 engine morph in real time between the A and B Amplifiers J Sa arn aaa SLR Fig 66 SLR fader When the fader is full left only Amp A will be processing the incom ing sound When the fader is full right only Amp B will be heard We re not talking about a simple cross fade between two amplifiers for that you just need to use the parallel processing section in TH1 with two Amplifier Modules and use the TH1 Mixer Balance control to cross fade between two amplifiers With SLR engaged every single position of the fader between its extreme settings will create a hybrid amplifier based on both Am plifier A and B characteristics The more you drag the fader to the right the more Amplifier B like the amplifier will be the more you keep it on the left side the more Amplifier A like the hybrid amplifier will be This feature lets you explore virtual experimental amplifiers some thing that could take ages to achieve in real life just for a single set ting of the SLR fader Cabinet Linking Located on the right side of Amplifier A and Amplifier B selectors find the Cabinet Linking zone Depending on TH1 state and on your input just click on the icon this zone will indicate the linking status of the Amplifier Module and the Cabinet Module foll
48. t notice Made in Italy e www overloud com TH1 Triode Manual Write Sound The button text will turn red after a moment i The button text reverts to black and the asterisk mark disappears Your Variation is successfully written to disk Export current Bank To write a Sound to disk Click and hold the Write button Copy Sound The button text will turn red after a moment Paste Sound The button text reverts to black and the asterisk mark disap pears Rename Sound Your Sound is successfully written to disk Reload Sound This dual system allows you to selectively write to disk only the Var iations you need or the Sound as a whole Copy and Paste of memories Fig 35 The Write right click or Ctrl click on Mac Menu Right click or Ctrl click on Mac a Variation button and select Copy Variation then paste it on the desired memory location User Right click or Ctrl click on Mac the Write button and select Copy Sound then paste it on the desired memory location User Clearing memories Right click or Ctrl click on Mac a Variation button and select Clear Variation Right click or Ctrl click on Mac the Write button and select Clear Sound Reverting to a saved memory Right click or Ctrl click on Mac a Variation button and select Rel oad Variation Right click or Ctrl click on Mac the Write button and select Reload Sound NOTE all these operations are not complete until you co
49. t to Stereo output operation which is the one you ll more likely need most of the times To solve this problem TH1 features a right click Ctrl click on Mac pop up menu on its phantom input module Overloud is a trademark of Almateg srl All Specifications subject to change without notice Made in Italy e www overloud com TH1 Triode Manual When TH1 senses a stereo input this options is available allowing you to choose to which side of the stereo connection your instru ment is connected Ethene tes 3 Pied f Stereo input Left channel input Right channel input 7 Fig 14 TH1 bound Input Channel Selection This is also a welcome feature for people playing live and often switching between two guitars you don t need to unplug and re plug cables and re set input levels just right click and select the proper input Input Level Adjustment By clicking on the IN LEV button you ll see the Input Level Adjust ment window Input Level Adjustment Q Ride the quit 02 Play your guitar as hard as yo Ci 1 E1 F E Mute output Fig 15 Input Level Adjustment window This window will guide you through in setting the proper input level on your audio hardware following the rules just mentioned in the former paragraph Banks Sound Variations TH1 memory is organized in Banks Sounds and Variations TH1 has Factory and User areas You can switch between these areas by clicking on the but
50. ther in the Sound Chain or Module Panel When dropped on a cable a copy of the dragged module will be created When dropped on an existing module a copy will be created overwriting the former module Fig 24 Ctrl Alt dragging a module to duplicate it Copying a Module 2 Right click or Ctrl click on Mac a module in the Sound Chain or Module View and select Copy Fig 25 Copy via right click or Ctrl click on Mac TH1 Triode Manual Noise Reduction Other Copy Paste Fig 26 Paste a module via right click Ctrl click on Mac menu Pointing to another module will overwrite it with the pasted point ing to an empty place holder or on a cable will insert the copied module NOTE this method works across Variations and plug in instances Removing a Module 1 Right click right click or Ctrl click on Mac and choose Remove from the contextual menu in order to remove a module see picture above You also can remove a module by dragging it out of either the Sound Chain or Module Panel Fig 27 Drag a module out of the panels to remove it Removing a Module 2 Right click or Ctrl click on Mac a module in the Sound Chain or Module View and select Remove Fig 28 Remove a module via right click Ctrl click on Mac Bypassing a Module Each Module in TH1 can be bypassed even if this is something not achievable in real life you can bypass the Amplifier and Cabinet modules fo
51. ton under the Bank number in the Sound pan el Each area Factory or User features up to 999 Banks ranging from 001 to 999 Each Bank features 13 Sounds ranging from 00 to12 Each Sound features 8 Variations ranging from 1 to 8 Bank 001 Sound 00 Variation 1 Variation 8 Sound 01 Variation 1 mudbucuucguesaucoussuaduessuesuscusnsesveesucusanssssecueausersuesecueeuuETsiesa Variation 8 te ke re Variation 8 Bank 002 Sound 00 Variation 1 Use the up and down arrows to navigate Banks and Sounds Alter natively you can double click on the Bank or Sound number and type the desired go to Bank or Sound Switch between Variations using the 8 Variation buttons on the right side of the Sound panel Live Mode TH1 keeps trace of any modification you do to a Variation or a Sound as a whole As soon as you change anything in a Variation both the Variation and the Write buttons will show an asterisk mark meaning that you need to write to disk the Variation or Sound in order to keep those changes for future needs Furthermore when switching Sound or Bank TH1 will prompt you to write the changed Sound to disk This is perfect when you are creating your Sound preparing for a rig or mixing your project but can be very annoying when you re play ing live or dealing with TH1 in a recording session For this reason we are also featuring the Live Mode click on the Live button on the upper left side of TH1 in the Header panel This mo
52. ur automation controls by a large amount via a single automation parameter you can control as many parameters as you want in TH1 You still keep control over the Global controls which could be au tomated also for stage usage Automatable Parameters Table FUNCTION PARAMETER High Low Global Global Global Master Delay Master High Master Low Master Reverb Noise Gate Output Level Overloud is a trademark of Almateq srl All Specifications subject to change without notice Made in Italy e www overloud com TH1 Triode Manual Taking control via MIDI MIDI Bindings TH1 has a very deep MIDI implementation allowing for very power ful MIDI routings with almost any kind of remote MIDI Controller be it a keyboard a table top controller or a foot controller All MIDI activity is regulated in the MIDI Bindings preference panel accessed by clicking Preferences on the lower right on the main window Preferences PRL eee My Custom MIDI Controller Settings kaaa aii E Program Change recalls internal memory Learn Event Learn Event Bank up Bank dn Volume pedal Wah pedal Ta Sound up mare Sound dn r ae Var up Var dn a O Mute MBE Fw Er Er Bee OgocogogeoecoRo mie Bun mint Bie w f co ojo 4 Output volume W Skip empty banks sounds variations Learn Event Learn Event spr gs gr win Bie N N Meme eMm Fre yio Big NP
53. witching or alternating of Modules Continuous control of a single parameter Continuous control of a set of parameters from a single Module Continuous control of a coherent set of parameters from many Modules all distortion related parameters under the control of a macro distortion parameter Complex switching of bypass states and pre set parameter set tings making Variation switch almost useless in some applica tions Global or Module Tap Tempo control Your imagination is the limit TH1 Triode Manual Taking control via Host Auto mation TH1 allows you to control its inner parameters through host based automation making room for complex in mix sound changes Since TH1 has a very large number of parameters hundreds if not thousands we decided to make life simpler for users while at the same time allowing you to achieve a greatly expanded degree of host based control How We simply linked the host your DAW to the main Global pa rameters and the Smart Controls oO Smart 2 Main E 1TH1 Triode b High Low 3 Master Delay Display ait Master High Volume Wists Lar Pan Master Reverb Noise Gate Output Level Smart 1 Fig 61 Automation Parameter choice in Apple Logic Pro 8 The advantages of this solution are You don t have to learn different ways of assigning parameters to very similar functions Smart Controls for their very nature expand the capabilities of yo
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