User Manual

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 Contents

• Foreword p.2
• System Requirements p.3

• VST & Audio Units

• Installation & Uninstallation p.6
• Authorization p.7
• Input Section p.9
• Panel Functions p.10
• Cabinet Functions p.11
• Output Section p.12
• Propellerhead Rack Extension
• Top Panel Functions p.14
• Amp Functions p.15
• Cabinet Functions p.16
• Back Panel Functions p.17
• MIDI CC Names p.18
• Credits & Contact p.19
 FOREWORD
Thank you for choosing Kuassa products,

We encourage you to take the time to read this User Manual thoroughly to ensure trouble free and proper operation of the software.

Amplifikation Vermilion is a Guitar Amp Plugin inspired by classic guitar combo amps. It offers gorgeous looks and lots of tonality for serious
guitarists who demand a guitar amp plugin with versatility. The engine of this guitar amp plugin is carefully tuned to match the tone of authentic
classic amps which truly sing to your playing style.

Amplifikation Vermilion packs everything that every guitarists difficult not to love: jangling cleans, raw tube saturation, springy reverb and that
trippy tremolo circuit. The chimey and warm character with a bit of grit from the Clean Channel is great for country, soul, funk, blues, or most older
"roots" music style, it even pulls some weight for your indie-pop tracks. The Lead Channel are able to deliver rich and fluid overdrive leads for more
modern style of rock, even heavier stuff to some degrees. Add intensity to your playing using the built in tremolo unit which gives you pulsating
sound that range from subtle & slow to head-spinning fast and add dimension to the whole sound with rich & lush spring reverb

Key Features :
• 3 Amp Types
• 2 Amp Channels: Clean and Lead
• Built-in FX: Tremolo with BPM sync and Analog Spring Reverb
• 5 types of matching cabinets with 4 microphone types
• freely adjustable dual-miking configurations with mono/stereo configurations just like a real-life guitar recording session
• Built-in Noise Gate and Limiter
• Photorealistic graphics for lifelike guitar playing experience
• Straightforward and easy to use interface
• Support up to 96000Hz Sample Rate
 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Windows:
Windows XP or Later (32/64 bit)
Intel Pentium 4, or AMD Athlon XP or better (Core2 Duo or Athlon64 recommended) with 512MB minimum RAM
VST compatible host/sequencer*

Macintosh:
Mac OSX 10.5 or later (32/64 bit)
Intel Pentium 4 , PPC G4, or AMD Athlon XP or better (Core2 Duo or Athlon64 recommended) with 512MB minimum RAM
VST or AU compatible host/Sequencer*

*No DirectX or RTAS format.

Users can use “VST-DX Wrapper” or “VST-RTAS Adapter” but we do not provide any support for wrapped plugin.
VST & Audio Units
 INSTALLATION
Mac OSX 10.5 or later

1. For Mac installer(.mpkg) format, double-click the installer and follow the instructions. The installer automatically point to your Macʼs default VST
“Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST/Kuassa” or Audio Units “Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components” path. Alternatively you can customize the installation
target to specific folder.
2. For compressed format (.zip), open the plugin folder in Finder, and simply copy the contained plugin file to your plugin folder listed below:
Mac Audio Unit (AmplifikationVermilion.component) : ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components
Mac VST (AmplifikationVermilion.vst) : ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST/Kuassa

Note for MacOS X users: you must be logged in to a user account with administration privileges to run the installer.

Windows XP or later

1. For Windows Installer (.exe), double-click the installer and follow the instructions. The installer automatically point to your system's default “VST
Plug-ins” path. Alternatively you can point the installation target to specific folder. Most VST host already have a “Plugins” or “VSTplugins” folder
inside it's installation directory, or you can point the host to read any folder you choose.
2. For compressed format (.zip), open the plugin folder in Windows Explorer, and simply copy the contained plugin file to your plugin folder listed
below. Please note that the folder location can vary depending on system, but the default location is:
Windows VST (AmplifikationVermilion.dll) : C:/Program Files/Steinberg/VstPlugins/Kuassa

UNINSTALLATION
Mac OSX 10.5 or later
To uninstall from OS X, simply delete the plug-in from your VST folder, which is usually located at “~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST/Kuassa”, and your
Audio Units folder, which is located at “~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components”.

Windows XP or Later
Use “Add/Remove programs” or “Programs and Features” from the Windows Control Panel. If Amplifikation Vermilion does not listed, delete the .dll file
from your VST plug-in folder.
 AUTHORIZATION
1. On evaluation mode, you will see this pop-up window when you first
starting Amplifikation Vermilion.

2. To start the authorization process, click the [File] button on the top-left
of Amplifikation Vermilion Interface, there, you will find a selection box
titled [import License].

3. Locate the License File [AmplifikationVermilion.kuassa] obtained

from the confirmation e-mail sent to you after you purchase
Amplifikation Vermilion from our web store.
Note that the License File contains your personal information used to
authorize Amplifikation Vermilion.
 AUTHORIZATION (Cont’d)
4. After you locate the License File, a pop-up box confirming that you
are successfully authorize your copy of Amplifikation Vermilion will
show.

5. To check if you have completed the authorization process, just

simply load the About Box by clicking the Kuassa logo on the
bottom-left corner. If youʼre authorization is successful, either your
name or your e-mail address will be shown on the About Box. You
will also notice that the generated noise on the Evaluation Version
is now gone.

6. Thatʼs it! Enjoy your copy of Amplifikation Vermilion, Cheers :)

 INPUT SECTION

GATE thr att dec

IN LR ||||||||||||||||||| File CAB Settings HI-Q

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1. INPUT CHANNEL SWITCH: Click here to switch incoming input signal channel from your soundcard. L, R, or L+R can be selected
2. INPUT LEVEL: Controls the level from your soundcard. You may turn it to the maximum without worrying of overloading the amp.
3. INPUT METER: Show the level from your soundcard.
4. SAVE/LOAD PRESETS & BANK: Press to save and load your amp settings. You can also save as “bank” which contains maximum
24 presets. The name of active preset will be displayed.
5. PRESET SELECTOR
6. NOISE GATE ON/OFF: Enables or disables the noise gate utility.
7. NOISE GATE PARAMETERS:
• THRESHOLD: Sets the minimum level where the Noise Gate will do its job. If the input signal level is below threshold, the noise
gate will kick in by reducing the signal according to the Attack & Decay settings.
• ATTACK: This controls the time how quickly the gate will open when the signal is above the threshold level.
• DECAY: Determines how quick the gate closes once the signal has fallen below the threshold level.
8. CAB SETTINGS: Hide/Unhide Cabinet Section Parameters
9. HI-Q BUTTON: Turning this to On enables high-quality amp calculations. It will enhance the quality of the sound at the cost
of more CPU usage.
10. PLUGIN BYPASS BUTTON: Turns on or off the whole plugin.
 PANEL FUNCTIONS
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A SYNC
B
C

CLN
GAIN LOW MID HIGH PRES MASTER TREM SPEED TREM DEPTH REVERB FX
POWER OVD
ON/OFF

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1. POWER SWITCH: Turns the amp On or Off. If the amp is Off, the sound will go directly to the cabinets.
2. GAIN: Sets the input level & the amount of distortion. Rotate clockwise for more distortion.
3. LOW: Adjusts the low frequency tone
4. MID: Adjusts the middle frequency tone
5. HIGH: Adjusts the high frequency tone
6. PRESENCE: Adjusts the presence level of the amp
7. MASTER: Adjusts the output level from this amplifier
8. CHANNEL: Select between Clean and Lead channel
9. AMP TYPE:
• Amp A: tube amp, warm, thick overdrive, dynamic
• Amp B: solid state, mellow, crunchy
• Amp C: clean, sparkling, tight

10. TREM SPEED: This knob adjusts the rate/frequency of the tremolo effect. Clockwise rotation increases the tremolo speed
11. TREM DEPTH: This knob adjusts the depth of the tremolo effect. Clockwise rotation deepens the tremolo effect.
12. REVERB: Clockwise rotation will intensify the reverb effect
13. FX ON/OFF: When it is set to the “OFF” position neither the tremolo and reverb effect will be obtained.
14. SYNC: Turning the tremolo speed to be synchronized with the hostʼs BPM or not
 CABINET FUNCTIONS
1 On CAB On 5
2 MIC
A B 6
3 mix
0 vol 10 L pan R L pan R 0 vol 10
8
9
10

1. CABINET ON/OFF BUTTON: Enables or disables the particular cabinet

2. PHASE BUTTON: Inverts the waveform polarity.
3. MIC ANGLE: Switches between straight or angled miking
4. MONO/STEREO SELECTOR: Use this to toggle between mono or stereo cabinet modes.
5. CABINET SELECTOR: Choose from 5 models of combo speaker cabinets
6. MIC SELECTOR: Provides 4 types of microphones to use.
7. MIC POSITION : Indicates the position of the microphone. Move it freely with your mouse. Press [Ctrl]/[Command]-click to reset to center position.
8. CABINET VOLUME KNOB ( Mode): To adjust the volume of the corresponding cabinet
9. CABINET PAN ( Mode): To adjust the panning position of the corresponding cabinet
10.CABINET MIX BALANCE ( Mode): Adjusts mix volume balance between the two cabinets. [Ctrl]/[Command]-click on the slider to reset to center position.
 OUTPUT SECTION

x IMPULSE RESPONSE LOADER LIM OUT

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3

1. KUASSA LOGO: Clicking on the logo will show you the About box
2. LOAD IR: Browse into your IR (Impulse Response) Folder
3. REMOVE IR: Remove or unload IR
4. IR TITLE: Click this to open a list of available IRs on the a folder
5. IR NAVIGATION: Navigate available IRs on a same folder
6. OUTPUT LIMITER: Enable or Disable the output limiter function. This will compress the sound to prevent overloading.
7. OVERLOAD INDICATOR: Will light up red when the audio signal overloads the cabinets. Turn the amp master volume down, or enable the
output limiter.
8. GLOBAL OUTPUT VOLUME : Adjusts the overall master volume from the plugin.
Rack Extension
 TOP PANEL FUNCTIONS
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1. PLUGIN BYPASS BUTTON: Turns on or off the whole plugin.

2. INPUT LEVEL: Controls the level from your soundcard. You may turn it to the maximum without worrying of overloading the amp.
3. INPUT METER: Show the level of incoming signal. For optimal result, make sure the level reaches about 70-80% just before Red
indicator starting to light up.
4. PRESET BROWSER
5. PRESET NAME DISPLAY
6. NOISE GATE ON/OFF: Enables or disables the noise gate utility.
7. NOISE GATE PARAMETERS:
• THRESHOLD: Sets the minimum level where the Noise Gate will do its job. If the input signal level is below threshold, the noise
gate will kick in by reducing the signal according to the Attack & Decay settings.
• ATTACK: This controls the time how quickly the gate will open when the signal is above the threshold level.
• DECAY: Determines how quick the gate closes once the signal has fallen below the threshold level.
8. OUTPUT LIMITER: Enable or Disable the output limiter function. This will compress the sound to prevent overloading.
9. OVERLOAD INDICATOR: Will light up red when the audio signal overloads the cabinets. Turn the amp volume down, or enable the output
limiter.
10. GLOBAL OUTPUT VOLUME : Adjusts the overall master volume from the plugin.
 AMP FUNCTIONS
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1. POWER SWITCH: Turns the amp On or Off. If the amp is Off, the sound will go directly to the cabinets.
2. AMP TYPE:
• Amp A: tube amp, warm, thick overdrive, dynamic
• Amp B: solid state, mellow, crunchy
• Amp C: clean, sparkling, tight
3. GAIN: Sets the input level & the amount of distortion. Rotate clockwise for more distortion.
4. LOW: Adjusts the low frequency tone
5. MID: Adjusts the middle frequency tone
6. HIGH: Adjusts the high frequency tone
7. PRESENCE: Adjusts the presence level of the amp
8. VOLUME: Adjusts the output level from this amplifier
9. CHANNEL: Select between Clean and Lead channel
10. TREM SPEED: This knob adjusts the rate/frequency of the tremolo effect. Clockwise rotation increases the tremolo speed
11. TREM DEPTH: This knob adjusts the depth of the tremolo effect. Clockwise rotation deepens the tremolo effect.
12. REVERB: Clockwise rotation will intensify the reverb effect
13. FX ON/OFF: When it is set to the “OFF” position neither the tremolo and reverb effect will be obtained.
14. SYNC: Turning the tremolo speed to be synchronized with the hostʼs BPM or not
 CABINET FUNCTIONS

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1. DEVICE NAME
2. CABINET ON/OFF BUTTON: Enables or disables each particular cabinet, A and B
3. CABINET SELECTOR: Choose from 5 models of combo speaker cabinets
4. PHASE BUTTON: Inverts the waveform polarity.
5. MIC SELECTOR: Provides 4 types of microphones to use.
6. MIC ANGLE: Switches between straight or angled miking
7. MIC AXIS: Rotate clockwise to move mic position to edge of cabinet speaker, counter-clockwise to center
8. MIC DISTANCE: Rotate clockwise to move mic position further from cabinet speaker, counter-clockwise for closer mic position
9. CABINET PAN: Adjust the panning position of the corresponding cabinet.
10.CABINET VOLUME KNOB: To adjust the volume of the corresponding cabinet
 BACK PANEL FUNCTIONS
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1. DEVICE NAME
2. CV INPUTS:
• CV Input Socket: Receive incoming CV message for controlling each of Amplifikation Vermilionʼs CV control enabled parameters from another
deviceʼs CV output.
• CV Input Trim: Turn counter-clockwise for each corresponding input to trim or reduce the intensity of incoming CV message.
3. Audio input and output sockets. Please note that Amplifikation Vermilion Rack Extension is an FX, and should always be added as FX device instead
of instrument.
 MIDI CC NAMES
[CC] = Parameter Name [CC] = Parameter Name
[128] = inputVol -- Cabinet A
[148] = cabOnA
-- Noise Gate [149] = cabTypeA
[129] = gateOn [150] = micTypeA
[130] = gateThr [151] = micPhaseOnA
[131] = gateAtt [152] = micAngleA
[132] = gateDec [153] = micAxisA
[154] = micDistanceA
--Amplifier Section [155] = micPanA
[133] = ampOn [156] = micVolA
[134] = ampType
[135] = ampChannel -- Cabinet B
[136] = ampGain [157] = cabOnB
[137] = ampLow [158] = cabTypeB
[138] = ampMid [159] = micTypeB
[139] = ampHigh [160] = micPhaseOnB
[140] = ampPres [161] = micAngleB
[141] = ampVol [162] = micAxisB
[163] = micDistanceB
--FX Section [164] = micPanB
[142] = fxOn [165] = micVolB
[143] = fxTremSyncOn
[144] = fxTremSpeed -- Output Section
[145] = fxTremSpeedSync [166] = Limiter On/Off
[146] = fxTremDepth [167] = outputVol
[147] = fxReverb
 CREDITS
Amplifikation Vermilion Created by:
Arie Ardiansyah
Grahadea Kusuf
Adhitya S. Wibisana
Rendy Fajar
Edwin Yudayana
Rizky Syafani

VST Plugin Technology by Steinberg Media Technologies, GmbH.

AU/VST Symbiosis by NuEdge Development
Audio Units by Apple
FFTReal copyright by Laurent de Soras

CONTACT
PT KUASSA TEKNIKA
Jl Sukasenang V no.14
Bandung 40124
West Java, INDONESIA

http://www.kuassa.com

General inquiry: [email protected]

Technical support : [email protected]
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KUASSA
BDG, WEST JAVA.
INDONESIA
http://www.kuassa.com

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