Updates about Mk IV

[Jose Luiz]

I just received this great Quick Start video. It will help you get ReValver 4 going nice and easy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke4gIEx8Qck

[Elric]

PSA: Before pulling the trigger on R4: It requires a DONGLE! Welcome to 1995 DRM.

[Jose Luiz]

Nice video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=p ... kVAJ2DV1Aw

[Puzzeld Mind]

Still downloading but i read the first personal disapointment considering the manual:

Gig Mode: "Only available in Stand Alone operation."

I personally (me and other band members) use 1 computer with Reaper as a DAW, also MIDI is linked and recorded live in the DAW. Big problem with Revalver 3.5 is changing presets this way. Still is in Revalver 4.

Why is "Gig Mode" not available within a DAW as a vst plugin?

very very strange

[DaleVishay]

Why is "Gig Mode" not available within a DAW as a vst plugin?

Because it is standalone-host's feature not plugin's. Gig mode uses so musch resources than the plugin and all plugins have some limits.

[ico]

Nice video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=p ... kVAJ2DV1Aw

thats very interesting

[ico]

wow revalver 4 is smoking ... heres my lounge style attempt of eruption with it

https://soundcloud.com/icomusic/eruptio ... revalver-4

[GunMaster]

Still downloading but i read the first personal disapointment considering the manual:

Gig Mode: "Only available in Stand Alone operation."

I personally (me and other band members) use 1 computer with Reaper as a DAW, also MIDI is linked and recorded live in the DAW. Big problem with Revalver 3.5 is changing presets this way. Still is in Revalver 4.

Why is "Gig Mode" not available within a DAW as a vst plugin?

very very strange

You think the way I use it is strange? Maybe, but it's a question of concept. Consider the possibilities...

[aaronsmith]

wow revalver 4 is smoking ... heres my lounge style attempt of eruption with it

https://soundcloud.com/icomusic/eruptio ... revalver-4

Man you can play, sounds like Brian May, yes great sound too, just sounds like a real amp recording, in a mix who could have any idea it was not a cranked amp.

[GunMaster]

Why is "Gig Mode" not available within a DAW as a vst plugin?

Because it is standalone-host's feature not plugin's. Gig mode uses so musch resources than the plugin and all plugins have some limits.

Thanks for your response.

But what do you mean with "so much" resources. A modern pc can host many revalver 4 vst plugins in a daw (reaper) instances in parallel. I can bypass them in reaper with midi one by one to switch presets. I see no "resource limitation".

Today this piece of software is simply not thought for my way to use it and thats a pity because it sounds awesome. Maybe Mr. Ljunggren will support my desire in future.

[DaleVishay]

But what do you mean with "so much" resources. A modern pc can host many revalver 4 vst plugins in a daw (reaper) instances in parallel. I can bypass them in reaper with midi one by one to switch presets. I see no "resource limitation".

Daw = Money
instances = More CPU + more RAM

Do you think you could have 8 instances with a moderate cpu trouble free at low buffer values in a daw? Switch seamless, without any simple crack or pause? In gig mode you can go like you are on one instance, every switch is seamless.

Every preset loaded in gig mode loads all the images of skin. Normal preset switching clears the ram for previous one.

[ico]

wow revalver 4 is smoking ... heres my lounge style attempt of eruption with it

https://soundcloud.com/icomusic/eruptio ... revalver-4

Man you can play, sounds like Brian May, yes great sound too, just sounds like a real amp recording, in a mix who could have any idea it was not a cranked amp.

thanks aaron, cant believe how awesome the tones are in revalver 4, it just oozes with tone and makes playing easier somehow. Like you said, close your eyes and its the real deal, like a marshall stack in your face ....nice to know listening to queen for years paid off

[pentecost]

Do you think you could have 8 instances with a moderate cpu trouble free at low buffer values in a daw? Switch seamless, without any simple crack or pause? In gig mode you can go like you are on one instance, every switch is seamless.

Every preset loaded in gig mode loads all the images of skin. Normal preset switching clears the ram for previous one.

Thanks, you've made precisely the case for why the gig mode feature is needed in the VST. If a live performance project can handle multiple instances of kontakt with several gigabytes of samples loaded without skipping a beat, and a single instance of standalone can supposedly run on a tablet, the idea that two or three instances of gig mode would be a problem for live performance on a reasonably equipped computer and essentially free DAW software (infinite reaper trial) is frankly preposterous. If there are already a few of us of the what... 20? on this forum that were waiting for this precise use case, the devs should reconsider its exclusion because there are surely more in the wild that ought not be dismissed with this "shut up and be happy with what you get" attitude.

[GunMaster]

But what do you mean with "so much" resources. A modern pc can host many revalver 4 vst plugins in a daw (reaper) instances in parallel. I can bypass them in reaper with midi one by one to switch presets. I see no "resource limitation".

Daw = Money
instances = More CPU + more RAM

Do you think you could have 8 instances with a moderate cpu trouble free at low buffer values in a daw? Switch seamless, without any simple crack or pause? In gig mode you can go like you are on one instance, every switch is seamless.

Every preset loaded in gig mode loads all the images of skin. Normal preset switching clears the ram for previous one.

Of course there is a limit in cpu + ram resources. This is why I liked the idea of the "gig mode" feature. By the way other amp modelling applications are able to midi-change presets within the vst plugin without problems (amplitube, guitar rig).

On the other hand if you want something serious to work with you're not afraid to spend some more money and buy the better hardware to satisfy the needs especially if there is more than one paying band member.

[Lain]

"shut up and be happy with what you get" attitude.

Huh? Where did you get that from?

@GunMaster, why don't you use track presets in your DAW? Or use more tracks of Revalver and unmute/mute them via midi?