The First Guitar Amp Reason Rack Extension

Kuassa is proud to announce the release of the Reason Rack Extension version of Amplifikation Vermilion, available for purchase in the Propellerhead Shop. This version of Amplifikation Vermilion has a redesigned interface to match the overall Reason aesthetic, while maintaining the features and tonal quality of the original.
 

"Guitar players now have a new reason to go Reason. Whatever your playing style is, from country clean to somewhat heavy metal, this amplifier will provide any sound you need. Don't play the guitar? Don't hesitate to use this device on any other instrument as well! Plug in, baby!" 

What are Rack Extensions?

Rack Extensions open up the Reason rack to third party developers. This is not another plugin format – Rack Extensions are full Reason rack citizens, giving you the same great experience as any other Reason device.

Vintage Equalizers Plug-Ins from Kuassa

Kuassa EVE-AT Series is two individual EQs (EVE-AT1 & EVE-AT4) inspired by the design of two 80's equalizers that are known for their clear, smooth, and very musical characteristics. We are thrilled by the sound and present these EQs as VST and Audio Units plug-ins.

Whether your song, session or individual recorded tracks need a tone polishing, these are the right tools to get shaped. Consider these EQs as ‘tone-shaping‘ tools rather than a ‘surgical/corrective‘ tools. Remove mud, brighten the track, or sweeten your vocals with these EQs unique Q curve, or just clear the spectrum with the supplied HP & LP filters.

The Kuassa EVE-AT1 is a four band equalizer with HP & LP filters.

The Kuassa EVE-AT4 is a three band equalizer with HP & LP filters.

How do the two differ in terms of sound? Each EQ has a very different Q bandwidth curve, resulting in an audibly different reponse. Try and hear it for yourself!

Kuassa Amplifikation Vermilion Combo Amp Plug-Ins

Amplifikation Vermilion is a Guitar Amp Plugin inspired by classic guitar combo amps, available as VST and Audio Units for Mac and Windows both 32 bit and 64 bit. 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 analog-modeled spring reverb. 

Key Features :

• 3 Amp Types
• 2 Amp Channels: Clean and Lead
• Built-in FX: Tremolo with BPM sync and 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

:) :) :)

Free 3 Band Baxandall EQ by Kuassa

Kuassa releases basiQ - Free 3 band Baxandall equalizer available as Windows VST, Mac VST and Audio Units plug-ins. basiQ is an acronym for Baxandall Simulation Equalizer, the algorithm is modeled after classic baxandall which well known for its smooth shelves and natural sounding responses, similar to the tone control on a hi-fi system. It's well suited for mixing and mastering purposes although the neutral characteristic of basiQ is more suitable as a sweetening device rather than surgical purposes. The simple controls allow you to shape the frequency from many source to your needs, from opening up a guitar lead, adding a gentle shimmer on vocals, giving extra "oomph" on your synth basslines or even getting more presence to your master. Best paired on master output with Kratos Maximizer also by Kuassa, Inc..

Features:

• Free
• Simple tone control (High, Mid, Low) knobs
• 12 preset slots on a single bank
• Mono / stereo applicable
• Supports up to 96000 Hz sample rate
• Compact and straightforward user interface

Kuassa Kratos Maximizer

“Kratos Maximizer: Pristine Perfection at Full Power!”

Kratos Maximizer is a transparent, mastering grade look-ahead brickwall limiter and loudness maximizer. Put it on your master channel to give that loud, commercial quality release out of your mix without squashing effect and artifacts. Kratos Maximizer offers easy control over the loudness level via the main Maximize knob while can also go deeper for more demanding users, giving a control over Texture, Release, Knee, and Ceiling for greater loudness while retaining your mixes original color and dynamics.

Kratos Maximizer is available for Windows and Mac OS X in VST and AU effect plug-in formats. It costs $69.95

Read the full product description at the product page here: http://www.kuassa.com/products/kratos-maximizer

KUASSA UNVEILS AMPLIFIKATION CREME

Kuassa, Inc. has once again entered the world of guitar amplification software with Kuassa Amplifikation Creme, featuring ultra-precise digitally engineered head and matching cabinets with built-in overdrive section consisting three kinds of legendary overdrive pedals built right to the amp giving you a full control of harmonically-rich distortion crammed with intense dynamics.

Kuassa Amplifikation Creme are truly a must-have addition for all Amplifikation One fans. Distinguised by its darker, fuller, and heavier tonal character discovered on High-Gain or Metal guitar amplifiers, Kuassa Amplifikation Creme’s three selectable channels can give you a sonic arsenal from sparkling clean tones to searing guitar riffs, able to match the sound quality of high-end tube powered guitar amplifiers.

Preceeded by Kuassa Amplifikation One as Kuassa’s flagship product, Kuassa Amplifikation Creme will gives you a lifelike guitar playing experience of a true high-gain guitar amplifier thanks to its photo-realistic rendered graphics while keeping the familiar workflow and easy-to-use interface as a signature of Kuassa Amplifikation products.

Aradaz Maximizer 5 Updated to Ver.1.6.5

All plugin versions (Audio Units, VST for Mac and Windows) of Aradaz Maximizer 5 has been updated to Ver.1.6.5.

Changes:

• Reduce CPU consumption up to 20%
• Mac: GUI bug fixed
• Mac: Host compatibility improved
• Win: Default file name is changed to AradazMaximizer5.dll
  
• Win: New about box look

That's all, thank you very much and happy mastering....

Aradaz Maximizer 5 v.1.6 Audio Units and VST for Mac Released!

Aradaz Maximizer 5 Audio Units and VST plugins for Mac has been released. Both version are in Universal Binary format, it can be used for Intel and Power-PC based Mac computers.

Please follow these links for more information about the plugins:
Features
User Guide

Kuassa Amplifikation One July Special Offer 2010

Kuassa has announced a July Special Offer 2010. Its Guitar Amp Simulation AU/VST plugins, Amplifikation One is 30% Off Sale for a limited time, effective until July 31st 2010.

The Amplifikation One normal price is $49.95 and now you can get it less than $35.

In the meantime, our team is also making a new *SECRET* plugin that will be available for the registered users of Kuassa Amplifikation One at NO EXTRA COST!

Save 30% off when you buy Kuassa Amplifikation One today.

Go get it HERE.

Thank you and enjoy,

Kuassa Amplifikation Lite Ver. 1.1.0 for Windows and Mac

New Built-In Impulse Response Loader on Ver. 1.1.0 Update!


Kuassa Amplifikation Lite enables you to create ultra-realistic sounding guitar sounds by simply plugging your guitar to your computers soundcard input. Get high-quality guitar tracks with a simple interface and non-obstructive workflow using Amplifikation Lite. Amplifikation Lite’s DSP engine is created based on one of the amps featured on “Kuassa Amplifikation One” with fixed tonestack and power amp output type.

Features:

• 3 channels: Clean, Rhythm, Lead.
• 9 Parameters: Input, Channel selector, Gain, Bass, Middle, Treble, Presence, Volume and Cabinet On/Off.
• Cabinet Impulse Response Loader.
• Up to 96 kHz sample rate support

What’s New in this Version:

• Impulse-Response Loader added.
• All preamp channels improved.
• Cabinet CPU processing reduced
• Some minor bugs fixed
• Minor GUI Revision

Amplifikation Lite is now available for Windows as VST and Mac as VST and Audio Units formats. Both version are compiled in Universal Binary, ready to use for your Intel Mac or Mac Power-PC Computers.

Download Amplifikation Lite here

Amplifikation One AU / VST for Mac Released and The Win Version Updated to Ver.1.0.1

Hello again...

Kuassa Amplifikation One, a guitar amp plugin is now available for Mac in VST and Audio Units format. The plugin is universal binary, it works for PPC and Intel Mac. We have tested the plugin on various Mac AU / VST host and works well on Tracktion 3, Reaper, Logic and GarageBand. On Ableton Live you should use the Audio Units version because it still have a bug.


The Window version is updated to Ver.1.0.1 and has the same features as the Mac versions, these are the list:

• Lower noise level on evaluation version.
• Noise interval changed to 40 seconds.
• Evaluation reminder doesn't show up during scanning.
• Import license added.
• GUI revised.
• New about box look.
• About box bug fixed.
• Some minor bugs fixed.
• Logo revised.

Kuassa Amplifikation One will suit your needs to make ear-shredding tracks with a simple work flow, exceptional sonic quality, and tons of tonal possibilities. It features 8 original guitar amp designs, 5 dual-cabinet simulator, 5 microphone types, 3 saturation characteristics, noise-gate, distortion / overdrive units and integrated limiter based on Aradaz Maximizer engine.

Kuassa Amplifikation One Release!!!

Hello guys,
This is my new guitar amp software that I wrote for Kuassa, Inc.. It's currently available as VST for Windows, the Mac VST and Audio Units formats will be available in a few days. Here's a short description about the product taken from Kuassa website:

Kuassa Amplifikation One is a guitar amplifier in the form of software. This “guitar amp on your PC” captures the dynamics and characteristics of hardware distortion modules, head amplifiers, and cabinets, captured by various types of microphones in multiple configurations. Kuassa Amplifikation One is not an emulation or modeled after specific amplifier, we try to capture the best aspect of schematic designs, tubes, electronics and computer programming to achieve the supreme tone for your guitar through your personal computer while maintaining the user interface as easy as possible. Stop messing around with your gears, get productive!

Users are able to control every aspects of the software just like real amplifiers including (but not limited to) gain structure, tone, mic position, and distance.














Key Features:

• 8 head amplifiers, noise gate & 5 distortion modules
• 5 cabinet models, users are able to use 2 cabs simultaneously
• 5 microphone types (straight or angled)
• Straightforward and easy to understand user interface
• Mic distance and free positioning of mic around the speaker
• Dedicated input and output volume control
• Saturation, output limiter
• High quality 4x maximum oversampling to the whole amp calculation

You can download the software from here.

Thanks,

-Arie-

Aradaz Simple Look Ahead Maximizer (SLAM) Release!!!

Hello guys,

This is another maximizer VST plugin for you limiter freaks. The plugin is based on my older maximizer the Aradaz Maximizer, I just simplified the limiter algorithm, add the look ahead adjustment parameter and replace the character parameter to release.

Honestly, the older Aradaz Maximizer is more transparent than this, but the look ahead feature is very useful especially for bass range music (just set the look ahead to large sample e.g >100 samples and then release at 0 s).

These are the features:

• Maximize, up to 20 dB
• Look ahead, up to 1024 samples
• Release, from 0 to 1 second
• Ceiling, down to -20 dB

Download it from the right side bar of this blog, and donation is very welcome because I'm going to be married on January 2010 he..he.. :)

Thanks guys, enjoy the plugin!

Aradaz Maximizer 5 Updated to v1.5

Small updates for Aradaz Maximizer 5:

• Knob behavior changed to linear
• Default value changed
• About box changed

Thanks,

Kuassa Amplifikation Lite VST Freeware

Hello guys, I've released my newest guitar amp VST plugin under my new company called Kuassa, Inc.
This guitar amp VST is based on my upcoming release Kuassa Amplifikation Custom type.
You can download it from this website.
I'm waiting for your response and you could also discuss the plugin here.

Thank you,

Aradaz Amp Crunch Updated to v1.4

I made some improvements for this crunch amplifier VST. I think there's not much different in sound quality, but it still good as always :D. After a few hours of development, so here it is:

• Better gain control, the gain knob is now more responsive to distort than the previous one.
• DC removed, the forgotten one he..he.. sorry.
• Better cabinet simulator engine, it makes some reducement to the CPU consumption, it's a good thing.
• All samplerates are 2x oversampled, even the 88200Hz & 96000Hz samplerates are oversampled (not like the previous version), the CPU consumption is still lower.
• About box added, now you can see who the Aradaz Amp Crunch coder and graphical user interface maker. But, could you find where to trigger the about box?

Thank you,
Please inform me if you found bug(s).
"More bugs I had, more skills I got."
-Aradaz-

OUR Cabinet Simulator Updated to v1.0.7

Another update for OUR Cabinet Simulator VST plugin,

Update list:

• Glitching noise when setting parameters removed
• IR loudness has been uniformed
• Mistakes on delay fixed (the delay was moving backward)
• Maximum sample delay on <= 48000 Hz sample rate is 50 (v1.0.5 was 100 on the parameter's screen)
• Maximum sample delay on > 48000 Hz sample rate is 100

Please inform me if you found any bugs or anything. Thanks,

Aradaz Maximizer 5 Updated to v1.4

Hello guys, Aradaz Maximizer 5 has been updated to v1.4.

This is what I've done:

• CPU consumption has been reduced up to 50 %

Please write a comment if you found any bugs or anything in the comment box below.

Thanks,

Aradaz is Back

Hello guys,

After 3 months of silence, I'm back.
The last three months were so boring.

Why??

This is the story,
a few days after I got my PC worked, I tried to make an impulse response of my Behringer MIC200 preamp. I was using a 5 second sine sweep at 0 dB, Tracktion as the recorder. My speaker was off.

The first trial ran smoothly. I made the IR. Turn on my ESI nEar 04 speaker, and then I tested the IR using a VST convolution plugin. Hmm sounded no good. I had to try to make another one.

The second trial. I used the same sine sweep at 0 dB. Looked around to make sure that all set, press record and played...

then,

ESI nEar 04: "BLOPBLOPBLOPBLOBOBBOB"
Me : "aaarrrgghhh"

a very loud sound came from my speaker, I forgot to turn the speaker off. You know, 0 dB 20 Hz to 20000 Hz sine sweep. My Speaker couldn't handle that. After I pressed stop. A huge ground sound / humming came from the speaker. I blew the power speaker off. A few days later, I sent it to a service center.

I just brought it back yesterday. I kept the speaker there for three months because I had to work out of town.

That's all, I'm not a good story teller.

Welcome back me...

Aradaz Amp 2 White New Skin

Manwelo Sitoy the man behind Aradaz Amp Crunch and Green GUI did it again for the White. Thank you very much man, it's a very good GUI.

Download it here (right click -> save as...).

There are no additional updates for this free guitar amp VST, the version still v.1.4.1, it's only reskinned with the new one. Manwelo helps me compiled it. Hope you all like it...

Thanks,