PowerCabs for N4

USER MANUAL
Thanks for purchasing DiBiQuadro
Sampled Gear
PowerCabs. Please take your time to
read carefully the content of this
manual before using the library.
Power Amps

• MSBG 6L6: 100W power-amp

Overview section of a very famous
American amplifier, in silicon
DiBiQuadro PowerCabs is a collection diode / bold configuration for
of 10 N4/N4Player Acqua libraries for the maximum bite;
guitarists who need hyper-realistic • BGNR EL34: 100W power-amp
cabinet responses for their amp section of a 20th anniversary
simulators. Each PowerCab represents boutique American amplifier;
the sampling of a selected chain made • V2100 EL34: simply the best 100W
of: power-amp ever built. Heavy as
a tank, produced in a very
• a power-amp section,
limited run, and used by at least
• a combination cabinet/speaker,
a pair of the most iconic guitar
• a microphone,
players of the ‘90s.
• and a mic preamp

connected by hi-quality, expensive

short cables, and recorded through Cabinets
mastering-grade converters.
• 60A: this is a classic English slant
4x12 cabinet, probably the
world’s best-selling 4x12 cabinet
PowerCabs vs IRs ever made;
• 60B: this is a classic English
PowerCabs are NOT simple IRs. Similarly straight 4x12 cabinet, with the
to Virgo, each PowerCab is made up typical basket-weave grill cloth.
of 10 harmonics x 30 levels = 300
different FIR impulses, giving you a
dynamic, deep, “living” tone. It
Speakers
represents a completely different
solution from the usual IIR based plugins • T75: featured in the world’s top
and the most accurate existing selling 4x12 cabinet, it provides a
reproduction of the final stages of a scooped and bright tone. The
regular guitar recording chain. speaker of choice of YJM and
many other classic metal players.
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 • V30: in spite of its name, this is THE
How to use this library
modern guitar speaker, great for
“hot-rodded” amplifiers. Each PowerCab can be used for both
• M25: Greenback 25W speaker, to real-time and mixing applications. We
get that classic rock tone. recommend to open the ZL (“Zero
• H30: Heritage 30W speaker, with Latency”) versions for real-time sessions.
the 55c/s ‘bass’ cone, famous for During mixing activities, please take
its thick tones, deep back end, into account that no post processing
complex mid-range and detailed effect (EQ, compression, etc.) has
top end. been applied to any of the sampled
chains – it’s up to the mixing engineer
to manage the right interventions.
Microphone

• 57: the most used microphone for

guitar cabinets.
Controls
In Trim: it adjusts the amount of
Mic Preamps harmonic distortion without affecting
the overall output level; avoid settings
• A12C: American preamp, a that may cause unwanted harmonic
standard for guitar recording. distortion or digital clipping.
• B73: British preamp, another
standard with no presentation CAUTION: be careful when
needed. setting In Trim higher than
zero and driving this plugin
with very hot sources: this may cause
unpleasant loud digital clipping!
Mike positions
Output: it adjusts the overall output of
The sweet spot has been determined the plugin without affecting the tone.
by injecting pink noise in the power-
amp and by minimizing phase
cancellations on the best sounding
speaker of each cabinet.

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The library

Power-Cab Power Cabinet Speaker Microphone Mic

# Amp Preamp

1 MSBG 6L6 60A T75 57 A12C

2 MSBG 6L6 60A V30 57 A12C

3 BGNR EL34 60A T75 57 B73

4 BGNR EL34 60A V30 57 B73

5 V2100 EL34 60B M25 57 B73

6 V2100 EL34 60B H30 57 B73

7 BGNR EL34 60B M25 57 B73

8 BGNR EL34 60B H30 57 B73

9 V2100 EL34 60A T75 57 B73

10 V2100 EL34 60A V30 57 B73

Basic characteristics – frequency response and THD @ 1KHz, 0dB – are reported in the
next sections.

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PowerCab 2

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PowerCab 4

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PowerCab 6

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PowerCab 8

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PowerCab 10

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