TONEMATH S.A.V.E.S.

TONEMATH S.A.V.E.S. — Studio Setup & Tone Tutorials

Tutorial 1: Pairing Physical Overdrive Pedals with Your Audio Interface

  1. Connect your guitar → physical overdrive pedal (e.g., JOYO Bright Day Overdrive) → Instrument Input 1 on your audio interface (e.g., Behringer UMC204HD).
  2. Engage the PAD switch on your interface if your pedal output is hot, keeping input peaks around -12 dBFS to -6 dBFS.
  3. Open TONEMATH S.A.V.E.S., select 1. Blues → Vintage Golden-Lacquer Pine → 15W Dual-EL84 1x12 Fat-Switch Club Combo.
  4. Keep 12AX7 TUBE STAGE: OFF (Clean Headroom Mode) and 4th-Order Speaker Cabinet Emulation ticked so your physical pedal provides the clipping while TONEMATH S.A.V.E.S. provides the warm amplifier body and speaker roll-off.

Tutorial 2: Direct-Guitar Tube Overdrive (No External Pedals Required)

  1. Plug your electric guitar straight into Input 1 of your audio interface.
  2. Select your desired genre, manufacturer, amplifier model, and recipe in TONEMATH S.A.V.E.S.
  3. Click 12AX7 TUBE STAGE: ON (the jeweled pilot lamp will illuminate warm orange).
  4. Enjoy responsive 2x-oversampled triode breakup with automatic idle hiss suppression between notes.

Tutorial 3: Recording Dual-Tracked Stereo Guitars in Reaper

  1. Create two tracks in Reaper, panned 80% Left and 80% Right.
  2. Insert TONEMATH SAVES (VST3) on both tracks.
  3. On Track 1 (Left), choose an Mid-Focused Rhythm recipe; on Track 2 (Right), choose a Complementary Wide-Spectrum or Open-Back recipe from a different amplifier model for huge, phase-coherent stereo width.