Intel Peavey ReValver MK III - Manual (Page 4)

Loading the VST or AU plug-in into the DAW
On a Mac, a plug-in in the VST or AU format is automatically located by the host and no action
needs to be taken for the VST/AU host to find the ReValver® plug-in. It should be automatically
listed among the available plug-ins after a rescan.
In Windows, it is possible to install the VST plug-in at any location. To make the VST host aware of
this location it must manually be pointed to. During the installation of ReValver, you are given a
choice of location to install the VST (separate from the stand-alone version). We recommended
that you install ReValver to a location you have already used with the host. Most DAWs provide a
means to list available VST paths.
For example:
Reaper:
Menu: Options -> Preferences -> Plug-ins -> VST
Press “Add” to browse to the VST path where the ReValver VST is installed. You then press “Rescan
directory.”
When the host recognizes ReValver, you should insert the program on each track that you wish to
use it. This method varies between DAWs.
Recording the Guitar
Recording a Guitar is not as easy as it might seem, but it doesn’t have to be difficult. If your Guitar
is not powered by a battery (and very few are), then it is generating an electrical signal which is
not compatible with most sound cards.
There are common electrical standards between audio gear, and unfortunately the Guitar falls
completely outside those standards because it is passive. The electrical signal from the Guitar is
the result of the movement of metallic strings over a magnetic pickup, and this is rarely accept-
able as an electrical source when you connect it directly to a computer sound card.
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