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Carvin Legacy 3 (LiveSPICE2NAM)

Amp Head Capture

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83ennui

1 month ago

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Carvin Legacy 3. Steve Vai signature amp. Rare occasion where I like a darker-voiced amp because this one sounds more balanced across the board. The cleans are pristine while also being warm on the lower frequencies, and the distortion tones are very smooth no matter how much gain you have. EQ tonestacks are interesting, too. Looks like a Baxandall-type mixed with a Fender-style mid control. ・Clean Channel. VERY clean, difficult to push into edge of breakup territory. Excellent as a pedal platform. ・Drive Channels. There are two of them but they are practically identical, just that the other one has a Gain switch for (obviously) more gain. Quite hairy, as per Steve Vai's own words. ・Preamp and poweramp sections are also provided separately. [LEGEND] ・FULL - Preamp + poweramp ・PRE - Preamp section ・PWR - Poweramp section ・CLN - Clean channel ・DR - Drive channels ・PR - Presence ・GBST - Gain boost [NOTES] ・All the models are captured with 8x oversampling and 64 iterations for the highest quality possible. ・All controls are flat so you can hear the amp as it is with neutral settings. I may add additional captures with "ideal" settings, but that's not a priority for now.. ・Should you wish to push more gain into the captures, use a separate gain utility/plugin and a clipper/waveshaper/limiter with a ceiling of -0.1dB or less before your NAM loader to prevent nuking the models if the input signal gets too hot. === LiveSPICE: https://livespice.org/ Original LiveSPICE .schx schematic file: https://github.com/MARKTHERENCE/LiveSPICE-MK-Circuits

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Carvin Legacy 3

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A2-FullESR: 0.0006

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A2-FullESR: 0.0011

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A2-FullESR: 0.0017

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Hey bro, you have no idea how intense I was waiting for something like this! Its really incredible. My question : Is possible to post more different parameters with this amp? For exemple with a really more treble , or more middle, more distinct levels of gain I really apreciate!! Well done sir
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7/28/2026: So it turns out that the power amp wasn't supposed to sound so dark. Removed the 27pF bypass cap from one of the phase inverter tubes to fix this. all FULL and PWR models are recaptured.
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