Orange Amps launch new tube bias technology DIVO (Digital Intelligent Valve Optimisation) featuring TubeSync®

To find out more go to the new reveiw in Guitarist Magazine April 2011 at the following link:-

http://www.musicradar.com/gear/all/amplification/amplification-accessories/tubesync-divo-ov4-400267/review

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Orange Amps’ Eric Sands demonstrates the new TH100 Twin Channel Head at NAMM 2011 to The Tone King – King of all gear reviews.

To view go to the following link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKHFHICyHyU

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Orange Technical Director, Adrian Emsley, explains to MusicRadar’s Chris Vinnicombe about Divo Dynamic Intelligent Valve Optimisation and demonstrates the TH100 Twin Channel Head at NAMM 2011.  To listen go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuTj_199RJk&feature=fvw

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Will.i.am, frontman and producer behind the multi-platinum group, The Black Eyed Peas, and Creative Director for Intel, dropped into the Orange OPC booth on the Intel Stand at the CES show 2011.

Will.i.am, at first confused by the OPC, was amazed when Charlie Cooper, OPC inventor, explained it was an amp and computer rolled into one, a real mobile studio. Will.i.am, a self proclaimed Orange Amp fan said in a recent Intel release nearly everything he does involves processors and computers and he is always interested in new ways to communicate, create, inform and entertain.

The OPC, a guitar amplifier and recording workstation, offers musicians and songwriters a one stop ‘shop’ of playing, recording, editing and computing abilities.

To find out more about the OPC visit http://www.orangeopc.com/ or see the new OPC demonstration video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA48UcAf6qQ

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Computer and business world legend, Paul Allen, visited the INTEL booth at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show and tried out the Orange Amp’s OPC Guitar Amplifier & Recording Studio Workstation. INTEL chose the OPC to demonstrate its 2nd generation i5 processor on their booth at CES in Las Vegas.

Founding MICROSOFT in 1975 with Bill Gates was the start of a stellar and multi-faceted career in which Paul G. Allen has achieved phenomenal success and wealth as a world business investor and leader, and earned deep respect worldwide as a philanthropist and patron of the arts and sport.

Paul also finds time to front a band – The Paul Allen Band.  At the 2008 New Orleans ‘Battle of the Bands’ charity concert, Paul played a killer guitar, blowing people away with his rendition of Jimi Hendrix’ ‘Purple Haze’.

And it was Jimi Hendrix that Seattle-born Paul played at CES 2011 when he picked up a Gibson SG and played it through the OPC’s ‘Amplitube 3′ guitar amp modelling software.

Click on the link below to view a photograph which captured that moment on the INTEL stand.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/intelfreepress/5333867304/in/photostream/

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Orange Amps continue to advance their guitar amps range with the new TH100 head, the 100 watt big brother of the TH30.

The TH100 has exactly the same controls and pre-amp section as its smaller sibling, but when running in class AB1 (half power) it makes 35 watts on two output tubes and 70 watts on four output tubes. Put it to full power (AB2 position) and the amp makes 50 watts with two output tubes and 100 watts with four. Being able to switch to half power means you can reduce the listening volume while preserving the power tube distortion.

Just like the TH30, the TH100’s design features the best of the Rocker and TH Series, with two channels. The clarity of the classic vintage sparkling sound on one channel plus the stunning overdrive / distortion with its British tone crunch on the other, makes this a very classy amp.

The new head will come with four EL34 tubes, four 12AX7 pre-amp tubes and a 12AT7 for the low impedance FX loop. It will also have four internal bias pots so the output tubes can be matched into the amp by a qualified technician. In terms of size and weight it will be comparable to the Rockerverb 100.

This mighty head delivers more tone, greater power and more features. With this knockout combination the TH100 will be the driving force behind your sound!

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Orange Amplifiers announced to the world in summer 2010 the revolutionary all-in-one computer amplifier speaker – The OPC. The product has since undergone significant specification improvements and at NAMM the company will be debuting the final production spec product.

The much anticipated OPC is a complete all in one Guitar Amplifier and Recording Studio Workstation designed for musicians and songwriters, offering one stop playing, recording, editing and computing capabilities with selected software pre-installed. The OPC is the perfect ‘Musicians Personal Computer’ and will work straight out of the box with no setting up necessary… just plug in, create, play, record and share to the web!

The OPC will be leading the way with a number of ‘Firsts’:

- The first PC to feature an integrated audio interface enabling the user to plug in a guitar or microphone using a standard 1/4″ jack plug
- The first computer of its kind to have built-in high powered speakers which deliver superb full range studio quality sound as well as producing vintage guitar sounds.

The OPC comes with well over $1000 of premium software, including the following packages;

IK Multimedia Amplitube 3 including Custom Shop Orange Amps – Amp and Effects Modelling Software
Presonus Studio One Custom Orange Edition – DAW
Acoustica Mixcraft 5 – DAW
Toontracks EZdrummer Lite
Lick Library Player – Guitar learning and jamming centre

Technical Specifications:
500GB Hard Disk Drive
4GB DDR3 1600Mhz
OPC Instrument Interface 24bit, 96hz ULTRA low latency
2 independent ¼” jack inputs for guitar, microphone or instrument, switchable and attenuated
Optical & Coaxial S/PDIF outputs
Slot-loading DVD-DL Drive
Wireless-G (802.1 B/G) with top-loaded antenna
Intel® Core™ i3-540 Processor (4M Cache, 3.06 GHz)
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit
Stereo Amplifier with 2 x JBL 6.5”Dual Concentric drivers

The OPC recommended retail price is $1499 (£1020 + vat) and it will go on sale first quarter 2011

The all-in-one computer amplifier speaker revolution starts here! See the OPC on display at NAMM2011 on the Orange Music Electrical Company Booth #4674 Hall C

For further information news please see the website www.orangeamps.com or contact info@orangeusa.com

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The artists joining Orange Amps on their NAMM 2011 booth come from a diverse and electrifying range of musical backgrounds promising something to thrill every guitarist.

Over the four days of NAMM 2011 Orange Amps will have a fantastic line-up of their endorsee’s on their booth including Rex Brown (Arms of the Sun & Pantera), Brent Hinds, Troy Saunders and Bill Kelliher (Mastodon), Omar Rodríguez-López ( Mars Volta ), Monte Pittman (Madonna, Adam Lambert) and Tommy Joe Ratliff.

Orange Amps can also announce some spectacular demonstrations on their booth this NAMM with the daily appearance of the world’s fastest Guitarist Tiago della Vega who holds the record for playing Nikolai Rimsky Korsakov’s Flight of the Bumble Bee at 320 BPM without any errors! In addition Doug Doppler, famed Orange Amp demonstrator, will be holding clinics demonstrating all their new cool products so you can hear and see them. A full list of clinics and appearance times is below:-

Thursday 13^th January

Clinic                – Doug Doppler 11.00am, 1.00pm, 3.00pm, 5.00pm

World’s fastest guitarist Tiago della Vega 12pm

Friday 14^th January

Clinic                – Doug Doppler 11.00am, 3.00pm, 5.00pm

Artist Signings   – 1.00 pm to 2.00pm Arms of the Sun featuring Rex Brown of Pantera

4.00pm to 5.00pm Mastodon with Brent Hinds, Troy Saunders, Bill Kelliher

World’s fastest guitarist Tiago della Vega 12pm

Saturday 15^th January

Clinic                – Doug Doppler 11.00am, 2.00pm, 5.00pm

Artist Signings   – 1.00 pm to 1.45pm Madonna’s guitarist Monte Pittman, Tommy Joe Ratliff

2:30 pm Omar Rodriguez-Lopez (Mars Volta)

4.00pm to 5.00pm Mastodon with Brent Hinds, Troy Saunders, Bill Kelliher

World’s fastest guitarist Tiago della Vega 12pm

Sunday 16^th January

Clinic                – Doug Doppler 11.00am, 3.00pm

Artist Signings   – 12.00pm The Memorials (with drummer Thomas Pridgen)

2pm Omar Rodriguez-Lopez (Mars Volta)

World’s fastest guitarist Tiago Della Vega 1pm

To meet these artists and see the latest new Orange Amps go to Orange Music Booth 4674 Hall C

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Orange Amps have taken their breakthrough technology for the new Smart Power range of speakers and Terror Bass amp heads, and put them together to create two all-new Terror Bass Combos.

These long-awaited new additions to the Terror family are two world-class quality combos with distinctive Orange sounds. The new Terror Bass Combos come in two sizes and use the pioneering Smart Power Isobaric loudspeaker concept.

This ground-breaking technology is achieved by mounting two lightweight Neodymium speakers within the cabinet, one immediately behind the other. This means a lower frequency can be delivered and more output realised with a smaller sized cabinet.

The Terror Bass Combo TB500C features a 500 watt hybrid amplifier – as in the Terror Bass head – and comes with Tube Preamp and a Class D power section which drives two 12” Neodymium speakers.

The TB300C is a 300 watt hybrid amplifier with Tube Preamp and Class D power section as well as two 10” Neodymium speakers. In keeping with the Tiny Terror concept ‘small is the new big’, these compact combos deliver more power, and more volume than any others currently on the market.

The Terror Bass Combo, with its characteristic Orange Amp great looks, rugged construction and portability means that bass players everywhere can now be part of the elite Orange Terror Club.

To take a look at the Terror Bass Combo as well as all the other Orange Amps go to Orange Music Booth 4674 Hall C.

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For over forty years Orange Amps has pushed back the boundaries of guitar amp technology and at NAMM 2011 the company are proud to announce a worldwide exclusive distribution agreement for DIVO Tube Sync®, a truly revolutionary new guitar amp technology

The new DIVO technology automatically adjusts the bias of the output power tubes to ensure their full potential is realised. It monitors the amp’s performance and will isolate faulty tube failures, by running them at half power until the tubes can be changed. The DIVO system also increases the reliability of amplifiers by maintaining the optimum performance of the tubes by performing an ‘in circuit’ test every time the amplifier is powered up.

DIVO technology opens up a whole new dimensions in tone options allowing for the first time ever the ability to mix and match tubes. You can experiment with an EL34, 6L6, 6550, KT77 or any other tube type all at the same time in the same amp. With DIVO the Tubes are automatically matched.

DIVO will extend the lifespan of your tubes and never again pay a tech to re-bias

DIVO can be easily integrated into any almost any guitar tube amplifier.

Orange Amps will be offering this as option in there new Rockerverb 100 which will be ‘DIVO Ready’. For other Orange Amps and most other brands Orange offer the DIVO Orange Tube Sync OV4, a complete standalone unit.

See this revolutionary important product demonstrated on the Orange Music Booth 4674 Hall C

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