Expert Sleepers Little Spacey v1.1.0 User Manual
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1. Oil Drum A tiny delay with high feedback gives what sounds a little like a reverb but in a highly coloured environment Stereo Delay The spread on the delay time is turned up to give quite different delay times on the left and right channels Two LFOs LFO 2 applies a modulation to the LFO 1 modulation depth LFO 2 Spread is set to 0 5 so left and right channels are out phase Ducky Maximum ducking is applied With an appropriate input level you should hear that the delays are inaudible when the incoming sound is loud only appearing when the level tails off This effect is typically used to let the initial note cut through the delays with the de lays then fading up during the note s decay tails Env Mod Depth Negative envelope depth modulation is applied so there is very little modulation when the sound is loud but the modulation increases as the sound fades out Env Mod Speed Envelope speed modulation means the modulation gets slower as the incoming sound fades out Murky Swirl A composite effect offering dark delays with a slow swirl from the modulation section Bright Slap The inner feedback path is used to brighten up the delay So Dark The colour is wound down to Infra Red and the dry mix is set to Filtered for a maximally dark sound Hard Crush 110 feedback and inner feedback path make for a grungy noise Deep Crush As Hard Crush but with outer feedback for a dark dark wub Using L2. WISE ARISING FROM OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE glew The OpenGL Extension Wrangler Library Copyright C 2002 2007 Milan Ikits milan ikits ieee org gt Copyright C 2002 2007 Marcelo E Magallon mmagallo debian org Copyright C 2002 Lev Povalahev All rights reserved Redistribution and use in source and binary forms with or without modification are permitted provided that the follow ing conditions are met Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice this list of conditions and the following dis claimer Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice this list of conditions and the following dis claimer in the documentation and or other materials provided with the distribution The name of the author may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS AS IS AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANT ABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPY RIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT INDIRECT INCIDENTAL SPECIAL EXEM PLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES LOSS OF USE DATA OR PROFITS O
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4. if the base port is 6000 and the port offset is 1 then the plug in will listen on port 6001 Reference All Expert Sleepers plug ins that support OSC share a common implementation This is documented in the OSC Control Manual available from the Expert Sleepers website MIDI amp OSC Scripting It is possible to extend the plug in s MIDI amp OSC functionality via user writeable scripts Indeed the standard MIDI functionality described above has been re implemented using such a script which you can use as reference for your customisations The language used for the MIDI scripts is Lua You will find a complete description of the language and some useful tutorials at the Lua website www lua org All the standard language features of Lua are available in the scripts plus some extra func tions specific to the Expert Sleepers system Reference All Expert Sleepers plug ins that support MIDI OSC scripting share a common implemen tation This is documented in a the MIDI amp OSC Scripting Manual available from the Expert Sleepers website Script locations The plug in name for constructing the script locations is Little Spacey Version History 1 1 0 18 7 2013 e 64 bit AU version 1 0 2 5 1 2010 e Windows VST Fixed a possible crash when opening the plug in GUI on some low end graphics hardware 1 0 1 6 10 2009 e Update for Mac OS X 10 6 compatibility 1 0 0 21 5 2009 e First release C
5. Expert Sleepers Little Spacey v1 1 0 User Manual Copyright 2009 2013 Expert Sleepers All rights reserved This manual as well as the software described in it is furnished under licence and may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of such licence The content of this man ual is furnished for informational use only is subject to change without notice and should not be construed as a commitment by Expert Sleepers Expert Sleepers assumes no respon sibility or liability for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear in this document THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EX PRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGE MENT IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT TORT OR OTHERWISE ARISING FROM OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE Contents Introduction Installation Mac OS X Audio Unit AU Mac OS X VST Windows VST System Requirements Mac OS X Windows Registration Quickstart Factory presets Defaults With Feedback Subtle Shimmer Vibrato Oil Drum Stereo Delay Two LFOs Ducky Env Mod Depth Env Mod Speed Murky Swirl Bright Slap So Dark Hard Crush Deep Crush Using Little Spacey Using the controls Knobs Sliders Dropdo
6. Maddocks Permission is hereby granted free of charge to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documenta tion files the Software to deal in the Software without restriction including without limitation the rights to use copy modify merge publish distribute sublicense and or sell copies of the Software and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so subject to the following conditions The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Soft ware THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUD ING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT TORT OR OTHER WISE ARISING FROM OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE libpng http www libpne ore pub pne libpng html zlib http www zlib net
7. Pal from the Expert Sleep ers Licence Manager application See here for more information Note that you need at least version 1 0 14 of the Licence Manager The e commerce side of things is handled by eSellerate If you have any security concerns have a look at their website which is pretty informative Your registration key allows you to install Little Spacey on up to 3 different computers useful if for example you have a desktop computer in the studio and a laptop for live use You need an internet connection to activate the software though not necessarily on the computer on which you want to use it Quickstart For a quick overview of Little Spacey load up the plug in in your host application of choice and try out the factory presets which are listed below In some cases you will probably need to set up your levels appropriately as described be low in the Envelope Modulation section so that the envelope tracking works optimally Factory presets Defaults In this preset all parameters are at their default value giving a single fairly short delay This is a plain vanilla preset from which to start creating your own sounds With Feedback Adds some feedback to the default settings for a repeating echo Subtle Shimmer Adds some modulation with spread for a rich chorus y sound Vibrato A deeper modulation with a very short almost inaudible delay turns the effect into more of a vibrato than a delay per se
8. R BUSINESS INTERRUPTION HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY WHETHER IN CONTRACT STRICT LIABILITY OR TORT INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE Mesa 3 D graphics library Version 7 0 Copyright C 1999 2007 Brian Paul All Rights Reserved Permission is hereby granted free of charge to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documenta tion files the Software to deal in the Software without restriction including without limitation the rights to use copy modify merge publish distribute sublicense and or sell copies of the Software and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so subject to the following conditions The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Soft ware THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUD ING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT IN NO EVENT SHALL BRIAN PAUL BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT TORT OR OTHERWISE ARISING FROM OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE Copyright c 2007 The Khronos Group Inc Permission is hereby granted free of charge to any person obtaining
9. S OR OTHER LIABIL ITY WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT TORT OR OTHERWISE ARISING FROM OUT OF OR IN CON NECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE oscpack oscpack Open Sound Control packet manipulation library http www audiomulch com rossb code oscpack Copyright c 2004 Ross Bencina lt rossb audiomulch com gt Permission is hereby granted free of charge to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documenta tion files the Software to deal in the Software without restriction including without limitation the rights to use copy modify merge publish distribute sublicense and or sell copies of the Software and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so subject to the following conditions The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Soft ware Any person wishing to distribute modifications to the Software is requested to send the modifications to the original developer so that they can be incorporated into the canonical version THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUD ING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT TORT OR OTHER
10. brato effects Unlike most analogue delays Little Spacey is not re stricted to mono operation and works well in stereo or multi channel AU only settings offering variation of the effect between the channels for particularly rich and involving sounds Installation Mac OS X Audio Unit AU The plug in file is called ExS1LittleSpacey component Simply copy the file to the folder Library Audio Plug Ins Components Mac OS X VST The plug in file is called ExS1LittleSpacey vst Simply copy the file to the folder Library Audio Plug Ins VST Windows VST The plug in file is called Littlespacey d11 Simply copy the file to your VST plug ins folder System Requirements Mac OS X Little Spacey requires at least Mac OS X version 10 6 8 The plug in is Intel only and built for both 32 and 64 bit The Audio Unit version will work in any Audio Unit host The VST version requires a VST 2 4 compatible host Windows Little Spacey has been developed and tested with Windows XP SP2 and Windows 7 It may work with other versions of Windows Vista included but this is by no means guar anteed The plug in requires a VST 2 4 compatible host 1 VST is a trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH Registration The downloadable version of Little Spacey stops working after 15 minutes every time you use it To stop this happening you need to buy a registration You can buy a registration key online using a credit card or Pay
11. dy Enables the pretty graphics Turn off if you don t like them or if your computer has com patibility issues with drawing such things Constant redraw Is on by default If turned off the GUI is only redrawn when a control changes Use this if you re concerned that the GUI is wasting your CPU resources Note that the display of tracked pitch and envelope is useless if constant redraw is disabled Floating tooltip Causes the parameter name and value display usually in the top right of the GUI to be displayed above the mouse pointer MIDI control All of Little Spacey s parameters can be controlled via MIDI CC s Continuous Controllers according to the table below 0 Mix 2 Dry Mix 3 Size 4 Delay Time 5 Spread 8 Feedback 9 Feedback Path 11 Colour 12 LFO 1 Speed 13 LFO 1 Depth 14 LFO 1 Spread 15 LFO2Speed 16 LFO 2 Depth 17 LFO 2 Spread 18 Ducking 19 Env 2LFO 1 Speed 20 Env 2LFO 1 Depth 21 Env 2LFO 1 Spread 22 OSC Port Offset OSC Control Little Spacey can be controlled via the Open Sound Control OSC protocol If you re new to OSC start by visiting opensoundcontrol org Two settings control what port the plug in uses to listen on for OSC com mands One is the base OSC port set in the preferences The second is the OSC Port Offset control If the port offset is set to something other than Off then the two numbers are added together and the result used as the port number E g
12. fil ters In practice this means that the inner path gives a relatively bright delay while the outer path tends to lose the top end off the delays much more quickly Settings between inner and outer simply use a mixture of both feedback paths Colour Allows you to lower the cut off frequencies of the low pass filters resulting in delays that lose more of their high frequency components Mix The Mix section controls the relative levels of the delayed and original sounds Mix The Mix settings is a simple cross fade between the dry sound the un delayed input to the plug in and the wet sound the de lays themselves Dry Mix Controls whether the dry output is indeed the true dry sound or a filtered version The filtered version can be useful when using fairly dark sounding delays to match the dry sound more closely to the delayed sound Mod Depth The Mod Depth section controls the depth of the delay modula tion The delay time is modulated by a simple sinusoidal LFO low frequency oscillator Depth Sets the amount of modulation Spread Varies the phase of the LFO applied to each stereo channel At 0 0 the LFOs are in phase i e the same modulation is applied to each channel At 0 5 the LFOs are exactly out of phase i e the LFO for channel 1 is at its maximum when the LFO for channel 2 is at its minimum The Spread setting is useful for creating wide s
13. ittle Spacey Using the controls Knobs Basic use of the knobs is to click on them and drag the mouse up and down However you can obtain different results by holding keys as follows e Shift Values change more slowly as you move the mouse Command Mac OS X Alt Windows The knob assumes its default po sition e Option Mac OS X Control Windows The knob assumes integer values only Sliders Sliders behave similarly e Shift Values change more slowly as you move the mouse e Command The slider assumes its default position Dropdown menus Clicking on the menu displays the list of options Move the mouse over the desired option and release the mouse to select it Comfortable Value edit boxes These boxes below each knob and slider let you enter parameter values directly Clicking on the value highlights it in green you can then type the desired value using the key board Press enter to finish and accept the new value While you re typing the value the box goes red to indicate that the value you see has not yet been accepted Name value display As you move the mouse around the interface the name and cur rent value of the control currently under the mouse is displayed in the top right of the window This area also provides tool tips for buttons The Command key is also known as the Apple key the one next to the spacebar The Option alt key is the one between the Cont
14. ontact The Expert Sleepers website is here http www expert sleepers co uk Or you can email info expertsleepers co uk Or you can use the forum which is here http www kvraudio com forum viewforum php f 85 Acknowledgements The software described in this manual makes use of the following open source projects The author is greatly indebted to them for their efforts and generosity Below are reproduced the various copyright notices and disclaimers that accompany these software projects in accordance with their terms of use Lua Copyright C 1994 2008 Lua org PUC Rio software and associated documentation files the Software to deal in the Software without restriction including without limitation the rights to use copy modify merge publish distribute sublicense and or sell copies of the Software and to per mit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so subject to the following con ditions e Permission is hereby granted free of charge to any person obtaining a copy of this The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM DAMAGE
15. ounding effects from mono sources Mod Speed The Mod Speed section controls the speed of the delay modula tion Speed Sets the frequency in Hz ie cycles per second of the delay modulation Envelope Modulation The Envelope Modulation section controls the re sponse of the plug in to the envelope i e the loud ness of the incoming sound For these features to work effectively EI o 000 lg 0 000 ggf 0 000 you should ensure that the signal level Rasur TEE Eee Te going into the plug in is appropriate Use the level meters the signal should be peaking into the yellow area at least Ducking Ducking reduces the level of the delays when the signal level is high This is typically used to let the initial note cut through the delays with the delays then fading up during the note s decay tails Speed Sets the amount by which the envelope modifies the modulation speed Positive settings cause the modulation to speed up when the sound is louder negative settings cause the modulation to slow down when the sound is louder Depth Sets the amount by which the envelope modifies the modulation depth Positive settings cause the modulation depth to increase when the sound is louder negative settings cause the modulation depth to decrease when the sound is louder Spread Sets the amount by which the envelope modifies the modulation LFO s spread LFO 2 The LFO 2 section lets you control a second LFO
16. rol ctrl key and the Command cmd key Delay Time The Delay Time section controls the length of the delay Delay Sets the length of the delay within the limits set with the Size con trol The value simply goes from 0 0 to 1 0 Refer to the read out at the bottom of the section for the actual delay time in millisec onds Spread Sets the difference in delay times between the channels i e left and right for stereo operation At 0 0 the two channels have the i same delay time Comfortable Size Sets the maximum length of the delay the length of the bucket 3 he m c brigade in hardware terms The actual maximum delay time will depend on this setting and on your audio clock rate E g at 88 2kHz the delays will be exactly half as long as at 44 1kHz The range of delay times at 44 1kHz is as follows Regeneration The Regeneration section controls how the delay repeats Feedback Sets the amount of the delayed signal that gets routed back to the input of the delay causing repeated echoes Note that the control goes up to 110 Settings above 100 cause positive feedback i e the delays get louder over time Path In common with all bucket brigade designs Little Spacey uses filters either side of the delay to remove aliasing and clock noise The Path setting lets you control whether the feedback goes around the full signal path including the filters or just around the delay itself not the
17. which modulates the depth of the main modulation LFO Speed 0 2008 0 000 E 0 000 B dc ux zl B m u a T u IE Cay Uni z m Sets the speed of the second LFO Depth Sets the amount by which the second LFO affects the depth of the main LFO Spread Varies the phase of the second LFO applied to each stereo channel Preferences Pressing the Prefs button brings up a dialog where various prefer ences are set These settings are shared by all instances of Little Spacey and are not stored with presets ENG About Expert Sleepers Visit www expertsleepers co uk Expert Sleepers Visit www expertsleepers co uk Little Spacey 1 0 0 Serial number Little Spacey Version 1 0 0 Unregistered To purchase a licence or to enter a previously purchased serial number please use the Expert Sleepers Licence Manager application To purchase a licence or to enter a previously purchased serial number please use the Expert Sleepers Licence Manager application Preferences OSC Base Port 7000 v Eye candy OSC Base Port 7000 v Constant redraw BL Eye candy vi Constant redraw Launch Licence Manager Floating tooltip Floating tooltip The top section shows the product version The central section will show your serial num ber once you ve bought a registration OSC Base Port Sets the base port number for OSC See the section on OSC below Eye can
18. wn menus Value edit boxes NNN N OD S000000000 OO SS N d pd pd p E O O O I X E EB E E Bad m m m m m m Name value display Delay Time Delay Spread Size Regeneration Feedback Path Colour Mix Mix Dry Mix Mod Depth Depth Spread Mod Speed Speed Envelope Modulation Ducking Speed Depth Spread LFO 2 Speed Depth Spread Preferences OSC Base Port Eye candy Constant redraw Floating tooltip MIDI control OSC Control 11 12 12 12 12 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 16 16 16 16 16 17 18 Reference MIDI amp OSC Scripting Reference Script locations Version History Contact Acknowledgements Lua oscpack glew FreeType FTGL libpng Zlib 18 18 18 18 19 20 21 21 21 22 23 23 23 23 Introduction e Little Spacey 1 Audio Yr DA 0 00 0 000 0 200 peed Vept E Speed Jer Ducking S L Spread Little Spacey is delay effect inspired by classic analogue bucket brigade delays but with refinements only possible in the digital arena not to mention a maximum delay time that would cost a small fortune to realise in hardware Great care has been taken to give Little Spacey the smooth creamy sound which makes analogue delays still popular today In common with the best analogue delays Little Spacey allows you to modulate the delay time for chorus or vi
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