Doc Fear Manual - Analog In The Box
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1. SSS i sir a Di j mam I so ii Doc Fear User Manual 1 Introduction Welcome and thank you for purchasing one of the most superior EQ libraries available for Nebula Doc Fear We hope our software will help to make your mixes sound more pleasant unique and analog If you have any trouble with our software please do not hesitate to contact us support analoginthebox com We will be glad to help 2 System requirements In order to use our software you need at least An Intel or AMD CPU based PC An Intel based Mac 500MB free disk space 2GB Ram Nebula2 or Nebula3 Pro with installed commercial license We highly recommend using a Dual Core or better CPU so that you will be able to run a lot of Doc Fear instances simultaneously Our impressive sounding EQ is intended for modern powerful DAWs and has a relatively high system usage If you require Doc Fear to cause less CPU usage please contact our customer support Certain settings could reduce the system usage Doc Fear User Manual 3a Installation PC The installation is fairly straightforward Start the installer and read the End User License Agreement EULA carefully before you agree and proceed You need to choose 2 different paths The first one is your nebulatemprepository directory where your programs and vectors will be copied to The second is the directory where this ma2. Some typical applications for it would be tracks like Overheads HiHats cymbals in general shimmering acoustic guitar A typical curve for that program Magnitude dB 10 20 50 100 200 500 ik 2k 5k 10k 20k Frequency Hz 6db 100Hz 4db 12KHz Again this is more of a spice program than a go to program Apply it to your track as the first plugin and shape the sound into the right direction but don t overdo it If you need more precise and stronger equalization use your a different eq Tip Use this program on tracks where you want to work out high frequencies and cut lows as the first in chain followed by a more transparent eq if needed 13 Doc Fear User Manual D Fear Lo 31 This program gives you control over the low boost and the low cut at the same time If you ever worked with a Pultec style equalizer then you know about the high interaction between those bands Just using the low boost or the low shelf separately is somehow like missing an important part of the whole concept You really need to experiment with it and listen to understand how it works Once you are used to it you will be amazed Because Nebula uses a brute force attempt to sample all the possible control settings of an equalizer this program uses a lot of your computers resources We had to limit the possible amount of the boost control to 10db and the possible amount of cut to 8db to achieve
3. 12KHz boost Infinitely variable up to 4db Peak characteristic D Fear Combo2 3S 3 band combination program stepped controls 100Hz cut Adjustable in 2db steps up to 8db Shelving characteristic 500Hz cut Adjustable in 2db steps up to 4db Peak characteristic 12KHz boost Adjustable in 2db steps up to 8db Peak characteristic D Fear Combo2 31 3 band combination program interpolated 100Hz cut Infinitely variable up to 8db Shelving characteristic 500Hz cut Infinitely variable up to 4db Peak characteristic 12KHz boost Infinitely variable up to 8db Peak characteristic Doc Fear User Manual D Fear Lo 31 Low boost cut at same time program interpolated Boost frequencies Infinitely variable between 20Hz and 140Hz Boost gain Infinitely variable up to 10db Cut frequencies Infinitely variable between 30Hz and 400Hz Cut gain Infinitely variable up to 8db 9 The programs in theory In general there are no limitations on how to use the Doc Fear If it sounds right it is right However it is easy to achieve better results with it if you take a little time and think about what program to choose for a specific task and consider some of our suggestions from this manual It is a basic decision whether to use the interpolated programs or the ones that have the same stepped controls as the hardware The interpolated programs allow you to extend beyond the possibilities of the original hardware while
4. D Fear Hi 3S Mq D Fear Hi 3S Hq D Fear Hi 3S D Fear Hi 31 D Fear Combol1 3S D Fear Combot 31 D Fear Combo2 3S D Fear Combo2 31 D Fear Lo 31 Lo Mid Hi Represent the 5 bands that of the hardware Low Boost Cut Mid Cut Hi Boost and Hi Cut 3 These programs use 3 Kernels of which 2 are reserved for harmonic distortion Doc Fear User Manual Sorl The next letter indicates whether the program is a running in Switchmode stepped controls like the hardware or b using Nebula s Interpolation between settings Lq Mq H Q Factor for the High shelf boost Lq Low Q 0 6 amp 0 8 Mq Medium Q 1 0 amp 1 4 Hq High Q 1 4 amp 1 7 Combo These programs are not single bands but combinations of different bands at fixed frequencies This is the third included combo that allows you to use the low boost up to 10db and low cut down to 8db at the same x Programs marked by this are highly CPU optimized For this reason they are not providing the same high quality as the other programs In this case we define quality as being close to the hardware So they still sound very analog just a bit different compared to the full quality programs 8 List of available programs D Fear Lo 3S Low boost shelving characteristic stepped controls Gain Adjustable in 2db steps up to 16db Frequencies 20Hz 40Hz 60Hz 100Hz 140Hz D Fear Lo 3I Low boost shelving characteristic
5. a program that compromises between resource usage and quality 14 Doc Fear User Manual 11 Closing words and credits We hope this short manual helped you to understand the concept of Doc Fear On just a few pages we were not able to explain all the facts about this equalizer We skipped talking about what makes this eq so unique compared to other Nebula equalizers for example harmonic distortion but on the other side this way we were able to tell you everything you really need to know about this eq on just a few pages For everything else Just trust your ears and listen We hope you create some great mixes with our software If you have any questions or suggestions do not hesitate contacting us at support analoginthebox com Last but not least we would like to thank some people Peter Sattler For his helping hands during the sampling session of Doc Fear Mario Podrug Michael Angel Graham Duncan David Hockgeiger Nina Gernandt and Manuela Feilzer For their help support and beta tests Giancarlo Del Sordo and the whole Acustica Audio team For developing their ingenious software http www acusticaudio net Christian Budde For his amazing VST Plugin Analyser http www savioursofsoul de Christian VST is a trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH Intel is a trademark of Intel Corporation in the U S and other countries AMD is a trademark of Advanced Micro Devices 15
6. d wait until your authorization file has been created Close the window click on the download AUT button and download your authorization file DOCFEAR AUT Copy the file to your nebulatemprepository folder where the challenge file is located as well You have successfully authorized Doc Fear The nebulatemprepository folder location can vary for PC users For Mac users it is usually Library Audio Presets AcusticaAudio Nebula3 PC users can download and use a license installer instead of copying the authorization file manually Doc Fear User Manual 5 Doc Fear and its hardware father The Doc Fear programs for Nebula are based on a handcrafted Pultec style equalizer with passive LC filter circuits with custom Jensen inductors set between valve input and output amplifiers A massive but beautiful red unit handcrafted in Pennsylvania Its sound could be described as resonant deep always present smooth and creamy 6 The sampling process We finally were most satisfied with the combination of an Apogee AD 16x and a Lavry DA 10 for sampling Mogami and Vovox cables were used for connectivity Each sample has been recorded twice to avoid even the most subtle errors that could have occurred 7 A quick overview The Doc Fear includes 18 different Nebula programs D Fear Lo 3S D Fear Lo 31 D Fear Lo 3S D Fear Lo 31 D Fear Mid 3S D Fear Mid 31 D Fear Hi 3S D Fear Hi 31 D Fear Hi 3S Lq
7. ent for D Fear Hi 3S to save RAM D Fear Hi 3S Hq Hi boost peak characteristic stepped controls Gain Adjustable in 2db steps up to 14db Q settings 1 4 1 7 Frequencies 1 5KHz 3KHz 4KHz 5KHz 8KHz 10KHz 12KHz 16Khz Can be used as a replacement for D Fear Hi 3S to save RAM Doc Fear User Manual D Fear Hi 31 Hi boost peak characteristic inerpolated stepped CPU RAM usage optimized Gain Infinitely variable up to 14db Q settings 0 6 0 8 1 0 1 4 1 7 Frequencies 1 5KHz 3KHz 4KHz 5KHz 8KHz 10KHz 12KHz 16Khz D Fear Hi 3S Hi cut shelving characteristic stepped controls Gain Adjustable in 2db steps up to 14db Frequencies 1 7KHz 4KHz 10KHz 28KHz D Fear Hi 31 Hi cut shelving characteristic interpolated Gain Infinitely variable up to 14db Frequencies Infinitely variable between 1 7KHz and 28KHz D Fear Combo1 3S 4 band combination program stepped controls 20Hz cut On 4db or off Shelving characteristic 100Hz boost Adjustable in 2db steps up to 4db Shelving characteristic 400Hz cut Adjustable in 2db steps up to 4db Peak characteristic 12KHz boost Adjustable in 2db steps up to 4db Peak characteristic D Fear Combo1 31 4 band combination program interpolated 20Hz cut Infinitely variable up to up to 4db Shelving characteristic 100Hz boost Infinitely variable up to 4db Shelving characteristic 400Hz cut Infinitely variable up to 4db Peak characteristic
8. interpolated Gain Infinitely variable up to 16db Frequencies Infinitely variable between 20Hz and 140Hz Doc Fear User Manual D Fear Lo 3S Low cut shelving characteristic stepped controls Gain Adjustable in 2db steps up to 18db Frequencies 30Hz 40Hz 100Hz 400Hz D Fear Lo 31 Low cut shelving characteristic interpolated Gain Infinitely variable up to 18db Frequencies Infinitely variable between 30Hz and 400Hz D Fear Mid 3S Mid cut peak characteristic stepped controls Gain Adjustable in 2db steps up to 16db Frequencies 200Hz 300Hz 400Hz 500Hz 600Hz 700Hz D Fear Mid 31 Mid cut peak characteristic interpolated Gain Infinitely variable up to 16db Frequencies Infinitely variable between 200Hz and 700Hz D Fear Hi 3S Hi boost peak characteristic stepped controls Gain Adjustable in 2db steps up to 14db Q settings 0 6 0 8 1 0 1 4 1 7 Frequencies 1 5KHz 3KHz 4KHz 5KHz 8KHz 10KHz 12KHz 16Khz D Fear Hi 3S Lq Hi boost peak characteristic stepped controls Gain Adjustable in 2db steps up to 14db Q settings 0 6 0 8 Frequencies 1 5KHz 3KHz 4KHz 5KHz 8KHz 10KHz 12KHz 16Khz Can be used as a replacement for D Fear Hi 3S to save RAM D Fear Hi 3S Mq Hi boost peak characteristic stepped controls Gain Adjustable in 2db steps up to 14db Q settings 1 0 1 4 Frequencies 1 5KHz 3KHz 4KHz 5KHz 8KHz 10KHz 12KHz 16Khz Can be used as a replacem
9. nual and the uninstaller will be saved Our installer will automatically detect the correct path of your nebulatemprepository as well as your standard Program Files directory If for any reason this does not happen please be sure that you manually select the correct folders In the next step Start Menu shortcuts will be created If you wish to skip this step just check the Do not create shortcuts button in the lower left corner Finally click on the Install button and the installer will do the rest Please be patient as this process could take a few minutes 3b Installation Mac Open mount the disk image Run the included installer package Please read the End User License Agreement EULA carefully before you agree and proceed Enter your administrator password when asked for and start the installation Optional Copy the manual to your hard disk Doc Fear User Manual 4 Authorization Before you can start using Doc Fear you will need to authorize the library ina few simple steps Open Nebula in your DAW Load a preset that is included in the Doc Fear library Loading this program will fail Nebula will load its internal init program instead and create a challenge file DOCFEAR SER in your nebulatemprepository folder Log in to the analoginthebox com website navigate to My Account and click the authorize button for Doc Fear Upload your challenge file an
10. onsequence of the small number of frequencies that have been sampled all that were existing on the hardware Remark Interpolation errors occur only on peak characteristic programs with interpolated frequency settings D Fear Mid 31 10 Doc Fear User Manual But there is another reason why we released both versions of these programs In a very few cases there is a synchronization error between the kernels when interpolating that leads to a roll off in the highs Although this side effect occurs only for specific settings we released the stepped control versions as well in order to provide you a 100 accurate tool when needed for example mastering applications CS u pa o u Magnitude dB a o 10 200 500 1k 2k Frequency Hz Remark Kernel synchronization errors only occur in the programs D Fear Hi 31 and D Fear Hi 31 10 The programs in use What we always had in mind was to create a bundle of programs for Nebula that could help improve in the box mixes a lot by adding a pleasant flavour to your tracks It had to be something that is really quick and easy to use and could be spread on many of your tracks The original hardware does something magical to your tracks even if you have all controls set to flat and so does our Doc Fear You could insert an instance of a low CPU usage program like D Fear Hi 3S and use it on a large number of tracks to add the analog flavo
11. still obtaining its lovely flavour and character of the hardware Nebula s interpolation is pretty good as you can see in the graphs below The first one shows D Fear Hi 3S 10db 4K and 10k The second shows the same curves light red and an interpolated setting in between 10db 7KHz purple Magnitude dB Magnitude dB Var NS 1k 10k 20k 1k 2k 5k 2k 5k Frequency Hz Frequency Hz Here is another example of using interpolated programs The light red curves are a low boost based on sampled control settings 6db 20Hz and 40Hz and the purple curve is created by Nebula 6db 30Hz Doc Fear User Manual 1k 2k 5k 10k 20k 50 100 200 500 Frequency Hz The interpolated curve is perfect as expected So why did we release interpolated and stepped programs and not only interpolated ones As good as Nebula s interpolation might be It also has its weaknesses especially when it comes to interpolating between frequencies on peak filters Take a look at the graphs below 2H 4 m 6H m ao z z y 8 7 T 3 2 2 z 104 104 E E 12 12 14 t 14 16 y H LL A 16 a PH 18 Lt FE Analyser de 18 H 4 C Anayeer D 200 200 Frequency Hz Frequency Hz As you can see the interpolated curve is wrong This is not really a fault but a logical c
12. ur of the original hardware to you mix Depending the source you could hear the difference instantly Tip If you want to achieve a more vintage sounding mix use the D Fear Hi 3S program for instant colorization and get rid of some of those really high frequencies The 28KHz setting is perfect for that task 11 Doc Fear User Manual We assume you do not need to be instructed on how or when to use the single band programs of the Doc Fear programs So we will focus on the mighty tools you get with our eq D Fear Comboi and D Fear Combo2 These 2 programs have both been created for a specific task so let us take a closer look at them now D Fear Comboi Use this program for adding some air by the 12Khz boost some bottom by the 100Hz boost and remove some mud in the 400Hz are with the mid cut If the 100Hz boost is too deep you can attenuate it by using the 20Hz cut control 20 50 100 200 500 1k 2k 5k 10k 20k Frequency Hz 0 5db 20Hz 0 8db 100Hz 0 5db 400Hz and 1db 12KHz The curves of this program can not be recreated by using several instances of Doc Fear in chain There is an interaction between the different bands especially between the low cut boost Tip Use this program like a spice that adds flavour to the main ingredient 12 Doc Fear User Manual D Fear Combo2 The second combo was created for the easy achievement of lovely brilliant high frequencies
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