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1. 16 The Modulation System 17 OVETVIEW 17 FO W EO SEE Manet re ee denis 17 MIdi ar 18 diese dede tandis 16 Copyright 2010 Rune Lund Hermansen VST is a registered trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners Tone Projects Sonitex STX 1260 VST PC Users Manual 5 INTRODUCTION SONITEX offers a complete processing suite dedicated to adding texture to digital audio This allows you to bring the gritty vibe from vinyl records and vintage hardware samplers into your modern DAW environment Sonitex is built on the idea that texture and grit is not a single effect such as noise or bit reduction Rather it is the cumulative result of every process a piece of music goes through as well as the interaction of these processes So instead of focusing on just a single effect Sonitex focuses on the complete life span of a piece of music before it ends up in a contemporary track Sonitex includes stages to mimic the mixing stage overall distortion vinyl pressing amp playback vinyl noise frequency fidelity and the re2. How to Use Right click the knob slider you want to set up modulation for and choose Modulation in the context menu to open the Modulation panel ENY FOLLOWER The Modulation panel consists of a Modulation mixer section specific to the chosen parameter and Global GLOBAL MODULATORS Modulators section that offers global controls for the two LEO ENVELOPE FOLLOWER modulators the LFO and the Envelope Follower FILTER RATE ATTACK TWEAK RELEASE RETRIGGER GRIN 2 Modulation Mixer Section Sonitex allows you to combine mixed amounts of modulation from both LFO and Envelope Follower Use the sliders to set the modulation to either add to or subtract from the parameter s current value The blue light indicator associated with the parameter provides a visual representation of the combined modulation Global Modulators Section This section allows you to set up the LFO and Envelope Follower affecting all modulated parameters Most controls here should be self explanatory with a few exceptions Tweak controls phase for most LFO waveforms but controls smoothing for the Random waveform and pulse width for the Pulse waveform Copyright 2010 Rune Lund Hermansen VST is a registered trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners Tone Projects Sonitex STX 1260 VST PC Users Manual 18 Retrigger allows you to re trigger the LFO
3. Overview Sonitex has a multi page interface consisting of 6 pages Each page represents one stage in the overall processing of the material The different stages will be explained in detail later in this manual PAGE SELECTORS ROUTING SELECTORS SECTION aT SWITCH PAGE CONTENT MASTER LEVEL GLOBAL PAGE ON OFF SUBSETS Page Selectors Use these buttons to switch between pages The order of the buttons gives an overview of the internal signal flow which runs through each processing stage from left to right Routing Selectors These buttons switch between 3 different signal flow configurations When switching to a new configuration it will automatically be reflected in the order of the Page Selector buttons Config 1 This is the default all round configuration Config 2 Similar to Config 1 except the Distortion stage is moved after the Noise stage Config 3 Similar to Config 1 except the Noise stage is moved after the Sampling stage Page Content This is where the actual controls for each stage are shown Section On Off Switch This type of button is used in many places It is used to enable disable sections within each page It will light up when enabled Notice that each of these buttons has a horizontal brown bar associated with it indicating that all controls within that range can be disabled by that particular on off switch Global On Off Disable this button to bypass Sonitex and pass the s
4. Copyright 2010 Rune Lund Hermansen VST is a registered trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners Tone Projects Sonitex STX 1260 VST PC Users Manual 19 CREDITS SONITEX STX 1260 VST PC by Tone Projects COPYRIGHT 2010 RUNE LUND HERMANSEN www toneprojects com CONCEPT amp DESIGN BY RUNE LUND HERMANSEN Tone Projects ADDITIONAL MODULES BY DAVID HAUPT CHRIS KERRY KELLY LYNCH LANCE PUTNAM SIMONLUCA LAITEMPERGHER UNKARGHERTH DEVELOPED WITH SYNTHEDIT HUGE RESPECT TO JEFF McCLINTOCK THANKS TO BETA TESTERS NIKLAS SILEN FRED COURY DANIEL J S LEWIS SETH PYBAS MARK STOLK JUHA MATTI HILPINEN ADAM STRANEY DAVID WESLEY MANUAL Written by RUNE LUND HERMANSEN Revision 1 00 edited by PAUL WALSH VST Plug in Technology by Steinberg SynthEdit 2003 by Jeff McClintock All Rights Reserved This VST i features modules by Chris Kerry www chriskerry f9 co uk J TONE PROJECTS Copyright 2010 Rune Lund Hermansen VST is a registered trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners
5. Sonitex will only pass through the noise whenever the audio signal exceeds the Gate Threshold This allows the noise to blend in with the incoming signal in more interesting ways The following controls are related to the Gate effect Soft Delay Sync Threshold and Release Soft The Soft mode will set the gate to a slower attack response in order to provide a smooth alternative to the percussive sounding normal mode You may want to raise the Noise Level or lower the Gate Threshold if the noise becomes too soft Delay This knob allows you to insert a delay before the gate s detection circuit and thereby offset the noise in relation to the incoming audio This can be used for various creative rhythmic purposes making the noise become part of the groove of the incoming signal With the Sync button activated the delay will synchronize to the tempo of the host and the delay knob will control the time signature Threshold This controls the threshold level for the gate Inputs above this level will allow the noise to pass through Release This sets the gate release time i e how long the fadeout time is on the noise when it is gated Dynamic Density When this button is enabled Sonitex will dynamically scale the density of Pops and Clicks according to the incoming signal and the Density knobs on Pops and Clicks will serve as the minimum base settings This is a powerful feature that allows the noise to integrate into th
6. VST is a registered trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners Tone Projects Sonitex STX 1260 VST PC Users Manual 16 Filter Hardware samplers usually offer a set of different filtering methods either by adjustable filters or by fixed filters at the output channels Some of these filters use dynamic filtering based on the signal envelope Sonitex offers this type of dynamic lowpass filtering in a range of different configurations Filter This button turns filtering on and off 24 dB oct This button switches between two filter types When disabled Sonitex will use a lowpass filter with a 12 dB oct response When enabled it will use a lowpass filter with a 24 dB oct response and a slightly more resonant sound Cutoff This adjusts the cutoff frequency When dynamic filtering is enabled Vel Mod set to anything but 0 the cutoff frequency will serve as the base of the modulation Vel Mod This controls the amount of dynamic modulation applied to the cutoff frequency The modulation is based on the peak envelope of the incoming signal You can dial in negative amounts to invert the modulation To disable modulation simply set the value to 0 Attack amp Release These knobs controls the attack and release times on the dynamic filtering Compressor Sonitex features a compressor on the final output stage Threshold Set the level where compression
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10. small blue light indicator This is used to show the current position of the control when it is being modulated by the internal modulation system When no modulation is active for the control the blue light will follow the value set with the control but when modulation is active the light will animate to illustrate the actual value after modulation has been applied The modulation system in Sonitex will be explained later in this manual Copyright 2010 Rune Lund Hermansen VST is a registered trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners Tone Projects Sonitex STX 1260 VST PC Users Manual 9 THE MIX STAGE The Mix stage adds initial dynamic density and allows stereo adjustments to the signal The main purpose of this is to add a slightly more finalized character to the sound Dynamics The dynamics section is good at adding subtle punch and dynamic movement to the signal It is most suited for material with a fair amount of transients Speed This controls the response of the envelope detection from fast to slow Be aware that fast settings can cause unwanted distortion Ratio The Ratio knob controls the amount or depth of amplitude modulation Generally you should be careful not to raise the ratio higher than 50 as this can result in unpleasant dynamic artifacts Mix This is a simple dry wet control which is useful for controlling th
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14. d This button will enable a stereo spread for the noise This adds a lot of dimension and realism to the noise Spread is mono compatible for the built in noise types but it may not work well with all custom WAV files Sync When this button is enabled the noise will only play when your host starts playback of the song This is especially useful when using rhythmic noise or wav files and you want it to sync to the song Note The Sync button does not refer to host tempo sync Load Clicking this button will open a File Dialog box where you can load your own WAV files for use in the noise channel Select Custom in the noise type dropdown menu to use the loaded WAV file Type This is where the noise type is selected Clicking the name will open a dropdown menu with the choice of 25 noise types The Custom refers to using a custom WAV file You can also use the small arrows on the side to step through the list Copyright 2010 Rune Lund Hermansen VST is a registered trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners Tone Projects Sonitex STX 1260 VST PC Users Manual 14 Master The master channel allows you to control the overall level of the Noise stage mix as a whole as well as providing some interesting ways to change the way noise is triggered Master This slider controls the level of the noise mix Gate When the Gate button is enabled
15. e audio signal Tone Activate this button if you wish to apply the bandwidth limitations and frequency response from the Tone stage to the noise as well When enabled noise will be routed through the Tone stage even if the Tone on off button is disabled This feature gives you the power to constrain noise to the same tonal characteristics as the rest of the signal Copyright 2010 Rune Lund Hermansen VST is a registered trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners Tone Projects Sonitex STX 1260 VST PC Users Manual 15 THE SAMPLING STAGE Vintage hardware samplers are renowned for their lofi characteristics which add a gritty quality to the sound This has to do with many aspects ranging from limited bit depth to dynamic filtering A collection of the most important of these characteristics has made it into the Sampling stage of Sonitex The flexibility provided allows you to emulate a range of different sampler configurations Digital Resolution This section allows you to mimic the sound of reduced digital resolution similar to what is found on certain hardware samplers You can go beyond this functionality and use it for numerous interesting effects Bits This allows you to limit the bit depth which is often referred to as bit crushing or bit quantizing Bitgate This parameter can be used on its own or in conjunction with the Bits knob It appl
16. e overall severity of the effect Tip for adjusting the Dynamics Section Start with the slowest speed fully right and a Mix of 100 Then adjust the ratio until you hear a snappy amp punchy sound but without distortion or artifacts Then adjust speed down to taste but high enough to prevent distortion Finally adjust the mix for the overall amount Centre Side Balance This section makes it possible to make basic but very efficient adjustments to the stereo signal A Sum and Difference circuit converts the normal Left Right stereo signal into a Centre channel Side channel signal also known as Mid Side Centre This knob adjusts the level of the centre channel i e the mono or mid information Side This knob allows you to cut or boost the side channel i e the stereo information Copyright 2010 Rune Lund Hermansen VST is a registered trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners Tone Projects Sonitex STX 1260 VST PC Users Manual 10 THE DISTORTION STAGE Distortion and saturation are very important dimensions to creating sonic texture and density The Distortion stage in Sonitex allows you to add several distortion types to the incoming signal with great flexibility in controlling the distortion characteristics If you wish to move this stage later in the signal chain try out routing configuration number 2 Pre Fi
17. ies a processing that results in a gated compressed distortion On especially percussive material this can give interesting effect It can also be useful to re introduce some breathing when using the Bits knob at extreme settings S Rate Sampling Rate This allows you to reduce the sampling rate On the interface you will find buttons which provide quick access to 8 common samplerate configurations Type Above the Samplerate knob you ll find a dropdown menu providing a choice of three different types of resampling modes This will affect the sound of 40 000 Hz the Samplerate reduction am jenet 26 040 Hz Normal 1 All round mode with no interpolation Normal II All round mode with linear interpolation ee Gritty Lofi Less predictable mode with more artifacts s 8 820 Hz Anti Alias Enable this button to insert a steep anti aliasing filter prior to samplerate reduction This is done to remove unwanted frequencies above the limitations of the samplerate Therefore the cutoff frequency of this filter is related to the samplerate you dial in on the S Rate knob Usually this filter would be fixed at half the sampling frequency The Nyquist frequency but here you are allowed to adjust the cutoff frequency by tuning the Adjust knob Mix As the last part of this section you ll find a simple dry wet mixing slider that allows you to mix portions of the unprocessed signal Copyright 2010 Rune Lund Hermansen
18. if the audio input goes over the set threshold A setting of OdB means re triggering is bypassed Filter allows you to focus the Envelope Follower on a specific part of the frequency spectrum by inserting a band pass filter with an adapting bandwidth Gain allows you to scale the signal coming out of the Envelope Follower Modulation will use extra CPU so it is recommended to Reset the LFO amp Envelope Follower sliders to O zero for any parameters not requiring modulation This is also true for bypassed sections since modulation will still use CPU even if the effect is not heard Every parameter with active modulation will add to the overall CPU usage but some less than others If no parameters are using either LFO or Envelope Follower then these circuits will sleep and use no additional CPU Midi Learn Sonitex also allows Midi Learn for parameters that support modulation Midi Learn is a great way to quickly set up an external MIDI controller to control a specific parameter in Sonitex You simply right click the knob slider to open the context menu where from you have access to Midi Learn and Unlearn Learn First Select Learn and then move a control on your MIDI controller to link that to the parameter in Sonitex You can override existing links if you want to change it simply by performing the learning process again Unlearn Selecting Unlearn will remove any link to MIDI controllers for the particular parameter
19. ignal through unaffected Copyright 2010 Rune Lund Hermansen VST is a registered trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners Tone Projects Sonitex STX 1260 VST PC Users Manual 8 Page Subsets These 6 buttons are related to the page currently displayed Pressing one of these buttons will dial in a fixed preset for that particular page alone These presets can be used as they are for fast workflow or as starting points for your own settings Note The compressor on the Sampling page is NOT affected by Subsets Master Level amp Dry Wet This knob allows you to adjust the final output gain of Sonitex Use the outer blue ring to adjust the mix between the dry and the processed signal Controls To change a knob or slider s control value hold left mouse button and drag the mouse up and down You can do fine adjustments by holding down CTRL while dragging the control Switches and buttons are controlled simply by left clicking on them Certain parameters have small buttons associated These provide functionality to quickly dial in a useful setting for that particular control such as the reset value or a commonly used value NOTE Sometimes interface values and meters etc will not update if your host s audio engine is not running or if you have bypassed the plug in Modulation Some knobs and sliders are coupled with a
20. ll curve display Spread Enabling Spread will add a slight difference in the modulation of the Left amp Right channels which results in a nice stereo effect Please note that this effect may have unwanted artifacts on some material when played back in mono Sibilance Sibilance is the presence of emphasized high frequency transients typically hissing sounds as s sh and z sounds This is a common defect in vinyl records Frequency This knob provides control over which part of the top end frequency range the sibilance is based on Intensity Sets the amount of sibilance This control is sensitive to the input signal level so sometimes you may have to drive the signal hard to make the sibilance noticeable Level After adjusting the Intensity you ll want to take down the level of the high frequencies This knob allows you to do just that Copyright 2010 Rune Lund Hermansen VST is a registered trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners Tone Projects Sonitex STX 1260 VST PC Users Manual 12 THE TONE STAGE Vinyl records in different qualities and conditions as well as the many types of playback systems all have frequency responses of various specifications The Tone stage of Sonitex is all about shaping the overall bandwidth of your signal and thereby allowing you to mimic the frequency response of many types of sys
21. lter With the Pre Filter section you can adjust the tone of the signal before it enters the distortion stage The pre filter provides 4 filter types lowpass bandpass highpass and notch Each filter is available in 5 different slopes ranging from 6 dB oct to 48 dB oct Distortion The Distortion section provides distortion for most types of applications ranging from subtle saturation to heavy distortion Type These buttons select the distortion type each of which exhibits different characteristics Saturation To add density and warming Distortion Good all round asymmetrical distortion Guitar Amp Distortion with an amp flavour Digital 1 2 Radical waveshaping Drive This knob controls how hard the signal is driven into the distortion circuit and how much distortion is applied The higher the gain the more distortion Emphasis Sonitex employs an emphasis system to minimize unpleasant distortion of the bass frequencies while keeping an overall flat frequency response The system consists of a pre emphasis stage and a linked de emphasis stage The pre emphasis stage is a high shelf filter boosting the high frequencies into earlier distortion The de emphasis stage which is applied after distortion is the mirror of the pre emphasis filter Mix The last stage of the distortion section is a dry wet mix control This allows you to mix in a little of the unprocessed signal to soften the distortion effect Copyright 2010 Ru
22. ne Lund Hermansen VST is a registered trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners Tone Projects Sonitex STX 1260 VST PC Users Manual 11 THE VINYL STAGE The Vinyl stage in Sonitex allows you to apply the key sonic characteristics of vinyl pressing and record playback to your own audio material Furthermore the Pitch Instability section in particular can be abused heavily for creative effects Pitch Instability This section emulates the cyclical pitch variance caused by a warped record surface Rate The Rate parameter controls the speed of the pitch modulation Its default setting is 0 555 Hz which ONE equals a 33 3 RPM record By clicking the Reset button you can always revert back to this value GP reser Ga When Sync is enabled the rate will synchronize to the host tempo and the Rate knob controls the time signature Intensity This knob controls the depth of the pitch modulation When set to x 0 00 the Pitch Instability is disabled Shape Shape selects between 5 different warp shapes with each of their own sonic characteristics Besides the static warp shapes you can choose to activate an envelope follower and have the pitch modulated by the peak envelope of the incoming signal The shape can be selected directly from the dropdown menu or you can browse through the selection by clicking the sma
23. o be useful in more subtle variations Gain The Gain slider provides a simple level adjustment on the output of the Tone stage Copyright 2010 Rune Lund Hermansen VST is a registered trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners Tone Projects Sonitex STX 1260 VST PC Users Manual 13 THE NOISE STAGE The Noise stage in Sonitex gives the option to add vinyl inspired noise with a high degree of flexibility and detail By combining various noise elements and configuring the triggering options you ll be able to tailor the noise to your specific needs The noise stage is built like a small mixer with channels for 3 different types of noise and a master noise channel as the last part Pops and Clicks Sonitex has two varieties of what you could call dust or crackles Pops are larger low frequency dust sounds and Clicks are tiny high frequency sounds Level This slider controls the level of the noise 1 En LEVEL ON OFF LEVEL ON OFF Density This knob controls the amount of noise jam POPS CLICKS DENSITY DENSITY Stereo Use this knob to adjust the stereo width of the noise STEREO STEREO Noise The Noise channel adds a base noise loop such as hiss or friction noise Sonitex comes with 20 different noise types but also allows you to use a custom wav file Level This slider controls the level of the noise Sprea
24. sets in Signals above this level will be compressed Ratio Sets the amount of compression applied Attack amp Release Sets the time response for the compression resulting a punchy sound while a fast attack will result in a more crushed sound Short release times also contribute to a crushed sound while long release times bring a more transparent and soft compression sound Generally speaking slow attack times will allow more transients to pass through unaffected Copyright 2010 Rune Lund Hermansen VST is a registered trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners Tone Projects Sonitex STX 1260 VST PC Users Manual 17 THE MODULATION SYSTEM Overview Sonitex features a powerful internal modulation system which allows you to add movement and dynamics to your sounds Modulation is available for the following parameters Distortion Drive Vinyl Pitch Intensity Tone Low Roll off Tone High Roll off Pop Level Pop Density y Click Level as Modulation Click Density Noise Level Midi Noise Master Level a Noise Gate Threshold Midi Unlearn Noise Gate Release Sampling Bits Sampling Sample Rate Sampling Filter Cut Off Most parameters that support modulation are easy to spot in the GUI because they have a blue light indicator Only the red and blue TONE roll off handles are the exceptions to this
25. solution amp characteristics of digital sampling Sonitex can be used to add a subtle feel to your material to make homemade breaks amp loops sound like they originate from a rare seventies record or for sound sculpting and creative effects Key Features e Dynamic processing to add initial punch and density e Mid Side stereo adjustments e Distortion with pre emphasis circuit and dry wet control e 5 Distortion types Saturation Distortion Amplifier Digital 1 2 e Flexible distortion pre filter e Vinyl pitch instability with multiple warp shapes and speed control syncable e Sibilance processing to emulate high frequency distortion on vinyl playback e Overall bandwidth control with separate high amp low frequency roll off and bump control e Additional processing to mimic vinyl groove wear and the phone sound on early systems e Flexible control over density level and stereo spread on both vinyl pops and clicks e Optional program dependant density for pops and clicks e 25 noise types ranging from vinyl noise and tape hiss to mechanical noises e Option to load custom wav files with noise or other sounds syncable e Adjustable gate with syncable delay on noise channel allows many ways to integrate noise e Flexible sampling section allows emulation of many types of sampler configurations e Bit depth reduction and 3 types of samplerate reductions with adjustable antialiasing filter e Dynamic lowpa
26. ss filter section e Adjustable built in compressor on output e Modulation system allowing mixed LFO amp Envelope Follower modulation for selected parameters e Midi Learn on selected parameters e 3 internal routing configurations e Intelligent design to reduce CPU on disabled sections e Subsets offers 6 fixed sub presets on each page to allow fast workflow when experimenting e Broad selection of categorized presets Copyright 2010 Rune Lund Hermansen VST is a registered trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners Tone Projects Sonitex STX 1260 VST PC Users Manual 6 INSTALLATION Installation Notes After installing the plug in you may have to refresh your host s list of plug ins in order for Sonitex to appear Refer to your host s manual if you have any doubts on how to do this off the Reset on Transport option in the Audio settings If you are using Imageline FL Studio as your host it is strongly recommended that you turn How to Register Until you have registered the plug in will hide the controls To register click the License button in the lower left corner to open the registration window Enter the license information you have received by mail when ordering When you ve entered valid license information you will get a message that Sonitex has been registered and you will be ready to enjoy
27. tems Low amp High Roll Off With the blue and red handles Sonitex 2 provides separate control over high and low roll off frequencies and thus the overall bandwidth The red handle cuts the low frequency while the blue handle cuts the high frequencies Notice that you can expand or shrink the bandwidth around the current center frequency by left clicking the yellow background and dragging up down with the mouse The Roll Off frequencies also have a Bump parameter associated This control boosts gain around the cutoff frequency to mimic behavior often exhibited by analog gear such as for instance the head bump on tape recorders Wear As vinyl records are played the pickup actually wears the surface of the record and over time the record will loose high frequency material This knob emulates that effect By increasing the Wear value you will be adding an increasing amount of degradation Notice that the wear is relative to the overall bandwidth set by the roll off handles distortion to get a realistic sound The Distortion subset wear is a good starting point for When emulating vinyl groove wear it is often a good idea to also increase the amount of that purpose Phone The Phone knob allows you to add further non linearity to the frequency response by adding a high mid frequency peaking filter boost This can for instance be used to get a sound similar to that of old phonograph but can als
28. the plug in The Presets Sonitex ships with a broad selection of categorized presets that offer a range of excellent starting points for your own settings As with many other types of plug ins the results obtained from using the Sonitex presets will vary wildly depending on the material they are used on Therefore it is strongly recommended that you get familiar with the controls and tweak Sonitex to suit your material instead of relying solely on presets When using the presets remember that you will often have to adjust threshold parameters and noise levels to make them fit your particular track The factory presets use the following categorizations MOD Presets focused on modulation GRV Groove typically drums and bass DRM Drums BAS Bass GTR Guitar PAD Synthesizer pads and orchestral strings SYN Synthesizer Sounds voc Vocals MIX Full mixes ALL Generic preset suitable for many types of tracks FX Extreme settings originally made with Don t let this restrict you when auditioning presets maybe a vocal The preset categorization is only a rough guide telling you what type of track the preset was preset is exactly what your drum track needs Copyright 2010 Rune Lund Hermansen VST is a registered trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners Tone Projects Sonitex STX 1260 VST PC Users Manual 7 THE INTERFACE
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