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1. 3 The flag is saved in the Toraverb configuration file and applied to all new instances of the plug in When removing any instance of the plug in from the host application the configuration file is saved wena E A E 19 Configuration e Presets tab A eecececoecocococococococococcecoececocococococococococococococcecececececocococococococococococococcecocecocococococococococococococcececococococococococococococococcecesecococecocococecooo i d16 group Default Presets D16 provides a set of default presets with Toraverb They are applied to every new instance of the plug in If a bank 4 of presets is created which should be applied every time instead of factory presets it is possible to select such anon option Default Presets section Default Presets Factory Presets Clear Presets User Defined Browse Default presets selection Options available in the Default Presets section e Factory Presets Default value after installing Toraverb Choosing this option loads the factory presets with every new instance of the plug in e Clear Preset Zeroed parameters with every new instance of the plug in e User Defined Preset bank selected by the user When choosing User Defined option the Browse button on the right side is activated Using this button opens a dialog box in order to select a path to the user s preset bank Confirming the path saves it in the Toraverb configuration file The selected preset bank will be l2. dh Acid Soft plastic a Pads E Ah Acid Gentle accent x a _Pianos 2h Acid Dirty sound f Synths J Acid Popular 1 a Martin Roth gt Sh Acid Popular 2 A Preset Load Save Bank Load Save Preset Manager 3 The left side shows the list of groups in the preset bank Theright side shows the list of presets in the selected group fe 2 ACID Scratcher IE Drums T Guitars gt Ih Saw can talk mw Basses 2 Acid Overloaded mixer i _Misc 2h Acid Higher states a Organs gt ah Acid Soft plastic a Pads gt ih Acid Gentle accent T Pianos gt Ah Acid Dirty sound I Synths gt 2 Acid Popular 1 fm Martin Roth gt J Acid Popular 2 List of groups in the preset bank List of presets in the selected group TORAVERB Preset Management e Preset Browser A eecececococococococococococcecoececocococococococococococococcecececececocococococococococococccocececececocococococococococococococcececococococococococococococococcecesecococecocococecooo d16 group Actions available in the Preset Browser e Clicking on a slot in the preset list loads the selected preset 3 e Clicking ona slot in the group list selects a group of presets e Both presets and groups can be renamed Double clicking on a slot toggles edit mode After entering the new name press enter to finish e The bank of presets has exactly 128 items The number of presets cannot be changed This means that there is no p
3. Midi control tab gt Note This feature 3 Toraverb can assign its controls on GUI to any MIDI CC Midi Control Change allowing the control of the plug in 4 Korey using external hardware or software in the VST version of the plug in due to the fact that the AU t Midi Control specification does not include ole p CC Parameter CC Parameter CC Parameter port necessary to receive MIDI messages Midi Learn mode Midi Control tab Controls included in the tab e Midi learn mode Checkbox which activates Midi learn mode e Alist of active MIDI CC links containing pairs comprising of a CC code and the name of the plug in parameter e Default Map Checkbox which activates a default MIDI CC map When the map is activated it will be loaded with creating a new instance of the plug in Toran E A E Configuration e Midi control tab A eececoecococococococococococcecececocococococococococococococcecececececocococococococococococococcecececocococococococococococococececececococococococococococococccececesecococecocococecooo i d16 group Midi learn Assigning a Toraverb control to the MIDI controller requires 4 1 Checking Midi Learn Mode checkbox in the Midi Control tab Midi Learn Mode CC Parameter Midi Learn Mode selection checkbox 2 Inthe status bar in the bottom section of GUI a message should appear waiting for a controller or parameter movement Status bar In this mode
4. User Manual Overview GI i a a a a a a a a a a a a a a aa a a a T d16 group Overview 3 Toraverb is a studio quality reverberating effect unit with modulated tail 1 LAT E me eeu PSST TT lh la i i f e rm ra a P a ne i j Toraverb graphical interface We can distinguish two sections there e Configuration and preset management itn om Configuration and preset selection section e Signal processing control section consists of the all remaining controls TORAVERB Signal flow e Basic modules A eecoecoecococococococococococoecoececocococococococococococococcecececececocococococococococococococcecececocococococococococococococcecececococococococococococococococececoecococecocococecooo i d16 group Signal Flow This chapter describes the signal path through Toraverb It explains the basic components of the unit and its control 2 parameters Basic modules 3 Internally Toraverb consists of a few basic components These correspond to the sections on the graphical user interface 3 Early reflections This section controls the early reflections of reverb EARLY Dea There re three parameters to control this section e Size Size of the room for early reflections only e Diffusion It s the reflecting surface s ability to spread the echo out If this parameter is set to Sharp reflecting surface is perfectly flat and doesn t distort reflected wav
5. flag Toran E A E E 18 Configuration e Presets tab G eececoecococococococococococcecececocococococococococococococcecececececocococococococococococococcecececocococococococococococococcececococococococococococococococcecesocococecocococecooo d16 group e Automatic Any change of a parameter in the current preset is automatically stored e On Demand If any parameter is changed the change is not saved in the current preset until the Store option 4 is used CTRL Browse Selecting a different preset from the bank causes irreversible loss to changes applied to the parameters unless the Store option is used 3 The Preset Storing flag is saved in the Toraverb configuration file and applies to all new instances of the plug in When removing any instance of the plug in from the host application the configuration file is saved Changing Type Changing between presets may cause undesirable sonic artifacts Switching the Changing Type flag may prevent this phenomenon Changing Type Normal amp Silent Changing Type flag e Normal Changing presets takes place in a classical manner all parameter values are rapidly changed into new values e Silent Before changing the preset the output signal is muted Next the parameters are set to new values and the signal level is restored to its previous value This feature is significant in live performances during which sonic artifacts caused by preset changes are undesirable
6. the plug in waits for any change in the parameter value movement of any control on GUI and for the movement of any MIDI CC control from the external MIDI controller which operates on an active MIDI input channel directed to Toraverb The order of these actions is irrelevant During the above mentioned actions the status bar informs about the currently changing values of controls and provides their names Toran E E E ag Configuration e Midi control tab A eeeooccccoccoooooooooocococooooooooooccococoooooooocococococoooocococcococooooooooocococoooocooooooocococcoooooooooocococoooooooooococcocoooooooooococooocooooooooococococooooooooooooooooo d16 group When a MIDI control lt gt GUI control link is established a line is added to the MIDI CC link list CC Parameter CC Parameter CC Parameter 21 Filter 2 Cutoff 23 Filter 1 Cutoff JD MIDI CC link list When a link is established for a controller it is possible to repeat the operation for the next MIDI CC and parameter pairs Subsequent links will be created and added to the list 3 When all the needed links are created uncheck the Midi Learn Mode checkbox 3 In order to create new links it is possible to reactivate the Midi Learn Mode at any time 3 The links are always sorted in an ascending manner in relation to the CC column according to the MIDI CC code wenn E E E A 16 Configuration e Midi control tab d16 group Unlinking and midi link manageme
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8. bank of presets from a file file trprb Toraverb bank in Toraverb usin CTRL See e Bank Save saves the entire bank of presets to a file when On demand function is selected in the plug in configuration gt Note Files saved by Toraverb are compatible with XML format which enables their edition in any text editor Torann E E E 12 Configuration A eecececococococococococococcecececocococococococococococococcecececececocococococococococococococcececococococococococococococococecececocecococococococococococococcecececocececocococecooo d16 group E 4 Configuration and preset selection section After clicking on Options in the preset selection and configuration section a configuration panel unfolds in the bottom section of GUI The panel has three tabs Presets Midi Control Configuration panel tabs e Midi control configures MIDI communications with the plug in e Presets configures presets switching indicates personal resources loaded instead of default presets e Quality conversion track quality settings Clicking on Options while holding CTRL opens a window with information about the version and the license owner wenn E A E Gig Configuration e Midi control tab eecececoecocococococococococcecoececocococococococococococococcececececococococococococococococococcecececocococococococococococococcececocococococococococococococococecesecococecocococecooo d16 group
9. cesencsnsdetcsastecesesconesactteeess 8 Loading and Saving Preset s esessesessesesseseeseseese 12 4 Configuration cccsesescecrssssscecscessssscecesesessscsceseresenes 13 PCN CONTE ON CAD agieren 14 Toran E E S 23
10. cocococococececececocococococococococococococcececocococococococococococococococecesecococecocococecooo d16 group Changes in the preset bank are not permanent After removing and reloading the plug in the default preset bank will be loaded However saving the project within the host application will also save the status of the plug in including changes in the preset bank After reloading the project all changes in the current parameter settings and in the preset 3 bank will be restored Preset Browser As it was mentioned the preset bank in the plug in has a hierarchical structure i e presets are organized in groups Presets can be selected by Next Prev buttons which navigate through the structure in a linear way or by using the Preset Browser The Preset Browser is a tool which allows to easily manage the preset structure To open it click Browse in the preset selection section aaa Configuration and preset selection section wena E A E Preset Management e Preset Browser CB eececoecococococococococococcecececocococococococococococococcececececococecococococococococococeoccecececocococococococococococococecececocecococococococococococococoecececococecocococoecooo d16 group The Preset Browser wil N LLL unfold under the GUI Ah ACID Scratcher t t Drums gt 3 a _Guitars gt 2h Saw can talk ia We Basses J Acid Overloaded mixer i T Misc J Acid Higher states A t Organs
11. cooccoocooccoocooccooccoccooccoccooccoccooccoccoocooccooccoccooccocceoccocceoccoccooccoocooccoocooccoocooccooeoo d16 group Master section There re global reverberation parameters 2 e X fader Crossfade between early reflections output and late reflections output Pre delay Delay between dry signal and reverberation in milliseconds Modulation It s a parameter which controls delay lines disturbance Wet gain Reverberated signal amplification 0 dB 12 dB FX Crossfade between Dry and reverberated signal Master section C amp my AMPLITUDE EARLY REFLECTIONS LATE REFLECTIONS TIME PRE DELAY Signal reverberation Toue E EEEE Ee Signal flow e Path of the signal s flow Path of the signal s flow The picture below shows the signal flow through the plug in TORAVERB IN OUT DELAY LINES DELAY LINES asas k a EARL LATE L OUT Signal flow through the plug in d16 group Preset Management e Browsing presets A eececoecococococococococococececoececocococococococococococococcecececececocococococococococococococcecececocococococococococococococcececocecocococococococococococccoecececococecocococecooo i d16 group Preset Management Browsing presets Presets in the plug in are hierarchically organized in groups and contrary to the linear structure this setting is not compatible with the native methods used within the h
12. e In a case of setting this value to Smooth reflecting surface distorts wave and spread out into different directions e Attenuation This parameter changes the characteristic of the wall s surface its dumping properties Early reflections wena E E Signal flow e Basic modules A eececoecoecocococococococococececececocococococococococococococcececececococococococococococococococcecececocococococococococococococcececocecococococococococococococcecececococecocococecooo s d16 group Early EQ Single peak parametric EQ for early reflections output 3 It s controlled within following parameters e Frq Centre frequency of a peak e Gain Gain value for a band 24 dB 24 dB a e Bw Width of the band 4 octaves 0 5 octave Early reflections parametric equalizer 3 Late reflections 3 Parameters controlling the late reflections of reverb e Size Size of the room for late reflections only ATE e Diffusion It s the reflecting surface s ability to spread the echo out If this parameter is set to Sharp reflecting surface is perfectly flat and doesn t distort reflected wave In acase of setting this value to Smooth reflecting surface distorts wave and spread out into different directions e Feedback Controls how much of wave energy is consumed every reflection The less value the more energy consumes every reflection that means the feedback is weaker ION T DECAY TIME then Lat
13. e reflections E ppr r LE e Attenuation This parameter changes the characteristic of the wall s surface its dumping properties e Bass cut It s another parameter that controls other property of reflecting surface what frequencies below the set one are absorbed by the surface We can choose frequency from the range 0 Hz 22 kHz Torann E E Signal flow e Basic modules B eececoecococococococococococececoececocococococococococococococcecececececocococococococococococococcecececococococococococococococoecececececococococococococococococoecececococococococecooo d16 group e Decay time It shows the current decay time of the whole reverberation path Following parameters have influence on decay time 2 Early reflections Size Early reflections Diffusion Late reflections Size Late reflections Diffusion Late reflections Feedback Attenuation parameters for early and late reflections have also effect on Decay time but it s not taken into account for calculations Late EQ 3 Single peak parametric EQ for late reflections output 3 It s controlled within following parameters e Frq Centre frequency of a peak e Gain Gain value for a band 24 dB 24 dB e Bw Width of the band 4 octaves 0 5 octave Late reflections parametric equalizer wenn E E E 4 Signal flow e Basic modules A eseooceoccoccecccocceoccocceoccoccooccocceoccoccooccooceoccoocooccoocooccoc
14. f a pointer on the right from its name wW _Misc a Organs E Empty group in the Preset Browser i Pastes the edited preset to the buffer works exactly like the combination of Prev and CTRL CeEELE Overwrites the selected preset with the buffer content works exactly like the combination of Next and CTRL The postfix _copy is added Function buttons of the Preset Browser eee f to the name of the preset pasted from the buffer a Works exactly like Prev on GUI allows to move backwards on the hierarchical structure of presets Works exactly like Next on GUI allows to move forward on the hierarchical structure of presets Toran E E E 11 Preset Management e Loading and Saving presets A eecececoecocococococococococcecoececocococococococococococococcececececococococococococococococccoccecececocococococococococococococcececocococococococococococococococecececococecocococecooo i d16 group Loading and Saving presets At the bottom of the Preset Browser there are function buttons which allow to save load presets on from the hard 3 drive Preset Load Save Bank Load Save Loading and Saving presets from the hard drive functions Four buttons are available e Preset Load loads a single preset from a file file trprs Toraverb preset Note Before Preset Save saves the current preset to a file saving the preset toafile saveit Bank Load loads the entire
15. nt On the right side of the link list there are 4 function buttons located 4 CC Parameter CC Parameter CC Parameter 21 Filter 2 Cutoff Eeee JO MIDI CC link list and function buttons Ex Removes a selected link choosing any link from the list and clicking on it highlights the selected link Using this button removes the selected link Removes all MIDI CC links 3 t Loads link lists MIDI maps from file trccmap Toraverb MIDI CC Map files are saved in XML format which enables their edition in any text editor gt Note MIDI map ti Saves link lists MIDI maps to file TORAVERB Configuration e Midi control tab e Presets tab G d16 group Default MIDI Map Selecting a default MIDI Map 4 Default Map Default MIDI Map selection 1 Check the Default Map checkbox which activates the Browse button on the right 2 Click Browse and select a file with a saved MIDI Map 3 After selecting the MIDI map the text box on the left from the Browse button shows the path to the active map file A default MIDI map is loaded each time when the plug in is loaded Presets tab 3 Preset Storing 3 Using Prev Next buttons or the Preset Browser navigates through the preset bank Any change in the current preset can be stored automatically or on demand Depending on the selection one of the two options is active Preset Storing Automatic On Demand Preset Storing
16. oaded as default 3 The text box on the left from the Browse button shows the path to the user s preset bank wena E A E 20 Configuration e Quality tab A ecococoececcococeceocococeocococeccococecceocococeocococeccocococceocococeocococeccocococeocococeocococeceocococeocococeccocococeocococeocococeococococeocococeccococeccocococeccococeccocesoe d16 group Quality tab 3 Adjusts the quality of the conversion track depending on the processor s capacity Four quality values are available 4 e Low e Medium e High e Highest 3 The higher the conversion quality is the more processor s capacity is required by the plug in Higher conversion quality leads to better sound quality Quality tab a A E adem ase A TAE A N OANE E E EE NE ET A O E E E an Configuration e Quality tab A eececoecococococococococococcecececocococococococococococococcececececococococococococococococcceocececececocococococococococococococecececocococococococococococococococecececococececocococooo d16 group Current Quality The Current Quality flag value is stored in Toraverba per instance and saved within the host application project file 4 The flag is not saved in the preset Default Quality Default value of the Current Quality flag for new instances of the plug in The flag is saved in the Toraverb configuration file When removing any instance of the plug in from the host application the configuration file is saved Toran E E S
17. ossibility of adding or removing presets Only relocating them between groups or changing their order is possible By dragging the preset you may gt Note Changing Change its position in the group by dropping it in a different slot in the list of presets in a selected group the ord seek n Move the preset to a different group by dragging and dropping it in the chosen slot in the group list oe 3 Holding CTRL or SHIFT and using the mouse button allows to select more presets a Holding CTRL and clicking on presets selects single items the order by 3 Using SHIFT allows to select a range of presets The first click marks the beginning of the range and the second E click marks the end presets In a group is inactive When more than one presets are selected it is possible to drag them to a different group Torann E E E E 10 Preset Management e Preset Browser A eecececocococococococococoececoececocococococococococococococcecececececocococococococococococococcecececococococococococococococcecececocococococococococococococococecececococecocococecooo d16 group On the left side of the Preset Browser there are function buttons located Adds anew empty group to the preset bank 3 Removes a group from the preset bank but only if the selected group is empty Before removing a group remaining presets should be relocated to different groups An empty group can be recognized by the lack of bold font and the lack o
18. ost application The user can see the presets assigned to particular groups in the Preset Manager Groups can be also defined by the user j ACIO Scratcher B E Configuration and preset selection section Controls available in the preset selection section e Preset name Displays the name of the selected preset Allows editing of the preset name before saving the preset Clicking on the control causes a shift into edit mode After applying changes through the keyboard confirm the new name with the Enter button e Prev Next Buttons used to navigate through the preset bank Next button moves the browser to the next preset If the current preset is the last preset in a group pressing Next moves the browser to the first preset in the subsequent group Prev button moves the browser to the previous preset If the current preset is the first preset in a group pressing Prev moves the browser to the last preset in the preceding group 2Note OnMacOS e Prev CTRL Prev button pressed while holding CTRL copies the edited preset to the buffer AppleCMD key pene Next CTRL Next button pressed while holding CTRL pastes the buffer to the current preset with postfix of CTRL key copy added to its name e Browse Opens a Preset Browser menu in the bottom part of the GUI wenn E a Preset Management e Browsing presets e Preset Browser A eececoecococococococococococcecececocococococococococococococcecececececocococococococo
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