Badass 2 user manual
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1. Operating System Microsoft Windows 8 7 XP SP2 or later or Vista CPU e 1 5 GHz or higher with SSE2 Memory e 512 Mb RAM or higher Graphics e 1024x768 32 bit Audio Audio interface with ASIO driver support recommended and minimum 44kHz samples rates MIDI To use the automation a Host with automation features and for MIDI learn a MIDI interface and an external MIDI control device is required Installation 1 Simply run the installer program by double clicking it and follow the on screen instructions viel Setup Badass Welcome to the Badass Setup Wizard This will install Badass version 2 0 on your computer It is recommended that you dose all other applications before continuing multi distortion effect Click Next to continue or Cancel to exit Setup BADASS nm an ET LR In T id M Tekit Audio Next gt Cancel 2 Run your host software and load TA Badass 2 Consult your host documentation for information on how to do this Our un installer keep your system clean all the files are deleted and there are no entry left in your Windows registry Demo Version The demo version of Badass 2 gives you full functionality but the sound dropout regularely a nagscreen will pop and the plugin need to be relaunched after ten minutes Also you can t release commercial and non commercial projects that use the demo To avoid this restrictions you will nee2. or High resolution 14 bit MIDI NRPN and RPN Poly Trigger Poly Gate Poly Pitch Poly Velocity Key On Poly Velocity Key Off Poly Aftertouch Voice ID Bender Channel Pressure Automation Each controls can be automated using your host automation features Consult your host documentation for information on how to do this Updates and Support LE Updates will be made available online at d http tekit audio com badass Check the related news for detailed information on each updates Additionaly you can follow us on Twitter for instant updates and news at http twitter com TekitAudio For support ideas complaints testimonials sound demo presets and anything you feel is worth sharing please use our contact form at http tekit audio com contact us x If you prefer you can contact our team directly by email at contact tekit audio com Clothing And Accessories Show your support to Tekit Audio Hoodie T Shirt Girlie Shirt Stickers Hooded Jacket and bag avallables International http tekit audio spreadshirt com Europe http7 tekit audio spreadshirt fr Other Products Bal GAT TR seouenoeo stereo care TCR TI Tauoo GENOBASS2 maim fm OQ Genobazz 2 Monophonic bass synthesizer L E bes hee ES 2 Won M Lest YD O nG Genobazz R Genobazz Pro Monophonic bass synthesizer Monophonic synthesizer UN lt UTTER Z TeEK TT auoo Arp EG cla
3. 00 Hz from left to far right Bitrate Changes the bit rates from 17 bits to 2 bits Disto 1 2 Drive Drives the input signal by O dB to 30db from left to right Post Controls the post gain from 30 dB to O dB Cut Frequency switchs Attenuates frequencies within a range around the cutoff frequency There are nine cutoff frequencies availables 50Hz 450Hz and 800Hz 1 2KHz 2 6KHz AKHz 6KHz 8KHz 10KHz Press their respective switch to activate them Bypass Bypass the cut effect MODULATION Each rotary knob come with a modulation system give you the choise to use an Envelope Follower a Multi Stage Envelope Generator MSEG or an Low Frequency Oscillator LFO To open the Modulation popup right click on a knob to open the additional control pop up menu and click on Modulation o Modulation Type Changes the type of modulation to None Env Follower MSEG or LFO Mode Changes the playback mode of the modulation from Free Run Note Gate retrigger on note or Host Sync Sync to the host BPM Beat Then in Host Sync mode speed up or slow down the speed of modulation by divising the clock from 1 16 of bar to 16 Envelope Follower The envelope follower extract the envelope curve from the input signal o The Attack and Decay controls how quickly the envelope follower responds Attack Controls the attack time from 20 to 600 milliseconds Decay Controls the decay time from 20 t
4. HE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE All questions concerning this License Agreement shall be directed to e mail contact tekit audio com web http tekit audio com Overview Thank you for choosing Badass 2 Tek it Audio s multi effects distortion Badass can give to your sounds this little bad grain or destroy them completly with the help of distortion effects filters a pitch shifter degrader ring modulator and a compressor Each effect can be used individually but combined they become a powerful tool to distort your sound We hope you enjoy this software and spices the music you created with it Please take the time to read this manual and learn how to exploit all the feature of Badass Feature highlights 15 Distortions and 11 Filters 9 different effects 3 types of modulation on each rotary controllers Selectable chaining path Each effect can be disabled gt Full MIDI automation support gt Easy MIDI learn on all parameters gt Works in mono or strereo gt Preset manager rename copy save load gt Undo your changes to initial preset value One click preset randomize 128 Factory presets Requirements This software is a Virtual Studio Technologies plug in VST he work only with VST 2 compatible host software or on other host through the use of a VST adapter It requires a host that transmit transport and tempo messages to work properly System requirements
5. WiIBADASS gt MULTI EFFECTS DISTORTION user manual WI BADASS2 MULTI EFFECTS DISTORTION TEK ITAuno TCI TTAunio B XTline Badass 2 USER MANUAL Copyright Badass 2010 2013 Tek it Audio No part of this documentation may be reproduced or transmitted in any form by any means electronic or mechanical including photocopying recording or any information storage and retrieval system without written permission from Tek it Audio VST is a trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH Microsoft Windows and the Windows logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries All other trademarks and logos from these or other manufacturers written or shown on this documentation are property of their respective holders User License Agreement Overview Requirements Installation Demo Version Using Control Types Preset Screen Amp Compressor Filter 1 42 Boost Shifter Ringmod Degrad Disto amp 2 Cut Modulation Envelope Follower MSEG LFO MIDI Updates and Support Clothing And Accessories Other Products Credits Table Of Contents O O O N OD A 12 12 16 17 18 18 19 19 20 20 20 22 23 24 26 28 30 31 32 34 User License Agreement This User License Agreement is a legal agreement between you either as an individual or a single entity and Tek it Audio for the product accompanying this document wich in
6. ages Select the number of active stages from 1 to 32 Box Size Variable Box sizes to suit your display resolution Zoom Zoom from 100 to 100096 for precise editing Insert Stage Insert a new stage before the selected stage Delete Stage Deletes the selected stage Adjust Total Time Adjust the total envelope time from 10 to 100096 LEO Hate Controls the speed of the LFO from 0 01Hz to 30Hz then not in Host Sync mode Phase Controls the phase of the oscillator Phase acts as Pulse Width for pulse waveforms and as Slew rate slide for Rnd2 waveform Waveform Select one of the 24 waveforms available Depth Controls the depth of modulation applied from 0 to 100 MIDI Badass 2 have intregrated MIDI learn and full automation on all parameters Integrated MIDI learn All controls can be controlled by an external MIDI controller easily simply right click on the parameters you want to control and the Learn popup menu appear Learn Leann Unlesrn Click on Learn move a control on your MIDI device Edit l and it will automatically assigned Em UnLearn au Click on UnLearn will clear the controller Some hosts like FL Studio filters MIDI CC messages coming from MIDI controller intregrated MIDI learn can t work properly in such hosts Edit Cilck on Edit will open the Assign Controller dialog You can change manualy the MIDI controllers using 7 bit MIDI Continuous Controller
7. cludes software and all associated media Software All copyrights to the Software are exclusively owned by the Author Tekit Audio All rights not expressly granted here are reserved by Tek it Audio Installing copying or using the Software signifies acceptance of the terms and conditions of this License Agreement If you do not agree with the terms of this License Agreement you must remove the Software files from your storage devices and cease to use the Software The Software is licensed not sold You have the right to use this Software for music composition and sound design for both commercial and non commercial projects You have the right to use this Software for creating non commercial preset libraries For commercial preset libraries you should request a written or emailed permission of the copyright holder The Software may not be distributed shared duplicated with exceptions noted below You can duplicate the Software for backup purpose only to backup devices such as hard disks and optical media solely to replace the original copy if the original copy is damaged or destroyed No person or company may charge a fee for the distribution of the Software without written or emailed permission from the copyright holder The Software may not be bundled or distributed with any other product without written or emailed permission of the copyright holder The user is granted a non exclusive license to use the Software on one compute
8. d to purchase the full version You can buy a license at http tekit audio com shop Using WI BADASS2 TEK ITAuno MULTI EFFECTS DISTORTION ind lus Cus dn out C limit 1 phase D bypass E Badass can be used in stereo or mono as an insert effect or as send return effect Each effect can be actived desactived by a switch Turning off an effect that you don t use reduce CPU use Badass is by nature extremely dependent from the signal entering he can easily overload if you enter to loud You can help you from the In LED on the left and the dB readout at the right of the main screen to adjust the input signal Control Types While using Badass 2 you will find that many parameters have similar controls Hovering your mouse over a control will bring up a tooltip with its name or description Off Low High Last Knob To turn a knob click it and when drag upwards to move the knob to the right drag downwards to move the knob to the left For hight precision control use Ctrl Mouse Double click on it reset it to the initial value of the preset Slider To move a slider click it and when drag upwards to move the knob to the top drag downwards to move the knob to the bottom For hight precision control use Ctrl Mouse Double click on it reset it to the initial value of the preset Switch A two position switch click on it to change the position Popup Menu Appears on a left click
9. different effect on 2 voices with the same sound and reverse the phase on one can produce interresting effect Bypass Bypass all the internal processing The sound out is the same as the sound in leaving the sound unaltered Compressor A compressor is an effect that reduces the dynamic range of an audio signal In Badass 2 this is a soft knee RMS compressor which gives a result similar to that of analog compressor Threshold Changes the threshold on which the compressor starts to have an effect from 40 dB to 10 dB When the threshold is low a larger portion of the signal is processed Attack Controls how fast the conpressor acts when it is decreasing gain to reach the level determined by the ratio from 0 01 ms to 600 ms Release Controls how the conpressor acts when it is increasing gain to the level determined by the ratio from O ms to 2000 ms Ratio Controls the amount of gain reduction With a ratio of 6 1 if the inputs level is 6 dB over the threshold the output signal will be 1 dB over the threshold Gain Controls the gain correction after the conpressor from 30 dB to 30 dB Filter 1 2 The filter 1 is a pre filter this means it filters the signal at the start of the effect chain The filter 2 is a post filter this means it filters the signal at the end of the effect chain Cutoff Changes the cutoff point of the filter For low pass filters this means that frequencies above the cutoff point are attenuated F
10. ffect untis are interconnected For example you can put the compressor first or last in the chain Readout Control Readout Displays the name and the value of the control being used In Out dB Readout Displays the highest dB VU of the input and output channels to help you adjust the mix and the level Can be reseted on click Filters Select one of the 11 different filter types described in the table bellow Name 24dB Fat Low Pass 24dB Biquad LP 24dB Ladder LP 24dB Digital LP 12dB SV LP 24dB SV LP 36dB SV LP 12dB SV High Pass 24dB SV High Pass Biquad Band Pass SV Notch Description 24dB octave low pass filter with built in overdrive 24dB octave Biquad low pass filter 24dB octave Ladder low pass filter Similar to Ladder but sound more digital 12dB octave State Variable low pass filter 24dB octave State Variable low pass filter 36dB octave State Variable low pass filter 12dB octave State Variable high pass filter 24dB octave State Variable high pass filter 12dB octave Biquad band pass filter 12dB octave State Variable notch filter Distortions Select one of the 15 different distortion types described in the table bellow Name Hard Fold back Fold back Soft Fold back Hard Clipper Overdrive Cos Asin Tube Squarer Swinger Saturation W Folder Hard W Folder Bad Drive Bad Shape Shifter Description Very Hard fold back effet See the next distortion Folds back the input signal after t
11. he clipping point Same as the previous but softer Clip the signel beyond a certain threshold Classic overdrive effect Cosine distortion Arcsine distortion Tube distortion simulation Squares the input signal Create strange harmonics that sound electronic Saturate the input signal W shaper distortion Same as the previous but harder Hard distortion with saturation and adds harmonics Shape distortion similar to a fuzzbox effect Select one of the 3 pitch shifter mode Octave Semitone or Ratio Ringmod Select one of the 24 waveforms availalbe to modulate the signal with the Ringmod Amp In and Out LEDs Lights up when the In or Out signal overload and a clipping may occur Limit Lights up when the internal limiter goes into action Used with the Level control you can create a soft limiter distortion Use the switch to turn off the limiter Level Controls the output gain within a range of 72 dB to 12 dB If you turn the knob to high the sound can be distorded by the internal limiter Pan Controls the panoramic the knob show you the placement off your sound in the stereo field Can be reset to center on double click Left Right click on the knob will bring up popup menu Center to directly select the panoramic at common E position Mix Mix the effect with the original signal from dry no effect to wet only the effect Phase Invert the phase of the sound before the amplification stage TIPS Apply a
12. o 600 milliseconds Depth Controls the depth of the envelope from 100 to 100 The center position is at O turn it clockwise to make the depth higher and anti clockwise to make the depth lower and negative from 0 to 100 MSEG The Multi Stage Envelope Generator MSEG can use 32 stages with looping and One Shot function The Stages Stage times and level are adjusted by dragging the red box You can use a finer mouse editing resolution by pressing SHIFT fine or CTRL ultra fine keys Click between the stage markers to shapes open the MSEG options popup Sustain Stage P pugons popup Repeat Stage Active Stages Shapes Select on of the 14 shapes Box Size available for the selected stage Available shapes Linear Exp Zoom Inv Exp Exp2 Inv Exp2 Root Insert Stage Inv Root Exp Root Inv Exp Root Delete Stage S Cn Inv S Cry S Crv2 Adjust Tatal Time Inv S Crv2 Step Close Sustain Stage Defines which stage is the Sustain stage If both Sustain and Repeat are OFF then the envelope will play through to the end when triggered One Shot Repeat Stage Defines which stage to repeat from when the Sustain stage is reached This allows you to create a looping section of the envelope when Held If Sustain stage is OFF and Repeat From is set then the envelope will repeat from the End If Repeat From Stage is Start and Sustain Stage is OFF then the whole envelope will repeat while Held Active St
13. or high pass filters this means that frequencies lower than the cutoff point are attenuated For a band pass filter this means that frequencies outside a certain range upper and lower than the cutoff point are attenuated Reso Controls the resonance of the filter The frequencies around the cutoff frequency are raised Boost Freq Changes the frequency around which the boost is applied in a range of 35 Hz to 2000 Hz from left to far right Boost Changes the level of the boost from 0 to 100 Shifter Shift Change the amount of pitch shifting by 12 semitones octaves or ratio The center position is at O turn it clockwise to make the shift higher and anti clockwise to make the shift lower Amt Changes the mix level of the effect Turning this knob clockwise increase the intensity of the effect Ringmod A ring modulator produces mettalic bell like sounds by multipling the incoming signal with a sine wave this resulting in a ringing sound Ring refers to the arrangement of diodes originally used to implement this effect in analog circuits In Badass 2 the ring modulator go beyond the original effect with 24 waveforms to modulate the signal Freq Changes the frequency pitch of the effect from 30Hz on the left to 4000Hz on the right Ring Changes the mix level of the ring modulator Turning this knob clockwise increase the intensity of the effect Degrad Freq Changes the re sampling frequency 24 KHz to 44
14. or right click on a text or an icon to select a value Peak LED A LED indicator that light when the signal is overloaded Click on it to switch it on or off Screen To change a value on the screen simply click on it Preset Badass 2 comes with a default bank of 128 presets including the Badass original presets Na Preset Change Changes the current preset left to previous and right to next Undo All Changes Undo all your changes to their inital preset value If you change the preset before it does not work because your changes are saved automatically when you switch to another preset Randomize ER Randomize all parameters except Level and Pan Manage Preset And Bank Open the preset manager popup menu Copy Preset Copy Preset Load Preset Copy the current preset to another preset or a Save Preset range of presets Load Bank Save Bank Load Preset Load a preset in fxp file format on the current preset Save Preset Save the current preset in fxp file format Load Bank Load an bank fxb Save Bank Save the bank of presets in a file fxb Notes H Open a popup where you can write the preset author name website and notes Preset Selector v Displays a popup menu with all the presets in the current bank Click on one to select it as the current preset Current Preset Name Display the name of the current preset Click on it to rename the preset Path Changes how the e
15. r for any legal purpose at a time The Software including its files may not be rented or leased or given away to a third person but may be permanently transferred if the copyright holder authorize the transfer and the person receiving it agrees to the terms of this License Agreement If the Software is an update the transfer must include the update and all previous versions of the Software You may not use copy emulate clone rent lease sell modify decompile disassemble otherwise reverse engineer or transfer the licensed Software or any subset of the licensed Software except as provided for in this License Agreement Any such unauthorized use shall result in immediate and automatic termination of this license and may result in criminal and or civil prosecution THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE NON INFRINGEMENT OR ARISING FROM A COURSE OF DEALING USAGE TRADE OR PRACTICE Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties so the above disclaimer may not apply to you IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL DIRECT INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE DATA OR PROFITS WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH T
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