User Manual - Tokyo Dawn Records
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1. Magnitude dB 50 100 200 500 1k 2k 5k 10k 20k Frequency Hz MODEL BRITISH The British model s distinct features are the bell filter s asymmetric cut boost shape and the subtle dip in the shelving filters Note that the latter only appears during boost operation This model is a well suited to creative tasks Mixing in particular British model Bell filter cut boost range 20 18 16 14 Magnitude dB 20 50 100 200 500 1k 2k 5k 10k 20k Frequency Hz British model Shelving filter s cut boost range 20 18 16 14 12 10 Magnitude dB 20 50 100 200 500 1k 2k 5k 10k 20k Frequency Hz MODEL GERMAN The German model offers special tilt shelving filters with large linear transitions at low amounts of boost cut Well suited for broad spectral balancing or smooth shaping during mastering tasks This also mode also produces the lowest amount of phase distortion com pared to other options 4 German a German model Bell filter cut boost range 20 18 16 14 122. 2 Magnitude dB o 2k 5k 10k 20k 20 50 100 200 500 1k Frequency Hz EQ SATURATION Pressing EQ SAT activates a smooth non linearity inside the filter network This generates musical amounts of harmonic distortion which purely affect EQ boosts In other words no EQ boost no saturation 10 LOW FREQUENCY BAND Frequency controls the both center frequency of the selected filter FREQ LOW shape as well as the optional phase shift see Phi below Gain controls the amount of boost or reduction applied to the selected frequency region Shape buttons control the filter shape The low band section features both low shelving and bell shapes Pressing ON enables disables the filter The button labeled Phi lowercase represents phase shift and deserves special attention It activates a special filter network meant to distort the phase in a musically useful manner It does not affect the frequency magnitude all pass However the network delays low frequencies relative to higher frequencies In other words low frequencies lag behind This seemingly boring filter covers a surprising range of uses such as waveform symmetrization attack soften ing and subtle bass sustain extension correction of phase issues in the mix and creative doubling layering trickery Last but not least it can even correct certain forms of dullness and offers a useful alternative color to t
3. 3 CALIBRATE 650 Hz 0 0 Dt 0 0 dB TDR VOS SlickEQ Gentleman s Edition is a mixing mastering equalizer designed for ease of use musical flexi bility and impeccable sound It combines the three semi parametric filter bands known from the standard edi tions with an exotic Tilt filter flanked by lowpass and highpass filters Five distinct EQ models provide a rich set of pre defined EQ curves and behaviors for the three main filter bands In order to warm up the material with additional harmonic content SlickEQ offers a switchable EQ non linearity as well as an output stage with various output stages These options are meant to offer subtle and interesting textures rather than obvious distortion the typical mojo often associated with high quality ana logue audio gear An elaborate auto gain option automatically compensates for changes of perceived loudness during EQ within reasonable limits and a gain trim feature helps controlling peak overloads with ease The 64bit multi rate pro cessing scheme a k a internal resampling practically eliminates typical problems of digital EQ implementa tions such as frequency warping quantization distortion and aliasing Beside the primary controls the plug in comes with an array of additional helpers Advanced preset manage ment frequency magnitude plots undo redo quick A B comparison copy amp paste an online help editable labels mouse wheel support a
4. SECONDARY CONTROLS TOOLBAR PRESET MANAGEMENT Default The preset drop down list gives quick access to factory and user presets Alternatively up down buttons allow vl Default cycles through them with a single click Japanese Sodium Glutamate Tape 101 EQ SAT Advanced preset management options can be accessed US Trafo MID from the context menu right click UK Trafo Reset to Original state re sets the preset to its original GER Trafa state Surgical Treat Save As New Global User Preset opens a dialog used to create User Presets These presets persist across 5 5 sions and DAWSs presets are saved on your machine Default Thetotal amount of user presets is limited to ten Reset to Original State See section Context Menu below for details about the Save As New Global User Preset Copy Paste Share State options Copy State Ctrl C Paste State Ctrl V Share State FREQUENCY MAGNITUDE DISPLAY Click the frequency magnitude button to open the frequency magnitude display This view primarily draws the frequency magnitude of the current filter setting The graph rescales automatical ly if needed A realtime output analyzer can be activated via the Analyzer On Off button top right Note that the analyzer has been designed to give an idea of the energy distribution of the current output Analyzer On 16 55 BYPASS Bypasses the whole processo
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6. 10 Magnitude dB 20 50 100 200 500 1k 2k 5k 10k 20k Frequency Hz German model Shelving filter s cut boost range Magnitude dB 500 1k 20k Frequency Hz MODEL SOVIET The Soviet model features unique inverse proportional curves That means small boosts cuts respond with very steep shapes while larger values are producing increasingly wider curves This exotic behavior makes it a perfect candidate for creative purposes and it is surprisingly useful during mixing Soviet model Bell filter cut boost range 20 18 16 14 12 10 Magnitude dB 20 50 100 200 2k 5k 10k 20k 500 1k Frequency Hz Soviet model Shelving filter s cut boost range 20 18 16 14 12 10 Magnitude dB 20 50 100 200 500 1k 2k 5k 10k 20k Frequency Hz MODEL JAPANESE The Japanese model features SlickEQ s sharpest blades This model is specifically Japanese fine tuned for surgical control over the frequency spectrum Note the asymmetric filter behavior of both bell and shelf modes Japanese model Bell filter cut boost range 20 18 16 14 12 10 2 Magnitude dB o 2k dOk OOK 20 50 100 200 500 1k Frequency Hz Japanese model Shelving filter s cut boost range 20
7. Supported sample rates From 44 1 kHz to 192 kHz Supported processing configurations Mono Stereo Sum Difference Left Right CREDITS Original idea by Vladislav Goncharov and Herbert Goldberg DSP code by Vladislav Goncharov Herbert Goldberg and Fabien Schivre GUI design and implementation by Fabien Schivre Evaluation and quality assurance by Dax Liniere Puzzle Factory Dean necromachine Gregg Janman Her metech Mastering Karkainen Resoundsound Ilya Orlov Jeff Rippe Nonlinear Jerry Mateo Jonas Ekstr m Mastertone Laurent Sevestre Maximalsound Mario EvilDragon Mario susiwong Miguel Marques Bender Mastering Studio Murray Campbell Beatworld Niklas Silen bmanic Nil Hartman Rich Prewett Roland L hlbach Compyfox Shane Johnson and Vitaly Zolotarev VoS logo designed by Patrick Barca Copyright Tokyo Dawn Records All rights reserved VST is a Technology and Trademark by Steinberg Audio Unit is a Technology by Apple AAX is a Technology and Trademark by Avid Some frequency magnitude plots were made with Christian Budde s VSTPluginAnalyser All other mentioned trademarks and brands belong to their respective owners
8. depth and dimension e Excited Exciter style saturation enhances the perceived bandwidth e Toasted Crudely approximates the behavior of in out transformers e Funky Input transformer behavior including magnetic hysteresis OUTPUT GAIN AND AUTO GAIN Output gain adjusts the output gain in decibel GAIN A red overload hold LED activates whenever the output signal exceeds OdBfs and remains active until re set The max peak history is automatically reset as soon an as audio param eter changes A left click on the LED forces a re set manually The A auto button activates the auto gain compensation This mode tries to preserve the subjective loudness during EQ while operating the EQ This mode gives a much better idea of what the EQ is really doing to the material because it strongly reduces perception issues related to gain differences In other words boosts don t automically give the impression to sound better and cuts tend to sound far less boring than they seem without auto gain or careful manual loudness matching A blue LED indicates auto gain activity Holding the mouse cursor over the overload LED enables a secondary output gain trim mode which shows the difference between OdBfs and the current max peak history value A left click on the trim display sets the output gain as indicated which practically normal izes the plugin s output gain Any click outside the region disables the trim mode again 15
9. 0k 20k Frequency in Hertz 13 LOW PASS FILTER Low pass filter section allows to smoothly control the high frequency region The shape buttons offers access to a 18db Octave Bessel filter or a smooth 6dB Octave filter Clicking the ON button enables disables the section 40 0 kHz 4kHz low pass steep mode 18dB Octave Bessel 30 Pel RA E umm RJ cm c c GO Magnitude in dB i i i LI OO 20 50 100 200 500 1k 2k Sk 10k 20k Frequency in Hertz 4kHz low pass smooth mode 6dB Octave 24 18 12 Magnitude in dB e 20 50 100 200 500 1k 2k 5k 10k 20k Frequency in Hertz 14 OUTPUT STAGE The output stage section offers access to six different output stages Each option is meant to provide a more or less subtle sound texture They do not saturate in the traditional sense Excited a Y Calibrate allows to adjust the output stage model drive in decibel It gives control over the amount of generated harmonic content without the need for clumsy input output drive tech CALIBRATE 18 0 dB niques Linear As clean as it gets absolutely linear e Silky Dynamic saturation with an open character Generates low order even and odd harmonics aver age case e Mellow Subtle warming Generates a very low level odd order harmonics series with a dominant 3rd par tial average case e Deep Dynamic odd order distortion with a distinct frequency dependent touch for increased
10. VARIETY OF SOUND amp TOKYO DAWN LABS Slick EQ Owner s Manual Product version 1 3 0 Revision 24 last update September 9 2015 Editors Herbert Goldberg Fabien Schivre The E D I LT t 5 Go a 5 NE T M M P Oe 6 PE Pcr 6 Model Amerta M UO T DP 6 VIO GIGI Britis M P 7 Model Germa ON 8 Moder 9 Mede Tape 10 BO Sat ial OM err CD 10 LOW Frequency emmen oe n Rm 11 Mid Ereguerncy a rie e nea 11 High Freguelncy wets das qua dee 11 12 igi E M M RR 13 LOW P ASS PNT Ur roasted 14 OUT UE Sta Cine P 15 Output And AUTO GAN a 15 Secondary Controls 16 Preset Manageme M I LL IM 16 FREQUENCY magnitude DISDIay b abe totu o iubes i oet obedit seva nbn Nen Uie is enen 16 5 a m 17 O EEE 17 Processa a OU eme 17 Uy TOC Oe tea a ee eea ae an ae en 17 NE OnO sexes ue cena LM E a 17
11. anese one MILLENIUM 4 8KHZ COOLTEC 5KHZ PRE 73 Those are emulating the HF curve shapes of some beloved and famous outboard ADDING WEIGHT A great example of how sum difference processing can be utilized In this case just the sum is processed to create a more defined audio image by equalizing the center GERMAN MASTERING CLEAN SMILE VINTAGE SMILE Typical starting points for mastering duties While the first one takes advantage of SlickEQ s ability to boost very high frequencies the latter ones are offering those typical smile shaped curves by two different approach es Shelving filters vs tilt EQ TANGERINE REAL TRUE GRIT MR BASS These are examples to start with on single instruments offering some decent preset frequencies 19 INSTALLATION First of all make sure to download both the key file and the plugin binary All files can be downloaded from your customer area Windows installation 1 Run the provided installer and follow the instructions Mac OS installation 1 Open the dmg archive double click 2 Double click Install TDR VOS SlickEQ GE to install the VST AU and AAX plugins on your system 3 Follow given instructions PRODUCT REGISTRATION Registering your product is easy After installation open your favorite audio plugin host and run TDR VOS SlickEQ GE Please register your copy of TDR VOS SlickEQ GE Click here for details x FREQ LOW E British FREQ HIGH EQ SAT X Cli
12. ck the yellow banner to access the registration dialog and follow the instructions REGISTRATION Registering your software 5 easy 1 Download the key from your customer profile 2 Press import button below and select your key 3 Registration status appears in the i dialog In case you haven t acquired a key vet we kindly ask you to use the purchase button below After import you can safely re move the original key file Import key Purchase key Click Import key and select the key file you ve downloaded before You can now safely delete or move key file can move delete the key file after import Successful registration is indicated in the info dialog i Note that the copy protection will never affect the integrity of your music No matter the registration status 20 GET IN TOUCH We want to hear your opinion Reach us via one of the websites below Check out the Tokyo Dawn Labs website for feedback news updates and downloads http www tokyodawn net tokyo dawn labs You can also directly head to the TDR VOS SlickEQ GE page http www tokyodawn net tdr slickeg ge TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Available binaries VST AU and AAX 32bit and 64bit Input Output resolution 32bit floating point Internal resolution 64bit floating point Latency 44 1 48 kHz 183 samples 16 samples eco mode Latency 88 2 96 kHz 171 samples 16 samples eco mode Latency 176 4 192 kHz no latency
13. he low band section This function is best discovered by ear Note can be tuned with Frequency but does not depend on Gain 1 MID FREQUENCY BAND Frequency controls the center frequency of the bell Gain controls the amount of boost or reduction Shape buttons give access to two different bell shapes wide and nar row notch Pressing ON enables disables the filter 300 Hz HIGH FREQUENCY BAND Frequency controls the center frequency of the selected filter shape Note that SlickEQ s filters offer a wide range up to 40 kHz Gain controls the amount of boost or reduction applied to the selected FREQ HIGH GAIN frequency region Shape buttons control the filter shape The high band section features both high shelving and bell shapes Pressing ON enables disables the filter Note The exact shapes of all three bands depend on the selected EQ Model as well as on the selected corner frequency and gain 11 HIGH PASS FILTER The high pass filter section features the classic 18db Octave Butterworth filter known from SlickEQ standard edition The second mode is a 12dB Octave filter with a subtle bump common to magnetic tape playback Pressing ON enables disables the filter An interesting detail the high pass filter does its work after the main EQ section That means if EQ Saturation is turned on and a low frequency boost is used generated harmonics will follow the original signal and thus help the l
14. istener to psychoacoustically re construct some of the content later removed by the hi pass filter High pass standard mode 18dB Octave 12 Magnitude in dB e 12 20 50 100 200 500 1k 2k 5k 10k 20k Frequency in Hertz High pass bump mode 12dB Octave 12 Magnitude in dB e 12 20 50 100 200 500 1k 2k 10k 20k Frequency in Hertz Note The bump is centered one octave above the specified cutoff frequency In this specific example you can see that the high pass filter s 3dB point is set to 100Hz The bump itself is centered at 200Hz 12 TILT FILTER Tilt filter allows shifting the full frequency spectrum in an almost linear CENTER AMOUNT manner The section also features an interesting derivate of the traditional tilt filter the so called V filter The latter can work as crude loudness filter Center controls the filter s center frequency Note that a seemingly strange behavior appears as soon one tries to control the center frequency of the mode in conjunction with auto gain The center frequency won t change This is perfectly normal because auto gain compensates the loudness change Amount controls the strength of the effect in dB per decade Pressing ON enables disables the filter shape amount 3dB 12 Magnitude in dB e 12 20 50 100 200 500 1k 2k 10k 20k Frequency in Hertz V shape amount 3dB Magnitude in dB 20 50 100 200 500 1k 2k 1
15. nd much more Finally SlickEQ GE allows to exclusively process the stereo sum or stereo difference without additional sum difference encoding see M S microphony SlickEQ GE is a collaborative project by Variety of Sound Herbert Goldberg and Tokyo Dawn Labs Vladislav Goncharov and Fabien Schivre MAIN CONTROLS EQ MODEL One of five different EQ models can be selected via the central drop down menu or cycled through with the help of previous next buttons The interface s background color changes depending on the selected model The models represent a specific set of curves and EQ behaviors each providing their own musical feel The different names and colors have no deeper meaning they are meant to help with memorization and identifica tion of the different models The EQ model affects all filters with a colored background only i e LP HP Tilt is not affected MODEL AMERICAN Classy and gentle slopes American style This is a traditional proportional Q design without surprises A reliable all rounder a good choice for mastering applications American model Bell filter cut boost range 18 4 jn 0 4 Magnitude dB 50 100 200 500 1k 2k 5k 10k 20k Frequency Hz American model Shelving filter s cut boost range
16. ol over additional user interface settings such as knob slider behavior and latency information INFO ABOUT PAGE Shows information about the plug in version your registration status and external links CONTEXT MENU Right click over a blank area of the user interface to open the general context menu Copy and paste allow copying control states i e pre Copy State Ctrl C sets across plugin instances and plug in hosts Paste State Additionally share state opens a dialog with additional preset sharing Share State options via e mail or internet forums 18 FACTORY PRESETS While there are some common patterns to utilize an EQ during mastering applying EQ presets during mixing is always a delicate matter because mixing an instrument or voice depends always on the context Most of the presets within SlickEQ should rather be seen as starting points SODIUM GLUTAMATE FRESHMAKER MOJO These are really great audio enhancers exciters each with their own color They work on almost everything whether its vocals instruments or the 2bus TAPE 101 Recreates typical distortions and color of a tape machine UK US GER TRAFO Three distinct templates recreating the sonic thumbprint of typical transformer circuits found in consoles and preamps They can be used across a whole mix SURGICAL TREAT Preset to correct certain problematic frequencies by cutting with SlickEQ s steepest EQ model the Jap
17. r Processor latency is accurately compensated and the actual processing is never interrupted gap less to enable better comparisons QUALITY Full activates SlickEQ s high fidelity processing Eco activates a particularly lightweight audio processing mode having almost zero latency It doesn t support saturation options and phi mode tilt v shape curves are simplified and the steep low pass filter shape becomes 12 dB Oct NOTE Both quality mode have different processing latency You ll be asked should restart audio to restart playback in order to refresh DAW latency compensation PROCESS TARGET The plugin can be processed in Stereo Mono Left Right Sum and Diff mode Sum and Diff S5 Stereo Tw represents Mid Side processing UNDO REDO Use the undo redo buttons to navigate previous control states The exact event is shown in a tool ms tip Note that certain controls are not tracked by this function e g Bypass A B CONTROL A B allows to quickly compare two alternative control settings A gt B or B A copies one state to the other HELP MODE The online help mode offers detailed information about the various elements of the user interface Click to activate the online help and move the mouse cursor above the control of interest A small info bubble will appear A left mouse click closes the help mode again 17 SETTINGS LI The settings button opens a dialog which gives contr
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