Chor`X User Manual - Xils-Lab
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1. e Author Your name otherwise used by Sound Designers for factory presets e Type Category of the instrument like Keys Leads Basses etc e Style Musical Genre e Feeling Cold warm soft e Project My_Song My_Live Project Note You can also see its creation date and the last update date To modify a preset name click in the preset field and enter the new preset name this will also save all the current settings To change preset information click on the display this will open a menu when you can select one of the existing items Note You can add a new item in any category and therefore create custom banks custom styles Projects categories of instruments etc To add a new item in any filed select New at the bottom of the list Note You may have to browse until the end of the list in order to select new depending on its length A Pop Up window opens when you can enter the new name The current preset will then be associated to this new item Note Please be aware that creating too many categories can also have its drawbacks and make browsing become from difficult and painful to nearly impossible Should you create around 200 different custom instrument categories it would become very difficult to browse the library using the Style sorting Once you have filled all the desired required fields SAVE AS Will save the current preset in the chosen Bank with its new or unchanged Name tags in all2. This is done with the SPECIAL AMNT Click on this button and set the AMOUNT the bucket brigade settings will be modulated according to the level of the audio signal Important notice Closing the Special modulation panel will disable these two special modulations 8 Option menu This menu allows choosing the global settings These settings are defined for all the instances of the Chor X Each time an option is changed the related option file is saved 8 1 Main In the toolbar the Options button opens a menu for selecting various options for the Chor X This menu shows the following options settings Chor X About displays information about the Chor X version build date and credits Open MIDI settings panel Opens a popup where you can assign MIDI controllers for each of the Chor X s parameters Click on the parameter label to select the parameter you want assign then enter the MIDI controller number from O to 127 or switch on the learning switch and send a MIDI command with the correct MIDI controller number The Chor X will memorize it This setting popup can also be opened by CTRL ALT Apple Left click Mac or CTRL Win ALT Left click Win on the desired Chor X parameter 8 2 Display Display low frequency as BPM Allows displaying the low frequency in BPM instead of Hz Output level follows presets When checked this option allows the output level to follow the presets That means that the output level is programmed with the
3. the fields you filled in MOVE TO Allows saving the current preset in another location This is handy to gather a lot of preset into a single location or User Bank which you can export in a single file containing all the presets you created or edited for a given project CANCEL Will just cancel all operations and return to the standard Chor X GUI 5 3 Sort menus The sorting menus are a powerful and unique tool Allowing you to perform sophisticated tasks like displaying the preset list with one of the following selections e All the Chorus tagged with a given musical genre e All the presets you have made for one tack one live project etc Bank Y Author Project 5 4 Sorting Menu Additional Functions In this menu other actions are also available Delete deletes all of the presets of the current group that are not factory ones IMPORTANT Use this function with care If the bank does not contain any factory presets ALL PRESETS IN THIS BANK WILL BE PERMANENTLY DELETED Rename modifies the current group name Selecting this choice will open a window where the new name will be entered Use Factory enables or disables the display of factory presets Sort By sorts the presets according the bank author project or shows all presets Bank Name Author Name Project Name All Presets The preset menu will show presets of the same category same author Same project or same bank Author Ls Y XILS lab S A MagicDry
4. 1 5 Animation of the Bucket Brigade settings A chaotic animation can be added to the brigade delay settings giving a more dense and fat chorus AMOUNT sets the amount of the variation as SPEED sets the speed of these chaotic variations FREEZE stops the animation leaving the settings in the position they was and Hrz and Vert allow the animation to be horizontal or vertical only 7 1 6 The True Stereo Dynamic Engine Chor X offers a powerful stereo processing allowing you to put your audio signal in a true stereo space This is done in an easy and intuitive way as well as giving you a real stereo feeling You can only process the wet signal the blurred lights or by clicking on the DRY button also process the dry signal Important as in the reality putting your audio sources far from the microphones will reduce the level You will need to compensate for this using the general output level which offers a wide range If you are processing the dry signal the relative position between them affects directly the mix of the dry and wet Signal You may need to compensate with the Dry Wet level MIC ANGLE WIDTH MIC ANGLE set the position of the microphones and WIDTH which makes the space more or less wide Moving the lights around the area gives you the right position for your sound Right click allows keeping a left right balance identical Clicking and moving the microphones allows opening your ster
5. BB1 MIC ANGLE WIDTH BB2 Pp STEREO BET BB EUs 2 Features Chor X offers True stereo path independent Right and Left chorus Three Chorus emulations Four Bucket brigade delay emulations True Stereo Dynamic Engine Impulse follower Envelope follower All parameters are MIDI controllable Chor X is available in the following formats Mac OSX 10 5 and later 64 and 32 bits VST Audio Unit RTAS Pro Tools 7 0 and later Windows 7 XP and Vista 64 and 32 bits VST RTAS Pro Tools 7 0 and later Y Universal Oo RTAS g ERA Ti Anii Audio Units Minimum system requirements 1 Gigabyte of RAM and a 1 GHz processor Chor X is a plug in and is not available as a standalone application 3 Installation 3 1 Serial number Chor X uses a simple proprietary serial number based protection When launching Chor X for the first time it will ask for this number After submitting you must close and re launch it once to complete the registration This serial number will never be asked for again even when installing updates Tip It is always a good idea to back up this serial number or to print it in case you should have to reinstall Chor X i e if you encountered a HD crash for example or have to reinstall your OS 3 2 Windows XP VISTA Windows 7 To install Chor X on Windows XP Vista or Windows 7 launch the installer file chorx_win_setup exe Please download the latest version from the
6. XILS lab website Once you have accepted the license agreement you will be asked to select the installation directory and provided with a default one Presets and various files like this manual used by the Chor X will be stored in this directory Please note that this location is different from the VST install directory which you will need to specify in the next step of the installer Once the installation directory is specified you will be asked to select the VST plug in directory with a suggested default location Keep this default directory if you do not use the VST version Important notice for Vista or Windows 7 be sure to use a folder owned by the user do not use c program files for instance Otherwise you will have to run your music application with administrator rights The RTAS plug in and its table control management ProTools are directly copied into the following directory C Program Files Common Files Digidesign DAE Plug Ins 3 3 Mac OSX 10 5 0 and later To install Chor X on a computer equipped with Mac OSX 10 5 0 or later double click the file chorx_osx_setup dmg Please download the latest version from the XILS lab website Then launch the install program ChorX pkg and follow the instructions Warning the install program will ask you for your system password The various files of the Chor X will be copied into the following directories Library Application Support Digidesign Plug Ins Library Audio P
7. in coding was done by Xavier Oudin The graphical user interface was created by Xavier Oudin helped by Laurent Bourgeon The graphics created by Yannick Bonnefoy This manual was written by Xavier Oudin And proofread and corrected by Michael Logue The presets were done by Lotuzia Kelvin Ford Tzadi
8. the lights in requency according to the vertical position of the lights As there is only one LFO the vertical positions of the lights are the same for the both When a light is moved around the 2 D area the corresponding delay is modulated according to its position Horizontal movement gives more or less amount vertical movement gives more or less speed he Knob button allows these settings to be seen as Standard dual concentric knobs Right clicking on a light allows the two lights to move all together keeping their relative position he HISS knob can control some of the character of he brigade delay adding more or less hiss and noise MODE 1 Changes the LFO symmetry MODE 2 increase the Left Right cross feedback level 7 1 4 Bucket Brigade Delay settings Cs structure here are two bucket brigade emulations one for each channel Wi Each delay is modulated in frequency and range according to the position of the lights When a light is move around the 2 D area the corresponding delay is modulated according to its position Horizontal movement gives more or less amount vertical movement gives more or less speed he Knob button allows these settings to be seen as Standard dual concentric knobs Right clicking on a light allows moving the four lights all together keeping their relative position he HISS knob can control some of the character of he brigade delay adding more or less hisses and noises 7
9. value saved in the preset Otherwise it keeps its value Popup On shows a popup window while modifying the value of a knob Popup Over On shows a popup window when the mouse is over a switch Popup Name On the name of the current modified parameter is displayed GUI update low slow refresh rate for the GUI Useful when it is necessary to save CPU power GUI update middle standard refresh rate for GUI GUI update fast fast refresh rate for GUI Useful when it is necessary to precisely follow the sequencer s led for instance 8 3 Misc Init settings from current settings initializes the default values of the Chor X from the current settings All the new presets will be created from these settings when the init settings choice is selected These parameters will also be used when setting a control to its default value Win CTRL Click OSX ALT Apple Click Hiss gated This setting allows the internal noise be mute when no audio signal is incoming Wheel Incr 0 01 parameter increment of 0 01 when using of the mouse wheel Wheel Incr 0 05 parameter increment of 0 05 when using of the mouse wheel Wheel Incr 0 1 parameter increment of 0 1 when using of the mouse wheel 9 Credits Concept of Chor X and original Ul design was done by Xavier Oudin Additional designs were done by Xavier Oudin and Laurent Bourgeon Chorus Stereo processing concept and coding were done by Xavier Oudin Digital Signal Processing and plug
10. 1_Synth lename MagicDry2 Drum Delete XILS lab Ye Export Bank A AMOUNT Import Bank Use Factory Sort By Export Bank exports a bank in Chor X proprietary cross platform format Mac and PC The selected bank i e the bank which contains the currently active preset will be exported to a user specified location on your hard drive Import Bank allows you to browse your hard drives to select a file and imports a Masque bank 5 5 A B comparison You can store two different settings at the same time and instantly switch from one to the other to compare their settings These two settings are stored in the A and B memories When you launch Chor X the default activated memory is A When you load or modify a preset this memory A is also modified in real time according to your edits You can switch to B memory by clicking on the B button To copy the current active memory content to the other memory slot just press the button labeled gt or lt according to the current active memory With this A B comparison system you can easily have two settings and compare them in a convenient way 6 Adjusting the instruments parameters Knobs On Chor X most sound parameters like the delay time and feedback or the filter s Cut Off frequency are controlled using Knobs To adjust the parameters of Chor X with the mouse you have two axes horizontal and vertical which will give the same results To increase
11. LEVEL 0dB DAY WET WD vee gt Hrz gt ES Vart ES MODULATIONS BET ax ile A iss MIC ANGLE WIDTH L H MIX ng i seg g x DN STERED 14 14 a iq A pS LAD You ll find on the main Panel the following areas the dry wet and output level area the bucket brigade delay settings the stereo space area and the special settings functions under the audio path draw 7 1 The Dry Wet and output level area wo vu meters help to keep the volume at the correct level LEVEL set the output gain of the Chor X It has a wide range as the stereo space can bring small gain DRY WET the mix between the dry and the processed signal Depending on the DRY button located near the stereo space the dry signal can also be processed by the advance stereo algorithm E he LEDS colors match the lights you will find on his stereo space red for the right green for the left blurred for the wet signal 7 1 1 Chorus Type setting The Chor X provide three standard chorus structures you can choose by clicking on the Sy Di or Cs button Green reco Jara MODE 1 MODE 2 HISS GD Gi GG RIGHT HISS E lO X _TYPE sy Sy structure based on two BBD and two LFO per channel Dr structure based on one BBD per channel and only one LFO dispatched in inverted phase to the left and the right channel Cs structure based on one BBD and two LFOs per channel Th
12. _ _ xils lab Author XILS lab PRESET Sy_Mode3 hs OPTIONS wr CHOR Xx Becker Batacte Detar Chorus E rtf AMOUNT SPE ED AMOU INT SPE ED ua u lt ANIMATION jj O O own OdB LEVEL OdB DRY WET MODULATIONS MIC ANGLE WIDTH User Manual Table of contents 4 1 NSERT SS IM 7 E A OS pha clad cia epee 7 A O O ht esse ee aside a ee vdeo ead eee 7 A A ene aes oo nes ened AR RR E NR RA E fi SPRESETIIANAGEMEN Loi AAA 8 a AAA ek a AAA AAA A 8 O ee eee ee E a i eee Te 8 A A man 10 SAITO MIENT ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS een ee no aaa aa a KAB ANAA nee meena a mee arene ner 10 A II sR ee ee A a eT iia le mT eee 11 1 Introduction Thank you for choosing the Chor X Chor X is a Dual Bucket Brigade delay emulation based chorus featuring a new way to tweak its parameters in a fast and intuitive way Knowing that some audio material need to keep their transient unprocessed Chor X offers a special Dry Mode and to increase effect as the audio input level is increasing it also adds a Special amount function And last but not least Chor X offers the Xils lab True Stereo Dynamic Engine which allows to put your dry or wet channels at the right stereo position with a unbelievable reality PRESET Mi eK 3 OPTIONS Backer Butacte A C Anies F SPE ED AMOUNT ANIMATION 14 LEWEL O0dE 6 DAYWET MODULATIONS ES Freeze e
13. a parameters value click and drag the knob to the right or to the top To decrease a parameter value click and drag the knob to the left or to the bottom If you right click on a parameter or if you hold shift while clicking you can adjust the parameter with fine precision the button of the toolbar displays a panel summarizing these shortcuts Right clicking in the BBD setting Pad allows moving all the dots at the same time keeping their relative value Right clicking in the Advance Stereo Pad allows keeping a correct Left right balance Keyboard shortcuts In addition we have provided some soft keys combination to perform several very useful tasks Windows e CTRL left click reset parameter to its default value e CTRL right click or CTRL Shift left click initialize the default value of the parameter e Win AlIt CTRL click open the MIDI Control panel with the parameter already selected e Apple left click reset parameter to its default value e Apple Shift left click initialise the default value of the parameter Apple Alt CTRL click open the MIDI Control panel with the parameter already selected 7 The Main Panel The base concept of Chor X is that everything you need to play with it live is available from the Main Panel except the advance modulation settings XILS lab PRESET Sy_Moded e A OPTIONS amp CHORX Backer Dayane Delay C Lotus E AMOUNT SPEED AMOUNT SPEED lt ANIMATION 4 14 OdB
14. e LFOs are also modulating the level As the number of BBD and LFOs differs from a type to another the BBD pad settings are updated accordingly Notice for the D1 type as there is only one LFO changing the LFO frequency can be done either with the Left or with the Right dot or Knob the other will follow 7 1 2 Bucket Brigade Delay settings SY structure meesy Y meen recs Y here are four bucket brigade emulations two for he left and two for the right channel Each delay is modulated in frequency and range according to the position of the lights he mix between the two delays of each channel can be done with to the knobs DBB MIX left and right The colors shows which delay is used When a light is moved within the 2 D area the corresponding delay is modulated according to its position Horizontal movement gives more or less amount vertical movement gives more or less Speed he Knob button allows seeing these settings as Standard dual concentric knobs Right clicking on a light allows moving the four lights all together keeping their relative position he HISS knob can control some of the character of the brigade delay adding more or less hisses and noises 7 1 3 Bucket Brigade Delay settings Di structure MODE 1 MODE 2 as TYPE Di here are two bucket brigade emulations one for each channel Each delay is modulated by a unique LFO in range accordingly to the horizontal position of
15. e first text fields show the current sorting group and the second one shows the current preset Clicking on the name field of the category or preset names opens the corresponding menus Note When a parameter is modified the name of the preset is followed by a indicating that the current settings of the Chor X no longer match the stored preset When you want to save a modified preset click on the Save or Save As button In order to prevent you from erasing them the Factory presets cannot be modified When you edit a Factory preset the Save button will be grayed out and you will have to use the Save As function to save it in another bank If you edit any other preset than a Factory one the Save and Save As function will both be available The main difference is that the Save function will save the preset under its current name and with its current tags overwriting the previous incarnation of the preset while the Save as function opens a dialog box where you can modify the name of the preset the bank in which it will be stored and all its tags The settings of Chor X are then saved in the currently displayed preset and the disappears Clicking on the Save As button to duplicate and save this preset with an other name and or to other sorting groups clicking on the Move To will change its name and or other sorting groups 5 2 Preset menu Factory Presets Chor X contains many Factory Presets including standard well known Bucket B
16. eo effect As for the bucket brigade settings you can add chaotic movement to the stereo position of your wet signal with AMOUNT and SPEED Hrz and Vert allowing the animation to be horizontal or vertical only Red and green lights are for the right and left dry channels Blurred Pink and yellow lights are for the right and left wet channels 7 1 7 The Special modulations Some audio materials don t like very much chorus because of the blurring effect of the attacks DAYAWET a AMOUNT om E IMPLS THR gS Thanks to the SPECIAL DRY Chor X allows to avoid processing the attacks of the signal To open the special modulation panel just click on the button under MODULATIONS For the special dry feature you first need to set the threshold Clicking on the green light and moving it around the 2 D area you will easily find the right threshold position During this setting you will only hear the detected impulses The upper left corner gives you the maximum of detection as the bottom right corner the minimum Important Of course this must be done with an audio material that presents strong attacks like drums or plucks Otherwise nothing will be detected so you wontt hear anything When the threshold is set just click on the SPECIAL DRY button and set the AMOUNT The detected attacks will be unprocessed For other materials like strings or pads you may need to increase the chorus settings depending on the level
17. lug Ins Components Library Audio Plug Ins VST XILS lab 32 Library Audio Plug Ins VST XILS lab 64 Library Application Support Documentation XILS lab ChorX Library Application Support XILS lab ChorX users username Library Preferences XILS lab ChorXx _ e 4 Getting Started 4 1 Insert or Bus Like any other Chorus unit effect Chor X can be inserted in the instrument channel of your mixer or DAW or be used on an auxiliary bus Lets see the pros and cons of each method 4 1 1 Chor X as insert When inserted on the instrument channel you can adjust the dry wet signal between the incoming dry Signal and the delay signal wet using the DRY WET knob located at the bottom right of the unit This can result in a loss of the global volume therefore you should use the Global Output Gain knob to compensate for this The main advantage of this method is that you can use the Chor X advanced stereo processing to put your track in the stereo field in a real easy and intuitive way 4 1 2 Chor X on a Bus When placed in an auxiliary bus Chor X provides you total control of the processed signal You can EQ it compress it choose to add reverb on it or a different reverb than on the dry signal in short you can perform all the processing you want You can also render the signal of Chor X on an audio track then cut paste slice edit it In an auxiliary track Chor X can also receive data from SEVERAL separate audio channels You can ex
18. periment with this and create stunning effects that would be different if Chor X received only a Single channel signal In that method you must turn full right the Dry wet parameter remove the dry signal To mix between dry and wet you will use the global level of each individual tracks and or the global level of the Chor X 4 2 Toolbar Lotuzia PRESET IMS Lounge EP LZ eee pS A eee pu p isaac o a ae b a MPR OS Auth or r Note The toolbar at the top of the interface allows you to load or save presets make a comparison between settings A and B or modify the options These functions are described in detail later in this manual Click on the PRESET name field to show the available presets in the current sorted group Please note that selecting a new preset without saving your current settings will erase any changes you have made to those settings Click on the sort arrow button to display the current sorted group and to choose the preset within it You can sort presets by Author Feeling Type Style Bank or Projects Click on the sorting label over the sorted group name to sort your preset according to your preferences Please note that Chor X powerful Preset management is fully detailed in chapter 5 of this manual 5 Preset Management 5 1 Main Toolbar At the left of the toolbar you can find one displaying the category name Bank Author Type Style Feeling or Project which open the sort management menus Th
19. rigade Delay based chorus Hint We d recommend to Choose TYPE as first criteria in the sorting menu when you begin to play with Chor X and use the preset type corresponding to the situation Click the Preset name field to open the preset menu Here you can choose and load another preset from the current sort groups into Chor X PRESET Open Preset Information Export Preset Delete Preset MagicDry2_Drum You can also use the Up next preset Down previous arrows located at the right of the preset name to browse presets In this menu other actions are also available Delete Preset use this to delete the current preset a popup confirmation window appears This option is only available if the current preset is not a factory one Export Preset Use this function to export the current preset in an external file mskd format This file can be imported later as a new bank It always makes sense to back up your presets on external support like CD ROMs etc Open preset Information or click on SAVE AS opens the following preset information window where the name and all other information related to the current preset can be displayed or changed PRESET INFORMATION ScreenShot Factory test CREATED 21 12 2011 XILS lab ODIFTED 21 12 2011 nit Cancel EE In this window you can modify the Name of the preset specify the Bank in which the preset will be saved and also enter information in the other fields
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