Blue Cat`s Widening Meter Pro User Manual
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1. Blue Cat s Widening Meter Pro User Manual a Trans Peak L R M 5 Peak Level 00d8 5 3d0dB Release 700 ms Hold 2 ms Attack Fur ms Envelope Generation Amount Offset 100 95 D a Reverse 952 V Q X CI r m 3 0 dB iw ox 4 a Trans RMS m I on Gwy 44905 RMS Level Meter LI r Average 500 ms Envelope Generation T E r a LI F Offset 0 Amount 100 Reverse Table of Contents The Widening Meter Pro ENEC esrscorrbenerr sdi pu REICUES DEN Ia aan ETATEN ON rA PRI NUM TUE TE RUE 3 W 01 A E EA EA 3 PrE E aa EEEE E 3 Se MMMMMCP O 4 Seni TET 5 COD DIS S XSITIDIBE oc rca ta eee IDEE VEM EMIL NI bans eee wants eaaaa E 5 clelia ri i 5 E E A E E E A EE ETE T A E S T m 5 COMMON sane iron 5 PUTON Pee DENA V olearia 6 MISI E E A AE E 6 Main Menu Ot SettingS ssasessesssanensnnsesnunasunsnennsnsnunasennusunsnanusunensunnnsnanasnunaannenannnas Z The Main Menini natali ei oro ear ne Z ice RG RR E Er NE 7 Elele Ee In ara 8 Global MIDI Input Settlli85sessvisqevsves vide vvd ad uode cusa eae SKr adi uat rara 8 Global MIDI Output SEIMO S ssioisdmss gates phot equ cU YD a ri 10 Current Preset Settings VVIDIOOM ss iirc exea iva yard ctarie S Ex bd MR TRGT A KE YER ia 10 sje c L 11 Preset MID Input ONINO Sacca 11 Preset MIDI QUE2. DUESEHINISui ei o Eie ad doi n dede d i dob dci D a ws abl ine Pared niet ada 12 lt il RE RO REI 14 121819 L1 418 AC O E EE 14 CORI ENS SEDED oeste CUIR oan vanes DIEN dU REORUM E E OOA 14 Cee een ean oie anew E we meeuos rtaes E E 14 ES CAG Ar EEE E E E E E ATER 15 E RIPE 15 I have installed my plug in and it does not show up in my host application eeeeeeeeee 15 Side mEINTHIBICTQUII TIU OTI IT ESSE 15 bian 16 2 Blue Cat s Widening Meter Pro User Manual Copyright c 2006 Guillaume Jeulin The Widening Meter Pro Effect Description Blue Cat s Widening Meter Pro is a unique tool It lets you monitor the Peak and RMS envelope of the mid and side parts of the audio signal and can be used to control other effects with this information e Monitor the envelopes evolution over time on a graph e Record the output and transformed output envelopes as automation curves and either assign them to other parameters of other effects or use them as reference information about your audio signal e Control other effects parameters in real time with these envelopes thanks to the Widening Meter MIDI Output capability you can now use any signal of any track to control any parameter of any other effect in real time You can thus achieve real time side chain processing for stereo enhancement very easily Just download the freeware Gain Suite plug ins and you are ready to go Additional information about stereo widening
3. IDI Qutput Skin file path C Program Files amp Blue Cat Audio DX Flu You can change the default skin for all instances of the plug in write the skin file path in the text edit box or click on the button to open a file chooser dialog If you have several instances of the plug in opened in your session you will have to re open the user interfaces of these plug ins to see the skin change Global MIDI Input Settings For each parameter you can define a default MIDI channel and CC number You can then control the plug in with an external MIDI controller or one of our plug ins that generate MIDI messages The following settings are available for each plug in parameter e Channel MIDI Channel for the parameter control If set to 0 the plug ins will accept Control Change Messages from all MIDI Channels MIDI Omni mode e CC Control Change Number Learn click on this button to activate the MIDI learn functionality When it is activated you 8 Blue Cat s Widening Meter Pro User Manual Copyright c 2006 Guillaume Jeulin can move your MIDI controller and the plug in will automatically set the MIDI Channel and CC Number e Enabled enable disable the MIDI control of the parameter Response response curve of the MIDI control from very fast to slow control e Min minimal value of the parameter when MIDI controlled e Max Maximum value of the parameter when MIDI controlled Ell Global Settings Skin MIDI Inpu
4. _curve2 RMS M dB s RMS Envelope of the mid channel over time dsp output curve3 Transformed dB s Transformed RMS Envelope of the mid channel RMS M over time dsp output curve4 Peak S dB s Peak Envelope of the side channel over time dsp output_curve5 Transformed dB s Transformed Peak Envelope of the side channel Peak S over time dsp output curve6 RMS S dB s RMS Envelope of the side channel over time dsp output curve7 Transformed dB s Transformed RMS Envelope of the side channel RMS S over time Blue Cat s Widening Meter Pro plug in uses a skinnable user interface The appearance and behavior of the user interface can thus change a lot depending on the chosen skin This section will expose you the different controls you may encounter in these skins and the way they can behave A well designed skin should be easy to use anyway You can control the plug in via MIDI Control Change messages as well and customize the way you interact with MIDI messages See the main menu section for more information Controls examples Here are a few examples of possibles controls you may encounter in the user interface fader slider knob button Text control General Behavior Setting the keyboard focus on a control so that it receives key events may be automatic when you pass the mouse over it it gets focus or manual you have to click on the control to set the focus on it It is usually made o
5. actual plug in parameters Note if you double click on the parameter text control boxes for the max and min values a fine tuning edit box will appear and let you change the min and max values with more precision Current Preset Settings Window This window lets you change the settings for the current preset of the current plug in only 10 Blue Cat s Widening Meter Pro User Manual Copyright c 2006 Guillaume Jeulin Skin You can choose to use the global skin setting or to change the skin for the current preset This way you can have different skins for different instances of the plug in in the same session in order to differentiate them l3 E Current Preset Settings mn MIDI Input MIDI Dutput Use global skin Skin file path C Program Files Blue Cat Audio Dt Plu Browse Preset MIDI Input Settings Use the global settings or override them for the current preset The parameters are the same as for the global MIDI input settings 11 Blue Cat s Widening Meter Pro User Manual Copyright c 2006 Guillaume Jeulin BS Current Preset Settings MIDI Input Use global setting Parameter Name Channel CC Enabled Response 0 16 Alf Parameters Linear Bypass Linear 1 Faram 1 Linear 1 0k ms Param 2 Linear 500 0 ms Param 3 Linear 2 0k ms Param 4 Linear Param 5 Linear Param Linear Param 7 Linear Param 8 Linear Param A Linear Param 10 Linear Faram 11 Linear P
6. aram 12 Linear LT CTI LT CTI LT LT LT LT CTI LT LT LT LT LT Param 13 Linear Preset MIDI Output Settings Use the global settings or override them for the current preset The parameters are the same as for the global MIDI output settings 12 Blue Cat s Widening Meter Pro User Manual Copyright c 2006 Guillaume Jeulin li Current Preset Settings MIDI Input MIDI Qutput Use global setting Parameter Name Channel CC Enabled Response 1 15 Aff Parameters Linear Param 1 Linear 20 0 dB Param 2 Linear 60 0 dB Param 3 Linear 0 Param 4 Linear Param 5 Linear Param 5 Linear Param Linear Param 8 Linear T T T T C c C C CTI LT CTI LT LT LT LT LT 13 Blue Cat s Widening Meter Pro User Manual Copyright c 2006 Guillaume Jeulin About Skins Blue Cat s Stereo Chorus integrates Blue Cat s skinning engine that allows you to customize the user interface of the plug in You can download new skins for you plug in at the following address http www bluecataudio com Skins If you don t find a skin that you like or if you want to use your graphic skills you can choose to create your own skin Changing the Skin You have two ways to change the skin of your plug in you can change the default or global skin in the global settings or change the skin for the current preset only The global skin applies to all plug in instances whereas the current preset skin only applies to the current pre
7. are using the Direct X version and your host application supports DXi check that the plug in does not appear in the virtual synth or synthesizers category If you wish not to use the MIDI capabilities of the plug in and use it as a regular Direct X plug in you can download the freeware DXi Manager and disable the MIDI capabilities of the plug in Other Questions For any other issue with this software please check our FAQ and Community forum 15 Blue Cat s Widening Meter Pro User Manual Copyright c 2006 Guillaume Jeulin This manual only covers the very basics of the Widening Meter Pro For more information and tips about how to use the Widening Meter Pro please check our website for the latest tutorials Upgrades tutorials more skins and plug ins are available on our website BLUC cat auo www bluecataudio com 16 Blue Cat s Widening Meter Pro User Manual Copyright c 2006 Guillaume Jeulin
8. bvious to you to know the active surfaces of the skin the places where you can click the mouse cursor usually changes when you can do something on a control In the default skins delivered with the plug in the cursor changes to a small hand to tell you when your mouse is over an active control Keys AII control widgets support the following keys note that some of them are caught by the host and thus never forwarded to the control For example in Steinberg Cubase SX you cannot us the arrow keys Common behavior Key Action Up Arrow Small increment of the position up or right Down Arrow Small increment of the position down or left Left Arrow Same as Down Arrow Right Arrow Same as Up Arrow Page Up Large increment of the position up or right Page Down Large decrement of the position down or left Small increment of the value of the control Small decrement of the value of the control right c 2006 Guillaume Jeulin Key Action Set to default value same as mouse right click Opens the fine tuning window to precisely set the parameter Button specific behavior Key Action Space Bar Pushes the button Enter Pushes the button Mouse You can change the value of the parameter with the mouse Mouse Event Action Left Click Acquire focus and start dragging or push button Left Double Click Acquire focus and lau
9. d Peak M dB Transformed Peak Envelope mid channel dsp output2 Clip M The audio signal clipped mid channel dsp output3 Clip Memory M Memory of the clip information mid channel dsp output4 Max Peak M dB Maximum Peak value mid channel dsp output5 RMS M dB RMS Envelope mid channel dsp output6 Transformed RMS M dB Transformed RMS Envelope mid channel dsp output7 Max RMS M dB Maximum RMS value mid channel dsp output8 Peak S dB Peak Envelope side channel dsp output9 Transformed Peak S dB Transformed Peak Envelope side channel dsp output10 Clip S The audio signal clipped side channel dsp output11 Clip Memory S Memory of the clip information side channel dsp output12 Max Peak S dB Maximum Peak value side channel dsp output13 RMS S dB RMS Envelope side channel dsp output14 Transformed RMS S dB Transformed RMS Envelope side channel dsp output15 Max RMS S dB Maximum RMS value side channel The param id field is used when designing a new skin See the Skins section for more information Curves The Widening Meter Pro also provides visual feedback about the input signal with output curves The Output curves are the following Curve id Name Units Description dsp output curveO Peak M dB s Peak Envelope of the mid channel over time dsp output_curvel Transformed dB s Transformed Peak Envelope of the mid channel Peak M over time dsp output
10. nch the fine tuning edit box except button Gain x Right Click Set the value to default Mouse Wheel Increment or decrement the position focus required Mouse Drag Change the control position depending on mouse movement except button Main Menu amp Settings The Main Menu If you right click on the background of the plug in the following pop up menu appears Set Preset Skin Preset Settings Global Settings User Manual Check Updates Get More Skins About The Commands are the following Set Preset Skin change the skin for the current preset Use Global Skin use the skin defined in the global settings for the current preset This item is enabled only if a skin has been defined for the current preset Presets Settings open the presets settings window It enables you to change the skin and MIDI settings for the current preset Global Settings User Manual open this user manual Check Updates check the updates for this software on our website Get More Skins get more skins for this software About displays the about dialog box The Global Settings Window The settings you change in this window apply to all instances of the plug in for all presets Consider these settings as default settings 7 Blue Cat s Widening Meter Pro User Manual Copyright c 2006 Guillaume Jeulin Global Skin Ell Global Settings Skin MIDI Input M
11. set of the current plug in instance See the main menu to see how to access these options On some hosts the plug in window won t resize automatically In this case just close the window and re open it it will be displayed with the right size Create a Custom Skin You can create custom skins for your plug in in order to adapt it to your exact needs Change its look and make it integrated in your virtual studio Just read the Blue Cat s Skinning Language user manual and download the samples for the tutorial on http www bluecataudio com Skins You can get ready to create your own skins in a few minutes You can then share your skins on our website Show your talent and share your knowledge with the users community 14 Blue Cat s Widening Meter Pro User Manual Copyright c 2006 Guillaume Jeulin Troubleshooting Installation I have installed my plug in and it does not show up in my host application First check that you application supports Direct X or VST plug ins If you are using the Direct X version check that your host application supports DXi plug ins MIDI enabled Direct X plug ins If it does not it may remove it from the Direct X plug ins list some applications such as Sony Vegas 5 and Cool Edit Pro are known to do this In this case use our freeware DXi Manager and disable the MIDI capabilities of the plug in You may need to reinstall the software again before it shows up into your host application If you
12. t MIDI Output Parameter Name Channel CC Enabled Response 0 16 0 127 Aff Parameters Linear ha Bypass linear I Faram 1 Linear wt 1 0k ms Faram 2 Linear bul 500 0 ms Param 3 Linear wt 2 0k ms Param 4 Linear hd Param 5 Lean Linear Param i Leam Linear Param Leam Linear 4 Param 8 Linear lt Param 3 Leam Linear Param 10 Linear ha Faram 11 Linear v Param 12 Linear v CIBC OE E ORA i Leam Faram 13 Linear v a generic screen shot does not correspond to the actual plug in parameters Note if you double click on the parameter text control boxes for the max and min values a fine tuning edit box will appear and let you change the min and max values with more precision 9 Blue Cat s Widening Meter Pro User Manual Copyright c 2006 Guillaume Jeulin Global MIDI Output Settings You can set the same properties for the output parameters they may trigger MIDI CC messages when modified Since it s output you cannot set the channel to MIDI Omni you must choose a channel E Global Settings m z x Skin MIDI Input MIDI Output Parameter Name Channel CC Enabled Response 1 15 b Aff Parameters Linear v Param 1 Linear wt Param Linear v Param 3 Linear v Param 4 Linear v Param 5 Linear hal Param 6 Linear v Param 7 Linear wt gngmmuugu Param 8 Linear hd generic screen shot does not correspond to the
13. with mid side processing can be found in this paper Parameters The input parameters of this plug in are the following Param id Name Unit Description dsp inputO Bypass Bypass the effect dsp input1 Center Center position in the stereo field for the Mid Side channels computation 100 is full left 100 is full right dsp input2 Attack ms Attack time for the Peak Follower dsp input3 Hold ms Hold time for the Peak Follower dsp input4 Release ms Release time for the Peak Follower dsp input5 Reverse Reverse the transformed output peak envelope dsp input6 Amount Amount for the transformed output peak envelope dsp input7 Offset Offset for the transformed output peak envelope dsp input8 Clip Reset Reset the clip output attribute dsp input9 Max Reset Reset the maximum peak output attribute dsp input10 Average ms RMS computation time dsp input11 Reverse Reverse the transformed output RMS envelope dsp input12 Amount Amount for the transformed output RMS envelope dsp input13 Offset Offset for the transformed output RMS envelope dsp input14 Max Reset Reset the maximum RMS output attribute The output parameters of this plug in are the following aille ir A la ra iuilaume Jeulin Param id Name Unit Description dsp outputO Peak M dB Peak Envelope mid channel dsp outputl Transforme
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