CONEQ™ Plug-ins USER MANUAL
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1. ae Filter name Filter gain Figure 2 Elements of a channel strip for this channel Filter on switch allows to switch channel filtering on and off The level meter shows the level after the CONEQ correction has been applied The clip indicator can be clicked to reset the clip status and the maximum peak value The filter gain controls allow adjusting gain for this channel to make the filtered sound and original sound equally loud BYPASS switch The BYPASS switch bypasses filtering of all channels It is as if the plug in was disabled or removed from the track except that the INPUT LEVEL adjustment is still applied Output meter The output meter shows the maximum current level and the largest maximum peak value of all the channels The clip indicator of the output meter turns on as soon as the first channels clip indicator turns on Clicking the output meter s clip indicator resets all channel clip indicators and maximum peak values INPUT LEVEL knob The INPUT LEVEL knob is used to prevent clipping of the corrected sound by reducing the signal level in all channels before processing by the CONEQ correction filters LOADING CONEQ CORRECTION FILTERS Once the CONEQ plug in is inserted in the sound path the CONEQ correction filters should be loaded Figure 3 shows a channel strip of a plug in that has been just inserted and where no filter has yet been loaded Figure 3 Channel strip with no loaded filter2. CONEQ Plug ins CONEQ P2 P8 P2pro P8pro USER MANUAL for software version 1 1 0 LEES reat sound Lab Real Sound Lab SIA t 371 6788 9828 e support realsoundlab com NNNNNN Www w OO 41 1 0 0 OO UI UI Ul Ul KR KR KR amp C2 CJ o 10 11 11 14 Contents OVERVIEW ABOUT CONEQ PLUG INS REQUIREMENTS a4 9o o o Ro ooo RR RR o9 ES Operating System and Hardware Host Applications cce rn CONEQ correction filters ls SETUP INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE COPY PROTECTION s o ss s eee omniom ke m n Rom Rm men USING CONEQ PLUG IN OVERVIEW gt 6 2 ok 6 diri E TYPICAL WORKFLOW 6 4 cho a ke ok ew nn INSERTING PLUG IN IN THE MASTER TRACK BUS Inserting CONEQ plug in in Pro Tools Inserting CONEQ plug in in Cubase Nuendo Inserting CONEQ plug in in SONAR PLUG IN INTERFACE gt ac a 6 eee rae REOR ww eS Information panel te es Channel Strips svo a Xe eee o aS ee ER BYPASS switch 4 4 Roe ee dete Re boa e e dede Output meter X X 9009 X Ro INPUT LEVEL knob ook oko RR RR LOADING CONEQ CORRECTION FILTERS COMPARING FILTERED AND ORIGINAL SOUND ADJUSTING INP
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6. be inserted for individual tracks The CONEQ plug in does not support opening multiple instances of the same plug in in the same host application This is by design to encourage inserting the plug in only in one place the master track bus Inserting CONEQ plug in in Pro Tools Open the mixer by choosing Window gt Mix If the session does not have a master fader then choose Track gt New and create a Master Fader with the number of channels that corresponds to the session type Now click on the last master fader insert and select the CONEQ plug in from Multi channel plug in gt EQ Inserting CONEQ plug in in Cubase amp NuendoG Open the mixer by choosing Devices gt Mixer or Mixer 2 3 4 In the output section on the right side of the mixer click the e icon and then select the CONEQ plug in from the insert menu of the last insert CONEQ P2 P8 P2pro P8pro plug in User Manual for ver 1 1 0 Real Sound Lab SIA Akad mijas Laukums 1 Riga LV1050 Latvia Telephone 371 6788 9828 www realsoundlab com 2005 2009 Real Sound Lab SIA 4 RS a reat sound Lab Real Sound Lab SIA t 371 6788 9828 e support realsoundlab com Inserting CONEQ plug in in SONAR On the Master track right click the FX area and select the CONEQ plug in from Audio FX gt vstplugins Make sure that the CONEQ plug in is the last in the list If it isn t then
7. drag and drop it to the bottom of the list PLUG IN INTERFACE After the CONEQ plug in is inserted its GUI Graphical User Interface will open see figure 1 Input level Output meter Bypass switch Information panel Channel strips Figure 1 Elements of the CONEQ plug in user interface Information panel The information panel has three areas The TRACK left area shows the track type mono stereo Quadro 5 1 etc and sample rate of the track in which the plug in is inserted The FILTER area middle shows the resolution and sample rate of the loaded filters The PLUG IN area right allows adjusting the latency lower latency means higher CPU load and shows the number of simultaneously active filters sup ported by this plug in edition Channel strips There is one channel strip for each channel of the host track For stereo tracks two strips will be shown for 5 1 tracks six etc Figure 2 shows the elements of a channel strip Clicking on filter name field will open a file selection dialogue which allows selecting a CONEQ correction filter file CONEQ P2 P8 P2pro P8pro plug in User Manual for ver 1 1 0 Real Sound Lab SIA Akad mijas Laukums 1 Riga LV1050 Latvia Telephone 371 6788 9828 www realsoundlab com 2005 2009 Real Sound Lab SIA 5 ZEE reat sound Lab Real Sound Lab SIA t 371 6788 9828 e support realsoundlab com Max Channel name Level Clip peak Filter on
8. CONEQ plug in activated IMPORTANT Deactivate the CONEQ plug in during final export bounce of the ready production Otherwise the sound will contain equalisation which is un wanted on any system but yours LATENCY CONEQ plug ins allows adjustment of the filter latency The latency is specified in samples and ranges from 2 samples up to the number of samples equal to half of the number of taps in the filter Shorter latency means higher CPU load so choose the setting according to the available CPU resources PLUG IN EDITIONS There are four editions of the CONEQ plug ins CONEQ P2 CONEQ P8 CONEQ P2pro and CONEQ P8pro The current manual describes all of them unless specially marked Filter resolution The CONEQ P2 P8 plug ins support filter resolution of up to 1024 taps Such filter resolution means an EQ adjustment point at every 20 Hz This allows very precise correction for frequencies above 600 Hz Below that the correction gets less precise with lower frequencies The CONEQ P2pro P8pro plug ins support the filter resolu tion of up to 4096 taps EQ adjustment point at every 5 Hz This resolution enables very precise correction across the whole audio frequency range The figure 4 shows the difference of filter resolution between 4096 taps yellow curve and 1024 taps orange curve The green curve shows the actually measured acoustic power frequency response which is corrected by the CONEQ c
9. Click on the filter name field the area that displays the Click here to load a filter for this channel text A file selection dialogue will open A file containing the CONEQ correction filter for this channel should be selected CONEQ P2 P8 P2pro P8pro plug in User Manual for ver 1 1 0 Real Sound Lab SIA Akademijas Laukums 1 Riga LV1050 Latvia Telephone 371 6788 9828 www realsoundlab com 2005 2009 Real Sound Lab SIA 6 ATN reat sound Lab Real Sound Lab SIA t 371 6788 9828 e support realsoundlab com The filter must be already created by the CONEQ Workshop application CONEQ correction filters have extension FIR To find where the filters are saved by the CONEQ Workshop application refer to the chapter FILE STRUCTURE OF THE CONEQ WORKSHOP PROJECT on page 9 The sample rate of the filter must match that of the material to be filtered For example if the project sample rate is set to 44 1 kHz then the correction filter also must have a sample rate of 44 1 kHz Please refer to the CONEQ Workshop documentation to learn how to save a filter with the required sample rate The sample rate and resolution of the CONEQ correction filters for all channels must match If a filter of different sample rate or resolution is loaded then all the currently loaded filters will be unloaded If the sample rate of the loaded filters is different from that of the track sample rate then the plug in will
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12. UT LEVEL 5 oo o m Rx ER EXPORTING FINAL PRODUCTION lees LATENCY 4 sa mwens erode bewa CR edo koe ee gt PLUG IN EDITIONS 2 ace xo RR OUR 2 e Filter resolution te es Multi channel support lll FILE STRUCTURE OF THE CONEQ WORKSHOP PROJECT TECHNICAL SUPPORT CONTACTING REAL SOUND LAB CONEQ USER LICENSE AGREEMENT TRADEMARKS CONEQ P2 P8 P2pro P8pro plug in User Manual for ver 1 1 0 Real Sound Lab SIA Akademijas Laukums 1 Riga LV1050 Latvia Telephone 371 6788 9828 www realsoundlab com 2005 2009 Real Sound Lab SIA 1 reat sound Lab Real Sound Lab SIA t 371 6788 9828 e support realsoundlab com OVERVIEW ABOUT CONEQ PLUG INS Real Sound Lab s CONEQ is a technology to measure and correct loudspeakers With CONEQ every loudspeaker sounds better clear natural and without attenuations within the limits of its physical capabilities The CONEQ technology is applied in two steps First a precise measurement of how loud the loudspeaker reproduces tones of each frequency is done and a correction filter is automatically produced This is done by CONEQ Workshop application the acoustic power frequency response measurement application Second the filter is applied by any of the software or hardware tools supporting CONEQ for instance CONEQ plug ins Real Sound Lab s CONEQ plug ins are software components for apply
13. any others as VST plug ins CONEQ correction filters The CONEQ plug in uses CONEQ correction filters made by the CONEQ Workshop application a limited license is included with every CONEQ plug in CONEQ P2 P8 P2pro P8pro plug in User Manual for ver 1 1 0 Real Sound Lab SIA Akademijas Laukums 1 Riga LV1050 Latvia Telephone 371 6788 9828 www realsoundlab com 2005 2009 Real Sound Lab SIA 2 ATN reat sound Lab Real Sound Lab SIA t 371 6788 9828 e support realsoundlab com SETUP INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE The installation CD contains installation programs for both Mac and Windows oper ating systems Included are installers for all editions of CONEQ plug ins as well as for CONEQ Workshop The CONEQ Workshop application currently runs only on Windows operating systems To install software insert the installation CD On Mac find the installer in the Mac folder at the root of the CD On Windows find the installer in the Win folder On Windows the installer will start automatically if the auto start feature is enabled You must accept the CONEQ User License Agreement see page 11 to install and use the software COPY PROTECTION CONEQ plug in is protected against illegal copying using eLicenser USB device The device is delivered together with the software The eLicenser Control Center appli cation that manages the licenses on eLicensers will be installed as part of the instal lation
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17. ht 1 MySp 001 Left 1 IF DAT X0 X 41 a a k 8 items Figure 5 The structure of the CONEQ Workshop project folder IMPORTANT For use with the CONEQ plug ins generate and use filter files that are Minimum Phase Filters the suffix is MPF not LPF The resolution of the filters must be 1024 taps for CONEQ P2 P8 or 4096 for CONEQ P2pro P8pro The filter sample rate must match the sample rate of the audio signal to be filtered TECHNICAL SUPPORT Please feel free to contact us at any time if you have any difficulties using the CONEQ plug ins our contact details are listed below We will do our best to respond to you as quickly as possible Our mission is to make your experience with CONEQ as simple and rewarding as possible When contacting us please inform us of the following 1 CONEQ plug in version click on the small i on the main plug in window CONEQ Workshop version go to Help gt About CONEQ Workshop Your operating system version Host application name and version e g Cubase 5 Studio Computer information CPU type and speed installed memory O uo KL W N Description of your problem as much information as possible for us to under stand the problem CONEQ P2 P8 P2pro P8pro plug in User Manual for ver 1 1 0 Real Sound Lab SIA Akad mijas Laukums 1 Riga LV1050 Latvia Telephone 371 6788 9828 www realsoundlab com 2005 2009
18. ing the CONEQ correction filters from within a host application Host applications for RTAS and VST plug in formats are currently supported Typical examples of applications in which a CONEQ plug in is used are DAW Digital Audio Workstation applications such as Digidesign Pro Tools Steinberg Cubase and Cakewalk Sonar audio editing ap plications like Steinberg Wavelab and Sony SoundForge and various media players CONEQ plug ins are a software alternative to the Real Sound Lab s flagship product the APEQ hardware equalizer This manual explains how to install and use CONEQ P2 CONEQ P8 CONEQ P2pro and CONEQ P8pro plug ins The term CONEQ plug in refers to any edition of the plug in Differences between editions are described on page 8 REQUIREMENTS Operating System and Hardware The following operating systems are supported Windows XP SP2 Windows Vista Windows 7 Mac OS 10 4 Tiger 10 5 Leopard and 10 6 Snow Leopard 32 bit and 64 bit editions of the above mentioned operating systems are supported Both Intel and PowerPC based Mac computers are supported A fast CPU is recommended for maximum performance when using CONEQ plug in CPU load can be reduced by increasing the plug in latency see page 8 Host Applications All editions of CONEQ plug in work in Digidesign ProTools application as RTAS and AS plug ins and in VST host applications such as Steinberg Cubase Cakewalk Sonar and m
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20. l sound IMPORTANT Please note that the INPUT LEVEL knob should NOT be used as a master fader to adjust the master level of the session project If the origi nal signal level is already clipping before CONEQ correction filter is applied then the signal level should be adjusted by means of the host application before passing the signal to the CONEQ plug in CONEQ P2 P8 P2pro P8pro plug in User Manual for ver 1 1 0 Real Sound Lab SIA Akademijas Laukums 1 Riga LV1050 Latvia Telephone 371 6788 9828 www realsoundlab com 2005 2009 Real Sound Lab SIA 7 ATN reat sound Lab Real Sound Lab SIA t 371 6788 9828 e support realsoundlab com EXPORTING FINAL PRODUCTION When the production is ready to be exported deactivate but not remove the CONEQ correction plug in using the means of the host application This is a very im portant step because omitting it will cause the final product to sound unpredictable on all systems except the one for which the correction filters were loaded at the time of exporting Such a mistake can pass unspotted easily because when the exported material is played on the same loudspeakers on which it was produced it will sound excellent because the correct CONEQ correction filters were applied to it during export After deactivating the CONEQ plug in please verify that the master level is op timal It will most probably be different from the master level with the
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22. orrection filters CONEQ P2 P8 P2pro P8pro plug in User Manual for ver 1 1 0 Real Sound Lab SIA Akademijas Laukums 1 Riga LV1050 Latvia Telephone 371 6788 9828 www realsoundlab com 2005 2009 Real Sound Lab SIA 8 Se reat sound Lab Real Sound Lab SIA t 371 6788 9828 e support realsoundlab com Figure 4 Difference in resolution of 4096 tap and 1024 tap filters Multi channel support All CONEQ plug ins can be used in mono stereo as well as in various types of multi channel projects This includes but is not limited to projects having 5 1 and 7 1 output The CONEQ P2 P2pro plug ins support simultaneous filtering of up to two channels The CONEQ P8 P8pro plug ins can filter up to eight channels at a time FILE STRUCTURE OF THE CONEQ WORKSHOP PROJECT To create the CONEQ correction filters one of the editions of CONEQ Workshop is used CONEQ Workshop has a concept of projects each project is a folder on the hard disk A project contains one or more measurements One or more filters can be created for each measurement Filters are files with the extension FIR in the project file hierarchy Here is how to locate the relevant files Let s assume your project folder is named MySpeakers Let s also assume that you have made two measurements named Left 1 and Right 1 for the left and right channels respectively At last let s assume that for the left channel you made one recalc
23. plug in User Manual for ver 1 1 0 Real Sound Lab SIA Akad mijas Laukums 1 Riga LV1050 Latvia Telephone 371 6788 9828 www realsoundlab com 2005 2009 Real Sound Lab SIA 3 reat sound Lab Real Sound Lab SIA t 371 6788 9828 e support realsoundlab com TYPICAL WORKFLOW A typical workflow when using a CONEQ plug in is like this Create open a project in a DAW application Insert the CONEQ plug in as the last plug in on the master track bus Load a CONEQ correction filter for each channel Compare the corrected and original sound Adjust the input level so that no clipping occurs for filtered sound Do the recording editing and or mixing Deactivate the plug in in the host application to export bounce the final pro duction IMPORTANT Deactivate the CONEQ plug in during final export bounce of the ready production Otherwise the sound will contain equalisation which is un wanted on any system but yours INSERTING PLUG IN IN THE MASTER TRACK BUS The CONEQ plug in must be inserted as the very last processor in the sound path This is typically the last insert of the master track bus but different DAW and other applications offer different ways to achieve that Below are guidelines for some DAW applications This should give an idea about where to look for the correct place for inserting the CONEQ plug in in all other applications One common rule is that the plug ins should not
24. process It is recommended to connect the eLicenser USB device only after the installation has finished The licenses of Real Sound Lab products can be moved to eLicensers of other applications e g Cubase to have them all on the same device and free USB ports The licenses cannot be moved to other types of copy protection devices e g iLok All CONEQ plug ins are bundled with a limited license for the CONEQ Workshop application Please refer to the CONEQ Workshop Quickstart Guide for information about activating the limited license USING CONEQ PLUG IN OVERVIEW The CONEQ plug in is a multi channel equaliser used to correct the acoustic power frequency response characteristic of loudspeakers The correction filters for the loud speakers are obtained using the CONEQ Workshop application and then loaded into the CONEQ plug in The CONEQ plug in should be inserted as the last plug in on the master track bus and used at all times when monitoring a recording session and editing or mixing the material However the CONEQ plug in only improves the sound quality of the equip ment and not that of the mix Therefore the plug in must be disabled bypassed when exporting the final production Otherwise the final result will be corrected for reproduction on a particular speaker system but everywhere else it will contain some unwanted equalisation which even might lead to unexpected sound distortion CONEQ P2 P8 P2pro P8pro
25. switch to BYPASS mode Note that CONEQ plug in editions differ in the supported maximum filter resolu tion See page 8 for details COMPARING FILTERED AND ORIGINAL SOUND Once the filters are loaded the corrected sound can be compared with the original Play some material that you know very well with the correction on Allow the hearing to adjust and get used to the new sound Then switch off the correction using the BY PASS switch and listen to the same piece again Try several different pieces to cover the whole frequency spectrum Depending on the quality of the loudspeakers the difference can be more or less noticeable For simpler speakers the difference and improvement will be big and obvious while for the higher quality systems the dif ference will be revealed as many nuanced improvements across the whole frequency range ADJUSTING INPUT LEVEL It may happen that the filtered sound is clipping the clip indicators in the plug in and host turn on This is expected for saturated input signals because CONEQ correction filters boost the signal in those frequencies where the speaker performance is insufficient If there is no headroom in the input signal then clipping will occur If that happens reduce the input signal level by using the INPUT LEVEL knob see figure 1 Note that the adjustment to the INPUT LEVEL remains active also when the plug in s BYPASS switch is on allowing easier comparison between the filtered and origina
26. ulation after changing some parameters Then you should have the folder structure as depicted in figure 5 on your hard disk The file 1 MySp 001 Left 1 02 MPF 441 fir is the filter for the left channel As you see there are two folders for the Left 1 measurement The folder 01 always contains the correction filter calculated directly after measurement was taken The folder 02 contains the result of recalculation after the change of filter settings The filter for the right channel is located in folder MySpeakers 002 Right 1 01 and is named 1 MySp 002 Right 1 01 MPF 441 fir These files are the CONEQ correction filters that must be selected for filters in CONEQ plug ins Alternatively click on the Open filter folder button on the main screen in CONEQ Workshop when the needed filter is selected This will open a Finder Explorer at the folder where the corresponding FIR file is stored CONEQ P2 P8 P2pro P8pro plug in User Manual for ver 1 1 0 Real Sound Lab SIA Akad mijas Laukums 1 Riga LV1050 Latvia Telephone 371 6788 9828 www realsoundlab com 2005 2009 Real Sound Lab SIA 9 am s reat sound Lab Real Sound Lab SIA t 371 6788 9828 e support realsoundlab com Sto x j 0L Left gt 02 gt LE Organize ews Burn Folders v Name J MySpeakers L1 MySp 001 Left 1 02 MPF 441 fir Jh 001 Left 1 15 cfg flt ini i 01 graphic dat 4 02 B MySp 001 Left 1 F DAT 002 Rig
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