EQSAT CUSTOM - TC Electronic
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1. SAVE PRESET By selecting Save you can save your preset to any folder on the system including any shared folder By default presets will be saved to the default location for EQSAT CUSTOM s presets EQSAT CUSTOM can arrange presets into different subfolders You can delete rearrange or create your own folders to accommodate your needs You could for example create preset folders for projects customers or what ever you can imagine Note Presets saved in EQSAT CUSTOM cannot be loaded into TC EQSAT A B PRESET COMPARISON The A B function of EQSAT CUSTOM allows for a quick comparison of two dif ferent settings Select Store and then A or B to save a setting into either the A or B memory After setting up both an A and a B setting you can simply select either A or B to immediately compare the two settings These are meant for a quick comparison these settings are LOST when closing the Plug In If you wish to keep your preset we advise you to save it DEFAULT PRESET LOCATIONS The following locations are where you can find your EQSAT CUSTOM PRESETS Preset subfolders will not appear in the file menu unless there is at least one file in that subfolder MAC OS X Files are stored in your user folder Users User Name Library Application Support TCWorks Powercore Presets EQSAT CUSTOM MAC OS X ADMINISTRATOR PRIVELEGES If you want to share your files with ano2. the unique SoftSat circuit creates that warm analog sound whenever required EQSAT CUSTOM is a clean sounding and very easy to use EQ ideal for any situation from recording to mastering The TC Team www tcelectronic com ATTENTION THIS IS A POWERCORE PLUG IN AND REQUIRES AT LEAST ONE POW ERCORE TO BE INSTALLED ON YOUR SYSTEM THIS PLUG IN WILL NOT RUN WITHOUT POWERCORE NOTE EQSAT CUSTOM requires POWERCORE software 1 7 or higher WORKS is a TC Group company ULTIMATE SOFTWARE MACHINES by TC WORKS Soft amp Hardware GmbH 2003 All product and company names are trademarks of their respective owners All specifications subject to change without notice All rights reserved SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS WINDOWS e POWERCORE running system 1 7 or later e Windows 2000 or XP e PIII 500 or faster e 256 MB RAM e VST compatible host application e System must meet requirements of the host application MAC OS X e POWERCORE running system 1 7 or later e Mac OS X 10 2 3 or higher e G3 300 or faster G4 Recommended e 256 MB RAM e VST or Audio Units compatible host application e System must meet requirements of the host application At the time this manual was created support for MOTU s Digital Performer is only possible by using Apple s Audio Units Plug In format EQ SAT CUSTOM 1 EQsat CUSTOM OVERVIEW H O ca m FRQ BW Loc Te WORKS 1 Ac
3. CUSTOM 5 ACTIVE FREQUENCY RESPONSE DISPLAY The ACTIVE FREQUENCY RESPONSE DISPLAY displays information on the magnitude and stereo placement of your current EQ setting This display is active meaning you can directly manipulate the equalization parameters for all of the bands in the EQ WORKING WITH THE DISPLAY Each channel has a HIT POINT in the display By clicking on the hit point you can directly manipulate the gain of each band If you use one the KEY COMMANDS while clicking on the HIT POINT you also have access to other parameters in the display If you refer back to the block diagram of the filter series it is pretty clear that the LOW SHELVE is filter 1 while filters 2 3 and 4 are the PARAMETRIC bands and filter 5 is the HIGH SHELVE The LOW SHELVE is indicated as LO and always affects both channels The HIGH SHELVE is indicated as HI and always affects both channels The PARAMETRIC bands are indicated by the filter number and the channel i e 2L 2R 3L 3R 4L and 4R DISPLAY CONVENTIONS The display has many ways of indicating what s going on with the EQ CURSOR POSITION The CURSOR POSITION is sort of a marker that indicates the current position on the EQ Curve with a Cross Hair type locator The cursor fields in the display will provide feedback about the gain and frequency of the cursor ACTIVE BAND The ACTIVE BAND is highlighted by a yellow line that displays the curve of the band as you roll over the
4. None or Forever which is handy when you are not watching too closely There is also a Reset option useful for those times when PEAK HOLD value has been set to Forever PEAK HOLD FALLBACK The PEAK HOLD FALLBACK option will vary the time that the maximum peak value falls back in the peak meters Ideally the meters are characterised by a slow fallback from displayed peaks making it easier to notice peak levels visually In order of fastest to slowest fallback rates the speed of the fallback can be set to Immediate 30dB 10dB 5dB 3dB and 1dB per second CLIP HOLD The CLIP HOLD option will vary the time that the maximum clip value is displayed in the meter The hold time range in seconds is 10 6 1 None or Forever which is handy when you are not watching too closely There is also a Reset option useful for those times when CLIP HOLD value has been set to Forever 8 EQ SAT CUSTOM PRESET MANAGER 2 3 1 File Menu Gi 2 A B Comparison 3 Preset Name The PRESET is the global setting of the entire Plug In EQSAT CUSTOM s PRESET is exactly the same as those managed by your host application the difference being that using EQSAT CUSTOM s preset manager will ensure that you can share your presets with other users regardless of host application or platform EQSAT CUSTOM s comprehensive file based preset architecture makes archiving pre sets as simple as possible Thi
5. filter s hit point with the mouse BAND FILLS The BAND FILLS are color coded to quickly help you visualize the filter set up When operating in linked stereo the frequency response curve will simply be dark green When operating with the independent control over the left and right chan nels link disabled the left channel will have a blue fill when it has more gain than the right channel while the right channel will have a red fill when it has more gain than the left one ZOOM IN OUT Selecting ZOOM IN from the user interface will zoom the view of the marker position The marker position is set by clicking anywhere in the display When you are in the ZOOM position the ZOOM IN button will switch to ZOOM OUT 6 EQ SAT CUSTOM KEY COMMANDs Normal Click Clicking the ACTIVE FREQUENCY RESPONSE DISPLAY will adjust the frequency and gain of the filter closest to your mouse click Option Click Clicking while holding the option key in the ACTIVE FREQUENCY RESPONSE DISPLAY will adjust the bandwidth of the filter closest to your mouse click Control Click Clicking while holding the control key in the ACTIVE FREQUENCY RESPONSE DISPLAY will act as a fine adjust for the frequency and gain of the filter closest to your mouse click Shift Click Clicking the ACTIVE FREQUENCY RESPONSE DISPLAY while holding the shift key will adjust the frequencies and gains of ALL filters Note To reset the filter parameters
6. select the FLAT button To reset ALL parameters select the Preset OO Default from the preset manager DISPLAY DISABLED Should your Powercore be fully loaded and there is not enough free processing on your DSPs the ACTIVE FREQUENCY RESPONSE DISPLAY will come up in a disabled state Should this occur it is advised to remove the Plug In from the mix DISABLED EQ SAT CUSTOM 7 SOFTSAT SoftSat creates the warm and fat sound often associated with analog equip ment For the technically minded the effect is also known as non linear distortion By activating this function you will get similar sounding results as when driving an analog tape machine into tape saturation SOFT SAT ol e__ Ga SoftSat will only have an audible effect when driving the level on the input or gain stage To operate SoftSat enable the SoftSat button Once SoftSat is engaged you have two options for adding saturation to your signal use the apply fader to increase the amount or double click in the text field and enter the amount of saturation you want applied The SoftSat meter will indicate when Saturation is being applied to your signal METERING OPTIONS By single clicking on the VU meter you will have access to the METERING OPTIONS PEAK HOLD The PEAK HOLD option will vary the time that the maximum peak value is dis played in the meter The hold time range in seconds is 10 6 1
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9. quencies below the cut off which is determined by the Frequency selector Frequencies above the shelve cut off have no gain change This is most often used to boost or reduce bass frequencies In the ACTIVE DISPLAY this is indicated as LO and always affects both channels PARAMETRIC FILTERS A Parametric filter is a highly flexible filter capable of creating broad cuts or boosting peaks without influencing nearby frequencies The center frequency is determined by the Frequency selector This is most commonly used to cut or boost a specific frequency such as a mid frequency for a snare drum In the ACTIVE DISPLAY this is indicated as the filter number and the channel i e 2L 2R 3L 3R 4L and 4R HIGH SHELVE FILTER A High Shelve filter boosts or cuts frequencies above the cut off which is determined by the Frequency selector Frequencies below the shelve cut off have no gain change This is most often used to boost or reduce high band frequencies In the ACTIVE DISPLAY this is indicated as HI and always affects both channels STEREO LINKING Each Parametric band has two modes of control linked and decoupled When the LINK button is active both the left and right channels are linked To have decou pled independent channel control disable the LINK button FLAT Selecting FLAT from the user interface will only reset the filter parameters To reset ALL parameters select the Preset 00 Default from the preset manager EQ SAT
10. s allows you to organize your presets the way you find most comfortable for your workflow and to exchange presets with other users PRESETS are saved as discrete files on your hard drive Once a preset is saved into the default location it will automatically appear in the File menu every time you use the Plug In The files can then be arranged in subfolders which will also be rec ognized by the Plug In e To delete a preset file simply move it to the Trash or Recycle bin e To create a new subfolder that appears in the Plug In menu simply create a new folder in the Plug In folder that resides in the PRESETS folder of the EQSAT CUSTOM s default preset location A NOTE ABOUT COMPATIBILITY WITH EQSAT PRESETS EQSAT CUSTOM s presets are not fully compatible with presets from EQSAT While EQSAT CUSTOM can load presets from TC EQSAT it is not possible to load presets saved in EQSAT CUSTOM into earlier versions of TC EQSAT THE PRESET FILE MENU Pressing the File button will open the file menu The following options are available from the file menu LOAD PRESET By selecting Load you can navigate to any folder on the system including any shared folder These will always be loaded from the default location for EQSAT CUSTOM presets Only presets located in the default file location will appear in EQSAT CUSTOM s pop up preset menu Note EQSAT CUSTOM can load presets from TC EQSAT EQ SAT CUSTOM 9
11. ther user it is advised that you copy your presets to the Shared folder before the other user logs in If you save files into the System folder make sure that you have the appropriate Administrator rights WINDOWS Files are stored on the Windows OS hard drive System Hard Drive Program Files TCWorks Powercore Presets EQSAT CUSTOM 10 EQ SAT CUSTOM USING EQSAT CUSTOM IN MAC OS X PLUG IN FORMATS Powercore supports both the VST and Audio Units Plug In formats In a host application like SPARK XL or LOGIC the Plug In will appear as a standard Audio Units Plug In If you save files into the System folder make sure that you have the appropriate Administrator rights PLUG IN LOCATIONS OS X is designed for networking and uses a hierarchy of virtual locations called Domains Audio Unit Plug Ins are located in one of two domains the Local Domain and the User Domain The Local Domain can have multiple users For simplicity TC Plug Ins are installed only in the Local Domain Additionally each Plug In is installed as both a VST and Audio Units Plug In Both formats must be on the system in order to function in an Audio Units application LOCAL DOMAIN OS X Library Audio Plug Ins Components OS X Library Audio Plug Ins VST EQ SAT CUSTOM 11
12. tive Frequency Response Display 6 Parametric Bands 2 Stereo Link Unlink 7 Meters and Metering Options 3 Low Shelve 8 Parametric Bypass 4 Preset Manager 9 High Shelve 5 No Latency Mode 10 SoftSat Controls 2 EQ SAT CUSTOM EQ SAT CUSTOM 3 EQSAT CUSTOM SPECIFICATIONS EQSAT CUSTOM is a 5 band EQ featuring 3 stereo parametric bands a low shelve and a high shelve band Band Type Frequency Gain Bandwidth Slope Range Low Shelve LO 20 Hz to 5 0 kHz 18dB 3 12 dBloct Bell shaped Parametric filter 2 L 20 Hz to 20 kHz 18 dB 0 10 4 0 oct Bell shaped Parametric filter 2 R Linked to L Channel 18dB Linked to L Channel Bell shaped Parametric filter 3 L 20 Hz to 20 kHz 18dB 0 10 4 0 oct Bell shaped Parametric filter 3 R Linked to L Channel 18 dB Linked to L Channel Bell shaped Parametric filter 4 L 20 Hz to 20 kHz 18dB 0 10 4 0 oct Bell shaped Parametric filter 4 R Linked to L Channel 18dB Linked to L Channel High Shelve HI 500 Hz to 20 kHz 18dB 3 12 dBloct Figure 1 This is a simple block diagram of the signal path in EQSAT CUSTOM peur Ve e SOFT SATURAT PEAK PEAK RUTI SATURAT ALTA deier E hiehaa or Kale SOFT PEAK SOFT HIGH SHAVE GE SATURAT ATRI SATURAT ALTERS w E E ba E ae ba E DR en e 4 EQ SAT CUSTOM EQSAT CUSTOM FILTER CONTROLS LOW SHELVE FILTER A Low Shelve filter boosts or cuts fre
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