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1. Diode clipper section d16 group AUDIO SOFTWARE distortion is caused by the circuit clipping the top and bottom from the audio waveform WBR Control of this module is performed by following controls Preamp Amplification of signal in Diode clipper Threshold This is the nominal level of amplitude above this the distortion of the signal occurs Shape Depending on a chosen Clipping curve this parameter changes its characteristics Clip Clicking the display that shows Clipper s curve we can switch between 6 available different curves Devastor Clipper s curves SIGNAL FLOW e BASIC MODULES DAVNO N e Hyperbolic tangent Tanh e Arcus tangent e Linear hard clip e Crossover e Asymmetric hyperbolic tangent e Mixed Tanh and Linear hard clip Two LEDs Clip indicate exceeding the threshold value by positive and or negative halves of signal This module works asymmetrically relative to zero Filter In Devastor we have three filter units at our disposal They are independently configurable and are able to work in different configurations they are connected in parallel before or after the Clipper circuit see figure below Filters section For each filter the following parameters can be controlled d16 group SIGNAL FLOW e BASIC MODULES AUDIO SOFTWARE Cutoff Filter s cut off frequency Reso B Width Filter s resonance or in a case of band pass or band2. s 1 output 1 Side 2 Post Signal processed by Filter 1 and Clipper simultaneously The Clipper s output then is equally fed onto Filter 2 and 3 inputs Finally all 3 Filters outputs are summed SIGNAL FLOW e BASIC MODULES DAVNO N Side Pre Input signal is distributed to Filters no 1 and no 2 Filter 2 is then routed to the Clipper which output Post then gets to the Filter 3 Filter no 1 and no 3 are eventually mixed together 2 Side 1 Pre Signal is input to every Filter equally Filter 2 routed to Clipper is eventually mixed with Filter 1 and 3 outputs 2 Side 1 Post Signal is parallelly input to Filter 1 2 and Clipper Clipper s output then is routed to Filter 3 the output of which is then mixed with Filter s 1 and 2 outputs www d16 pl SIGNAL FLOW e BASIC MODULES OJ d16 group AUDIO SOFTWARE Master section Amplitude of the output signal is adjusted by the Output volume knob The Output meter shows the current amplitude of the output signal after the adjustment FX knob controls proportions between processed and non processed sound outgoing from Devastor The Devastor s master output can optionally be secured with limiter optionally enabled by Limiter toggle button It is applied to the mixed Wet and Dry signals Master section SIGNAL FLOW e PATH OF THE SIGNAL S FLOW DX Path of the signal s flow The input signal goes to the Flattener then depending on
3. setting of the Tag intensive teal blue colour or no changes pale teal blue for all selected items Changes introduced during edition do not have to be confirmed they are signalized by asterisks located by Tag changed for particular presets Adding New Tags Using the Plus button in the Category header you can add new Tag to a particular Category for chosen presets Adding New Tag Button d16 group AUDIO SOFTWARE PRESET MANAGEMENT e PRESETS EDITING EDIT MODE GI After clicking you will see a dialogue box with a question about the Tag name After confirmation the Tag will be added to a particular Category and automatically set to chosen preset s Presets Names Editing Double click the name of a preset to enter name editing mode Deleting Presets Selection of one or more presets activates Delete button at the bottom left corner It can be used to delete the selected presets Presets Export and Import The use of Import or Export buttons at the bottom part of the Preset Browser enables a proper import of presets package exported before or export to the presets package D the presets selected in the Results section OB Export and Importare possible only for presets from User resources PRESET MANAGEMENT PRESETS EDITING EDIT MODE DX Saving the current settings as Preset To save plug in parameters settings as a user preset use the Browse button pressed together with CTRL button in Configuration
4. AUDIO SOFTWARE PRESET MANAGEMENT e BROWSING PRESETS Resources In this section you can choose a resource resources in which you want to browse presets There are two resources to choose from Factory Delivered together with the plug in cannot be modified read only User Created by the user during using the plug in and can be freely modified shared with other users etc Choosing any of them will cause narrowing the results to the presets from one resource Preset Filters The plug in enables classification of presets with the use of Categories and Tags system whose aim is to facilitate the process of browsing Bit Crusher Free running Neutral Chorus None Stereo Enchancer Distortion Synchronized Flanger Vibratto Preset Browser Categories Filters PRESET MANAGEMENT e BROWSING PRESETS DAVAYI Categories and Tags Each preset is described by a few common Categories Within each of them there may be one or more Tags from a particular set CATEGORY NAME Bit Crusher Chorus Distortion TAGS Flanger Vibratto A single category in a filter with a description of its elements Presets from Factory resource were described by Categories and Tags during the stage of its creation Categories and Tags are chosen in such a way so as to describe the content in the best possible way taking into account the plug in purpose Edition of Categories and Tags in case of Factory conten
5. each Category 5 g FIL Free running Neutral Bit Crusher Chorus None Stereo Enchancer Distortion Synchronized Flanger Vibratto Preset Browser Categories Filters Filtering results have a form of a cascade columns from left to right This means that all presets available in the selected resources are filtered as to presence of Tags from the first Category first column from the left next a set of presets being a result of filtering by the first Category is filtered by the Category represented by the second column etc until it is filtered with the last active Category Filter O Possible only in the Edit Mode PRESET MANAGEMENT e BROWSING PRESETS DAVAYI Y Y CATEGORY 1 CATEGORY M TAG 1 TAG 1 RESOURCES Taas aon FAR RESULTS TAG 3 TAG 3 TAG N TAG N Presets Filtering with the use of Categories Tags The result of a cascade filtering process presets that meet the criteria of each filter is listed below in the Results section Basic Actions on Filters Tag buttons in Filters work in toggle mode Click to activate deactivate Tag Grey color means that the Tag in inactive teal blue means that the Tag is active If at least one Tag in a column Category is active then the Filter also becomes active For example if the first column represents Type Category with a set of the following Tags Bit Crusher Chorus Distortion Flanger clicking the Chorus Tag will activate the Category Filter
6. CA grop DEVASTOR2 AUDIO SOFTWARE MULTIBAND DISTORTION UNIT 5 pEVASTOR MULTIBAND DI User Manual d16 group AUDIO SOFTWARE OVERVIEW OS Overview Devastor is a multiband stereophonic distortion effect unit It has two independent signal processing paths for each channel L R After loading the plug in within a host application the GUI will appear Devastor graphical interface There are two sections e Configuration and preset management Configuration and preset selection section Signal processing control section consists of the all remaining controls SIGNAL FLOW e BASIC MODULES DAVNO N Signal flow This chapter describes the signal path through Devastor It also explains the basic components of the effect unit and their control parameters Basic modules Internally Devastor consists of a few basic components These correspond to the sections on the graphical interface Dynamic s flattener Depending on the value of Dynamics knob this module will equalize levels in the signal s amplitude Its principle of working is similar to a compressor s operation with auto normalization of the amplitude However its control using one knob is much simpler than that Dynamics knob Diode clipper This is the central and the most important element of Devastor It simulates the behavior of a diode clipper analogue circuit The signal SIGNAL FLOW e BASIC MODULES
7. T SETTINGS DDX Processing Path Quality Clicking the item expands the menu that allows to select the Current quality of generated sound for Real time or Offline modes ZE Real time quality Normal EE Offline quality E Normal Normal P Processing Path Quality Settings We can choose from four available grades for each mode Saving Loading the MIDI CC Map This item enables to save current parameters of MIDI CC codes as MIDI Map in a file or to load them Normal MIDI amp GU Saving Loading the MIDI CC Map d16 group AUDIO SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION e PLUG IN S DEFAULT SETTINGS GI Current Size of GUI This last item allows for a choice of plug in interface size There are two sizes to choose from MiDI A GUI Choosing the plug in interface size Plug in s default settings The Options panel in Antresol allows us to change the Default settings of the plug in Every time an Antresol is loaded in the host application new instance is created a Default settings are used for initialization of the Current settings Default settings are stored within a configuration file of the plug in This file is updated at the moment of unloading any of active plug in instances from the host application Use the Options button on GUI to open the panel ABOUT w Options button CONFIGURATION PLUG IN S CURRENT SETTINGS DAVE LORY The Options panel operates as an accordion where you can cl
8. Type and narrow down alist of presets to the items in case of which the Chorus Tag appeared in the Type Category Enabling Chorus tag in Type Category d16 group AUDIO SOFTWARE PRESET MANAGEMENT e BROWSING PRESETS GI If you click the Chorus item again you will deactivate the Filter so all presets from the content will be displayed again Reordering Categories To the right of the Category Filter header there are buttons with arrow icons ee lt gt Filter reordering They enable moving the Category to the left or right in a cascade Clicking the right arrow replaces the current Category with the Category on the right Clicking the left arrow replaces the current Category with the Category on the left gt KA Presets Filtering with the Use of Categories Tags Clicking the left arrow for the Category located on the far left does not change anything The same is true for the Category located far to the right and right arrow as the column has no predecessor successor with which it could be replaced Presets Editing Edit Mode An active Edit Mode in Preset Browser changes its function enables the change of presets names edition of Categories or Tags deletion of presets as well as their export or import One should bear in mind however that these operations are not allowed in case of Factory presets but only for the User presets Edit Mode can be activated with a button located in the bottom left hand
9. and Presets Browsing section This action automatically opens the Preset Browser with an active Edit Mode CONTENT EDIT Tacs TYPE MODULATION SPATIALIZE RESULTS 13123 asdasd NewPreset a Saving the Settings as Preset Additionally at the bottom there will be a textbox into which you should enter a name of a newly created preset and then confirm it by clicking Save or cancel by clicking Cancel As the Preset Browser is in the Edit Mode before confirmation of the newly created setting as preset we can straightaway categorize a particular setting using functionality of the Edit tags section even just before saving it as Preset d16 group AUDIO SOFTWARE PRESET MANAGEMENT e SAVING THE CURRENT SETTINGS AS PRESET GI Configuration Parameter settings Right click any plug in parameter to open the context menu O LFO Rate LM 0 479HZ Closed Context Menu It allows for Checking the name and current value of a parameter e Checking if the parameter is attributed to MIDI CC controller and if it is to which number Linking the parameter to MIDI CC controller Clicking the arrow in any area of the menu expands it and displays all available options Next right click on the parameter or left click outside the menu area closes it automatically CONFIGURATION e PARAMETER SETTINGS DDX MIDI Learn MIDI Learn function enables a quick assignment of physical controllers from MIDI c
10. corner click again to deactivate PRESET MANAGEMENT e BROWSING PRESETS DAVAYI Edit Mode Edit mode button In this mode Preset Browser slightly changes its appearance not only function gt Free running None istortion Synchronized Preset Browser in Edit mode 1 The Filters section changes into the Edit Tags section whose appearance is almost identical but the function is different The section is used not as a filter but as an editor of Categories and Tags of chosen presets The role of the Results section is to choose presets for edition edition is possible only for user presets At the bottom of the screen there are Delete Export and Import buttons used respectively to delete or export selected User presets as well as to import a set of presets to the User resources The choice of the resource in the Content section does not work as edition is possible only for user presets www d16 pl d16 group AUDIO SOFTWARE PRESET MANAGEMENT e PRESETS EDITING EDIT MODE OJ Selection of Presets for Edition You can edit both single preset and a set of presets Using the functionality of the Results section you can choose a preset or a set of pre sets in the following way Click the preset Choose the preset from the list Click the preset press CTRL Add another preset to an already chosen preset or a set of presets Click the preset press SHIFT Select a part of a list of pr
11. esets from the last chosen preset to the item clicked together with SHIFT button Tags Edition Change of Tags status in Presets Tag buttons work in toggle mode similarly as in case of filtering Clicking them you can respectively set Tag or erase them from chosen presets Bit Crusher Free running Neutral Chorus None Stereo Enchancer Distortion Synchronized Flanger Vibratto Filters tags Choosing a greater number of presets in which the tags were already defined enables their re edition Consequently in case when a specific Tag appeared in all selected presets it will be marked with an intensive teal blue color When a specific Tag is set only in a part of chosen presets then it is codified with a pale teal blue The Tag that does not appear in any of the presets is marked with grey colour PRESET MANAGEMENT e BROWSING PRESETS EDIT MODE DDX Bit Crusher Chorus Distortion Flanger Vibratto Notification about Tags Status in Chosen Presets The change of the Tag status for one or more chosen presets sets or erases this Tag in all these presets The status change is signalized with an Asterisk located to the left of the Tag buttons Notification about Changes in Tags Status in Chosen Presets Elements Tag buttons highlighted with pale teal blue colour meaning different values of a particular Tag buttons for the highlighted pre sets work in a three state system erasing the Tag grey colour
12. et CTRL button in Windows system and Apple CMD in Mac OS X system PRESET MANAGEMENT e BROWSING PRESETS DAVAYI Save Browse CTRL o Simultaneous use of the Browse button and the CTRL key saves current parameters as a new preset or allows for overwriting of the existing one see sections below Browse Expands the Preset Browser panel at the bottom of GUI section The Preset Browser looks as follows CONTENT T FILTERS TYPE lt gt MODULATION lt gt SPATIALIZE q gt RESULTS Acoustic Dimensions Border Line Dirty Choir Flange on the Loose High Band Transmission Move Forward Ali quote Bottoms Up Drum Loop Dazzler Floating Crusher i m Choking Not enough memory Alias at 5th Brass Tube Exciting Vibratto Floating Delay Loop Kill All Humans Nylon s Tale Another Room Cords Excuse Me Miss Genie s Bottle LR Alias OutSider Another World Crunchette Fed Back Going Through M String Overtones Ballad String Decimort s Heritage Fill That Form Greek Notches Mediator Oxygene 4 Sync BBD Crickets Deeper Essence Filter Matrix High Gritty Mistress Max Depth Oxygene 5 Bonus Laser Harp Depth of Field Filter Matrix Low Hidden Dimensions Mistress Min Depth Pastha Preset Browser One can see three main sections Content Sources from which presets can be read Filters Configuration of presets Filters non active by default Results List of presets from resources that meet criteria set by Filters d16 group
13. ick a specific section to expand it Default Settings gt PROCESSING QUALITY gt MIDI W USER INTERFACE Options Panel There are three sections Processing Path Quality MIDI Map Setting o Interface size settings Default Processing Path Quality wW PROCESSING QUALITY Processing Quality Choice Section In this section you can configure a default quality of the processing path for the Real time mode and the Offline mode www d16 pl d16 group AUDIO SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION e PLUG IN S CURRENT SETTINGS GI Default MIDI CC Map W MIDI MIDI CC map Browse Default MIDI Map Choice Section This section allows for setting of a path to a file with a default MIDI Map that was prepared before Clicking MIDI CC Map check box activates load of MIDI Map and the possibility of pointing it Browse button Default size of UI W USER INTERFACE Skin size Big Processing Quality Choice Section In the User Interface you can choose a default size of the Ul CONTENTS VTAN E E E E E E EA EE E TE T ERA 2 ONON e S E A E E 3 Basie TINO CM SS avs Soseieceustensawhevuctcascoserseasnteseounnvscesut torava EEEIEE AE 3 Dynamic s flattener 8 POE CDD EE aeaeo eadienisateoreprantierinendieen 3 UIT E TAE E PAE EEE E O TE A E E E AA T 5 Possible filters and clipper s configurations 6 Master SECON sses E a a E EN ETE E E EE 10 Path of the signal s TOW 11 Preset Management dan
14. ontroller to plug in parameters The assignment can be divided into a few steps 1 Right click the parameter which you want to attribute to physical MIDI controller in order to expand the context menu 2 Click arrow at the bottom in order to expand the context menu Expanded Context Menu 3 Click the Learn button to put the plug in into a pending state until you move any MIDI CC controller 4 Click OK to save the change or click the Cancel button to restore the previous setting d16 group AUDIO SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION PARAMETER SETTINGS GI MIDI Unlink You can also delete MIDI CC code attributed to plug in parameter from the context menu Open the context menu right clicking the parameter attributed to a particular MIDI CC Expand the menu using the arrow at the bottom Click the Clear button Confi rm with OK button 2 p p Plug in s current settings Current settings are relevant to a specific instance of a plug They are initialized with the Default settings when the plug in is loaded see the next chapter At the bottom of UI there is a status bar that enables the change of Current settings Gt Normal Normal MIDI S amp S Gui Current Settings in a Status Bar From left to right there are The setting of Current processing path quality for the Offline mode and the Real time mode Saving Loading the MIDI CC Map The choice of current size of GUI CONFIGURATION e PLUG IN S CURREN
15. reject filters it s width Volume Volume of output signal from the filter e Filter type Filter type LP low pass BP band pass HP hi pass BR band reject Off filter off Above parameters apply to all filters Filters can only be connected in parallel serial or mixed Possible filters and clipper s configurations Clicking the Signal Routing control allows reconfiguring the circuit connections between filters as well as the Clipper module Filters and clipper s signal routing SIGNAL FLOW e BASIC MODULES DAVNO N There are 9 various topologies to choose from GUI symbol Name Description All Pre The signal is parallely processed by all 3 plugin s Filters Their sum then is fed onto to the Clipper block 1 Pre 2 Post Signal is processed by Filter 1 before it gets to the Clipper Distorted signal then is processed by Filter 2 and Filter 3 simultaneously the output of which is summed 2Pre 1Post Signal processed simultaneously by Filter 1 and 2 then the sum of their outputs is routed to Clipper Its output is then processed by Filter 3 d16 group SIGNAL FLOW e BASIC MODULES AUDIO SOFTWARE All Post The signal routed through Clipper is being processed by all the 3 Filters parallely 1 Side 2 Pre Signal is processed by each of the 3 Filters parallelly After that the sum of the Filter 2 and Filter 3 outputs is routed to Clipper and eventually summed with Filter
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17. setting of the Signal Routing section it is sent to the group of Filters and the Diode Clipper Then the amplitude of output signal is modified by the Output volume knob and optional Limiter And finally the output mixed with dry signal accordingly with the value of FX value IN OUT DYNAMICS FLATTENER INPUT IN OUT IN OUT OUTPUT LIMITER MASTER VOLUME Signal flow d16 group AUDIO SOFTWARE PRESET MANAGEMENT e PRESET STORAGE BROWSING PRESETS GI Preset Management Preset Storage Presets both those from the Factory content and User ones are stored as files in proper locations on a disc Each time the plug in instance is loaded to the project these locations are scanned and presets found there are consolidated into one linear structure list in the Preset Browser Browsing Presets Presets Configuration and Management section enables quick navigation and browsing the presets structure INIT RELOAD SAVE Default Io PRESET NAME lt lt Presets Configuration and Management Section Preset Name Displays the name of the currently loaded preset Prev Next Buttons that allow for linear browsing of presets list depending on currently set filters see sections below Init Prev CTRL o Simultaneous use of the Prev button and the CTRL key restores initial settings of plug in parameters e Reload Next CTRL Simultaneous use of the Next button and the CTRL key reloads a current pres
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19. t is not possible it is blocked User presets may be described only with Categories and Tags from factory content or alternatively the users may define their additional Tags in order to describe their own pre sets Results This is a list of presets from chosen resources that meet the filtering criteria The basic function of this section is browsing and loading presets in Browsing Mode by default d16 group AUDIO SOFTWARE PRESET MANAGEMENT e BROWSING PRESETS Acoustic Dimensions Border Line Dirty Choir Flange on the Loose High Band Transmission Move Forward Ali quote Bottoms Up Drum Loop Dazzler Floating Crusher I m Choking Not enough memory Alias at Sth Brass Tube Exciting Vibratto Floating Delay Loop Kill All Humans Nylon s Tale Another Room Cords Excuse Me Miss Genie s Bottle LR Alias Outsider Another World Crunchette Fed Back Going Through M String Overtones Ballad String Decimort s Heritage Fill That Form Greek Notches Mediator Oxygene 4 Sync BBD Crickets Deeper Essence Filter Matrix High Gritty Mistress Max Depth Oxygene 5 Bonus Laser Harp Depth of Field Filter Matrix Low Hidden Dimensions Mistress Min Depth Pastha Results Section in Preset Browser Click any name to choose and load the preset Double click the name to enter preset name edit mode D Presets Filtering Filters section columns represent particular Categories Category filters while rows in each of these columns represent Tags available within
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