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1. 100 Most Mac will mount the disk image automatically If not please double click this file to open the image Then double click the installer program which will guide you through the installation process The plugin file relectro and the factory presets will be placed in the directory for virtual instruments on your Mac The next time you start your host software the LinPlug relectro will be listed in the AU and VST effects plugin list Installation on PC After downloading the LinPlug relectro for PC you will find a file named relectro Installer nnn exe located in your download folder nnn is the actual version number for example 100 Start this program and the installer will guide you through the installation process Make sure you choose the correct plug in directory so that your host software can find the relectro Refer to your host software s manual if you are unsure about where this plug in directory is located The plugin file relectro dll and the factory presets will be placed in the chosen directory The next time you start your host software the LinPlug relectro will be listed in the VST effects plugin list Common to Mac and PC The first time the LinPlug relectro is started a Serial Number edit box will be visible on the Setup page It reads Enter Serial here in red letters Copy Paste the serial number you have received into this edit box If the serial number has not been entered or it has been entered inco2. 48 semitones Below that there are two constantly running LFO s An LFO is an oscillator that generates low frequency signals that are used to modulate certain parameters of the signal processing Each of the LFO s uses one of the waveforms shown sine triangle saw pulse random or sample hold and an individual tempo setting click on it to open a menu with all available values The LFO s are always synced to both host tempo and song position Note about alignment With a tempo slower then a full note e g 4 1 as well as with broken values which not align exactly with one bar e g 7 16th the modulation might not align properly with the audio material that LinPlug relectro user manual Page 1 you feed into relectro In this case shift your audio by one or more bars to align it the way you want it MATAIX Pitch follow 0 0000 Volume follow 0 5280 LFO 1 0 1380 LP Filter Cutoff LFO 2 0 0000 step Mod 1 1 0000 Pitch Note Step Mod 2 0 0000 0 0000 The MATRIX is where you can make use of the LFOs or STEP MODULATION as well as other modulation sources be it from the relectro engine or from MIDI controller to create user defined modulation routings On the left you find the Modulation Sources in the mid the Modulation Depth and on the right the Modulation target The Modulation sources are either from the relectro audio engine Pitch follow and Volume follow the MIDI which is received from the host
3. bit towards their neutral position and the AMT wheel going fully up The sound remains just as you heard it before LinPlug relectro user manual Page 23 Preset Controls The Preset Browser consists of two displays The left one shows the Current Bank and the right one shows the Current Preset Whenever a Preset is loaded using the file controls right of these displays the Preset name is updated with the name of the loaded Preset and the Bank name that s the name of the directory that contains the Preset By default the Preset Browser points to the factory presets installed with the LinPlug relectro Presets can be changed in three different ways You can load a new Preset with the file controls which work by clicking the Previous or Next arrow buttons located right of the Preset name You can select the desired Preset directly from the right display which turns into a menu when you click on it You can also change a Preset by sending a program change command from your host to the synth could be either a built in feature of the host or a MIDI program change from your MIDI controller The Current Location can be changed by loading a Preset from a different directory or by selecting the desired location from the left display which also turns into a menu when you click on it The File Controls located to the right of the arrow buttons are used for all File related operations The Load button opens a dialog that lets you
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5. to try which waveform does a well replacement for certain audio material You can try to use bright waveforms with rather dark audio material and dark waveforms with bright audio but often the opposite might work as good LinPlug relectro user manual Page 15 FREQ GAIN FREQ GAIN LOW HIGH The main processing section finally contains a EQ section but its really only EQ alike Like with most EQ s you have frequency and gain controls to set up a operation frequency and the gain volume change The relectro EQ is a simple Low High shelves EQ Unlike the EQ you have in your daw or as a separate plugin this EQ has infinite slope And as its like all main parts of relectro working on a per wave cycle basis its results are different While usually an EQ does affect all harmonics the relectro EQ does treat the complete wave cycle disregarding its harmonic spectrum What does that mean Lets look at an example Assume some audio at 440 Hz but with lots of harmonics lets say a saw wave With a conventional high shelf EQ at 2 kHz you would be able to reduce all harmonics at 2 kHz and above The relectro EQ however set at 2 kHz wont touch the audio at all because it looks at the full wave cycle which has a 440 Hz frequency and is thus below its operation frequency This makes much of a difference audibly The relectro EQ in some way is less effective as it ignores harmonics but more effective as it has infinite slope and it adds some distor
6. N control shall help you its 12 6 3 and O dB so let the loudest parts of the audio just light the green parts of the peak meter LinPlug relectro user manual Below that is a stereo delay unit Well this is no brainless addition to relectro just filling some space The reason that there is a built in delay is this As relectro operates on a per wave cycle basis it makes much of a difference how these wave cycles look And if you overlap some audio with repetitions of previous audio you get very interesting sonic results which are sometimes hard to predict In any case a delay before relectro is much of a difference to a delay after relectro so we included it to emphasize this important sound sculpturing trick Once again complicated to describe just try it The delay itself comes with anything you would expect from stereo delay separate time settings for L left and R right delay set them to the same value if you want a mono delay A STEREO width control set it to the middle for mono depending if you set it fully left or right you get the respective delay line first Then a WET control for the effects amount and a FEED control for feeding the delayed signal back to the delays input Note As for any of relectro s effects settings start decent with a low WET setting to not overdo it LinPlug relectro user manual FEED WET Page 11 Main Section So how should one think of the various main processing opti
7. and play with TRACK an SPEED controls for a few minutes LinPlug relectro user manual Page 14 Sawtooth HO ILL REPEAT LWWAVE AEPLACE Next is the Wave section which has two main functions to repeat waves and to replace them First the REPEAT control Cycles from the Audio stream can be repeated however repeating all cycles would of course only result in a terrible noise Thus the relectro repeats the first cycle it detects as long as it detects no cycle with higher volume If either the amount of repeats determined by the REPEAT slider or a louder cycle is detected relectro will play back the next cycle again repeating it for a while The REPEAT slider has an enormous range while on the bottom its gradually starting to repeat a cycle at all at top it repeats it for almost a second which is a long time for a single cycle to repeat So when you have kick drum sound relectro will let pass the first transients until the kick reached full volume and the repeat the loudest wave cycle of the kick for the time the kick is sounding This gives some pretty thick and often sick sounds The WAVE REPLACE however does a quite simple but sonically interesting job every wave cycle can gradually be replaced with the chosen waveform You can select one of many waveforms from the waveform name which turns into a menu once you click it or by browsing with the arrow files through the available waveforms There is no rule of thumb you need
8. assignments LinPlug relectro user manual VOLUME AMT WET Page 25 oettings The Settings on the Rear Panel of the LinPlug relectro are accessed by clicking on the setup button in the main section of the LinPlug relectro s front panel copyright 2011 linplug virtual instruments gmbh all rights reserved serial number vst plug in technology by steinberg startup preset PARSADA atiu please visit linplug com OPEN for support and more exciting audio plugins relectro is made by branis pavol and peter many thanks to chris christian ed frank jim len marco matt mirko nis and sean C8 click setup symbol again to return to the edit screen First you will find the actual version of relectro you are running and the SERIAL NUMBER field reading Enter Serial here or Valid after a correct serial number has been entered Startup finally is used to define a preset that is loaded upon startup of relectro when you insert a new instance of relectro in your host To switch back to the Front Panel click the Edit button on the right or the relectro logo LinPlug relectro user manual Page 26 Appendix A Per Wave Processing Some examples of the Per Wave processing of relectro Assumed input signal not very realistic but good to show the actual processing The example input consists of a full level pulse wave followed by a 6dB half level triangular wave a 6dB p
9. dix D also contains a quick reference in case you don t want to bother with the details Operation Controls The LinPlug relectro dials and sliders are operated in a linear manner so just move your mouse up down to modify a control Holding down the ALT key while clicking on a control changes the selected control s value a minimum step upwards when clicking in the upper half of the control or a minimum step downwards when clicking in the lower half of the control Holding down the CTRL key Windows or COMMAND key Mac while clicking on a control sets the control to its default value e g for Volume controls it sets the control s value to O dB Holding down the SHIFT key while changing a control s value enables finer control values to be set Double clicking once in a Modulation Matrix slot sets the value of the slot to 0 00 Double clicking in the same slot a second time resets the slot to its previous value All Controls can be controlled using external MIDI messages To do this you need to use the LinPlug relectro s ECS which is described in detail later in this manual LinPlug relectro user manual Page Four Sections For the sake of this manual we will look at the relectro as being made of 4 sections hdd dul E EE an UU JE Saw Plus mmm mm Se SE SE lul mimi Se ESE Ses Se a OM uu SE EPLACE All aspects of the respective sections are described in detail
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11. etic order Branislav Pavol and Peter Many thanks to the helping hands of alphabetic order Chris Christian Ed Frank Jim Len Marco Matthias Mirko Nils and Sean All technical specifications of the products specified in this manual may be subject to change without notice The documents may not be changed especially copyright notices may not be removed or changed relectro is a trademark of LinPlug Virtual Instruments GmbH LinPlug is a trademark of LinPlug Virtual Instruments GmbH VST is a registered trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners LinPlug relectro user manual Page 2 Table of Contents SARA TIO n S d seis m tuu A 4 FEATURES tete tte 5 Sl LS eno UCM DUM ene OE ULL BAG Da 6 FOUR SECTIONS 8 SUS NOVY cactos ie asia er aleteo didacticas 9 INPUT SECTION tete tret teret 10 MAIN SECTION tette tette 12 MODULATION SECTION 17 OUTPUT SECTION 20 PRESET CONTROLS x cente tette det mediate dieit 24 ECS MIDIEBARN S adc n dll LAAN 25 SIEMENS 26 APPENDIX A PER WAVE PROCESSING ua 27 APPENDIX B MODULATION SOURCES nan 30 APPENDIX C DO S AND DONT S 31 APPENDIX D QUICK REFERENCE 32 LinPlug relectro user manual Page 3 Installation Installation on Mac After downloading the LinPlug relectro for Mac you will find a file named relectro Installer nnn dmg located in your download folder nnn is the actual version number for example
12. hat you get a more continuous transition or blending of the waveforms In practice Gap sounds clearly different from Fill and Blend while the latter two are quite similar Appendix A shows some graphics to illustrate the three operation modes LinPlug relectro user manual Page 13 Note When pitching down GAP mode is not recommended as it requires many voices resulting in possible difference between realtime and bounce due to the way the voice limit in relectro works Next comes the PITCH parameter which allows some semitone accurate pitching of the audio material within an 12 00 semitones range One has to keep in mind that this is no pitch shifter like you find it in a DAW or dedicated pitch shifter plugin its just a on a per wave cycle basis faster or slower playback of every single wave cycle This per wave cycle operation is good for not changing the length of the audio material while pitch shifting however it delivers no accurate high quality pitch shifting but an effect sound But thats the intention after all relectro should give you some new effects at hand not something that already exists Next comes the FIX slider which does adjust a unique effect Having it all way down it does just nothing having it all way up does completely fix every single wave cycle to the very same length that means a fixed pitch We could have made this a switch but this way you have more flexibility in creating unusual sounds by setting u
13. igher as the lowpass is it turns from band pass into band reject so that only wave cycles outside of the selected frequency range will pass through LinPlug relectro user manual Page 12 CUT FILTER The filters operate with infinite slope this means that every wave cycle which represents a frequency outside the selected filter range is drastically cut away Its not lowered in volume or anything it just vanishes completely To find out what happens with the resulting gaps after all when you completely remove certain cycles you have gaps in the audio stream see next chapter o uu rr mane 0 00 AIT PITCH AX NOTE TRACK Y SPEED There is a comprehensive section in relectro that deals with pitch and frequencies Top left it starts with a mode switch The description of the modes is much longer than the practical relevance of it anyway its working like this In GAP mode every gap that arises in example from the cut filter just described but also due to raising pitch simply remains a gap This is good fro some raspy sound well it can create many flavours of sound but this half way describes it in one word In FILL mode whenever a gap arises its filled with the just played wave cycle So a certain cycle may be repeated once or multiple time if followed by a gap In BLEND mode finally the position and size of the gap is considered and its filled with a blend of the previous and the next wave cycle so t
14. in the following chapters LinPlug relectro user manual Page 8 Signal Flow The signal flow in relectro is pretty simple c3 mane 0 00 9 E S 8 JE no obl Louis PITCH FIX NOTE TRACK Y SPEED T 7 7 EXPA CUT FILTER EE ZU FREQ GAIN FREQ GAIN WAVE REPLACE LOW EQ HIGH Pitch follow 0 0000 olume follow 0 5280 E 1 0 1380 LP Filter Cutoff 0 E Pitch Note Step Mod 2 ce Factory Presets Melodizer dh EL G LinPlug relectro The audio being sent to relectro first got split into two parts like in almost every effects unit one part remains as the Dry signal which can be mixed with the Wet signal in the output section I m sure you heard something like this before The part of the signal which is going to become Wet part is the sent into relectro s Input Filter This filter actually works like a splitter as you can see in the above diagram a part is sent to the Leak control and the other part gets into the Input Delay From now on its pretty linear the Input Delay more on why there is a delay in the input section later on sends the signal further to the main processing from where it gets to the Output Filter the Output Chorus to the Wet control for being mixed with the original signal As you see the modulation section is not involved in the audio signal flow however as you might have guessed all the modulation origins here and the control signals flow from the modulation section into all the diffe
15. ion Destination determines what is modulated or changed If you pick in example the Pitch Note it means that the value of Pitch Note from the main section is changed according to the value of the Modulation Source and as much as set up in Modulation Depth The Destinations include almost all parameters from the main audio processing as well as some from the input and output section They are simply named after the respective parameters in the input main processing and output section Additionally you find Mod Matrix Depth 1 3 in there allowing a modulation being modulated itself in example you could use a LFO in Matrix slot 1 to modulate the Pitch and set up the Modulation Wheel to modulate slot 1 thus effectively controlling the LFO to Pitch modulation with the Modulation Wheel Note Using a MIDI controller is often advantageous to using Parameter Automation something your host software most likely supports to record parameter changes The reasons are as follows When you automate a parameter you cannot easily change its value later on because automation overwrites the changes you make on the relectro user interface However when using in example the MIDI Modulation Wheel assigned via the Matrix you can easily adjust the modulated parameters value later on Second you not only can change the parameter value easily you can also easily adjust the intensity of the modulation which might come handy even more often Finally relectro ca
16. n handle such modulation which is assigned via the Matrix more efficiently as a constant change of a parameter however this is nothing you need to care about anyway LinPlug relectro user manual Page 19 Output Section relectro has quite a comprehensive output section including a combined high pass and low pass filter with resonance a chorus effect and dials for wet and effects amount more about the difference of these two soon and of course a volume dial Like the input section the output section works on a conventional way on the audio stream that went previous through input and main processing section We chose both filter and chorus as they are particularly useful to fine tune the audio created by the main processing DOT Hes DIT FPES HIGHPASS LOWPASS The filter offers you for each part a CUT cutoff and RES resonance control like you know them from most subtractive synthesizers The filter type is fixed to a 12 dB high pass and 12 dB low pass type respectively With the CUT cutoff you adjust the operation frequency which means the high pass is only letting pass frequencies higher than its operation frequency and the low pass Is only letting pass frequencies lower than its operation frequency With RES resonance you can adjust the additional emphasis around the operation frequency LinPlug relectro user manual Page 20 The CHORUS effect can be used to thicken a single sound creating the impression that it con
17. o s main processing section that really highlights its uniqueness It modifies the signal to an extent far beyond conventional effects processors We found that the best way to describe the effect is that it changes the input from a boring standard drum loop to a wicked electronic beat it electrifies the sound creating a distinctive hard electro sound After the main processing section the relectro s signal goes into the output section which contains a dual filter setup High Pass followed by Low Pass These are classical filters because its always good to filter a bit you know There is also a Chorus which is nice to add some width to certain effects The best part however in this section is the Wet controls labeled Wet for the standard Dry Wet blending you know from effects units The control left of that labeled Amt is a processing Amount control allowing you to truly morph into the effect so not just blend but gradually apply the sound change Try that to clearly hear the huge difference LinPlug relectro user manual Page 6 All this is stepped up with the LinPlug typical Modulation Matrix featuring a number of modulation sources and destinations The modulation sources of course include the volume and pitch of the input signal The LinPlug relectro also contains two LFOs and two Step Modulation Sources good for some wicked modulations More detailed information can be found in the following chapters Appen
18. on source the higher the volume of the audio the higher is the modulation value MIDI Note Number If you host allows to send notes to effect plugins as Pitch Wheel Modulation Wheel Breath Controller Foot Controller Expression Contr LFO 1 LFO2 Step Mod 1 and 2 opposed to instrument plugins relectro can make use of this MIDI Note Number as modulation value if sent to the Modulation Target Pitch Note with a Modulation Depth of 1 0000 you get an exact change of the audio materials pitch according to the MIDI notes being sent to relectro The MIDI Pitch Wheel this is a unipolar modulation source ranging from neutral to maximum no negative values The MIDI Modulation Wheel this is a normal bipolar modulation source Its Continuous Controller CC 1 Midi CC 2 unipolar MIDI CC 4 unipolar MIDI CC 11 unipolar relectro s internal LFO s 1 and 2 bipolar relectros internal Step Modulation bipolar however when using only the range 0 48 for the steps it behaves unipolar Constant a constant positive modulation value unipolar LinPlug relectro user manual Page 30 Appendix C Do s and Dont s To achieve best results its important to not over do it when using relectro DON T use all main effect options at once use any of them to an extend that it gets nasty at least not until you want it get nasty use relectro as a mastering plugin use it on heavily processed audio DO U
19. ons in relectro First of all they behave similar than their name giving counterparts but with different audible results and usually not in the way one would expect Lets look at this sound sculpturing tools one by one EXPA The Compressor Expander is doing exactly this compressing or expanding of the dynamics however on a per wave cycle basis It has no threshold like you might know it from a usual compressor the relectro just compresses audio at every level The same applies for expansion but you know that by now so lets stick with compression for this description it always applies for expansion as well It also has no attack or release parameters simply because it treats every wave cycle on its own and as every wave cycle has a certain audio level there is no need of attack or release What remains is the compression ratio which can be adjusted with the slider from no compression all the way up to 60 dB compression This is an tremendous rate however the logarithmic response of the slider allows you to adjust it nicely Note As each wave cycle is processes individually all kinds of sonic artefacts will arise particularly with high compression this however is almost no issue when expanding the dynamics Next is the Cut Filter which is similarly to a combined high pass and low pass filter This results in a kind of band pass filter with a adjustable width range of frequencies which pass When you move the high pass h
20. or the next wave whatever that may be we don t have it in our example LinPlug relectro user manual Page 28 There is a third Pitch Processing Mode Blended In Blended Mode a cycle is not simply repeated when its not yet time to start the next wave cycle Instead relectro computes what the signal would most likely be at this point when assuming a gradual harmonic change So in our example after the pulse wave comes a mixture of both pulse and triangular shape as well as an averaged level If pulse and triangle would have had a different pitch that would have also been interpolated In this way it goes the whole way always averaging the input signal so that we have a more gradual change in the sound In practice however the perceived changed between Gap mode and Fill or Blended mode is clear while the difference between Fill and Blended mode is most often only subtle LinPlug relectro user manual Page 29 Appendix B Modulation Sources Pitch follow Volume follow whenever the relectro is feed with some audio it slices it into many individual wave cycles Each wave cycle has a certain length depending on its pitch So relectro traces the pitch of the audio material This pitch is available as modulation source the higher the pitch of the audio the higher is the modulation value just like the pitch relectro also always knows the volume of the audio material being sent to it this volume information is available as modulati
21. p a partial fixing thus effectively applying a different scale but forget about theory just try it Next to the FIX slider is the NOTE slider which defined to which note the frequency of the audio material should be fixed So while with FIX you determine how much the frequency should be fixed with note you determine the actual frequency Note The difference between PITCH and FIX NOTE is that with PITCH you change the frequency of the audio material relative to its original frequency while with FIX NOTE you set it to a predetermined pitch no matter what pitch the audio material is at The final three slider in the pitch section still belong to the FIX parameter and are for pitch tracking effects Lets assume you have turned FIX all the Way up so each wave cycle has the same length and thus frequency With track you can make the frequency to which the audio gets fixed move along the frequency of the audio material Wait isn t that contrary to what we aimed for with FIX Somewhat it looks so but its not because with the SPEED parameter you set up how quickly it follows the audio materials original frequency So in other words TRACK and SPEED behave like a portamento glide section of a synthesizer TRACK would be kind of glide amount and SPEED is glide speed Note Its best to try these three controls load relectro with the default preset Z Default set FIX to its maximum value feed in some audio maybe a not too complicated drum loop
22. relectro linplug relectro user manual Welcome Thank you for purchasing a LinPlug relectro license or trying the demo The LinPlug relectro is a specialised effects plugin designed for creatively modifying drum loops and samples and converting them into unique and unusual electronic sounding drums The LinPlug relectro s key features are a unique audio engine a wide range of possible effects and an ability to morph between dry and wet sounds It comes with a large number of presets however its vast creative potential requires you to play it more like a conventional musical instrument Its easy to use interface and numerous processing and modulation options invite you to create highly original beats This manual describes all aspects of the LinPlug relectro effects plugin and is designed so that your use of this software is as efficient and as pleasurable as possible Appendix D also contains a quick reference in case you don t want to bother with the details We feel that the LinPlug relectro is exceptional because of its unique audio processing features and especially because it can turn even the most boring beats into something different and exciting We are confident that you will get a lot of pleasure using the LinPlug relectro and that it will become an inspirational part of your beat making The LinPlug team September 2011 Copyright LinPlug V I GmbH Germany 2011 All rights reserved relectro is made by alphab
23. relectro user manual Page 5 Overview The LinPlug relectro is a unique effects plugin The initial idea of relectro was to build a synthesizer with the ability to modify its oscillators signals on a per wave basis However it turned out that the concept of modifying audio on a per wave basis was much better suited to an effects unit which can use any kind of audio as its input signal But what does per wave processing mean Per wave processing means that each complete wave cycle of the audio input is treated individually The stream is divided into the first wave the second wave the next and the next and so on This opens up processing options which are not available with a conventional audio signal We at LinPlug carefully evaluated all these processing options and fine tuned them so that they were useable in a musical context the result is the different modules found in the relectro s main processing section To fully understand how the relectro functions it helps to have an idea of how it is structured internally The audio first comes into the relectro s input section where its volume and frequency content can be adjusted The input can also be processed with a delay However the delay processing is not like a typical delay Instead when the delay is placed in front of the relectro s main processing section it creates an unique effect that is very different to simply adding delay to the relectro s output However it s the relectr
24. rent parts of relectro LinPlug relectro user manual Page 9 Input Section The relectro has a dedicated input section as preprocessing audio before it gets into the relectro s main processing is vital for achieving satisfying results First you have a FILTER slider which is good for reducing some of the higher frequencies of the input audio material As relectro rather adds harmonics and distortion too much high harmonics in the input audio can be problematic or lead to undesired results So with the FILTER basically a low pass filter is applied to reduce harmonics in the input audio The LEAK control next to it lets you pass the removed harmonics directly to the output so they are not lost but added to the processed audio of relectro However it much depends on the audio material if no some or full leaking is sounding best STEREO lets you adjust the Stereo Width of the audio being processed by relectro s main processing Turned fully clockwise it keeps the stereo widths as it is in the audio being fed into relectro while turned fully counter clockwise the signal is mixed down to mono Note If the output of relectro sounds too Wild sometimes reducing stereo width will do the job Also when applying the Delay and or the Chorus effect it might be appropriate to reduce stereo width beforehand With GAIN you can simply adjust the input audio material so that its a bit below O dB but not higher the peak meter below the GAI
25. rrectly the LinPlug relectro will remain in demo mode If you have any questions regarding the installation of LinPlug relectro please contact our support team at htto www linplug com support support htm LinPlug relectro user manual Page 4 Features The LinPlug relectro has a range of exciting features A unique audio processing algorithm specially designed for processing drum sounds and loops The effect s sound can be continuously morphed between dry and wet output in real time using any MIDI or host controller The input section provides the ability to change the volume and frequency content of the input signal A delay can be applied to thicken the input signal The main processing section contains Acompressor expander like effect Acut filter with infinite edge steepness A comprehensive pitch modulation section that enables control of relative pitch pitch fixing of the input and inversion of the pitch following of the input signal variable wave repeat variable waveform replacement Atwo band EQ like section The main modulation section contains TwoLFOs wo modulation step sequencers e A Modulation Matrix with pitch tracking and volume tracking Output section with additional HP and LP Filters and Chorus Two control wheels for dry wet blending and dry wet morphing Effects presets are stored directly on disk MIDI program change supported MIDI Learn settings can be saved and restored LinPlug
26. se relectro on single or few drum or percussion tracks use it with dry or almost dry audio use only few of the many processing options set them decently reduce the input filter to avoid particular nasty high frequency glitches use rather expansion then compression as relectro rather thickens anyway use rather dull waveforms for the wave replacer to not create even more harmonics use the output filter to pronounce the frequency range you like to be prominent use modulation decently make yourself familiar with its characteristic its like a new instrument Particularly the last DO is important relectro is not just another fx one needs to learn to play it like an instrument know thats not popular however if you want a new unique and personal sound there s no way around Its not too difficult though and usually fun LinPlug relectro user manual Page 31 Quick Reference Appendix D xew se Bunjas ajeipawiaju ue jas uea no uojnq jousdeus eui YIM pessaooud Any oy jeuiBuo pessaooudun way xy ay Oyu Burudiou SMO 2 Ja namay eIp jury ay lun xj ay jo jeubis jam pue Aup jo jueunsn pe Suinjo IISSEJO SMOJE JEIp 19M SUL uong dnjas pue ea GIN S23 ay Qubu sas jeip LWY 34 Osje aJe ajay 6uiss vosd urew au ui p ss vsosd Bulag Jaye euajew opne ay 0 juaugsn pe some uoga2es jndjno ayy SSHdmo1 SSHdH9H s38 1nd punos anbiun suondo yonw 3j8 973 yua awes oj je way jsn p
27. select a file for loading The Save button allows you to save the current Preset settings Its recommended to save your presets in the User presets folder of relectro Note When you load a Preset using the Master section s file controls the previous Preset is erased so if you want to keep changes in a Preset make sure you save it before loading another one LinPlug relectro user manual Page 24 ECS MIDI Learn ECS means Easy Controller Setup also called MIDI Learn This section makes it simple to control the LinPlug relectro from an external MIDI controller either hardware or software All you have to select Learn from the ECS menu select a LinPlug relectro parameter with the mouse and finally send some MIDI messages from you MIDI source That s all there is to do From now on you can change the parameter with that controller You can define up to 128 parameter controller combinations This does not depend on the type of controller you have nor the particular MIDI Control Change messages it sends ECS settings are save automatically but can be saved and restored manually using the Load and Save functions from the menu A single controller assignment can be cleared using the Clear menu entry and move controls that you wish to be cleared de assigned from MIDI CC s The Clear All function clears all controller assignments at once Don t forget to switch Off the ECS after you have finished making or clearing
28. software your daw software like Logic or Cubase and relectro s modulators STEP MODULATION and LFO These are described in detail in appendix B Finally there is also the Constant modulation source which comes handy sometimes to try which maximum effect a certain modulation might reach Constant is always the maximum possible positive modulation value the same as in example the LFO has when its wave is at its maximum To remove a modulation source or destination select the entry in the menu this modulation is then inactive The Modulation Depth determines how much a certain Target is modulated by the Source a value of 0 0000 means that actually no modulation takes places To change the modulation depth click on the amount display and move the mouse while keeping the mouse button pressed upwards or downwards increasing or decreasing the value until the desired amount has been reached The further you move the mouse the less sensitive it gets allowing more drastic changes To temporary disable a modulation double click the Depth value it will become 0 0000 To restore the original Depth double click it again and it will jump back to its original value LinPlug relectro user manual Page 18 Note A negative modulation depth is mainly used to inverse the modulation source s waveform So you can in example use the falling sawtooth of the LFO with a negative Depth to achieve the effect of a raising sawtooth The Modulat
29. tains multiple voices The Chorus works by mixing delayed signals with the original signal It offers TIME and SPEED settings which together make up the characteristic chorus sound Longer times produce a chorusing effect while shorter times create a flanging effect The SPEED dial sets the rate at which the delay time is modulated WET adjusts the amount of chorus which is added to the sound while FEED is allowing you to feedback the processed audio into the chorus input this is usually used when creating flanging sounds with shorter delay times VOLUME is the final volume adjustment parameter so that you can raise or lower the relectro s output to be neither too loud nor too silent Again like in the input the peak meter helps here offering lights for 712 6 3 and O dB Always keep the red light off to avoid potential clipping or distortion later in the signal chain LinPlug relectro user manual Page 21 So now you have a WET and an AMT dial on the relectro whats that please These two offer two ways to adjust the overall effects intensity of the relectro With almost every effects unit you have a WET control which adjusts the amount of processed audio given to the output The same applies in relectro However with the AMT amount dial you can morph into the relectro s processed sound For each parameter in relectro there is one value which means keep the input unprocessed in example for the PITCH thats
30. the middle setting 0 semitones or WAVE REPLACE its the full left setting no replacement So when the AMT dial is fully down all Parameters are in these neutral position not visually on the user interface but internally for processing And as you gradually move the AMT dial up all parameters approach internally the values shown on the user interface thus gradually getting from a neutral unprocessed sound to the processed affected sound MAIN ECS CF Ea VOLUME AMT WET Note When you only want to use the WET dial for conventional control keep the AMT dial at maximum When you only want the morphing keep the WET dial at maximum However for maximum pleasure adjust them as you like LinPlug relectro user manual Page 22 If you are curious what parameters are actually affected by the AMT wheel H CUT RES HIGHPRSS LOWPASS here is a graphic illustrating just this You don t have to learn this or print and pin it on your wall its just if you are curious how things work under the hood Above the AMT dial is a CAMERA symbol Thats the snapshot function At times you may find a cool and useful sound while moving the AMT wheel Maybe you want to save as a new preset or just go on from this particular setting Clicking on the Snapshot icon then relectro recalculates all parameters so that they produce just this sound but at the AMT wheel fully up So what you will see is all parameters moving a
31. tion as its emphasizes or reduces individual single wave cycles in the audio stream 1 The distortion when volume changing single wave cycles comes from sudden change in harmonic spectrum as well as added harmonics at the transition from one cycle to the next No need to know these technical details though LinPlug relectro user manual Page 16 Modulation Section The modulation section is the complete lower part of the middle of relectro all below the just described audio processing part You find 4 modulation sources here 2 STEP MODULATIONS and below 2 LFOs and the MATRIX on the right So thats look at these one by one STEP MODULATION 0 0 i i O e a O LAO 1 LFO 114 2 STEP MODULATION is a set of two modulators each is capable of producing from 2 up to 16 modulation values in the range 48 to 48 So its kind of variable length adjustable waveform LFO Or its just up to 16 steps being used for modulation whichever view you prefer On the right you can adjust both the length of the modulation pattern 2 to 16 individual values steps as well as the tempo which is synced with the host Click on the tempo to adjust it and check the note about alignment in the LFO section below Each step has a value in the range 48 to 48 which translates into min max in most cases e g When modulating the WAVE REPLACE using the MATRIX When modulating the PITCH NOTE however it exactly translates into semitones so 48 to
32. ulse wave and finally a full level triangular wave Compression and expansion works on any wave which is below O dB Compression raises the signal level of the two mid wave cycles see above while Expansion does further reduce them LinPlug relectro user manual Page 27 This also is the basic principle for the EQ if a wave cycle is below a certain frequency the Low EQ s Gain setting determines how much its changed in Level If a wave cycle is higher in frequency than the High EQ s Gain does affect such high frequency wave cycle But relectro s Per Wave processing does also include pitch changes Each wave cycle can be reduced or increased in pitch using one of three operation modes This is an example of raised pitch in Gap mode as in raised pitch every wave cycle is shorter there are simply gaps between the cycles Another mode allows to fill these gaps In Fill mode when one cycle is completed but the next is not yet there its time has not yet come the wave cycle is simply repeated In this example after the full level pulse wave completed its played back again filling the gap This means that the triangular cycle starts a bit later which is not perceived as any kind of delay btw When the triangular wave is finished its already time to play the next pulse wave so the triangular wave has not to be repeated The same applies for the pulse wave Just the final triangular wave will be repeated as it was not yet time f
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