Softube VST Manuel utilisateur

Supporting VST/VST3/AU/RTAS/AAX Native and AAX DSP. Rev. Nov 27, 2013

User Manual

Softube User Manual

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A-Range, Tonelux and Tilt are trademarks being made with written permission from PMI Audio. e

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JP2004 183976.

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SOFTUBE USER’S GUIDE | III

Contents

2 Installation and Authorization 7

Step 1. License Registration . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Step 2. Transfer License to iLok . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Step 3. Installation on Mac OS X . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Step 3. Installation on Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Step 4. Activate Plug-Ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

VENUE System Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

AAX DSP Supported Sample Rates . . . . . . . . . . 13

Plug-In Latencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

3 User Interface 15

Menu Row . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Key Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

4 Abbey Road Studios Brilliance Pack 19

Foreword by Peter Cobbin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

RS127 Rack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

RS127 Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

RS135 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

5 Active Equalizer 25

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User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Knobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Buying Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

6 Acoustic Feedback and Acoustic Feedback Deluxe 29

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Playing Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Using MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

FAQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

7 Bass Amp Room 37

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

The Amplier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

The Cabinets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

The Mix Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Bypassing Amps or Cabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Buying Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

8 FET Compressor 45

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Tweaking Tips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

9 Focusing Equalizer 53

Work Flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Knobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Dierences Between Passive and Active . . . . . . . . 58

Finally, a Note on Modeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

10 Metal Amp Room 59

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

The Amplier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

The Cabinets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

The Microphones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

The Balancing Stereo Preamps . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Mono and Stereo Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Bypassing Amps or Cabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Buying Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

11 Passive Equalizer 67

Knobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Buying Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

12 Spring Reverb 69

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Tweaking Tips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

13 Summit Audio Grand Channel 73

The Tone Sculpter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Signal Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

14 Summit Audio EQF-100 Full Range Equalizer 77

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Mono and Stereo Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

15 Summit Audio TLA-100A Compressor 81

More Than a TLA-100A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Mono and Stereo Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

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Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

16 Tonelux Tilt 85

Foreword by Paul Wol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Tilt Live . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Buying Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

17 Trident A-Range 91

Foreword by Malcolm Toft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Buying Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

18 TSAR-1 Reverb and TSAR-1R Reverb 97

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Anatomy of a Reverb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

User Interface at a Glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Reverb Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Presets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

TSAR-1R Reverb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Automation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Mono and Stereo Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

19 Tube Delay 111

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

20 Tube-Tech Classic Channel 115

User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Gain Staging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Sidechain and the Equalizers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

21 Tube-Tech CL 1B Compressor 119

Foreword by John G. Petersen . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

About the CL 1B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Suggested Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Mono and Stereo Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

22 Tube-Tech ME 1B Midrange Equalizer 125

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Filter Graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Buying Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

23 Tube-Tech PE 1C “Pultec” Equalizer 129

Foreword by John G. Petersen . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Buying Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

24 Valley People Dyna-mite 133

Basic Limiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Basic Expanding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Knobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Limiting Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Expanding Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Mono and Stereo Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Buying Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

25 Vintage Amp Room 149

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

White Amp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Brown Amp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Green Amp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

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Bypassing Amps or Cabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Buying Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

26 Other Platforms 159

Reason Rack Extensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Cakewalk Sonar ProChannel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

UAD Powered Plug-Ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

TC Electronic PowerCore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

27 Control Surfaces 161

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Active Equalizer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

FET Compressor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Focusing Equalizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Passive Equalizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Summit Audio Grand Channel EQ Section . . . . . . . 166

Summit Audio Grand Channel Compressor Section . . . 167

Summit Audio EQF-100 Full Range Equalizer . . . . . . 168

Summit Audio TLA-100 Tube Leveling Amplier . . . . 169

Tonelux Tilt and Tilt Live . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Trident A-Range Equalizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Tube-Tech Classic Channel EQ Section . . . . . . . . . 172

Tube-Tech Classic Channel Compressor Section . . . . . 173

Tube-Tech CL 1B Compressor . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Tube-Tech ME 1B Mid Range Equalizer. . . . . . . . . 175

Tube-Tech PE 1C “Pultec” Equalizer . . . . . . . . . . 176

Valley People Dyna-mite. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

28 END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT clxxix

| 7

2 Installation and Authorization

Step 1. License Registration

        you will have to

1. Go to http://softube.com/register to transfer the license to

your iLok account.

You will need the License Code that you got from the dealer, your

iLok.com User ID, and your iLok USB dongle.

Follow the instructions on the web page and continue with step 2

below.

Step 2. Transfer License to iLok

      from the Softube webstore

and have got the conrmation e-mail, the license will already be regis-

tered, and you can skip the rst step.

2. Make sure that you have the latest version of iLok License Man-

ager installed on your computer. It can be found at http://www.

ilok.com.

3. Launch the iLok License Manager application on your computer.

Drag and drop the newly received license to the iLok icon that

represents the physical iLok where you want to put the license.

4. Download the latest version of Softube Plug-ins Control from

http://www.softube.com/download.

e installer includes all Softube’s plug-ins and will let you easily

install any plug-ins you have bought a license for.

8 | INSTALLATION AND AUTHORIZATION

Step 3. Installation on Mac OS X

e same installer and Softube Plug-Ins Control application is used for both 32- and 64-bit plug-ins.

1. Choose which format you want to download:

//: Installs VST, VST3, AU (Audio Units), AAX and AAX DSP formats for both 32- and

64-bit hosts. Used in for example Pro Tools, Logic, Cubase, Studio One, Ableton Live, etc.

: Installs RTAS plug-ins for Pro Tools 9

2. Run the installer and step through the instructions. You will be asked to enter the username and pass-

word.

3. When the installer is nished, it will start the Softube Plug-Ins Control application, in which you can

choose which plug-ins you want to show up in your host software.

You can always go back and start the Softube Plug-Ins Control application again! It is located in the Applications folder.

Softube Plug-Ins Control

(Step 4. Activate Plug-Ins)

SOFTUBE USER’S GUIDE | 9

Step 3. Installation on Windows

1. Choose which format you want to download:

/ -: Installs VST, VST3, AAX and AAX DSP formats for 32-bit applications. Use with

32-bit compatible hosts.

/ -: Installs VST, VST3, AAX and AAX DSP formats for 64-bit applications. Use with

64-bit compatible hosts.

: Installs RTAS plug-ins for Pro Tools 9

2. Run the installer and step through the instructions. You will be asked to enter the username and pass-

word.

3. Before the nal step it will start the Softube Plug-Ins Control application, in which you can choose

which plug-ins you want to install.

You can always go back and start the Softube Plug-Ins Control application again! It is located in the Applications folder.

Softube Plug-Ins Control

(Step 4. Activate Plug-Ins)

10 | INSTALLATION AND AUTHORIZATION

Step 4. Activate Plug-Ins

After installation has nished the Softube Plug-

Ins Control will automatically open. If that doesn’t

happen, please open it from the Applications folder.

e Softube Plug-Ins control will help you to

activate those products or plug-ins that you want to

be visible in your host software. Activate only the

products that you have licenses for.

You can also access the Softube Plug-Ins Control from the

“About” box in the plug-ins. See “About Box” on page 16 for

more information.

Products Active Plug-ins

Cancel OK

1. Select product(s) from the “Products” list. If

you have a previously installed product, it will

already be activated.

2. You can remove plug-ins from the “Active Plug-

ins” list by clicking on the red minus button.

3. Click OK to save changes and exit.

4. e Plug-Ins Control application is available in

your applications folder. Start the application to

make activate or de-activate plug-ins.

If you would like to remove a plug-in after an expired

demo license, just start the Softube Plug-Ins Control and

remove it from the Active Plug-Ins list.

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