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6. SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT

In consideration of payment of the Licensee fee, which is a portion of the price you paid,

Arturia, as Licensor, grants to you (hereinafter termed “Licensee”) a nonexclusive right to

use this copy of the SOFTWARE.

All intellectual property rights in the software belong to Arturia SA (hereinafter: “Arturia”).

Arturia permits you only to copy, download, install and use the software in accordance with

the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

The product contains product activation for protection against unlawful copying. The OEM

software can be used only following registration.

Internet access is required for the activation process. The terms and conditions for use of the

software by you, the end-user, appear below. By installing the software on your computer

you agree to these terms and conditions. Please read the following text carefully in its

entirety. If you do not approve these terms and conditions, you must not install this software.

In this event give the product back to where you have purchased it (including all written

material, the complete undamaged packing as well as the enclosed hardware) immediately

but at the latest within 30 days in return for a refund of the purchase price.

1. Software Ownership

Arturia shall retain full and complete title to the SOFTWARE recorded

on the enclosed disks and all subsequent copies of the SOFTWARE, regardless of the media

or form on or in which the original disks or copies may exist. The License is not a sale of the

original SOFTWARE.

2. Grant of License

Arturia grants you a non-exclusive license for the use of the software

according to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. You may not lease, loan or sub-

license the software. The use of the software within a network is illegal where there is the

possibility of a contemporaneous multiple use of the program.

You are entitled to prepare a backup copy of the software which will not be used for

purposes other than storage purposes.

You shall have no further right or interest to use the software other than the limited rights as

specified in this Agreement. Arturia reserves all rights not expressly granted.

3. Activation of the Software

Arturia may use a compulsory activation of the software and

a compulsory registration of the OEM software for license control to protect the software

against unlawful copying. If you do not accept the terms and conditions of this Agreement,

the software will not work.

In such a case the product including the software may only be returned within 30 days

following acquisition of the product. Upon return a claim according to § 11 shall not apply.

4. Support, Upgrades and Updates after Product Registration

You can only receive support,

upgrades and updates following the personal product registration. Support is provided only

for the current version and for the previous version during one year after publication of the

new version. Arturia can modify and partly or completely adjust the nature of the support

(hotline, forum on the website etc.), upgrades and updates at any time.

The product registration is possible during the activation process or at any time later through

the Internet. In such a process you are asked to agree to the storage and use of your

personal data (name, address, contact, email-address, and license data) for the purposes

specified above. Arturia may also forward these data to engaged third parties, in particular

distributors, for support purposes and for the verification of the upgrade or update right.

5. No Unbundling

The software usually contains a variety of different files which in its

configuration ensure the complete functionality of the software. The software may be used

as one product only. It is not required that you use or install all components of the software.

You must not arrange components of the software in a new way and develop a modified

version of the software or a new product as a result. The configuration of the software may

not be modified for the purpose of distribution, assignment or resale.

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Summary of Contents for TridA-Pre

Page 1: ...USER MANUAL...

Page 2: ...ylan FRANCE www arturia com Information contained in this manual is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Arturia The software described in this manual is...

Page 3: ...ined in this manual is believed to be correct at the time of printing However Arturia reserves the right to change or modify any of the specifications without notice or obligation to update the hardwa...

Page 4: ...excellence and accuracy This led us to conduct an extensive analysis of every aspect of the Trident A hardware and its electrical circuits even modeling the changes in behavior over the course of time...

Page 5: ...ders 12 3 3 3 Relative Control option 13 3 4 MIDI controller configuration 13 3 5 The lower toolbar 14 3 5 1 VU Calibration 14 3 5 2 Bypass 14 3 5 3 CPU meter 14 3 6 The Preset browser 15 4 TridA Pre...

Page 6: ...of love the love for sound Since Trident Studios were so famous at the time news that they were building a new console started to call the attention of many others and demand to build more as well as...

Page 7: ...s happy moment in the history of music technical innovations that Arturia is now recreating 1 1 Arturia s secret ingredient TAE TAE True Analog Emulation is Arturia s outstanding technology dedicated...

Page 8: ...gle Channel and Double Channel versions or configurations The Double Channel configuration can work in three different modes The default mode is Stereo which means the Stereo Link button is On and the...

Page 9: ...gram the Arturia Software Center 2 1 1 The Arturia Software Center ASC If you have not already installed the ASC go to this web page https www arturia com support updates manuals Look for the Arturia...

Page 10: ...on You can load as many instances as you find useful and you also find some other useful features You can automate numerous parameters using your DAW s automation system Your settings and current plu...

Page 11: ...Load an instance of TridA Pre as an insert on that same track Make the interface of the TridA Pre visible by clicking its name in the Mixer Now start your DAW and play the loop It will sound the way i...

Page 12: ...on For that you need to click the MIDI icon in the right side of the upper toolbar Now many of the controls in the TridA Pre become purple which means they are ready to learn MIDI automation controls...

Page 13: ...apable of This plug in is more flexible than you probably would expect at first sight due to the relative simplicity of its User Interface That will always be the main focus of every Arturia product t...

Page 14: ...e the active preset with any changes you have made so if you want to keep the source preset also use the Save As option instead See the next section for information about this 3 2 2 Save As If you sel...

Page 15: ...resized from 60 to 200 of its original size without any visual artifacts On a smaller screen such as a laptop you might want to reduce the interface size so it doesn t dominate the display On a larger...

Page 16: ...d the target goes red indicating that a link has been made between the hardware control and the software parameter There s a popup window that displays which two things are being linked and an Unassig...

Page 17: ...it This can be a great feature when controlling things like volume filter or effect controls since you won t usually want them to jump noticeably from their current setting when they are modified Pit...

Page 18: ...ry important features so let s take a closer look at them 3 5 1 VU Calibration The TridA Pre has two VU meters one when in Single Channel configuration at the top right of the control panel By clickin...

Page 19: ...ight preset There are two columns The first one lists the Presets by Name or by Featured Featured are presets that were classified as important by Arturia The second one lists the Presets by Type or D...

Page 20: ...a device which had an output with a completely different impedance than for example a tape recorder The turntable output signal was much weaker To drive it to a level strong enough to be audible meant...

Page 21: ...power supply This is because it requires energy to boost a signal Currently the preamps get the energy from the main power circuit of the mixer Older preamps like the V76 had their own power circuit b...

Page 22: ...particular sound in a mix allowing it to breathe by boosting the frequencies that are more important and sometimes also by decrementing those same frequencies in other instruments We may also use it...

Page 23: ...4 5 1 Signal Flow The signal flow of the TridA Pre follows the logical path for this type of devices Therefore the audio enters through the preamp section controlled by the Input Gain knobs This sect...

Page 24: ...lf state A High Shelf EQ band boosts or cuts high frequencies and a Low Shelf EQ band boosts or cuts low frequencies This is the type of circuit that s used in Hi Fi systems but it is also highly musi...

Page 25: ...adjustment rather than rotary knobs The use of faders makes it very easy to see not only when equalization is being applied but also the amount Besides these controls we have two rows of filter switch...

Page 26: ...two other switches The first one is to activate deactivate Stereo Link the label is two intersecting circles The second one is labeled Stereo Mode and switches between L R and M S With these two swit...

Page 27: ...nd in this mode although we are still in Stereo the channels work in a way that is completely different than the traditional Left Right way For this mode each channel has to be independent which is wh...

Page 28: ...ereo image and a boost in this channel will be perceived as a more spacious wider stereo sound For M S purposes the controls on the left side will affect the Mid channel while the controls on the righ...

Page 29: ...frequencies You may also press the Low Pass Filter 15K button and the High Pass Filter 25Hz button This will cut the top highs and the bottom lows Now press Bypass again You will already be able to n...

Page 30: ...again Now while leaving the Stereo Link button Off toggle the Stereo Mode button again to the L R position TridA Pre is now in Dual Mono mode In this mode Left and Right channels are completely indep...

Page 31: ...on We can press one two or all three of the switch buttons Each button activates filtering for one particular frequency 9k 12k and 15k So to cut frequencies above 15kHz we press the button on the righ...

Page 32: ...nd Just like it happened with the previous band the fader can boost or cut the selected frequency by 15dB approximately Be aware that as this is a Bell band the behavior will be different than what we...

Page 33: ...have again three switches that activate the filter for three different frequencies So from left to right we have 25Hz 50Hz and 100Hz The slope for these filters is 18dB per octave therefore a little h...

Page 34: ...have an increase in the overall perceived volume This is due to the fact that the TridA Pre plug in has an Automatic Gain Compensation which balances the gain induced in this stage so that we don t ha...

Page 35: ...tomatically turned Off As we said changes in the channel on the left the Mid Channel affect the way we perceive the sound in the center of the stereo spectrum while changes in the channel on the right...

Page 36: ...sly in the Single Channel configuration so please read that description p 27 TridA Double Channel EQ upper bands High Shelf and High Midrange Bell and the three Low Pass Filter switches on Top TridA D...

Page 37: ...in knobs Again we now have two one for each channel These knobs control the saturation level drive added to the sound Their values go from 60dB to 20dB with the default position in 60dB When we increa...

Page 38: ...nk Off and Stereo Mode at M S Mid Side mode Stereo Link is automatically turned Off Stereo Link Off and Stereo Mode at L R Dual Mono mode Finally we have the two Output Trim knobs These go from 24dB t...

Page 39: ...es other than storage purposes You shall have no further right or interest to use the software other than the limited rights as specified in this Agreement Arturia reserves all rights not expressly gr...

Page 40: ...apply to you All programs and accompanying materials are provided as is without warranty of any kind The complete risk as to the quality and performance of the programs is with you Should the program...

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