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Overview

Decimort is a stereo high quality (ultra low aliasing) bit crusher.

After loading the plug-in within a host application, the GUI will appear:

There are two sections:

• Configuration and preset management

• Signal processing control section consists of the all remaining controls.

Decimort graphical interface

Configuration and preset management section

Summary of Contents for Decimort

Page 1: ...User Manual High Quality Bit Crusher ...

Page 2: ...her After loading the plug in within a host application the GUI will appear There are two sections Configuration and preset management Signal processing control section consists of the all remaining controls 1 Decimort graphical interface Configuration and preset management section ...

Page 3: ...of stereo channel in stereo mode or only single channel left in mono mode Decimator is controlled by two parameters Bits Number of bits the input signal is downgraded to Values we can choose from range 1 to 16 bits and additional value Off which means the input signal won t be downgraded in amplitude domain Frequency New sampling frequency to which the is degraded to in time domain There s yet ano...

Page 4: ...tered then decimated Post in this position signal is first decimated and then filtered Master section This section controls the end of signal s flow The Fx knob defines the ratio between the processed unprocessed sound that is sent to an audio out Output volume controls the final amplification Link params button works only in stereo mode Turning this parameter on makes all components controllable ...

Page 5: ...gnal flow through decimator and filter in mono mode Decimort inserted into the mono track works in mono mode To control parameters for signal path in this mode use GUI controls only for the left channel Mono signal flow through decimator and filter only 2 Signal flow Path of the signal s flow ...

Page 6: ...5 Signal flow through decimator and filter in stereo mode Stereo signal flow through decimator and filter only 2 Signal flow Path of the signal s flow ...

Page 7: ...ter button Prev Next Buttons used to navigate through the preset bank Next button moves the browser to the next preset If the current preset is the last preset in a group pressing Next moves the browser to the first preset in the subsequent group Prev button moves the browser to the previous preset If the current preset is the first preset in a group pressing Prev moves the browser to the last pre...

Page 8: ...s and in the preset bank will be restored Preset Browser As it was mentioned the preset bank in the plug in has a hierarchical structure i e presets are organized in groups Presets can be selected by Next Prev buttons which navigate through the structure in a linear way or by using the Preset Browser The Preset Browser is a tool which allows to easily manage the preset structure To open it click B...

Page 9: ...r The left side shows the list of groups in the preset bank The right side shows the list of presets in the selected group List of groups in the preset bank List of groups in the preset bankList of presets in the selected group 3 Preset Management Preset Browser ...

Page 10: ...hange its position in the group by dropping it in a different slot in the list of presets in a selected group Move the preset to a different group by dragging and dropping it in the chosen slot in the group list Holding CTRL or SHIFT and using the mouse button allows to select more presets Holding CTRL and clicking on presets selects single items Using SHIFT allows to select a range of presets The...

Page 11: ...bination of Prev and CTRL Overwrites the selected preset with the buffer content works exactly like the combination of Next and CTRL The postfix _copy is added to the name of the preset pasted from the buffer Works exactly like Prev on GUI allows to move backwards on the hierarchical structure of presets Works exactly like Next on GUI allows to move forward on the hierarchical structure of presets...

Page 12: ...eset to file Bank Load loads the entire bank of presets from a file file dcprb Decimort bank Bank Save saves the entire bank of presets to a file Note Before saving the preset to a file save it in Decimort using CTRL Browse when On demand function is selected in the plug in configuration Note Files saved by Decimort are compatible with XML format which enables their edition in any text editor Load...

Page 13: ... two tabs Midi control configures MIDI communications with the plug in Presets configures presets switching indicates personal resources loaded instead of default presets Clicking on Options while holding CTRL opens a window with information about the version and the license owner Configuration and preset management section Configuration panel tabs 4 Configuration ...

Page 14: ...ive MIDI CC links containing pairs comprising of a CC code and the name of the plug in parameter Default Map Checkbox which activates a default MIDI CC map When the map is activated it will be loaded with creating a new instance of the plug in Midi Control tab Note This feature works only in the VST version of the plug in due to the fact that the AU specification does not include a MIDI input port...

Page 15: ...g in waits for any change in the parameter value movement of any control on GUI and for the movement of any MIDI CC control from the external MIDI controller which operates on an active MIDI input channel directed to Decimort The order of these actions is irrelevant During the above mentioned actions the status bar informs about the currently changing values of controls and provides their names Mi...

Page 16: ...and parameter pairs Subsequent links will be created and added to the list 3 When all the needed links are created uncheck the Midi Learn Mode checkbox In order to create new links it is possible to reactivate the Midi Learn Mode at any time The links are always sorted in an ascending manner in relation to the CC column according to the MIDI CC code MIDI CC link list 4 Configuration Midi control t...

Page 17: ...cking on it highlights the selected link Using this button removes the selected link Removes all MIDI CC links Loads link lists MIDI maps from file dcccmap Decimort MIDI CC Map Saves link lists MIDI maps to file MIDI CC link list and function buttons Note MIDI map files are saved in XML format which enables their edition in any text editor 4 Configuration Midi control tab ...

Page 18: ...rowse button shows the path to the active map file A default MIDI map is loaded each time when the plug in is loaded Presets tab Preset Storing Using Prev Next buttons or the Preset Browser navigates through the preset bank Any change in the current preset can be stored automatically or on demand Depending on the selection one of the two options is active Default MIDI Map selection Preset Storing ...

Page 19: ...ing Type Changing between presets may cause undesirable sonic artifacts Switching the Changing Type flag may prevent this phenomenon Normal Changing presets takes place in a classical manner all parameter values are rapidly changed into new values Silent Before changing the preset the output signal is muted Next the parameters are set to new values and the signal level is restored to its previous ...

Page 20: ...n loads the factory presets with every new instance of the plug in Clear Preset Zeroed parameters with every new instance of the plug in User Defined Preset bank selected by the user When choosing User Defined option the Browse button on the right side is activated Using this button opens a dialog box in order to select a path to the user s preset bank Confirming the path saves it in the Decimort ...

Page 21: ... and filter in mono mode 4 Signal flow through decimator and filter in stereo mode 5 3 Preset Management 6 Browsing presets 6 Preset Browser 7 Loading and Saving presets 11 4 Configuration 12 Midi control tab 13 Midi learn 14 Unlinking and midi link management 16 Default Midi Map 17 Presets tab 17 Presets Storing 17 Changing Type 18 Default Presets 19 5 Contents 20 5 Contents ...

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