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Type name

Description

Ensemble ARP Thin

Double

LFO

(fast and slow), single delay line (controlled by the two

LFOs

) ensemble modelled on

the ARP

Solina

Depth

and

Speed

control only the slower

LFO

, and the stereo image is widened

Panner

Stereo panner

Rotary Horizontal

Emulation of a horizontal rotary speaker with adjustable

Depth

and

Speed

Rotary RA200 Fast

Emulation of the classic

Yamaha RA-200

rotary speaker, set to

Fast

Rotary RA200 Slow

Emulation of the classic

Yamaha RA-200

rotary speaker, set to

Slow

Rotary Vertical

Emulation of a vertical rotary speaker

Chorus

Vibrato effect with tremolo and a single delay line, producing chorus when mixed with the

Dry

signal.

Depth

controls only the vibrato.

Speed

controls vibrato and tremolo

Trem+Chrs Fat

Double delay line chorus effect with tremolo on the wet signal.

Depth

controls only the vibrato.

Speed

controls vibrato and tremolo

Tremolo

Tremolo effect

Summary of Contents for Godfazer

Page 1: ...User Manual 5 January 2022 11 24 ...

Page 2: ... 10 CPU 3 4 Ghz with SSE System 4 0 Ghz recommended RAM 8 GB 16 GB Recommended Software VST2 VST3 AAX compatible host application 32bit or 64bit Mac OS X OS version OS X 10 9 or newer CPU Intel based 3 4 Ghz 4 0 Ghz recommended RAM 8 GB 16 GB Recommended Software AU VST2 VST3 AAX compatible host application 64bit ...

Page 3: ...3 www d16 pl Overview Overview Godfazer combines multiple modulation and filter types in a single versatile plugin effect with a choice of routing topologies The Godfazer interface ...

Page 4: ...ises two main areas The configuration and preset management section Browse and select presets and tweak Godfazer s settings in the configuration section The signal processing control section housing all effect controls and parameters ...

Page 5: ...and or amplitude modulation based effects such as chorus ensemble rotary speaker and tremolo It features emulations of vintage units as well as numerous original modes The two Multi Filter modules offer a broad selection of Filter types including resonant filters formant filters phasers some of them modelling classic devices EQs and hybrid combinations Each Multi Filter can be modulated using eith...

Page 6: ...e following parameters Click the text field at the top to select an Effect type Choosing the Ensemble effect type Alternatively you can hover with mouse pointer over the display to show Prev Next buttons for fast navigation Speed Adjusts the Rate of modulation if applicable Depth Adjusts the Depth of modulation if applicable FX Crossfades between the Dry unprocessed and Wet processed signals Volum...

Page 7: ...O Chorus BBDx3 Wide As above but with a wide stereo image Chorus Fat Neutral Triple delay line chorus effect with one LFO per delay line All LFOs are slightly detuned against each other Chorus Fat Wide As above but with a wide stereo image Chorus Spacey Single delay line chorus effect with one LFO a widened stereo image and a longer base delay time Chorus Syntex1 Chorus effect modelled on the Elka...

Page 8: ...tary RA200 Fast Emulation of the classic Yamaha RA 200 rotary speaker set to Fast Rotary RA200 Slow Emulation of the classic Yamaha RA 200 rotary speaker set to Slow Rotary Vertical Emulation of a vertical rotary speaker Tremolo Chorus Vibrato effect with tremolo and a single delay line producing chorus when mixed with the Dry signal Depth controls only the vibrato Speed controls vibrato and tremo...

Page 9: ...9 www d16 pl Sound controls Basic modules Multi Filter Each of Godfazer s two Multi Filter modules processes the input signal with one of dozens of available filter types The Multi Filter module ...

Page 10: ...he output signal Panning Sets the balance between the left and right or mid and side if M S Mode is enabled channels in the output signal M S Mode Toggles between Left Right and Mid Side modes for the Panning control Mod 1 and Mod 2 Controls the amount of modulation applied to the filter s cutoff center frequency or other parameters depending on the selected model by Modulator 1 and or Modulator 2...

Page 11: ...f EQ Double Shelf Reject EQ Double Shelf Pass Stage Phaser Half Stage Stage Phaser Half Stage Polar Phaser 2 Poles Polar Phaser 3 Poles Polar Phaser 4 Poles 0dB EMPHASIS AMPLITUDE Center frequency Modulation Formant ﬁlter EQ Band Shelf Reject Low shelf and high shelf filters arranged symmetrically in the frequency spectrum for cuts on either side of the center frequency and boosts above and below ...

Page 12: ...cy Modulation Formant ﬁlter EQ Low Shelf Low shelf filter with Emphasis applying attenuation above the cutoff and boost below The Frequency and Mod 1 2 knobs control and modulate the filter cutoff frequency 0dB EMPHASIS AMPLITUDE Cutting frq Modulation AMPLITUDE Cutting 0dB EMPHASIS AMPLITUDE Center frq Modulation AMPLITUDE Center 0dB EMPHASIS AMPLITUDE Center frq Modulation EMPHASIS AM AM EQ Peak...

Page 13: ... EMPHASIS AMPLITUDE Cutoﬀ freq Modulation Modulation 0dB EMPHASIS AMPLITUDE Cutoﬀ freq Modulation 0dB EMPHASIS AMPLITUDE Center frq Modulation 0dB EMPHASIS AMPLITUDE Center frq Modulation AMPLITUDE Center AMPLITUDE Cutoﬀ f Filter Low Pass EQ Peak EQ Low Shelf EQ High Shelf EQ Double Shelf Reject EQ D Stage Phaser Half Stage Stage Filter High Pass Filter Band Pass Filter 0dB EMPHASIS AMPLITUDE Cent...

Page 14: ... The Frequency and Mod 1 2 knobs control and modulate the filter cutoff frequency 0dB EMPHASIS AMPLITUDE Cutoﬀ freq Modulation 0dB EMPHASIS AMPLITUDE Cutoﬀ freq Modulation EMPHASIS EMPHASIS AMPLITUDE Cutoﬀ 0dB EMPHASIS AMPLITUDE Center frq Modulation AMPLITUDE Center Filter Low Pass EQ Peak EQ Low Shelf EQ High Shelf EQ D Stage Filter High Pass Filter 0dB EMPHASIS AMPLITUDE Center frequency Modula...

Page 15: ...quency Emphasis controls the feedback amount 0dB EMPHASIS AMPLITUDE Center frq Modulation AMPLITUDE Cente 0dB EMPHASIS AMPLITUDE Center frq Modulation 0dB EMPHASIS AMPLITUDE Center frq Modulation 0dB EMPHASIS AMPLITUDE Center frq Modulation AMPLITUDE Cente Stage Phaser 4 Stages Peak Phaser 4 Stages Peak Phaser 6 Stages Peak Stage Phaser 6 Stages Stage Phaser 7 Peaks 8 stage peak phasing filter The...

Page 16: ...odulation 0dB EMPHASIS AMPLITUDE Center frq Modulation AMPLITUDE Center EQ Low Shelf EQ High Shelf EQ Do Polar Phaser 1 Pole Stage Phaser 4 Stages Peak Phaser 4 Stages Peak Phaser 6 Stages Peak P Stage Phaser 6 Stages Stage Polar Phaser 2 Poles Polar P Phaser 3 Pole Close Phaser 3 Pole Wide 3 pole phasing filter The Frequency and Mod 1 2 knobs control and modulate the center frequency Emphasis con...

Page 17: ...LITUDE Center frequency Phaser 4 Stage Medium Phaser 4 Stage Close Phaser 4 Stage Wide 4 stage phaser The Frequency and Mod 1 2 knobs control and modulate the center frequency Emphasis controls the feedback The variants differ in the frequency spread of the poles 0dB EMPHASIS AMPLITUDE Center frq Modulation AMPLITUDE Center 0dB EMPHASIS AMPLITUDE Center frq Modulation AMPLITUDE Center 0dB EMPHASIS...

Page 18: ...rq Modulation 0dB EMPHASIS AMPLITUDE Center frequency Modulation AMPLITUDE 0dB EMPHASIS AMPLITUDE Cutting frq Modulation 0dB EMPHASIS AMPLITUDE Cutoﬀ freq Modulation EMPHASIS EMPHASIS EMPHASIS 0dB EMPHASIS AMPLITUDE Center frq Modulation 0dB EMPHASIS AMPLITUDE Center frq Modulation AMPLITUDE Center AMPLITUDE Cutoﬀ f Filter Low Pass EQ Peak EQ Low Shelf EQ High Shelf EQ Double Shelf Reject EQ D Sta...

Page 19: ...Phaser SmallStone R5 Vintage phaser models The Frequency and Mod 1 2 knobs control and modulate the center frequency Emphasis controls the feedback Note that the outputvolume levels ie the actual signal energy of some models don t correspond strictlyto theirdepicted frequencyresponses because of the normalization process that s part of the Multi Filter module ...

Page 20: ...lators can control the cutoff center frequencies of either or both Multi Filters using one of four modulation signal generators The Modulator section To switch between the two Modulators for editing click the 1 and 2 LEDs in the title bar Selecting a Modulator for editing ...

Page 21: ...r from the tabs below the title bar Selecting a Modulator type There are four options to choose from Constant Sets independent static offset values for the Left and Right channels LFO A low frequency oscillator with optional tempo sync Follower An envelope follower Sequencer A looping 16 step sequencer with optional tempo sync ...

Page 22: ...ter cutoff center frequency in the Left and Right channels The Constant Modulator applies fixed values to the Left and Right channels The Value L and Value R knobs control the amount of offset applied to the Left and Right channels respectively Activating the Link LED sees movement of either knob mirrored in the other ie both are always set to the same value ...

Page 23: ...eforms The LFO Modulator type outputs a cyclical waveform Rate Sets the LFO frequency Sync Engage to synchronize the LFO to the tempo set in the host application When Sync is active the Rate can be set to these note values 4 1 2 1 1 1 half note 1 2 quarter note 1 4 eighth note 1 8 16th note 1 16 or 32nd note 1 32 ...

Page 24: ...s the duration of the Rate note value The Scale parameter enables triplet and dotted timings Waveform Selects the LFO s waveform St Phase Shifts the stereo phase offset between the Left and Right channels of the LFO s oscillations Panning Controls the stereo balance of the generated oscillations At the center point the amplitude of oscillations is equal for the Left and Right channels Turning the ...

Page 25: ...pe Follower modulates the filter based on the amplitude envelope of the input signal Attack Adjusts the speed at which the envelope rises when triggered by the input signal Release Adjusts the speed at which the envelope falls when the input signal drops below the trigger threshold Sensitivity Adjusts the amplification of the input signal in the detection circuit ie how loud it has to be to trigge...

Page 26: ...f steps per second expressed in Hz from 0 01 to 20 00 and adjusted by dragging up or down on the value field Sync Engage to synchronize the step sequencer to the tempo set in the host application When Sync is engaged the Rate fixes the step duration as a note value 4 1 2 1 1 1 half note 1 2 quarter note 1 4 eighth note 1 8 16th note 1 16 or 32nd note 1 32 The Sequencer modulator s Rate parameter w...

Page 27: ... The effective rate value is one and a half times the duration of the Rate note value Triplet The effective rate is two thirds the duration of the Rate note value Sequence editor The height of each bar determines the value output for that step Raise and lower the bars by clicking or dragging with the mouse The Sequence editor outputting a constant value across all 16 steps ...

Page 28: ...tor 2 s output for each Multi Filter independently MODULATOR 1 OUT MULTI FILTER 2 MULTI FILTER 1 MULTI FILTER ENSEMBLE MODULATOR 2 OUT IN OUT BUS FILTER EMPHASIS FREQ MOD IN MODEL IN OUT 1 MOD IN 1 MOD IN MOD IN MOD IN OUT INV 1 FX OUT INV 2 MODULATOR 1 IN MODULATOR 1 IN MODULATOR 2 IN MODULATOR 2 IN MODEL EMPHASIS MOD 1 MOD 2 FREQ 1 1 1 1 AUDIO IN IN IN IN MODULATOR 1 IN MODULATOR 2 IN AUDIO OUT ...

Page 29: ...ontrols Basic modules Master section The output signal level Dry Wet mix balance and signal routing between the Ensemble Multi Filter 1 and Multi Filter 2 modules are adjusted in the Master section Godfazer s Master section ...

Page 30: ...rning the signal flow through the two Multi Filters and the Ensemble module Mixed 1 Mixed 3 Mixed 4 Serial Mixed 2 Parallel The six topologies available in Godfazer FX Controls the balance between the wet processed and dry unprocessed signals Output Volume Sets the final output level ...

Page 31: ...UT FX MODULATOR 1 IN MODULATOR 1 IN MODULATOR 2 IN MODULATOR 2 IN AUDIO IN AUDIO IN IN IN IN AUDIO OUT AUDIO OUT OUT OUT OUT SIGNAL ROUTE The Signal flow within Godfazer The input signal goes to the Routing Bus which pushes it back and forth via the Multi Filters and Ensemble module in accordance with the selected topology The processed signal then leaves the Routing Bus and is mixed with the dry ...

Page 32: ...er Browsing Presets Presets Conﬁguration and Management section enables quick navigation and browsing the presets structure Presets Conﬁguration and Management Section PRESET Displays the name of the currently loaded preset Clicking the display opens Preset Browser panel at the bottom of GUI section allowing to browse factory user presets PREV NEXT Buttons that allow for linear browsing of presets...

Page 33: ...Restores initial settings of plug in parameters Reload Reloads a current preset The Preset Browser looks as follows 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 ...

Page 34: ...t 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 the content by ﬁltering Preset B...

Page 35: ...hosen in such a way so as to describe the content in the best possible way taking into account the plug in purpose Editing of Categories and Tags in case of Factory content 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...

Page 36: ...of these columns represent Tags available within each Category 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 filtere...

Page 37: ...e 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 Category 1 Category with a set of the following Tags Tag 1 1 Tag 1 2 Tag 1 3 clicking the Tag 1 1 Tag will activate the Category Filter Category 1 and narrow down a list of presets to...

Page 38: ...ts 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 ...

Page 39: ...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 2 The role of the Results section is to choose presets for edition edition is possible only for user presets 3 At the bottom of the screen there is Delete button to delete selected User presets 4 The choice of the resource in the Content section does not wo...

Page 40: ...rom the last chosen preset to the item clicked together with Shift key 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 Filters tags Choosing a greater number of presets in which the tags were already deﬁned enables their re edition Consequently in case when a ...

Page 41: ...ons 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 setting of the Tag intensive teal blue colour or no changes pale teal blue for all selected items Changes introduced during edition do not...

Page 42: ...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 To export just drag n drop selected presets outside the plug in to a desired location To import presets just dran n drop preset files onto Preset Browser window ...

Page 43: ...preset use the Save button in Configuration and Presets Browsing section This action automatically opens the Preset Browser in Save Mode 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 ...

Page 44: ...king the name and current value of a parameter 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 CTRL Mouse click on macOS ...

Page 45: ...ow 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 MIDI Unlink You can also delete MIDI CC code attributed to plug in parameter from the context menu 5 Open the context menu right clic...

Page 46: ...e 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 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 MIDI Saving Loading the MIDI CC Map GUI Selecting UI size Options Opening Settings panel or About box ...

Page 47: ... for Real time or Offline modes In a case of Repeater the quality setting doesn t affect the delay loop but audio clipper only 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 Saving Loading the MIDI CC Map ...

Page 48: ...nterface between few different sizes Choosing the plug in interface size Options Options pulls up menu with following items to select from Settings Opens panel with Default Settings of the plug in About Opens splash box with information about the version of the plug in and license ...

Page 49: ...ication 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 updates at the moment of closing Options panel Use Options Settings item to open Settings panel Options button The Settings panel operates as an accordion where you can click a specific section to expand it Settin...

Page 50: ...ult Processing Path 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 Default MIDI CC Map 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 ...

Page 51: ...h whole plug in window is rescaled to it s recommended to set it to the exact value from your system settings screen properties for the best visual results Presets Displaying confirmation dialog option With the box checked clicking the Prev or Next preset button after the parameters of the current preset or previously initialized state have been changed pops up a confirmation dialog to prevent acc...

Page 52: ...sults 35 Presets Filtering 36 Basic Actions on Filters 37 Reordering Categories 38 Presets Editing Edit Mode 38 Selection of Presets for Editing 40 Tags Edition 40 Change of Tags status in Presets 40 Presets Names Editing 42 Deleting Presets 42 Presets Export and Import 42 Saving the current settings as Preset 43 Configuration 44 Parameter settings 44 MIDI Learn 45 MIDI Unlink 45 Plug in s current...

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