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PREV/NEXT. 

Use these buttons to 

browse back and forth through the 
preset files. 

SIZE. 

Press this button to load the 

double sized graphic interface  for 4K 
monitors compatibility. 

TIPS. 

When activated,  it displays the 

tooltip for each graphic object. Please 
note that the GUI interaction is blocked 
when TIPS are turned on. Press again to 
restart the normal interaction. The 
purpose of this button is to give an easy 
way  to share (i.e. via screenshot) 
information of all the current GUI 
settings. 

SET/TWEAK. 

Please  refer to the 

dedicated sections. 

Here some 

useful tricks

 to interact with 

the GUI: 

 

use “CTRL + click”  (Windows) / 
“Command key + click” (MacOS) 
on a knob to reset the value to its 
default; 

 

use the mouse wheel on a knob 
for fine adjustments; 

 

press 

SHIFT while moving 

(dragging) a knob to fine adjust. 

 
Edit Mode  

The  Edit Mode is accessible by double 
clicking on a knob. Once done, you 
can edit the value by  using arrows, 
digits and “.”, “+”, “-” keys. INSERT key is 

supported too: INSERT  status is 
recognizable by checking  the cursor 
inside the tooltip (“|” means INSERT 
disabled, “_” means INSERT enabled). 
After modifying the value press ENTER

1

 

to commit or ESC

2

  to roll-back to the 

latest value  set  before accessing the 
Edit Mode. 

 
SET 

You can open the SET window to 
access the configuration settings for 
meters and ReSampler. 

RESET

. It restores the default values for 

all configurations in the SET window. 

LEDs

. It activates / deactivates the 

meter LEDs. 

RealTime and OffLine tabs. 

These tabs 

allow the user to specify different 
configurations for the ReSampler, which 
are taken into account depending on 
the current processing mode. 

RealTime tab

. The  settings  specified 

here are applied when you are using a 
plugin for monitoring, or when you are 
playbacking tracks. Two modes are 
available: 

                                                            

1

 In some sequencers - like Reaper on MacOS - 

Fn+ENTER could be required. 

2

 If your sequencer hides the plugin window when the 

ESC button is pressed, simply click outside of the button 

area to undo the modification in progress. 

Summary of Contents for MercuryRec

Page 1: ...USER MANUAL ...

Page 2: ... INDEX Rectification from Another Planet 3 The perfect approach to circuit modeling 4 About db 2 4 GUI tooltips and Edit Mode 5 The Views 5 Controls 7 SET 8 TWEAK 10 The Renderer 11 Command Line Mode 12 ...

Page 3: ...was the inscription on the Pillars of Hercules Straits of Gibraltar This expression is used in French and Italian Rectification from Another Planet MercuryRec is a highly accurate reproduction of a preamp famous for its rectification modes which is despite of its undisputed reputation in the Heavy Metal environments capable of nearly any possible musical style With the original amp being used on c...

Page 4: ... put on the definition of the Non Linear Solver to get the maximum quality and realism without losing details in favor of performances Double Precision Non Linear Computing Our non plus ultra reproductions bring a completely new philosophy to the table being able to shape your tone by giving total access to the circuit components Managing each gain stage level shaping the tone stacks or modifying ...

Page 5: ...ltip based approach is to allow the update of the knobs status by using an Edit Mode The tooltip approach EDIT mode When using a state of the art system see minimum requirements in the product webpage the GUI is able to deliver more than 60 FPS at a reasonably low CPU usage for a super fluid knob tweaking and a hyper realistic meter response The Views Two 3 dimensional views are available with thi...

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Page 7: ... STACK Simply Bass Mid Treble as you would expect on a great amp There is one independent tone stack for each channel CHANNEL OUTPUT This knob represents the channel volume of the preamp Since it is part of the circuit it affects the general tone of the channel INPUT dB This knob adjusts the amount of signal entering the plugin and it can be used as a clean boost before the preamp The INPUT LEVEL ...

Page 8: ...value by using arrows digits and keys INSERT key is supported too INSERT status is recognizable by checking the cursor inside the tooltip means INSERT disabled _ means INSERT enabled After modifying the value press ENTER1 to commit or ESC2 to roll back to the latest value set before accessing the Edit Mode SET You can open the SET window to access the configuration settings for meters and ReSample...

Page 9: ...d more refined settings you can always select one of these profiles as a starting point and then switch to the Advanced mode to check the profile details and to fine tune them SET window OffLine tab OffLine tab The OffLine mode is set by your sequencer when you are bouncing a track or the complete mix If the elaboration time is not a constraint for you and you need to render hi gain guitars with t...

Page 10: ...esponse Minimum Phase or Linear Phase DownFilterTransBand This is the DownSampling Filter Transition Band in percent of the spectral space of the output signal between filter s 3 dB point and the Nyquist frequency If you are working at sample rates higher than 44100 48000Hz we suggest to increase it to 43 to have a smoother low pass filter without impacting the audible frequencies DownFilterType I...

Page 11: ...ode model Each channel can be tweaked independently while there can be only one triode model for all triodes TWEAK window NonLinearSolver tab NonLinearSolver tab Use this section to change characteristics of all the triodes in the channels The easiest way to tweak the triode characteristcs is to 1 Modify the name in the DtpFile textbox 2 Change one or more parameters of the triode model3 3 Press G...

Page 12: ...pe PCM Integer or Floating Point The RENDER button will be visible only when an existing input wave file and a valid output wave file name have been specified Renderer RENDER button Command Line Mode The Renderer can be executed in command line mode With this functionality multiple rendering sessions can be easily triggered in parallel by a Windows batch file To launch a render from the Command Pr...

Page 13: ...full path absolute or relative path name of the output wave file Reminder MercuryRecRenderer exe c presetFile drp input wav output wav Example of Prompt command Renderer Render in progress DiBiQuadro Audio S r l s P IVA 09771000966 Address Via Amendola 18 26815 Massalengo LO ITALY ...

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