McDowell Signal Processing, LLC
Chrome Tone
Guitar Amp Modeling and Effects
User’s Manual
Page 1: ...McDowell Signal Processing LLC Chrome Tone Guitar Amp Modeling and Effects User s Manual...
Page 2: ...in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of McDowell Signal Processing Limited Liability Company This document may not in whole or part be c...
Page 3: ...k Configuration 16 The Chrome Tone About Box 16 General Information 16 Control Linking 17 The Meters 17 Automation 17 Presets Using the Presets and Making Your Own 17 Chapter 4 Using the Chrome Tone p...
Page 4: ...is McDSP s Chrome Tone License Agreement warranty will be that McDowell Signal Processing Limited Liability Company will at its option replace any defective media McDowell Signal Processing Limited Li...
Page 5: ...se gate compression and sustain circuits low cut filters shelving and parametric EQ a guitar cabinet simulator great for direct recording and a reverb The Chrome Tone Wah has much more than the standa...
Page 6: ...s See http www digidesign com compato for more specific information The McDSP Mac versions are compatible with both Intel and PowerPC based computers The McDSP XP versions require an Intel Pentium 4 o...
Page 7: ...a local folder on your system Insert the McDSP HD Disk Native Disk or LE Disk CDROM onto an available CDROM drive Navigate to the Chrome Tone plug in folder on the CDROM the installer application is c...
Page 8: ...er and those steps are detailed in the following sections Note that after installing new versions of the PACE iLok drivers with the Chrome Tone plug in installer you will be prompted by the Chrome Ton...
Page 9: ...If you choose to register your iLok USB Smart Key at iLok com care must be taken to record your ilok com account information i e write down your User ID and Password in a safe place If your iLok com a...
Page 10: ...ards you not down You should be able to visually verify that the License Chip makes contact with the iLok USB Smart Key metal card reader The green LED in the iLok USB Smart Key will light when it is...
Page 11: ...o is currently working at a particular studio If that person should leave the company that purchased the Chrome Tone plug in it is the company s responsibility to notify us in writing that they need t...
Page 12: ...Amp also includes a full featured noise gate compression and sustain circuits low cut filters shelving and parametric EQ a guitar cabinet simulator great for direct recording and a reverb Six distort...
Page 13: ...a compressor and sustainer to further amplify and compress the incoming signal The Compression controls are Threshold the level in dB at which the compression starts Response the rate at which the co...
Page 14: ...Wah or other selected filter is determined by the Depth control The amount of affect the envelope follower has on the Auto section s LFO Rate Shape or Depth is determined by the Mod control Inputs to...
Page 15: ...he Wah controls are Shape the mix between two selected LFO waveforms The two shapes can be selected from popup menus on either side of the Shape control The second shape can also be a multiple of the...
Page 16: ...ms The About Box can be accessed by clicking the version text in the user interface of any Chrome Tone configuration Fig 3 14 Chrome Tone About Box General Information To adjust any of the controls in...
Page 17: ...omation All Chrome Tone controls are completely automatable See the Digidesign Pro Tools Reference Guide Automating plug ins section Presets Using the Presets and Making Your Own The Chrome Tone prese...
Page 18: ...me Tone Amp The Chrome Tone Amp incorporates the essential elements of a guitar amplification system into a single interface Cabinet simulation multiple distortion types noise gating compression and s...
Page 19: ...es and no more signal is outputted Attack the rate at which the gate opens Hold the amount of time the gate remains open once signal level rises above the Threshold Release the rate at which the gate...
Page 20: ...distortion modes The Drive control articulates the color of the distortion allowing the selection of the portion of the frequency spectrum incurring more distortion EQ Reverb and Cabinet Simulation Th...
Page 21: ...olo gain or Chorus delay length Fig 4 2 Chrome Tone Wah Configuration from Stack Wah page Dynamic Section The Dynamic section acts as an envelope follower with adjustable attack and decay times A thre...
Page 22: ...rollers 1 128 can also be selected as the Dynamic section input An innovative way to sync the wah or other filter frequency modulation to MIDI beat clock is to use already synced MIDI data as the Dyna...
Page 23: ...molo uses the same Dynamic and Auto sections found in the Wah configuration to modulate the gain in its tremolo circuit For a detailed description of the Dynamic and Auto sections refer to the Closer...
Page 24: ...ue between 20 and 70 Using a delay length between 5 and 10 a significant flange effect is heard as the Auto section is enabled and the Depth control is set to a value between 25 and 50 Note how using...
Page 25: ...s found in the individual configurations to modulate the gain in its tremolo circuit For a detailed description of the Dynamic and Auto sections refer to the Closer Look at the Chrome Tone Wah portion...
Page 26: ...e configurations have few common controls Amp Trem Wah or Chorus presets imported into a Stack configuration will only affect the Amp Trem Wah or Chorus sections of the Stack DAE Error 7450 While Proc...
Page 27: ...oothing setting in Windows XP To set the fonts back to Standard font smoothing right click the Desktop select Properties select Appearance tab select Effects and change the Use the following method to...
Page 28: ...ied to the signal after compression RELEASE 25 to 5000 msec Rate at which the sustainer action occurs Yellow S LED is lit when sustainer is active TYPE popup 2 1 4 1 8 1 ratio Ratio of input to output...
Page 29: ...r This allows one channel to increase the Wah filter or other filter frequency while the other channel decreases the frequency INPUT Input audio side chain audio MIDI note MIDI velocity MIDI controlle...
Page 30: ...tings Function MIX 0 to 100 The amount of dry unaffected signal and wet tremolo d signal RANGE 0 to 100 Overall modulation range from both the Dynamic and Auto sections Chrome Tone Specifications Wah...
Page 31: ...h Stack shown The Chrome Tone Amp incorporates the essential elements of a guitar amplification system into a single interface Cabinet simulation multiple distortion types noise gating compression and...
Page 32: ...d keyboards and a variety of other instruments The beating or volume movements can add life to an otherwise dull performance The Chorus effect is the modulation a set of delay lines to create a more s...
Page 33: ...configurations use a varying amount of dsp resources for each Chrome Tone configuration The table below is a listing of these dsp usages The DSP Allocator utility provided by Digidesign or the DSP Us...
Page 34: ...8 Tremolo 7 14 Stack 1 2 For HD systems Chrome Tone supports all higher sample rates 96 kHz only However due to the dsp usage of some of the larger Chrome Tone configurations not all configurations ar...
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