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CORE Operation Manual v1.0 (March 2018) 

© 2018 Reasonistas, LLC. All rights reserved 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for Core ReLation

Page 1: ...CORE Operation Manual v1 0 March 2018 2018 Reasonistas LLC All rights reserved ...

Page 2: ...Power Button 5 B Audio Goniometer 5 C Hue Color Knob 5 D Audio Output Meter 5 E PEAK and VU Toggle Text 5 LSR Toggle Switch 6 Right Gain Knob 6 Right Pan Knob 6 Right Invert Phase Toggle Switch 7 Global Width Knob HASS Effect Knob 7 CORE back panel overview 8 Audio Jacks 8 Control Voltage CV Global Inputs 8 Control Voltage CV Channel Inputs 8 Using CORE 9 12 Out of Phase Reading 9 In Phase Reading...

Page 3: ... are Reasonistas We are here to support the entire Reason community About Lab One Recordings Lab One Recordings http lab one recordings co uk rack extensions is an independent digital music label plus an audio plugin developer company and sound design company founded by Matt Fresha From all aspects of electronic music Lab One Recordings strives to supply the cream of the crop products for all your...

Page 4: ...sing and stereo imaging issues to ensure a properly balanced mix As with our SideChain ReAction Enveloper CORE is another multipurpose rack extension as CORE is in fact 4 capable devices rolled into a single plug in 1 Ultra precise Phase Correlation Meter 2 Audio Goniometer Vectorscope 3 Stereo Width Processer 4 HAAS Effect In addition CORE is more versatile and capable than similar VST plugins th...

Page 5: ...o 0 Out of Phase Yellow LED 0 Normal Width Stereo Green LED 0 to 1 In Phase A steady red LED reading indicates a reduced degree of mono compatibility so certain sounds will get attenuated quieter or canceled when a stereo signal is summed into a mono signal The widest permissible left and right divergence will generally display a fluctuating yellow LED reading around 0 which is typically the wides...

Page 6: ...nob The Left Gain Knob independently controls the gain of the left input channel signal By default it is set to 0 0dB 12 o clock position unity gain 24 0dB to the left position and 24 0dB to the right position Ctrl click Win or Cmd click Mac to return to the default 0 0dB 12 o clock position unity gain 6 Left Pan Knob The Left Pan Knob independently controls the left right pan position of the left...

Page 7: ...eter The Audio Output Meter is available in PEAK and VU RMS mode In PEAK Mode the meter response is 0 ms for both rise and fall which means that this mode provides the most accurate representation of the signal level over time Since the fall time is 0 ms it could be quite distracting to the eyes to watch the meters in PEAK mode The peak segment the topmost LED segment indicating the highest level ...

Page 8: ...set to 100 0 for full stereo When the LSR Toggle Switch is set to either L or R these modes convert the Global Width Knob into a HAAS effect to widen an otherwise mono signal See point 13 on page 7 for more details 10 Right Gain Knob The Right Gain Knob independently controls the gain of the right input channel signal By default it is set to 0 0dB 12 o clock position unity gain 24 0dB to the right...

Page 9: ...position which represents the normal width of a stereo signal Decreasing the global width narrows the stereo spread Global width at 0 0 is summed mono total correlation totally in phase 1 In some mixes widening the stereo field to 200 is ideal for pads piano hi hats background vocals etc HASS Effect The Global Width Knob becomes a HAAS effect when the LSR Toggle Switch is set to either L Left posi...

Page 10: ...bal Pan Knob and Global Width HASS Effect Knob You can attenuate these CV input signals with their corresponding attenuation knob 3 Control Voltage CV Channel Inputs CoreReLation Phase Analyzer includes 4 channel CV inputs to modulate the independent Left and Right Gain and Pan Knobs You can attenuate any of these CV input signals with their corresponding attenuation knob Note The polarity buttons...

Page 11: ...ix is out of phase and certain sounds may get attenuated quieter or canceled when the entire mix is summed into a mono signal This should be avoided Out of Phase Horizontal S Axis Here is an extreme example of phasing issues in which the phase correlation meter is sitting to the far left at 1 red zone and the goniometer is a thin shape centered on the horizontal S axis This occurs when the left an...

Page 12: ...o make smarter panning decisions on each mix channel ensuring you have a balanced stereo mix verified by CORE s Phase Correlation Meter and Goniometer In Phase Correlated The Sweet Spot A well correlated stereo mix will be an ovular shape tall and narrow and centered on the vertical M axis Here we ve achieved a good overall balance between channels Of course the shape will vary in width and height...

Page 13: ...ut to the Spider Audio Merger left and right input 2 4 Connect the Spider Audio Merger output to CORE s left and right audio inputs Mixer Settings 5 In the Master Inserts FX Return section turn down the FX Return Level to 0 dB 6 In the Mixer s Fader section turn down the Control Room Level to 0 dB 7 At this point you can turn on the FX Send 8 on single or multiple mix sub group channels to analyze...

Page 14: ...l to visually analyze the master bus only This technique allows us to analyze individual mix sub group channels or the master bus channel with a single instance of CoreReLation Phase Analyzer By doing this we can make smart panning and mixing decisions along the way or at the mastering stage to identify and remedy phase issues and ensure a properly balanced stereo mix that will translate well in a...

Page 15: ...of values usually 0 127 The MIDI Spec makes 128 different continuous controllers available for each MIDI channel The table below presents a summary of CORE s MIDI Implementation codes in decimal form 12 GLOBALPAN 13 GLOBALWIDTH 14 SWAPCHANNELS 15 MODE 16 PHASEINV_L 17 PHASEINV_R 18 GAINLEFT 19 GAINRIGHT 20 PANLEFT 21 PANRIGHT 22 HUE ...

Page 16: ...Remote Map template for Reasonistas CoreRelation Scope Reasonistas com reasonistas CORE Control Surface Item Key Remotable Item Scale Mode Map _control_ Global Pan Map _control_ Global Width Map _control_ Source Inputs Map _control_ Monitor Mode Map _control_ Phase Invert Left Map _control_ Phase Invert Right Map _control_ Gain Left Map _control_ Gain Right Map _control_ Pan Left Map _control_ Pan...

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