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System Requirements

Please make sure that you have the latest Interlok drivers installed!

All Versions

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Mac OS 10.4 (or higher) on a G3 or Intel CPU (or better), or
Windows XP (or higher) on a PIII CPU (or better)

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44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4 and 192 kHz sample rates are supported

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Mono and Stereo modes are supported. See “Multi­Channel Operation” for more 
information

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iLok USB key and the latest iLok drivers

 (available from www.ilok.com)

Native Version (VST/AU/RTAS) 

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Any VST, RTAS or AudioUnit compatible host application

Since external side chaining isn't officially supported by the VST plug­in format, there is no 
guarantee that external side chaining will work with your VST host. 

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Summary of Contents for fet compressor

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Page 2: ...COMPANY NAMES ARE TRADEMARKS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNERS AMP ROOM IS A REGISTERED TRADEMARK OF SOFTUBE AB SWEDEN SOFTUBE IS A REGISTERED TRADEMARK OF SOFTUBE AB SWEDEN ALL SPECIFICATIONS SUBJECT TO CHA...

Page 3: ...k and Release 11 Input and Gain Reduction VU meters 12 Output 13 Output Peak Meter 13 Detector Controls 14 Parallel Inject 18 Status Indicators 19 Controls Summary 20 Tweaking Tips 21 Multi Channel Op...

Page 4: ...stamps and paper to Softube AB S t Larsgatan 10c SE 582 24 Link ping Sweden Web www softube com E mail info softube com Phone 46 13 21 1623 9 am 5 pm CET Support On the Softube website www softube co...

Page 5: ...O N L I N E and have got the confirmation e mail the license will already be deposited in your iLok account 2 Make sure that you have the latest iLok drivers installed They can be found at http www i...

Page 6: ...the beginning With the help of digital technology we have added some useful features that still have that analogue sound but features that would ve been hard or even impossible to implement with analo...

Page 7: ...n the way of the usability The fewer knobs the better and the faster the user gets the sound they want the better This boils down to a single main objective Every user should be able to get a good sou...

Page 8: ...ve to feel bad if you never touch them People have managed to make hit records for 40 years without them Nevertheless they are extremely useful and soon you ll have a hard time understanding how you e...

Page 9: ...Just make sure that the O U T P U T P E A K meter doesn t indicate any clipping If it does just lower the Output volume a bit The Input knob also works as a threshold control More input gain will give...

Page 10: ...the labels to jump directly to those settings see Figure 5 All Buttons In Mode The A L L mode is a peculiarity found on this type of compressor Originally the different ratios were selected with push...

Page 11: ...e times are much slower ranging between 50 ms and 1 1 s Please note that these numbers only give a general idea of the attack and release times In practice and just like in the modeled hardware the at...

Page 12: ...mpressor has only one detector so if a stereo signal is present the gain reduction will be the same for both channels This prevents unwanted distortion of the stereo image If the Ratio knob is set at...

Page 13: ...st that allows level above 0 dB On TDM the plug in will digitally clip all signals above 0 dB on the output Output Peak Meter The output peak meter is a fast peak meter with hold values Single peak va...

Page 14: ...ur advanced knobs together and call them detector controls Common to all these controls is that they can be turned off by setting them in the O F F position Their status LED will light up when ever th...

Page 15: ...always use the regular input Use the External Side Chain knob to set the input volume of the external signal for instance the bass drum track A higher input volume will lead to more gain reduction jus...

Page 16: ...p the boominess of the bass drum but compress the cymbals and snare Set the Low Cut to 200 300 Hz so that the bass drum will get filtered out before it reaches the detector Please keep in mind that Lo...

Page 17: ...ctual transient has been delayed The Lookahead time corresponds to the total latency of the plug in The plug in will not report this latency to the host since almost no hosts support compensating for...

Page 18: ...on t get any problem with the Lookahead since the dry signal is delayed with the same delay time as the compressed signal Then the dry signal will be affected by the same analogue modeling mojo as the...

Page 19: ...it is possible to use the External Side Chain knob to set the amount of gain of the external signal to the detector In TDM RTAS it will light up whenever you have connected a side chain bus to the pl...

Page 20: ...ill make the cursor change to a pointing hand cursor Clicking the label will make the knob to immediately move to the corresponding position Keyboard Commands Use these key commands while changing a p...

Page 21: ...astest release time possible Try the Distortion presets The compressor isn t fast enough If you find that the Attack time isn t fast enough doesn t squash all the transients increase the Lookahead unt...

Page 22: ...me cool drum bus tricks Ok here are our favorites 1 Fat Bass Drum Apply heavy compression on your drum bus Increase the Low Cut knob until the bass drum doesn t trigger the compressor at about 200 300...

Page 23: ...T E R E O The Left and Right channels will be processed by the same detector just as if you had the stereo interconnect thingy connected to the original hardware How the different modes are selected...

Page 24: ...rent 2 2 The experienced reader will notice that some parts like the feedback connection of the compressor have been omitted in the illustration for the sake of clarity 24 Figure 17 Block diagram of t...

Page 25: ...2 kHz sample rates are supported Mono and Stereo modes are supported See Multi Channel Operation for more information iLok USB key and the latest iLok drivers available from www ilok com Native Versio...

Page 26: ...ported on Core For more info on CPU consumption and availability see the table below All sample rates are available in the RTAS and VENUE versions System Requirements Pro Tools HD with Pro Tools 7 0 o...

Page 27: ...work programming and graphic design Arvid Ros n framework programming Ulf Ekel f 3D rendering and graphics Dan Lumbye sound design Stefan Fand n feature hunter Thanks to Lars Nygaard and Anders Bech a...

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