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5.13.5 

Fluctuation ....................................................................................................24 

5.13.6 

Odd ...............................................................................................................25 

5.13.7 

Even..............................................................................................................25 

5.14  Thermal noise emulation.......................................................................................25 

5.14.1 

Off/On...........................................................................................................25 

5.15  Additional routing options.....................................................................................26 
5.16  Plugin menu..........................................................................................................27 

5.16.1 

About ............................................................................................................27 

5.16.2 

Open manual .................................................................................................27 

5.16.3 

Check version................................................................................................27 

5.16.4 

Change log ....................................................................................................27 

5.16.5 

Enable tooltips...............................................................................................27 

5.16.6 

Reset GUI Scale ............................................................................................27 

5.16.7 

Set Min GUI Scale ........................................................................................27 

5.16.8 

Hide Knob Overly Text .................................................................................27 

5.16.9 

Enable EQ component tolerances ..................................................................27 

5.16.10 

Force Mono Mode .....................................................................................27 

5.16.11 

Clip Position..............................................................................................27 

5.16.12 

AB-LM Lite Start Position.........................................................................27 

5.16.13 

AB-LM Lite End Position..........................................................................28 

5.16.14 

Set smart silence processing globally.........................................................28 

5.17  Background themes...............................................................................................28 

AB-LM Lite..................................................................................................................29 

Smart silence processing (SSP) .....................................................................................30 

Demo mode versus Registered Mode ............................................................................30 

Plugin activation...........................................................................................................30 

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Conclusion................................................................................................................30 

Summary of Contents for CS-5501 V2

Page 1: ...CS 5501 V2 CHANNEL STRIP MANUAL 2022...

Page 2: ...Input phase 9 5 4 3 Link input output fader 9 5 4 4 Link output to input fader VST2 VST3 AU 10 5 5 AB LM Lite 10 5 6 AB LM Lite gain freeze 10 5 7 Routing 10 5 8 EQ 11 5 8 1 EQ Module selector 11 5 8...

Page 3: ...1 4 Solo 19 5 11 5 Stereo placement 19 5 11 6 Side chain options 19 5 11 7 Filter type 20 5 11 8 Narrow band wide band 20 5 11 9 Listen 20 5 11 10 Threshold 20 5 11 11 Q 20 5 11 12 Frequency 20 5 11 1...

Page 4: ...5 Enable tooltips 27 5 16 6 Reset GUI Scale 27 5 16 7 Set Min GUI Scale 27 5 16 8 Hide Knob Overly Text 27 5 16 9 Enable EQ component tolerances 27 5 16 10 Force Mono Mode 27 5 16 11 Clip Position 27...

Page 5: ...lation HQ over sampling signal overshot protection linkable input output fader including phase inversion module parameter link extended metering input output gain reduction Peak RMS EBU and VU percept...

Page 6: ...compressor limiter gate expander de esser modules saturation and thermal noise emulation All modules have stereo placement options and are freely routable Some of the effect modules have external sid...

Page 7: ...X 10 11 Metal GFX card SSE2 CPU Win 32 64 Bit VST 32 64 Bit VST3 32 64 Bit AAX OS X 64 Bit VST 64 Bit VST3 64 Bit AU 64 Bit AAX Tested with Cockos Reaper Steinberg Cubase Nuendo Wavelab 6 FL Studio 12...

Page 8: ...trough all factory presets The parameter randomizer modifies the current parameter set on a random base only active modules 5 2 Meter section 5 2 1 Meter Left Right IN OUT VU meter with standard balli...

Page 9: ...post or pre fader Please refer to chapter 5 15 5 3 2 Over sampling Incoming signal could be over sampled up to 2 or 4 times Over sampling reduces magnitude phase distortions near Nyquist frequency an...

Page 10: ...ing This section controls the order of the individual modules Left click the slot where you want to change the effect and select the new effect from the drop down menu Shift left click just calls the...

Page 11: ...normal digital filters 5 8 1 EQ Module selector Select EQ1 EQ2 module from drop down menu 5 8 2 Off On Enables the module 5 8 3 Solo Solos the module Shift mouse click resets solo states of all module...

Page 12: ...C TBProaudio 2022 Page 12 of 30 5 8 7 HF LF Peak shelf filter with adjustable Q factor 5 8 8 HMF MF LMF Peak filter with adjustable Q factor...

Page 13: ...ical compressor and its compression behavior is based on RMS with slow attack and release FET 1 offers a compressor ratio much closer to the original 5 9 1 Effect module selector Select effect module...

Page 14: ...filter cut off frequency 5 9 6 5 Link Toggles linkage of LC and HC frequency 5 9 7 Compressor type VCA FET or OPTO design 5 9 8 Threshold Sets threshold value in dBFS 5 9 9 Attack Sets attack time in...

Page 15: ...of 30 5 9 12 Ratio Sets compression ratio 5 9 13 Output Sets output volume in dB 5 9 14 Mix Set mixing ratio of compressed and original signal from 0 dry 100 wet 5 9 15 Gain reduction meter Shows cur...

Page 16: ...Parameter link Links parameter of gate 1 and 2 5 10 4 Solo Solos the module Shift mouse click resets solo states of all modules 5 10 5 Stereo placement The stereo placement of the effect can be chang...

Page 17: ...sets filter slope Frequency sets filter cut off frequency 5 10 6 5 Link Toggles linkage of LC and HC frequency 5 10 7 Gate Expander mode switch Toggles between gate and expander mode 5 10 8 Threshold...

Page 18: ...0 11 Release Set release time in ms Higher values make the gate expander longer open 5 10 12 Range Variable range in dB In gate mode min value 72dB is treated as range off 5 10 13 Attenuation meter Sh...

Page 19: ...wn menu 5 11 2 Off On Enables the module 5 11 3 Parameter link Links parameter of de esser 1 and 2 5 11 4 Solo Solos the module Shift mouse click resets solo states of all modules 5 11 5 Stereo placem...

Page 20: ...C and HC frequency 5 11 7 Filter type Low shelf bell high shelf filter type 5 11 8 Narrow band wide band In wideband WB mode the de esser reacts on events in the full frequency range in narrowband mod...

Page 21: ...release time in seconds Higher values make the compressor longer working 5 11 15 Ratio Set compression ratio 5 11 16 Gain Set static filter gain in dB 5 11 17 Output Sets output volume in dB 5 11 18...

Page 22: ...atency which is usually compensated by the DAW 5 12 1 Effect module selector Select effect module from drop down menu 5 12 2 Off On Enables the module 5 12 3 Parameter link Links parameter of limiter...

Page 23: ...0 5 12 7 Release Sets the release time in ms 5 12 8 Auto release Enables program dependent release time calculation 5 12 9 Ceiling Set the maximum output level in dBFS 5 12 10 Gain reduction meter Sho...

Page 24: ...odd and even harmonics 5 13 1 Effect module selector Select effect module from drop down menu 5 13 2 Off On Enables the module 5 13 3 Tube Character Select either clean warm crisp classic saturation...

Page 25: ...odd harmonics added to the signal in percent 5 13 7 Even Controls the amount of even harmonics added to the signal in percent 5 14Thermal noise emulation CS 5501 provides a module to emulate thermal...

Page 26: ...clip module can be positioned either pre or post out fader The clip module in pre position can be used then as creative effect The start and end position of AB LM Lite can be freely set to cover eith...

Page 27: ...f you want to keep it old school 5 16 9 Enable EQ component tolerances Enables emulation of components of EQ section currently experimental 5 16 10 Force Mono Mode CS 5501 detects current channel conf...

Page 28: ...to chapter 5 15 additional routing options 5 16 14 Set smart silence processing globally Propagates smart silence processing setting to all DSEQ instances including SSP custom threshold This functions...

Page 29: ...ou automatically minimize the loudness either quickly mode fast or gently mode slow The target symbol top right of the fader sections freezes the last AB LM Lite gain and switches AB LM Lite off This...

Page 30: ...be circumvented by clicking on the TBProAudio logo within 90 seconds 9 Plugin activation The plugins needs to be registered activated to remove demo restrictions Please go to www tb proaudio de to pu...

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