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USER MANUAL 

Summary of Contents for MercuryRec

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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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