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Summary of Contents for CHARACTER

Page 1: ...A D A P T I V E S O U N D S H A P I N G S O L U T I O N M A N U A L ...

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Page 3: ...TED 5 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 5 POWERCORE REQUIRED 5 PLUG IN VIEW 6 GENERAL PLUG IN CONTROLS 6 MODE 6 TARGET 7 CHARACTER 7 NO LATENCY MODE 7 METERING OPTIONS 8 LEVEL FALLBACK 8 PEAK HOLD 8 PEAK FALLBACK 8 CLIP HOLD 8 PRESET MANAGEMENT 9 PRESET FILE MENU 9 QUICK PRESET COMPARISON 9 COMPARISON KEY COMMANDS 10 DEFAULT PRESET LOCATIONS 10 GETTING THE BEST RESULTS WITH CHARACTER 11 Version1 6 ...

Page 4: ...S LTD ALL PRODUCT AND COMPANY NAMES ARE TRADEMARKS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNERS VST IS A TRADEMARK OF STEINBERG A G AUDIO UNITS IS A TRADEMARK OF APPLE COMPUTER ALL SPECIFICATIONS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION Noveltech CHARACTERTM is distributed by TC Electronic If you would like to get in touch with TC please e mail info tcelectronic com Altern...

Page 5: ... issues are stored in a database searchable by prod uct category keywords or phrases Under the section My Stuff you can login to check the status of your questions download materials such as product manuals software updates and new presets This site has been specifically designed to meet the needs of our users We constantly update the database and you will find the site to be a vast and instant re...

Page 6: ...erties of the input material in a highly time varying sense CHARACTERTM intelligently identifies and enhances the characteristics in audio material that are pleasing to the human ear One example of such character istics is the time related attack and decay properties of the signal s transients The processing is non linear and highly dependent on the source material s original con tent aiming to en...

Page 7: ...ion System must meet requirements of the host application MAC OS X POWERCORE PCI or FIREWIRE running system 1 9 3 or later Mac OS X 10 2 or higher G4 800 MHz or faster 256 MB RAM Any VST or AudioUnits compatible host application System must meet requirements of the host application POWERCORE REQUIRED The CHARACTERTM Plug In requires POWERCORE hardware available in your system This Plug In will NOT...

Page 8: ...the low to the high fre quency region and Character adjusts the amount of processing MODE There are three different modes in the CHARACTERTM algorithm which are used to select the type of characteristics to be enhanced Mode 1 is optimised for percussive instruments and vocals Mode 2 is optimised for guitars and synths Mode 3 is optimized for bass guitar and pads TIP While all modes can be used for...

Page 9: ...female voice Furthermore the fre quency range of the characterization for each string of a bass guitar will be different in order to achieve a similar level and type of characterization in a perceived sense CHARACTER The character parameter sets the amount of processing NO LATENCY MODE By default the NO LATENCY mode is disabled In CHARACTERTM the NO LATENCY mode can be engaged by clicking the Powe...

Page 10: ...HOLD The Peak Hold option adjusts the time that the maximum peak value is displayed in the meter The hold time range in seconds is 5 2 1 or None PEAK FALLBACK The Peak Fallback parameter sets the speed of the peak level indication to fall back to the current peak level after the hold time is over 20dB s is the fastest setting 3dB s is the slowest setting CLIP HOLD The Clip Hold option adjusts the ...

Page 11: ...ollowing options are available from the File menu LOADING A PRESET By selecting Load you can navigate to any folder on the system that you have read access to including any shared folder By default these will be loaded from the default location for CHARACTER presets Only presets located in the default file loca tion will appear in CHARACTER s pop up preset menu SAVING A PRESET By selecting Save yo...

Page 12: ... you can find the CHARACTER presets which are stored in a folder unique to each plug in MAC OS X Files are stored in your user folder Library Application Support Noveltech Character Refers to your user folder Users Your Name WINDOWS Files are stored on the Windows OS hard drive TCWorks Powercore Noveltech Character Refers to the path for your System Hard Drive Program Files To delete a file simply...

Page 13: ...mple getting the high frequency snap added to your kick drum has never been easier just select Mode 1 and twist the target knob towards the higher frequency range until you hear the desired result Mode 2 is tuned for guitars and synths whereas Mode 3 is designed mainly for electric bass All of the modes can be used for any type of input material depending on what type of characterization is requir...

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