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DVR250 User Manual
1. Introduction
DVR250 is a groundbreaking reverb unit that brings the iconic EMT 250 Electronic
Reverberator to your DAW. With its original fusion of hardware and software
features, it captures the amazing vintage sound and unique tactile controls of
one of the best-sounding reverb e
ffects ever designed.
The algorithm hails from our celebrated high-end processor platform, the triple
TEC Award-winning System 6000, and offers a sound quality second to none.
For nearly 20 years its sonic magic and depth has been put to the test by brilliant
mixing engineers and musicians around the world, and has shone its vintage
light on countless music, TV and film projects.
The DVR250 is available both as a pure Native plug-in and with the optional
Desktop Controller as part of the TC ICON series. With their superior algorithms,
fun and intuitive hardware controls and seamless DAW integration, the TC ICON
modules are great additions to any modern studio environment.
Recreating the classic
The development of our emulation has been a process extending several years,
with the goal of recreating the EMT 250. As part of our extensive research,
we tracked down two of the few original units that have survived years of wear
and tear. Fortunately they were both particularly great-sounding units!
After refurbishing and measuring the two units, our cross-disciplinary team
refined and polished the algorithm to make sure the DVR250 captures all
the nuances that made the original stand out, down to the most minute
spectral characteristics.
On top of recreating the legendary reverb sound, we also included the five
additional effects that the original boasted, namely chorus, echo, delay, phasing
and space.
Making the DVR250 involved engineers and specialists within a multitude of
design disciplines:
Hardware technical:
What was the precision of the converters and how were they implemented in
the 80s with regard to emphasis, block scaling, linearity, filters et cetera? How
much processing and RAM was available in the original unit? What was the
sample rate?
Software technical:
Which kind of processing was done in the discrete circuitry, and what type of
truncation and noise floor artifacts would result? How could the low sample
rate be mimicked precisely, and how could all of this be transferred to a modern
native processing platform?
Perceptual:
Making sure the qualities of the original processor was preserved. Sweet
modulation, spectral characteristics, spaciousness, distortion, saturation etc.
Hundreds of hours spent listening and measuring!
User:
The four basic parameters of the EMT 250 were carefully laid out, offering a
remarkably simple user interface with complex, yet optimized interactions under
the hood. DVR250-DT is a resemblance of that including range and coarseness
of parameters.
About this manual
Read this manual to learn how to install and use your TC Electronic DVR250 reverb
unit. This manual is only available in PDF format from the TC Electronic website.
To get the most from this manual, please read it from start to finish, or you may
miss important information.
To download the most current version of this manual, visit the web page:
www.tcelectronic.com/Categories/c/Tcelectronic/Downloads
If you still have questions about your TC Electronic product after reading its
manual, please get in touch with TC Support:
www.tcelectronic.com/brand/tcelectronic/support
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