BBE Sound BBE D82 SONIC MAXIMIZER - V2.0, D82 SONIC MAXIMIZER User Manual

BBE Sound D82 Sonic Maximizer

User Manual

Version 2.0

BBE Sound Inc.
5381 Production Drive
Huntington Beach
CA 92649, USA

INTRODUCTION

01 - User Manual / Table of Contents ........................................................................................................

02 - End User License Agreement .............................................................................................................

03 - Introduction / The BBE Process .........................................................................................................

AUTHORIZATION

04 - Authorization - iLok USB Smart Key ................................................................................................

05 - Authorization - Hard Disk - Challenge/Response ..............................................................................

06 - Authorization - DEMO (Hard Disk only) ...........................................................................................

SOFTWARE

07 - BBE Sound Presets Format .................................................................................................................

08 - D82 Sonic Maximizer Plug-In ............................................................................................................

09 - Usage and Tips ....................................................................................................................................

10 - System Requirements ..........................................................................................................................

11 - Known Issues .......................................................................................................................................

Terms of use and License Agreement for BBE Sound Inc. Software

END-USER LICENSE AGREEMENT ("EULA") FOR BBE Sound Inc. SOFTWARE

Please read this document carefully , and accept the following End User License Agreement. By downloading, installing, and/or using
BBE Sound Inc.Professional Audio Products, you agree to be bound by this Agreement.

1): DEFINITIONS

This License Agreement ("Agreement") is a legal agreement between you (either an individual or a single entity) and BBE Sound Inc..
("BBE Sound Inc.") for the BBE Sound Inc.product accompanying this Agreement, which includes computer software and may include associated
media, printed materials, and "online" or electronic materials(collectively the "Software"). By exercising your rights to make and use copies of the
Software, you agree to be bound by the terms of this Agreement. If you do not agree to the terms of this Agreement, you may not use the Software.
The Software is protected by copyright laws and international copyright treaties, as well as other intellectual property laws and treaties.
The Software is licensed, not sold.

2): LICENSE.

You may install and use a copy of the SOFTWARE, or in its place, any prior version for the same operating system, on a single computer.
The DEMO VERSION of the SOFTWARE is NOT LICENSED FOR COMMERCIAL USE.

3): COPYRIGHTS:

All title and copyrights in and to the SOFTWARE (including but not limited to any images, photographs, animations, video, audio, music, text, and
"applets" incorporated into the SOFTWARE), the accompanying printed materials are and shall remain the property of BBE Sound Inc., and
BBE Sound Inc.owns any copies of the SOFTWARE. Copyright laws and international treaty provisions protect the SOFTWARE. Unauthorized
reproduction or distribution of the SOFTWARE or documentation is subject to civil and criminal penalties.

4): RESTRICTIONS:

You may not transfer, modify, rent, lease, loan, resell, distribute, network, electronically transmit or merge the SOFTWARE. You may not reverse
engineer, decompile or disassemble the SOFTWARE, or otherwise attempt to discover the SOFTWARE source code. You are not permitted to
copy the SOFTWARE or any of the accompanying documentation.

5): AUTHORIZATION CODE:

The "BBE Sound Inc.Products" only functions when you are in the possession of an authorization code. You will receive an authorization code upon
completing the authorization code request procedure. Once your authorization code is activated, you may use the product.

6): DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY:

The SOFTWARE is provided "AS IS" and without warranty of any kind. The entire risk arising out of the use or performance of the SOFTWARE
and documentation remains with user. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, BBE Sound Inc.further disclaims all warranties,
either express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, with regard to
the SOFTWARE, and any accompanying hardware. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall BBE Sound Inc.be
liable for any consequential, incidental, direct, indirect, special, punitive, or other damages whatsoever (including, without limitation, damages for
loss of business profits, business interruption, loss of business information, or other pecuniary loss) arising out of this EULA or the use of or inability
to use the SOFTWARE, even if BBE Sound Inc.has been advised of the possibility of such damages. VIOLATION OF COPYRIGHT. If you violate
the copyright of any third party or parties in the process of creating a copyrighted work, you agree that the copyright on your work is invalidated,
forfeited, null and void. VIOLATION OF OTHER LICENSE. You may not violate the license agreement, in whole or in part, of this software or any
software or software component required for using the Software. You agree to allow BBE Sound Inc.to verify compliance by any means.

7): GENERAL:

This Agreement is the complete and exclusive statement of the mutual understanding of the parties and supersedes any other agreement relating
to the Software. This Agreement shall be construed pursuant to the laws of the State of California and the United States without regard to the
conflict of laws provisions thereof and without regard to the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods.
To the extent that US law is applicable, the restriction on reverse engineering is limited to prohibit such activity to the maximum extent without
violating the US Directive on the legal protection on computer programs. No waiver of any breach of any provision of this Agreement shall constitute
a waiver of any prior, concurrent or subsequent breach of the same or any other provisions hereof, and no waiver shall be effective unless made in
writing and signed by an authorized representative of BBE Sound Inc.. If any portion hereof is found to be void or unenforceable, the remaining
provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

BBE Sound Inc.
5381 Production Drive
Huntington Beach
CA 92649, USA

Introduction

For years professional musicians and engineers alike have used the Sonic Maximizer to
professional sound and extra sparkle that is so difficult to capture. Now you can access BBE
processing technology within the digital domain. BBE Sound advanced sonic processing
technology and proprietary algorithms have allowed us to create a plugin that boasts the
following features:

• High quality signal processing algorithms

• Full Automation for all parameters PC and Mac OS X

• Easy-to-use modern interface.

• Windows XP / Vista32 and Mac OS X (Intel & PPC) supported

• VST, AU and RTAS supported

• 24 bit / 192 kHz supported

The BBE Process

Loudspeakers have difficulty working with the electronic signals supplied by an amplifier.
These difficulties cause such major phase and amplitude distortion that the sound
reproduced by speaker differs significantly from the sound produced by the original source. In
the past, these problems proved unsolvable and were thus relegated to a position of
secondary importance in audio system design. However, phase and amplitude integrity is
essential to accurate sound reproduction.

Research shows that the information which the listener translates into the recognizable
characteristics of a live performance are intimately tied into complex time and amplitude
relationships between the fundamental and harmonic components of a given musical note or
sound. These relationships define a sound's “sound”. When these complex relationships pass
through a speaker, the proper order is lost. The higher frequencies are delayed. A lower
frequency may reach the listener's ear first or perhaps simultaneously with that of a higher
frequency. In some cases, the fundamental components may be so time-shifted that they
reach the listener's ear ahead of some or all of the harmonic components. This change in the
phase and amplitude relationship on the harmonic and fundamental frequencies is technically
called “envelope distortion.” The listener perceives this loss of sound integrity in the
reproduced sound as "muddy" and “smeared.”In the extreme, it can become difficult to tell
the difference between musical instruments, for example, an oboe and a clarinet.

BBE Sound, Inc. conducted extensive studies of numerous speaker systems over a ten year
period. With this knowledge, it became possible to identify the characteristics of an ideal
speaker and to distill the corrections necessary to return the fundamental and harmonic
frequency structures to their correct order. While there are differences among various
speaker designs in the magnitude of their correction, the overall pattern of correction needed
is remarkably consistent. The BBE Process is so unique that 42 patents have been awarded
by the U.S. Patent Office.

Authorization / iLok USB Smart Key

What is an iLok?

The iLok smart key enables you to carry all of your software licenses with you wherever you go using
a single key. iLok is portable, convenient and hassle free. Use your software at home, at the office, at
a studio, or at a friend's house.

Here's how it works:

1. Register online with us (Digital ID or Activation code required)

2. We will transfer your authorization to your iLok.com account. (require 24 hours)

3. You'll download your authorization from your iLok account to your iLok smart key.

Congratulation!, you can now use the software you bought wherever you go by using your iLok key.

Once registered online with us, we will deliver your license authorization electronically to your
iLok.com account.

Please follow the steps below to request an iLok authorization.

1) Go to http://nomadfactory.com/register/register_ilok.html to register online with us.

2) On the registration page, enter your Digital ID (product activation code or serial number) in the
Digital ID field, enter your iLok User ID in the iLok User ID (your iLok login name) field and complete
all required fields, when ready, click 'Submit'

NOTE: Allow us 24 hours to transfer your license authorization to your iLok account.

3) After receiving an email from us saying that your authorization is ready to be downloaded, go to

http://ilok.com to download your authorization to your iLok key.

SUPPORT via email:

http://www.nomadfactory.com/support/index.html