Eventide 2016 STEREO ROOM User's Guide

Copyright 2017, Eventide Inc.
P/N: 141255, Rev 5
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I

Contents

1 Introduction 1

1.1 About This Product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

1.2 About This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

2 Registration, Activation, and Installation 3

2.1 Registering Your Plug-in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

2.2 Activating Your License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

2.3 Installing Your Plug-In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

2.4 Moving or Removing an Activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

3 2016 Stereo Room 5

3.1 About Reverb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

3.2 Control Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

3.3 Level Displays and Digital Clip LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

3.3.1 Level Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

3.3.2 Digital Clip LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

3.4 I/O Block and Kill Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

3.4.1 Input Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

3.4.2 Mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

3.4.3 Mix Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

3.4.4 Kill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

3.5 Reverb Control Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

3.5.1 Predelay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

3.5.2 Decay (RT60) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

3.5.3 Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

3.5.4 Diffusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

3.6 EQ Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

3.6.1 Low/High Gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

3.6.2 Low/High Frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

3.7 Preset Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

4 Conclusion 8

II

Chapter 1

Introduction

1.1 About This Product

2016 Stereo Room plug-in is a powerful audio engineering plug-in for Avid AAX, Apple Audio Units,
and Steinberg VST formats. 2016 Stereo Room brings you the legendary Stereo Room reverb algorithm
from the Eventide SP2016, a multi-effects box still prized today.

2016 Stereo Room features:

• Recreation of the Eventide SP2016 Stereo Room algorithm

• Reverb parameter controls including Predelay, Decay, Diffusion, and a unique Position control

• Low-pass and High-pass EQ controls

• Intuitive, easy to use GUI

1.2 About This Manual

While we’re very confident you’ll be able to use your new plug-in without reading this manual, we urge you
to have a quick look. There are several unique features and interesting options presented in 2016 Stereo
Room and a cursory glance will illuminate any features you may overlook. We’ll try to keep it all relevant
and highlight any tips or cool tricks for you. We also won’t cover much at all about the operation of your
plug-in host or the Macintosh or Windows environments, as their owner’s manuals or online help should
provide you with the answers you need. We’ve made every attempt to integrate the standard controls
and features from the major plug-in hosts into our 2016 Stereo Room plug-in so that you don’t have to

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