Pinnacle Systems Pro Tools - 11.0 User's Guide

Audio Plug-Ins Guide

Version 11.0

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Contents

Part I Introduction to Pro Tools Plug-Ins

Chapter 1. Audio Plug-Ins Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Plug-In Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Avid Audio Plug-Ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Using Plug-Ins in Pro Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Conventions Used in Pro Tools Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

System Requirements and Compatibility for Plug-Ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

About www.avid.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Chapter 2. Installing and Authorizing Avid Paid Plug-Ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Authorizing Avid Audio Plug-Ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Installing Plug-Ins for Pro Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Removing Plug-Ins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Chapter 3. Adjusting Plug-In Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Dragging Plug-In Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Editing Control Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Dragging in Graphic Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Adjusting Controls with Fine Resolution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Resetting Controls to Default Values. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Part II EQ Plug-Ins

Chapter 4. EQ III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

EQ III Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Adjusting EQ III Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

EQ III I/O Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

EQ III EQ Band Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

1-Band EQ III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

7-Band EQ III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

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Chapter 5. Focusrite D2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

D2 Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

D2 Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Using D2 in Stereo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Chapter 6. JOEMEEK VC5 Meequalizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

JOEMEEK Meequalizer Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Chapter 7. Pultec Plug-Ins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Pultec EQP-1A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Pultec EQH-2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Pultec MEQ-5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Pultec Tips and Tricks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Part III Dynamics Plug-Ins

Chapter 8. BF-2A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

BF-2A Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Using the BF-2A Side-Chain Filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

BF-2A Tips and Tricks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Chapter 9. BF-3A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

BF-3A Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

BF-3A Tips and Tricks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Chapter 10. BF76 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

BF76 Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

BF76 Tips and Tricks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Chapter 11. Channel Strip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Channel Strip Sections and Panes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Channel Strip Input Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Channel Strip Output Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Channel Strip FX Chain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Channel Strip Dynamics Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Channel Strip EQ/Filters Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

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Chapter 12. Dynamics III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Dynamics III Common Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Compressor/Limiter III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Expander/Gate III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

De-Esser III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Dynamics III Side-Chain Input. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Chapter 13. Fairchild Plug-Ins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Fairchild 660 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Fairchild 670 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Chapter 14. Focusrite D3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

D3 Compressor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

D3 Limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

D3 Side-Chain Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Using D3 in Stereo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

D3 Common Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

D3 Compressor Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

D3 Limiter Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Using the Side-Chain Input in D3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Chapter 15. Impact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Impact Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Using the Impact Compressor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Chapter 16. JOEMEEK SC2 Compressor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

JOEMEEK Compressor Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

JOEMEEK Compressor Tips and Tricks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Chapter 17. Maxim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

About Peak Limiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

How Maxim Differs From Conventional Limiters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Maxim Controls and Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Using Maxim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Maxim and Mastering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

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Chapter 18. Pro Compressor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Pro Compressor Metering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Pro Compressor Input Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Pro Compressor Output Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Pro Compressor Dynamics Graph. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Pro Compressor Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Pro Compressor Side-Chain Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Chapter 19. Pro Expander . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Pro Expander Metering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Pro Expander Input Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Pro Expander Output Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Pro Expander Dynamics Graph. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Pro Expander Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Pro Expander Side-Chain Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Chapter 20. Pro Limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Pro Limiter Metering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Pro Limiter Input Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Pro Limiter Output Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Pro Limiter Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Pro Limiter Loudness Numeric Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Pro Limiter Histogram and Loudness Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

AudioSuite Processing with Pro Limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

AudioSuite Processing with Pro Limiter Loudness Analyzer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Chapter 21. Purple Audio MC77 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Purple Audio MC77 Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Chapter 22. Smack! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Smack! Controls and Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Using the Smack! Side-Chain Input. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

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Part IV Pitch and Time Shift Plug-Ins

Chapter 23. Time Shift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Time Shift Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

AudioSuite Input Modes and Time Shift. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

AudioSuite Preview and Time Shift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Time Shift as AudioSuite TCE Plug-In Preference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Processing Audio Using Time Shift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Post Production Pull Up and Pull Down Tasks with Time Shift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Chapter 24. Vari-Fi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Vari-Fi Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Part V Reverb Plug-Ins

Chapter 25. D-Verb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

D-Verb Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Selections for D-Verb AudioSuite Processing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Chapter 26. Reverb One. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

About Reverb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Reverb One Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Reverb One Graphs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Other Reverb One Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Chapter 27. ReVibe II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Using ReVibe II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Dragging in the Graphic Display to Adjust Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

ReVibe II Input and Output Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

ReVibe II Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

ReVibe II Decay EQ Graph. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

ReVibe II Decay Color Graph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

ReVibe II Contour Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

ReVibe II Room Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

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Part VI Delay Plug-Ins

Chapter 28. Mod Delay III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Mod Delay III Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Selections for Mod Delay III AudioSuite Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Chapter 29. Moogerfooger Analog Delay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Moogerfooger Analog Delay Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Moogerfooger Analog Delay Tips and Tricks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Chapter 30. Tel-Ray Variable Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Tel-Ray Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Tel-Ray Tips and Tricks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Chapter 31. TimeAdjuster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

TimeAdjuster Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Using TimeAdjuster for Manual Delay Compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

When to Compensate for Delays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Part VII Modulation Plug-Ins

Chapter 32. Moogerfooger Lowpass Filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Moogerfooger Lowpass Filter Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Moogerfooger Lowpass Filter Tips and Tricks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Chapter 33. Moogerfooger 12-Stage Phaser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Moogerfooger 12-Stage Phaser Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Moogerfooger 12-Stage Phaser Tips and Tricks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Chapter 34. Moogerfooger Ring Modulator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Moogerfooger Ring Modulator Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Moogerfooger Ring Modulator Tips and Tricks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Chapter 35. Reel Tape Flanger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Reel Tape Common Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

Reel Tape Flanger Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

Synchronizing Reel Tape Flanger to Session Tempo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

Reel Tape Flanger Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Reel Tape Flanger Presets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

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Chapter 36. Sci-Fi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Sci-Fi Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Chapter 37. Voce Plug-Ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Voce Chorus/Vibrato . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Voce Spin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Part VIII Harmonic Plug-Ins

Chapter 38. Eleven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Eleven Input Calibration and QuickStart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

Using Eleven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

Eleven Tips and Suggestions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

Eleven Signal Flow Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

Chapter 39. Lo-Fi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

Lo-Fi Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

Chapter 40. Recti-Fi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Recti-Fi Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Chapter 41. Reel Tape Saturation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Reel Tape Common Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Reel Tape Saturation Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

Reel Tape Saturation Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

Reel Tape Saturation Presets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

Chapter 42. SansAmp PSA-1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

PSA-1 Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

PSA-1 Tips and Tricks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

Part IX Dither Plug-Ins

Chapter 43. Dither. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Dither Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Chapter 44. POW-r Dither . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

POW-r Dither Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

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Part X Sound Field Plug-Ins

Chapter 45. AutoPan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

AutoPan Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

Using AutoPan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

Chapter 46. Down Mixer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251

Source. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

Downmix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

Part XI Instrument Plug-Ins

Chapter 47. Click II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

Click II Controls and Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

Creating a Click Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256

Chapter 48. ReWire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257

ReWire Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

Using ReWire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

MIDI Automation with ReWire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

Quitting ReWire Client Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263

Session Tempo and Meter Changes and ReWire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263

Looping Playback with ReWire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264

Automating Input Switching with ReWire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264

Part XII Other Plug-Ins

Chapter 49. InTune . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

InTune Controls and Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

InTune Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

Using InTune . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

Chapter 50. MasterMeter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

Master Meter Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

Using MasterMeter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

MasterMeter Controls and Displays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

Chapter 51. Signal Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

Signal Generator Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

AudioSuite Processing with Signal Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

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Chapter 52. SoundReplacer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282

Audio Replacement Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282

SoundReplacer Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

Using SoundReplacer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286

Getting Optimum Results with SoundReplacer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287

Using the Audio Files Folder for Frequently Used SoundReplacer Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289

Chapter 53. Trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290

Trim Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290

Chapter 54. Other AudioSuite Plug-In Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291

DC Offset Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291

Duplicate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292

Gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292

Invert. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293

Normalize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293

Reverse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295

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Part I: Introduction to

Pro Tools Plug-Ins

Chapter 1: Audio Plug-Ins Overview

Plug-Ins are special-purpose software components
that provide additional signal processing and other
functionality to Pro Tools|HDX,
Pro Tools|HD Native, and Pro Tools systems.
These include plug-ins that come with your
Pro Tools system, as well as many other plug-ins

®

that can be purchased or rented from Avid

sepa­rately. This guide documents all 64-bit AAX plug­ins available from Avid for Pro Tools 11.

Additional plug-ins are available from third­party developers. For more information, visit
www.avid.com/plugins.

Plug-In Formats

AAX (Avid Audio Extension) plug-ins provide
real-time plug-in processing using host-based
(“Native”) or DSP-based (Pro Tools|HDX systems
only) processing. The AAX plug-in format also
supports AudioSuite non-real-time, file-based ren­dered processing. AAX plug-in files use the “.aax­plugin” file suffix.

There are three plug-in formats used in Pro Tools:

™

• AudioSuite

processing

• AAX Native: real-time, host-based plug-ins

• AAX DSP: real-time, DSP-based plug-ins

(Pro Tools|HDX systems only)

: non-real-time, file-based

Avid Audio Plug-Ins

Avid includes a comprehensive set of sound
processing, effects, and utility plug-ins with all
Pro Tools systems. Other Avid plug-ins are
available for purchase or rental from the Avid store
(visit shop.avid.com, or, in Pro Tools, choose

Marketplace > Plug-Ins).

Avid Audio Plug-Ins Included
with Pro Tools

Pro Tools includes a suite of digital signal process­ing effects, including EQ, dynamics, delay, and
other essential audio processing tools. The follow­ing plug-ins are included with Pro Tools 11:

EQ

• Channel Strip (see “Dynamics”)

• EQ III

• 1 Band

• 7 Band

Dynamics

• BF76 Compressor

• Channel Strip

• Dynamics III

• Compressor/Limiter

• Expander/Gate

• De-Esser

• Maxim

™

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Pitch and Time Shift

• Time Shift

• Vari-Fi

™

Sound Field

• AutoPan

™

• Down Mixer

Reverb

• D-Verb

Delay

• Mod Delay III

• TimeAdjuster

Modulation

• Sci-Fi

™

Harmonic

• Eleven Free

• Lo-Fi

• Recti-Fi

™

™

™

• SansAmp PSA-1

Dither

• Dither

• POW-r Dither

Instrument

• Click II

• ReWire

Other

• DC Offset Removal (AudioSuite only)

• Duplicate (AudioSuite only)

• Gain (AudioSuite only)

• Invert (AudioSuite only)

• Normalize (AudioSuite only)

• Reverse (AudioSuite only)

• Signal Generator

• Time Compression/Expansion

• InTune

• MasterMeter

• Metro

™

™

™

• Trim

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Additional Avid Audio Plug-Ins

The following plug-ins are available separately for
purchase and rental:

• BF-2A

• BF-3A

• Eleven

• Fairchild 660 and 670

• Focusrite d2/d3

• Impact

• JOEMEEK SC2 Compressor

• JOEMEEK VC5 Meequalizer

• Moogerfooger plug-ins

• Pro Compressor

• Pro Expander

• Pro Limiter

• Purple Audio MC77

• Reel Tape

• Reverb One

• ReVibe® II

• Smack!

• SoundReplacer

• Tel-Ray Variable Delay

• Voce Spin

• Voce Chorus/Vibrato

™

guitar amplifier modeling plug-in

®

• Moogerfooger Analog Delay

• Moogerfooger Ring Modulator

• Moogerfooger 12-Stage Phaser

• Moogerfooger Lowpass Filter

™

plug-ins:

• Reel Tape Saturation

• Reel Tape Delay

• Reel Tape Flanger

™

™

™

Using Plug-Ins in Pro Tools

See the Pro Tools Reference Guide for information
on working with plug-ins, including:

• Inserting plug-ins on tracks

• Plug-In Window controls

• Adjusting plug-in controls

• Automating plug-ins

• Using side-chain inputs

• Using plug-in presets

• Clip indicators

Conventions Used in Pro Tools Documentation

Pro Tools documentation uses the following con­ventions to indicate menu choices, keyboard com­mands, and mouse commands:

Convention Action

File > Save Choose Save from the

File menu

Control+N Hold down the Control

key and press the N key

Control-click Hold down the Control

key and click the mouse
button

Right-click Click with the right

mouse button

The names of
that appear on-screen are in a different font.

Commands, Options, and Settings

Chapter 1: Audio Plug-Ins Overview 4

The following symbols are used to highlight
important information:

User Tips are helpful hints for getting the
most from your system.

Important Notices include information that
could affect your data or the performance of
your system.

Shortcuts show you useful keyboard or mouse
shortcuts.

Cross References point to related sections in
this guide and other Avid documentation.

About www.avid.com

The Avid website (www.avid.com) is your best on­line source for information to help you get the most
out of your Pro Tools system. The following are
just a few of the services and features available.

Product Registration

online.

Support and Downloads

Success (technical support); download software
updates and the latest online manuals; browse the
Compatibility documents for system requirements;
search the online Knowledge Base or join the
worldwide Pro Tools community on the User
Conference.

Register your purchase

Contact Avid Customer

System Requirements and Compatibility for Plug-Ins

To use Pro Tools plug-ins, you need the following:

• An Avid-qualified system running Pro Tools or

Pro Tools HD

• An iLok USB key (iLok) for plug-ins that can be

purchased or rented

Avid can only assure compatibility and provide
support for hardware and software it has tested and
approved.

For complete system requirements and a list of
Avid-qualified computers, operating systems, hard
drives, and third-party devices, visit:

www.avid.com/compatibility

Third-Party Plug-In Support

For information on third-party plug-ins for
Pro Tools systems, refer to the documentation that
came with your plug-in.

Training and Education

Study on your own using
courses available online or find out how you can
learn in a classroom setting at a certified Pro Tools
training center.

Products and Developers

Learn about Avid
products; download demo software or learn about
our Development Partners and their plug-ins,
applications, and hardware.

News and Events

Get the latest news from Avid or

sign up for a Pro Tools demo.

Chapter 1: Audio Plug-Ins Overview 5

Chapter 2: Installing and Authorizing Avid Paid Plug-Ins

A core set of audio plug-ins is installed automati­cally with your version of Pro Tools. No additional
steps are required to authorize these plug-ins for
use on your Pro Tools system.

Installers for additional plug-ins purchased or
rented from the Avid store (shop.avid.com) can be
downloaded from your online Avid account. These
plug-ins are authorized using an iLok USB key.

About iLok

All paid plug-ins from Avid are authorized using an
iLok USB key from PACE Anti-Piracy.

iLok USB key (2nd generation)

An iLok can hold hundreds of authorizations for all
of your iLok-enabled software. After a software li­cense is placed on an iLok, you can use the iLok to
authorize that software on any computer.

An iLok USB key is not supplied with plug-ins or
software options. You can use the iLok included
with certain Pro Tools systems, or purchase one
separately.

For more information, visit the iLok website
(www.iLok.com).

Authorizing Avid Audio Plug-Ins

When you purchase or rent an Avid Audio plug-in,
you receive an activation code, either on an activa­tion card or through your Avid account.

To authorize your plug-in, follow the steps below,
or visit www.avid.com/activationcard and follow
the online instructions.

To authorize Avid Audio plug-ins:

1 If you don’t already have an iLok account, visit

www.ilok.com to sign up for an account.

2 Visit www.avid.com/activation and log into your

A vid account (if you don’t already have an Avid

account, click “Create Your Account”).

3 Enter your activation code and your iLok.com

User ID.

4 Follow the on-screen instructions to deposit

your license into your iLok.com account.

5 Once the activation process is complete, the

download links for your Avid audio plug-in will
be available in the

Avid account (accessed by clicking the

Products

or View My Product Details links in

your user account).

Products section of your

Your

Chapter 2: Installing and Authorizing Avid Paid Plug-Ins 6

Software download links remain in your
Avid account for future use. For more
information about Avid audio plug-ins,
including links for user guides and more,
visit www.avid.com/plugins.

6 Download and install the plug-in that you

purchased.

7 Make sure your iLok is connected to an avail-

able USB port on your computer.

4 Follow the on-screen instructions to complete

the installation.

5 When installation is complete, click Finish.

Removing Plug-Ins

If you need to remove a plug-in from your
Pro Tools system, follow the instructions below for
your computer platform.

8 Launch Pro Tools and follow the on-screen in-

structions to transfer the plug-in license to your
iLok and authorize the plug-in.

Installing Plug-Ins for Pro Tools

Installing Paid Plug-Ins on Mac

To install a plug-in on Mac:

1 Download the installer for Mac from

www.avid.com. After downloading, make sure
the installer is uncompressed (.dmg).

2 If Pro Tools is running, quit Pro Tools.
3 Locate and double-click the plug-in installer

disk image.

4 Drag the plug-in (.aaxplugin) to the Plug-Ins

folder alias in the disk image.

Installing Paid Plug-Ins on
Windows

To install a plug-in on Windows:

1 Download the installer for Windows from

www.avid.com. After downloading, make sure
the installer is uncompressed (.ZIP).

Removing Plug-Ins on Mac

To remove a plug-in:

1 Locate and open the Plug-Ins folder on your

Startup drive (Library/Application Support
/Avid/Audio/Plug-Ins).

2 Do one of the following:

• Drag the plug-in to the Plug-Ins (Unused) folder.

• Drag the plug-in to the Trash and empty the

Trash.

Removing Plug-Ins on Windows

To remove a plug-in:

1 Choose Start > Control Panel.
2 Click Programs and Features.
3 Select the plug-in from the list of installed

applications.

4 Click Uninstall.
5 Follow the on-screen instructions to remove the

plug-in.

2 If Pro Tools is running, quit Pro Tools.
3 Locate and double-click the plug-in installer.

Chapter 2: Installing and Authorizing Avid Paid Plug-Ins 7

Chapter 3: Adjusting Plug-In Controls

You can adjust plug-in controls by dragging
on-screen controls, by editing control values, or by
dragging in graphic displays.

Dragging Plug-In Controls

Rotary Controls

Some plug-ins have rotary controls that can be ad­justed by dragging over them horizontally or verti­cally.

To adjust a rotary control:

1 Click on the control.
2 Do any of the following:

• Drag up or to the right to increment the control.

• Drag down or to the left to decrement the control.

Slider Controls

Some plug-ins have slider controls that can be ad­justed by dragging horizontally.

Some sliders are bipolar, meaning that their zero
position is in the center of the slider’s range. Drag­ging to the right of center yields a positive value,
and dragging to the left of center yields a negative
value.

To adjust a slider control:

1 Click on the control.
2 Do any of the following:

• Drag to the right to increment the control.

• Drag to the left to decrement the control.

Adjusting a rotary control by dragging (EQ III)

Chapter 3: Adjusting Plug-In Controls 8

Adjusting a slider control by dragging (ReVibe II)

Editing Control Values

Dragging in Graphic Displays

Some controls have text boxes that display the cur­rent control value. You can edit the control value
directly.

To edit control values:

1 Click in the text box corresponding to the con-

trol that you want to adjust.

2 Do any of the following:

• Type a new value. For controls that support val­ues in kilohertz, typing “k” after a numeric value
will multiply the value by 1000.

• To increment the value, scroll up with a mouse or
scroll wheel, or press the Up Arrow key.

• To decrement the value, scroll down with a
mouse or scroll wheel, or press the Up Arrow
key.

3 Do one of the following:

• Press Enter on the numeric keyboard to input the
value and remain in keyboard editing mode.

• Press Return (Mac) or Enter (Windows) on the
alpha keyboard to enter the value and leave key­board editing mode.

Some plug-ins have graphic displays with control
points that you can drag to adjust the corresponding
controls.

Dragging a control point (EQ III)

Dragging a control point (ReVibe II)

Adjusting Controls with Fine Resolution

Controls and control points can be adjusted with
fine resolution by holding the Command key (Mac)

Typing a control value (EQ III)

To move forward through control text boxes in a
plug-in:

 Press the Tab key.

To move backward through control text boxes in a
plug-in:

 Press Shift+ Tab.

or the Control key (Windows) while adjusting the
control.

Resetting Controls to Default Values

You can reset any on-screen control to its
default value by Option-clicking (Mac) or Alt­clicking (Windows) directly on the control or on its
corresponding text box.

Chapter 3: Adjusting Plug-In Controls 9

Part II: EQ Plug-Ins

Chapter 4: EQ III

The EQ III plug-in provides high-quality
1-Band and 7-Band EQ for adjusting the frequency
spectrum of audio material.

EQ III is available in DSP, Native, and AudioSuite
formats.

EQ III supports 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz, 88.2 kHz,
96 kHz, 176.4 kHz and 192 kHz sample rates.

EQ III operates as a mono, multi-mono, or stereo
plug-in.

EQ III has a Frequency Graph display that shows
the response curve for the current EQ settings on a
two-dimensional graph of frequency and gain. The
frequency graph display also lets you modify fre­quency, gain and Q settings for individual EQ
bands by dragging their corresponding points in the
graph.

EQ III Configurations

The EQ III plug-in appears as two separate choices
in the plug-in insert selector and in the AudioSuite
menu:

• EQ3 1-Band

• EQ3 7-Band

1-Band EQ

The 1-Band EQ has its own window, with six
selectable filter types for a single band of EQ.

1-Band EQ

Chapter 4: EQ III 11

7-Band EQ

The 7-Band EQ has its own window, with up to
seven separate bands, each with it its own set of fil­ter types.

Dragging in the Frequency Graph
Display

You can adjust the following by dragging the con­trol points directly in the Frequency Graph display:

7 Band EQ

Adjusting EQ III Controls

In addition to dragging controls and typing control
values, there are other ways to adjust EQ III con­trols.

Inverting Filter Gain

(Peak EQ Bands Only)

Gain values can be inverted on any Peak EQ band
by Shift-clicking its control dot in the Frequency
Graph display, or its Gain knob in the plug-in win­dow. This changes a gain boost to a cut (+9 to –9)
or a gain cut to a boost (–9 to +9). Gain values can­not be inverted on Notch, High Pass, Low Pass, or
shelving bands.

Frequency

Dragging a control point to the right in­creases the Frequency setting. Dragging a control
point to the left decreases the Frequency setting.

Gain

Dragging a control point up increases the
Gain setting. Dragging a control point down de­creases the Gain setting.

Q

Control-dragging (Mac) or Start-dragging (Win­dows) a control point up decreases the Q setting.
Control-dragging (Mac) or Start-dragging (Win­dows) a control point down increases the Q setting.

Dragging a control point in the Frequency Graph
display

Chapter 4: EQ III 12

Using EQ III in Band-Pass Mode

You can temporarily set any EQ III control to
Band-Pass monitoring mode. Band-Pass mode cuts
monitoring frequencies above and below the Fre­quency setting, leaving a narrow band of mid-range
frequencies. It is especially useful for adjusting
limited bandwidth in order to solo and fine-tune
each individual filter before reverting the control to
notch filter or peaking filter type operations.

Band-Pass mode does not affect EQ III Gain
controls.

When monitoring in Band-Pass mode, the Fre­quency and Q controls function differently.

Frequency

Sets the frequency above and below
which other frequencies are cut off, leaving a nar­row band of mid-range frequencies.

Q

Sets the width of the narrow band of mid-range

frequencies centered around the Frequency setting.

To switch an EQ III control out of Band-Pass mode:

 Release Control+Shift (Mac) or Start+Shift

(Windows).

To switch an EQ III control to Band-Pass mode:

 Hold Control+Shift (Mac) or Start+Shift (Win-

dows), and drag any rotary control or control
point horizontally or vertically.

EQ III interactive graph displaying Band-Pass mode

Controlling EQ III from a Control
Surface

EQ III can be controlled from any supported con­trol surface, including EUCON-compatible control
surfaces, D-Control, D-Command, C|24,
Control|24, 003, Digi 002, and Command|8. Refer
to the guide that came with the control surface for
details.

Chapter 4: EQ III 13

EQ III I/O Controls

s

Certain Input and Output controls are found on all
EQ III configurations, except where noted other­wise.

Input Polarity Control

The Input Polarity button inverts the polarity of the
input signal to help compensate for phase anoma­lies occurring in multi-microphone environments,
or because of mis-wired balanced connections.

Input and Output Meters

Clip
Indicator

Input

Polarity

Control

I/O controls and meters for 7-Band EQ (top) and
1-Band EQ (bottom)

Input
Gain
Control

Output Gain
Control

Input Gain Control

The Input Gain control sets the input gain of the
plug-in before EQ processing, letting you make up
gain or prevent clipping at the plug-in input stage.

Output Gain Control

(7-Band EQ Only)

Input and Output Meters

(7-Band EQ Only)

The plasma-style Input and Output meters show
peak signal levels before and after EQ processing,
and indicate them as follows:

Green

Indicates nominal levels

Yellow

Indicates pre-clipping levels, starting at

–6 dB below full scale

Red

Indicates full scale levels (clipping)

When using the stereo version of EQ III, the Input
and Output meters display the sum of the left and
right channels.

The Clip indicators at the far right of each meter in­dicate clipping at the input or output stage of the
plug-in. Clip indicators can be cleared by clicking
the indicator.

The Output Gain control sets the output gain after
EQ processing, letting you make up gain or prevent
clipping on the channel where the plug-in is being
used.

Chapter 4: EQ III 14

EQ III EQ Band Controls

Individual EQ bands on each EQ III configuration
have a combination of controls.

EQ Type Selector

On the 1-Band EQ, the EQ Type selector lets you
choose any one of six available filter types:
High Pass, Notch, High Shelf, Low Shelf, Peak,
and Low Pass.

On the 7-Band EQ, the HPF, LPF, LF, and HF sec­tions have EQ Type selectors to toggle between the
two available filter types in each section.

Band Enable Button

(7-Band EQ Only)

The Band Enable button on each EQ band toggles
the corresponding band in and out of circuit. When
a Band Enable button is highlighted, the band is in
circuit. When a Band Enable button is dark gray,
the band is bypassed and available for activation.

Band Enable button

Band Gain Control

Each Peak and Shelf EQ band has a Gain control
for boosting or cutting the corresponding frequen­cies. Gain controls are not used on High Pass,
Low Pass, or Notch filters.

EQ Type Selectors (7-Band EQ)

Band Gain control

Chapter 4: EQ III 15

Frequency Control

Each EQ band has a Frequency control that sets the
center frequency (Peak, Shelf and Notch EQs) or
the cutoff frequency (High Pass and Low Pass fil­ters) for that band.

1-Band EQ III

The Frequency Graph display in the 1-Band EQ
shows a control dot that indicates the center fre­quency (Peak, Shelf and Notch Filters) or the cutoff
frequency (High Pass and Low Pass filters) for the
currently selected filter type.

Control dot

Frequency control

Q Control

Peak and Notch

control changes the width of the EQ band. Higher
Q values represent narrower bandwidths. Lower Q
values represent wider bandwidths.

Shelf

On Shelf bands, the Q control changes the Q
of the shelving filter. Higher Q values represent
steeper shelving curves. Lower Q values represent
broader shelving curves.

Band Pass

Q control lets you select from any of the following
Slope values: 6 dB, 12 dB, 18 dB, or 24 dB per oc­tave.

Q control

On Peak and Notch bands, the Q

On High Pass and Low Pass bands, the

Frequency

response

curve

Frequency Graph display

Input Level and

Polarity controls

EQ Type
selector

1-Band EQ

Gain, Freq and

Q controls

Frequency Graph

display

The 1-Band EQ may be set to any one of six EQ
types: High Pass, Notch, High Shelf, Low Shelf,
Peak, and Low Pass, by clicking the corresponding
icon in the EQ Type selector.

Chapter 4: EQ III 16

Band Controls

Notch Filter

The individual EQ types have some combination of
the following controls, as noted below.

Control Value

Frequency Range (All) 20 Hz to 20 kHz
Frequency Default (All) 1 kHz
Q Range (Low/High Shelf) 0.1 to 2.0
Q Range (Peak/Notch) 0.1 to 10.0
Q Default (All) 1.0
Gain Range (Low/High Shelf) –12 dB to +12 dB
High Peak Gain Range –18 dB to +18 dB

1-Band EQ III Types

High Pass Filter

The High Pass filter attenuates all frequencies be­low the Frequency setting at the selected rate (6 dB,
12 dB, 18 dB, or 24 dB per octave) while letting all
frequencies above pass through. No gain control is
available for this filter type.

The Notch Filter attenuates a narrow band of fre­quencies centered around the Frequency setting.
No gain control is available for this EQ type. The
width of the attenuated band is determined by the Q
setting.

1-Band EQ set to Notch Filter

High Shelf EQ

The High Shelf EQ boosts or cuts frequencies at
and above the Frequency setting. The amount of
boost or cut is determined by the Gain setting. The
Q setting determines the shape of the shelving
curve.

1-Band EQ set to High Shelf EQ

1-Band EQ set to High Pass Filter

Chapter 4: EQ III 17

Low Shelf EQ

Low Pass Filter

The Low Shelf EQ boosts or cuts frequencies at and
below the Frequency setting. The amount of boost
or cut is determined by the Gain setting. The Q set­ting determines the shape of the shelving curve.

1-Band EQ set to Low Shelf EQ

Peak EQ

The Peak EQ boosts or cuts a band of frequencies
centered around the Frequency setting. The width
of the affected band is determined by the Q setting.

The Low Pass filter attenuates all frequencies
above the cutoff frequency setting at the selected
rate (6 dB, 12 dB, 18 dB, or 24 dB per octave)
while letting all frequencies below pass through.
No gain control is available for this filter type.

1-Band EQ set to Low Pass Filter

1-Band EQ set to Peak EQ

Chapter 4: EQ III 18

7-Band EQ III

The 7-Band EQ has the following available bands: High Pass/Low Notch, Low Pass/High Notch,
Low Shelf/Low Peak, Low Mid Peak, Mid Peak, High Mid Peak, and High Shelf/High Peak.

All seven bands are available for simultaneous use. In the factory default setting, the High Pass/Low Notch
and Low Pass/High Notch bands are out of circuit, the Low Shelf and High Shelf bands are selected and in
circuit, and the Low Mid Peak, Mid Peak, High Mid Peak bands are in circuit.

Input/Output Level meters

Input/Output Level

Polarity controls

High Pass/

Low Notch

Low Pass/
High Notch

7-Band EQ

and

Low

Shelf/Peak

Low Mid

Peak

Mid

Peak

High Mid

Peak

Frequency Graph

Display

High

Shelf/Peak

Chapter 4: EQ III 19