Pinnacle Systems Pro Tools - 2018.12 User's Guide
Audio Plug-Ins Guide
Version 2018.12
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Guide Part Number 9329-65997-00 REV A 1
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Contents
Part I Introduction to Audio Plug-Ins
Chapter 1. Audio Plug-Ins Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Plug-In Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Avid Audio Plug-Ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Using Plug-Ins in Pro Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
System Requirements and Compatibility for Plug-Ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Avid Application Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Conventions Used in Pro Tools Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Chapter 2. Installing and Authorizing Avid Plug-Ins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Installing Plug-Ins for Pro Tools and Media Composer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Installing Plug-Ins from the Avid Marketplace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
About iLok . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Authorizing Avid Audio Plug-Ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Removing Plug-Ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Chapter 3. Adjusting Plug-In Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Dragging Plug-In Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Editing Control Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Dragging in Graphic Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Toggle Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Adjusting Controls with Fine Resolution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Resetting Controls to Default Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
General Effects Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
MIDI Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
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Part II EQ Plug-Ins
Chapter 4. EQ III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
EQ III Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Adjusting EQ III Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
EQ III I/O Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
EQ III EQ Band Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
1-Band EQ III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
7-Band EQ III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Chapter 5. Eleven Effects Graphic EQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Graphic EQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Chapter 6. Focusrite D2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
D2 Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
D2 Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Using D2 in Stereo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Chapter 7. JOEMEEK VC5 Meequalizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
JOEMEEK Meequalizer Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Chapter 8. Pultec Plug-Ins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Pultec EQP-1A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Pultec EQH-2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Pultec MEQ-5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Pultec Tips and Tricks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Part III Dynamics Plug-Ins
Chapter 9. BF-2A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
BF-2A Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Using the BF-2A Side-Chain Filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
BF-2A Tips and Tricks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Chapter 10. BF-3A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
BF-3A Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
BF-3A Tips and Tricks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
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Chapter 11. BF76 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
BF76 Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
BF76 Tips and Tricks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Chapter 12. Channel Strip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Channel Strip Sections and Panes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Channel Strip Input Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Channel Strip Output Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Channel Strip FX Chain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Channel Strip Dynamics Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Channel Strip EQ/Filters Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Chapter 13. Dynamics III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Dynamics III Common Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Compressor/Limiter III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Expander/Gate III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
De-Esser III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Dynamics III Side-Chain Input. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Chapter 14. Eleven Effects Gray Compressor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Gray Compressor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Chapter 15. Fairchild Plug-Ins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Fairchild 660 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Fairchild 670 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Chapter 16. Focusrite D3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
D3 Compressor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
D3 Limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
D3 Side-Chain Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Using D3 in Stereo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
D3 Common Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
D3 Compressor Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
D3 Limiter Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Using the Side-Chain Input in D3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Chapter 17. Impact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Impact Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Using the Impact Compressor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
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Chapter 18. Maxim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
About Peak Limiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
How Maxim Differs From Conventional Limiters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Maxim Controls and Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Using Maxim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Maxim and Mastering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Chapter 19. JOEMEEK SC2 Compressor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
JOEMEEK Compressor Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
JOEMEEK Compressor Tips and Tricks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Chapter 20. Pro Compressor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Pro Compressor Metering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Pro Compressor Input Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Pro Compressor Output Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Pro Compressor Dynamics Graph. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Pro Compressor Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Pro Compressor Side-Chain Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Chapter 21. Pro Expander . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Pro Expander Metering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Pro Expander Input Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Pro Expander Output Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Pro Expander Dynamics Graph. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Pro Expander Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Pro Expander Side-Chain Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Chapter 22. Pro Limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Pro Limiter Metering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Pro Limiter Input Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Pro Limiter Output Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Pro Limiter Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Pro Limiter Loudness Numeric Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Pro Limiter Histogram and Loudness Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
AudioSuite Processing with Pro Limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
AudioSuite Processing with Pro Limiter Loudness Analyzer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
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Chapter 23. Pro Multiband Dynamics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
FFT Display and Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Input and Output Gain Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Source Linking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Mini Multichannel Gain Reduction and Output Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Band Pane Controls and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Side-Chain Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Multiband Splitter Plug-In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Pro Multiband Dynamics and Multiband Splitter Plug-In Sends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Chapter 24. Purple Audio MC77 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Purple Audio MC77 Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Chapter 25. Smack! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Smack! Controls and Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Using the Smack! Side-Chain Input. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Part IV Pitch and Time Shift Plug-Ins
Chapter 26. Pitch II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Pitch II Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Chapter 27. Pitch Shift Legacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Pitch Shift Legacy Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Chapter 28. Time Shift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Time Shift Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
AudioSuite Input Modes and Time Shift. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
AudioSuite Preview and Time Shift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Time Shift as AudioSuite TCE Plug-In Preference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Processing Audio Using Time Shift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Post Production Pull Up and Pull Down Tasks with Time Shift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Chapter 29. Vari-Fi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Vari-Fi Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Chapter 30. X-Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
X-Form Displays and Controls Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
X-Form AudioSuite Input Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
\AudioSuite TCE Plug-In Preference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
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Processing Audio Using X-Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Using X-Form for Post Production Pull Up and Pull Down Tasks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Part V Reverb Plug-Ins
Chapter 31. D-Verb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
D-Verb Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Selections for D-Verb AudioSuite Processing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Chapter 32. Eleven Effects Reverb Plug-ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Black Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Studio Reverb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Chapter 33. Reverb One. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
About Reverb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Reverb One Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Reverb One Graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Other Reverb One Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Chapter 34. ReVibe II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Using ReVibe II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Dragging in the Graphic Display to Adjust Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
ReVibe II Input and Output Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
ReVibe II Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
ReVibe II Decay EQ Graph. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
ReVibe II Decay Color Graph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
ReVibe II Contour Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
ReVibe II Room Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Chapter 35. Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Space Feature Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Space Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Impulse Response (IR) and Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Space Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Space Snapshots. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Space Controls and Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Space Display Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Space IR Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Space Primary Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
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Space Group Selectors and Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Using Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Space IR Library Categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Part VI Delay Plug-Ins
Chapter 36. Mod Delay III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Mod Delay III Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Selections for Mod Delay III AudioSuite Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Chapter 37. Moogerfooger Analog Delay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Moogerfooger Analog Delay Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Moogerfooger Analog Delay Tips and Tricks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Chapter 38. Reel Tape Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Reel Tape Common Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Reel Tape Delay Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Synchronizing Reel Tape Delay to Session Tempo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Reel Tape Delay Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Chapter 39. Tel-Ray Variable Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Tel-Ray Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Tel-Ray Tips and Tricks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Chapter 40. TimeAdjuste r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
TimeAdjuster Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Using TimeAdjuster for Manual Delay Compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
When to Compensate for Delays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Part VII Modulation Plug-Ins
Chapter 41. Eleven Effects Modulation Plug-Ins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Black/Shiny Wah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
C1 Chorus/Vibrato . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Flanger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Orange Phaser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Roto Speaker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Vibe Phaser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
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Chapter 42. Moogerfooger Lowpass Filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Moogerfooger Lowpass Filter Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Moogerfooger Lowpass Filter Tips and Tricks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Chapter 43. Moogerfooger 12-Stage Phaser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Moogerfooger 12-Stage Phaser Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Moogerfooger 12-Stage Phaser Tips and Tricks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Chapter 44. Moogerfooger Ring Modulator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Moogerfooger Ring Modulator Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Moogerfooger Ring Modulator Tips and Tricks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Chapter 45. Reel Tape Flanger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Reel Tape Common Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Reel Tape Flanger Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Synchronizing Reel Tape Flanger to Session Tempo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Reel Tape Flanger Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Reel Tape Flanger Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Chapter 46. Sci-Fi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Sci-Fi Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Chapter 47. Voce Plug-Ins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Voce Chorus/Vibrato . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Voce Spin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Part VIII Harmonic Plug-Ins
Chapter 48. Aphex Aural Exciter Type III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Rotary Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Using Aural Exciter III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Chapter 49. Aphex Big Bottom Pro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Rotary Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Using Big Bottom Pro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
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Chapter 50. Eleven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Eleven Input Calibration and QuickStart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Using Eleven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Eleven Tips and Suggestions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Eleven Signal Flow Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Chapter 51. Eleven MK II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Eleven MK II Plug-In Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Eleven MK II Cab Plug-In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Eleven MK II Input Calibration and QuickStart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Using Eleven MK II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Eleven MK II Tips and Suggestions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Eleven MK II Signal Flow Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Chapter 52. Eleven Effects Harmonic Plug-ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Black Op Distortion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
DC Distortion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Green JRC Overdrive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Tri-Knob Fuzz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
White Boost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Chapter 53. Lo-Fi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Lo-Fi Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Chapter 54. Pro Subharmonic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Metering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Dynamic Frequency Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
High Pass and Low Pass Filter Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Subharmonic Frequency Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Lower, Upper, and Direct Gain Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Mix Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Surround Send Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Tuning Subharmonics with MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
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Chapter 55. Recti-Fi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
Recti-Fi Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
Chapter 56. Reel Tape Saturation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Reel Tape Common Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Reel Tape Saturation Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Reel Tape Saturation Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Reel Tape Saturation Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Chapter 57. SansAmp PSA-1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
PSA-1 Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
PSA-1 Tips and Tricks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Part IX Dither Plug-Ins
Chapter 58. Dither. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Dither Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Chapter 59. POW-r Dither . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
POW-r Dither Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Part X Sound Field Plug-Ins
Chapter 60. AutoPan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
AutoPan Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Using AutoPan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Chapter 61. Down Mixer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Source. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Downmix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Part XI Instrument Plug-Ins
Chapter 62. Click II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
Click II Controls and Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
Creating a Click Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
Chapter 63. ReWire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
ReWire Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Using ReWire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
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MIDI Automation with ReWire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
Quitting ReWire Client Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
Session Tempo and Meter Changes and ReWire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
Looping Playback with ReWire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
Automating Input Switching with ReWire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
Part XII Other Plug-Ins
Chapter 64. InTune. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
InTune Controls and Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388
InTune Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390
Using InTune . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391
Chapter 65. MasterMeter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
MasterMeter Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394
Using MasterMeter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397
MasterMeter Controls and Displays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398
Chapter 66. Signal Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401
Signal Generator Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401
AudioSuite Processing with Signal Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402
Chapter 67. SoundReplacer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403
Audio Replacement Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403
SoundReplacer Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404
Using SoundReplacer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407
Getting Optimum Results with SoundReplacer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
Using the Audio Files Folder for Frequently Used SoundReplacer Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410
Chapter 68. Time Compression/Expansion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
Time Compression/ Expansion Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
Chapter 69. Trim. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413
Trim Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413
Chapter 70. Other AudioSuite Plug-In Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414
DC Offset Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414
Duplicate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415
Gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415
Invert. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416
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Normalize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416
Reverse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418
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Part I: Introduction to Audio
Plug-Ins
Chapter 1: Audio Plug-Ins Overview
Plug-ins are special-purpose software components
that provide additional signal processing and other
functionality to ProTools
®
| Ultimate (previously
Pro Tools | HD) and Pro Tools software. 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 audio plug-ins available
from Avid for Pro Tools, VENUE
Composer
®
.
Additional plug-ins are available from thirdparty developers. For more information, visit
www.avid.com/plugins.
®
, and Media
Plug-In Formats
AAX (Avid Audio Extension) plug-ins provide
real-time plug-in processing using host-based
(“Native”) or DSP-based (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
ing
• AAX Native: real-time, host-based plug-ins
• AAX DSP: real-time, DSP-based plug-ins
(HDX systems only)
™
: non-real-time, file-based process-
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:
EQ
• Channel Strip (see “Dynamics”)
• EQ III
•1Band
•7Band
Dynamics
• BF76 Compressor
• Channel Strip
• Dynamics III
• Compressor/Limiter
• Expander/Gate
• De-Esser
•Maxim
™
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Pitch and Time Shift
•Pitch II
• Pitch Shift Legacy
•Time Shift
•Vari-Fi
Reverb
™
•D-Verb
Delay
• Mod Delay III
• TimeAdjuster
Modulation
•Sci-Fi
Harmonic
™
• Eleven® Lite
•Lo-Fi
• Recti-Fi
™
™
• SansAmp PSA-1
Dither
• Dither
• POW-r Dither
Sound Field
• AutoPan
™
• Down Mixer
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
™
™
•Trim
Additional Avid Audio Plug-Ins
The following plug-ins are available separately for
purchase and rental:
• Aphex Aural Exciter
• Aphex Big Bottom Pro
• BF-2A
• BF-3A
• Eleven
• Eleven
®
guitar amplifier modeling plug-in
®
Mk II guitar amplifier modeling plug-in
• Fairchild 660 and 670
• Focusrite d2/d3
•Impact
®
• JOEMEEK SC2 Compressor
• JOEMEEK VC5 Meequalizer
• Moogerfooger plug-ins
• Moogerfooger Analog Delay
• Moogerfooger Ring Modulator
• Moogerfooger 12-Stage Phaser
• Moogerfooger Lowpass Filter
®
Type III
®
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• Pro Compressor
• Pro Expander
• Pro Limiter
• Pro Multiband Dynamics
• Pro Subharmonic
• Purple Audio MC77
•Reel Tape
™
plug-ins:
• Reel Tape Saturation
• Reel Tape Delay
• Reel Tape Flanger
• Reverb One
™
•ReVibe® II
•Smack!
• SoundReplacer
•Space
™
™
™
• Tel-Ray Variable Delay
•Voce Spin
• Voce Chorus/Vibrato
•X-Form
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 | Ultimate Software
• An iLok USB key (iLok) for plug-ins that can be
purchased or rented that do not support computer-based authorization or iLok Cloud.
Avid can only assure compatibility and provide
support for hardware and software i t 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.
Using Plug-Ins in Pro Tools
See the Pro Tools Re fer ence 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
Avid Application Manager
When you install Pro Tools or Media Composer,
the Avid Application Manager is also installed. The
Avid Application Manager is used to manage your
software and entitlements related to your MyAvid
account. The Avid Application Manager helps you
maintain the most current Pro Tools software and
audio plug-in updates that you are entitled to when
new versions become available. For more information about the Avid Application Manager, see
the Avid Application Manager Guide (available
online through the Avid Knowledgebase).
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Conventions Used in Pro Tools Do cumentation
Pro Tools documentation uses the following
conventions to indicate menu choices, keyboard
commands, and mouse commands:
Convention Action
File > Save Choose Save from the
Control+N Hold down the Control
Control-click Hold down the Control
Right-click Click with the right
The names of
Commands, Options, and Settings
that appear on-screen are in a different font.
The following symbols are used to highlight
important information:
User Tips are helpful hints for getting the
most from your system.
File menu
key and press the N key
key and click the mouse
button
mouse button
How to Use this PDF Guide
This PDF provides the following useful features:
• The Bookmarks on the left serve as a continuously visible table of contents. Click on a subject heading to jump to that page.
• Click a + symbol to expand that heading to
show subheadings. Click the – symbol to collapse a subheading.
• The Table of Contents provides active links to
their pages. Select the hand cursor, allow it to
hover over the heading until it turns into a finger. Then click to locate to that subject and
page.
• All cross references in
Click to follow the reference.
• Select Find from the Edit menu to search for a
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Open in
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.
Chapter 1: Audio Plug-Ins Overview 4
Resources
The Avid website (www.avid.com) is your best online source for information to help you get the most
out of Pro Tools.
Account Activation and Product
Registration
Activate your product to access downloads in your
Avid account (or quickly create an account if you
do not have one). Register your purchase online,
download software, updates, documentation, and
other resources.
www.avid.com/account
Support and Downloads\
Contact Avid Customer 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 Avid user community on the User Conference.
www.avid.com/support
Training and Education
Study on your own using courses available online,
find out how you can learn in a classroom setting at
an Avid-certified training center, or view video tutorials and webinars.
www.avid.com/education
Products and Developers
Learn about Avid products, download demo software, or learn about our Development Partners and
their plug-ins, applications, and hardware.
www.avid.com/products
Chapter 1: Audio Plug-Ins Overview 5
Chapter 2: Installing and Authorizing Avid 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 license that
can be saved to an iLok USB key, iLok Cloud, or
your computer.
Installing Plug-Ins for Pro Tools and Media Composer
For information on installing plug-ins for
VENUE, refer to your VENUE documentation..
To install a plug-in:
1 Log in to your Avid Master Account online
(my.avid.com).
Installing Plug-Ins from the Avid Marketplace
All plug-ins purchased from the Avid Marketplace
through Pro Tools are installed silently and—following activation—are available for use without
having to restart Pro Tools.
To install a plug-in from the Avid Marketplace:
1 Launch Pro Tools.
2 Either choose Marketplace > Plug-Ins or select
Avid Marketplace from any plug-in insert in your
Pro Tools session.
3 Find the plug-in you want in the Avid Market-
place and follow the on-screen instructions.
You can also access the Avid Marketplace online at shop.avid.com.
2 Download the appropriate installer for your
operating system (Mac or Windows) from you
A vid Master Account. After downloading, make
sure the installer is uncompressed (.dmg or .exe).
3 Locate and double-click the plug-in installer.
4 Follow the on-screen instructions to complete
the installation.
Chapter 2: Installing and Authorizing Avid Plug-Ins 6
About iLok
The plug-ins documented in this guide can be authorized using an iLok USB key from PACE AntiPiracy. Plug-ins may also be authorized to iLok
Cloud or to your computer using iLok License
Manager application.
iLok USB key (3rd 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.
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 avid.com/redemption and log into your
A vid account (if you don’t already have an A vid
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
My Products section of your
Avid account.
6 Download and install the plug-in that you
purchased.
7 If you are authorizing a plug-in using an iLok,
make sure your iLok is connected to an available
USB port on your computer.
For more information, visit the iLok website
(www.iLok.com).
8 Launch Pro Tools (or Media Composer) and fol-
low the on-screen instructions to transfer the
plug-in license to your iLok, iLok Cloud, or
your computer and authorize the plug-in.
Authorizing Avid Audio Plug-Ins
When you purchase a boxed version of an Avid Audio plug-in, you receive an activation code on an
activation card. If you purchase or rent a plug-in
through the Avid Marketplace, the license is deposited directly to your iLok account and you can skip
the following procedure (see “Installing Plug-Ins
from the Avid Marketplace” on page 6).
If you open a session that uses plug-ins that are
not installed and authorized on your system,
you are prompted to rent or purchase those
missing plug-ins though the Avid Marketplace
if available.
Chapter 2: Installing and Authorizing Avid Plug-Ins 7
Removing Plug-Ins
If you need to remove a plug-in from your
Pro Tools system, follow the instructions below for
your computer platform.
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.
Chapter 2: Installing and Authorizing Avid Plug-Ins 8
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)
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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.
• T o 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 Down 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)
Toggle Controls
Some plug-ins have toggles that let you set different effects modes or even bypass the plug-in.
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.
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To change the state of a toggle control:
Click the toggle switch or button.
Clicking a toggle switch
(BBD Delay)
Clicking a toggle button
LED
toggle
(BBD Delay)
Adjusting Controls with Fine Resolution
Controls and control points can be adjusted with
fine resolution by holding the Command key (Mac)
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.
Line/Inst
to your source signal. If the source is an instrument
level signal (like an electric guitar), select
the source is a line level signal (such as a drum
loop), select
Input
into the plug-in from –20 to 12 dB.
Mix
the Dry (source) signal. Set the Mix control to 0%
for all dry signal, to 50% for equal wet and dry signal, and to 100% for all wet signal.
Output
from the plug-in from –20 to 12 dB.
Lets you set the input gain as appropriate
Inst. If
Line.
Lets you adjust the audio signal input gain
Lets you mix the Wet (processed) signal and
Lets you adjust the audio signal output gain
Bypass Toggle and LED
All of the “stomp box” plug-ins provide a Bypass
toggle. This has the same effect as the standard Bypass in the Plug-in window header. These plug-ins
also provide a Bypass LED to show the current bypass state. The LED is lit when the effect is active,
and is unlit when the effect is bypassed.
General Effects Controls
Line/Inst, Input, Mix, and Output
Some plug-ins provide Line/Inst, Input, Mix,
and/or Output controls at the bottom of the Plug-in
window (though not all of the plug-ins provide all
four of these controls).
Input, Mix, and Output controls
Chapter 3: Adjusting Plug-In Controls 11
Bypass toggle and LED
Sync
The time-based effects (such as Chorus, Delay, and
Flanger) can be set to synchronize with the Session
tempo (including tempos set with the Tap Tempo
button). Simply enable the Sync parameter in the
effect you want to synchronize to the Session
tempo.
When the Sync control on these effects is set to a
rhythmic subdivision of the incoming tempo, the
effect locks to it. When Sync is set to Off, or the
Rate or Delay control is moved, manual control
takes over, and the rate of modulation or delay can
be set by hand.
MIDI Control
Avid effects plug-ins support MIDI Control
Change (CC) messages, meaning that plug-in parameters can be controlled remotely by any connected CC-capable MIDI device.
MIDI Learn lets you quickly map plug-in controls
to a MIDI foot pedal, switch, fader, knob, or other
CC-compatible trigger. You can also manually assign controls to specific MIDI CC values.
To map a MIDI controller to a plug-in control:
1 Make sure your external MIDI device is con-
nected to your system, and recognized by your
MIDI Studio Setup (Windows) or Audio MIDI
Setup (Mac).
2 Create a MIDI track.
3 Set the input of the MIDI track to accept input
from your external MIDI device.
4 Set the output of the MIDI track to the plug-in
you want to control.
MIDI control assignments are saved and restored
with the Pro Tools session in which they are defined. Settings files (presets) for Avid effects plugins do not store or recall MIDI Learn assignments.
Once you set up a session with your preferred
plug-in configuration, save it as a Pro Tools
session template. The template will save your
MIDI control assignments and you can create
future sessions based on this template.
VENUE and Media Composer do not support
MIDI.
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Assigning a MIDI Track Output to a plug-in
5 Right-click on any control in the plug-in, and do
one of the following:
•Click
Learn, then move a control on your MIDI
controller. Pro Tools maps whichever control
you touch to that plug-in parameter.
• If you know the MIDI CC value of your foot controller or other device, select it from the Assign
menu.
MIDI Control and Mulit-Mono
Plug-ins
Multi-mono plug-ins report virtual MIDI nodes for
each channel. For example, a multi-mono plug-in
inserted on a stereo track reports two separate
MIDI nodes, one for the left channel and one for the
right (Black/Shiny Wah 1 and Black/Shiny Wah 2).
As long as the channels of the mulit-mono plug-in
are linked, any one MIDI node will control the
plug-in on all channels. However, if the channels
are unlinked, only the corresponding MIDI node
will control the multi-mono instance of that plug-in
on that channel. For example, if a multi-mono instance of Black/Shiny Wah is inserted on a stereo
track, and it is unlinked, the MIDI node
Black/Shiny Wah 1 controls the multi-mono instance on the left channel only, and Black/Shiny
Wah 2 controls the right.
Right-clicking a plug-in control to Learn MIDI CC
On Mac, you can Control-click a parameter
to show the MIDI Assign menu. However,
note that you won’t be able to use the Control
key modifier to “clutch” a Grouped control.
To clear a MIDI assignment:
Right-click the control and choose Forget.
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Part 2: 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 supports EQ Curve in Pro Tools
2018.1 and later.
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
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