TC Electronic DVR2 TDM User Manual

MANUAL

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Contact & Support Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Table Of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

DVR2 Digital Vintage Reverb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Global Plug-In Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

The Plug-In Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Preset Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Converting DVR2 Presets from System 6000 and Reverb 4000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Compare settings with A/B Mem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Locking Parameter values using the Parameter Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

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DVR2 DIGITAL VINTAGE REVERB

Congratulations with the purchase of your new TDM Vintage Reverb plug-in. DVR2
offers a pristine Generic Reverb with true vintage flavor.

The term “Generic Reverb” is used to describe a flattering sustain effect, which can
be added to many sources of a mix. It produces little character but also does no harm,
because the effect is blurred or washed out. Instead, it adds a good sense of spacious­ness and more or less pronounced modulation.

Recreation of a Classic

The development of DVR2 has been a process extending several years, with the goal of
recreating the most shining Generic Reverb of all times, the EMT250. A particularly
well sounding machine was refurbished, and in the making of DVR2 many design dis­ciplines were involved...

Hardware technical: What was the precision of converters and how where they imple­mented in the eighties with emphasis, block scaling, linearity, filters etc? How much
processing and RAM was available, what was the sample rate etc?

Software technical: Which kind of processing was done in discrete circuitry, what type
of truncation and noise floor artifacts would result, how could the low sample rate be
mimicked precisely, and how could all of this be transferred to a modern DSP plat­form.

Perceptual: Making sure the qualities of the original processor was preserved. Sweet
modulation, spectral characteristics, spaciousness, distortion, saturation etc.
Hundreds of hours spent listening and measuring.

User: The four basic parameters of the EMT250 were carefully laid out, offering a
remarkably simple user interface with complex, yet optimized interactions under the
hood. DVR2 is a resemblance of that including range and coarseness of parameters.

Better than the Classic?

While DVR2 in Normal mode is very close to the sound of a perfectly aligned 250,
having used much DSP power to mimic artifacts of old hardware, the algorithm can
also be put in a High Resolution mode. Using this function, the noise floor is much
lower – but use your own ears to determine if this is actually a plus for a specific situ­ation.

Please note: Many of the constraints and criteria listed above produce non-linear
audio behavior, making it impossible to obtain more than a static and crude result if
trying to sample an original processor. A minute emulation does more justice to the
original from an audio point of view, and can also still be adjusted.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

• Mac OS X (10.4 or higher) / Windows XP

• Pro Tools TDM 7.2.1 software (or higher)

• Pro Tools HD or HD Accel hardware

• iLok USB key

• iLok.com account and internet access required for product authorization

• System must meet Digidesign’s system requirements for Pro Tools TDM systems!

Global Plug-In Controls

KEYBOARD COMMANDS

The TDM version of DVR2 supports keyboard commands for certain functions.
The following key commands are available for all plug-in parameters:

Key Commands in Mac OS X:

Fine Adjust = Apple key + mouse movement
Reset To Default = Option + mouse click

Key Commands in Windows:

Fine Adjust = Ctrl + mouse movement
Reset To Default = Alt + Control + mouse click

AUTOMATION

Please be aware that automation of certain parameters, can cause audible artifacts.
In case you need to automate these parameters, you should take care that
changes only take place in parts where no audio is sent to the plug-in.

FOCUS FIELDS

You can place your own set of parameters in the 6 focus fields at the bottom of the
plug-in. Making use of the focus fields can give you a better workflow, since you will
not have to switch pages all the time to find the parameters that you work with. You
can assign any parameter to the focus fields, and the focus fields are stored with the
session as well as when you save your presets.

To change the assignment:

• Press the Assign button. The Assign button as well as one of the Focus Fields

will be highlighted.

• Select the Focus Field you wish to link a parameter to, by clicking on that field.

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