U-HE Triple Cheese User Guide

Triple Cheese v1.2

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Thanks for checking out Triple Cheese! I think it's a great sounding plugin, even
though it's free and not too capable. As the name says, it's great for cheesy sounds,
but it has also room for some surprisingly nice things.

Preface

Triple Cheese is a 16-voice software synthesizer plugin. It should work on Macs (Mac
OS X 10.3.9 and up, both PowerPC and Intel processors) and PCs (Windows XP). You
need a hosting software that's either compatible to VST or AU to run it.

If you don't know what this is all about, go to www.google.com and search for "VST AU
plugin synthesizer host".

In any case, please read the license agreement. It's freeware, but there's still some
terrible stuff in there!

[ 2015 update! Version 1.2 lets you change the GUI size and brightness. Right-click
anywhere in the background and check it out ]

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Installation

On Windows just doubleclick the installer. It'll guide you through the process. Just
make sure that you have "msvcrt.dll" in your SYSTEM32 directory. It's badly needed, but
sometimes it disappears. If you don't have it, grab it here:

http://www.dll-files.com/dllindex/dll-files.shtml?msvcr71

On Mac, drag files here:
TripleCheese.component:! MacHD/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components/
TripleCheese.vst:! MacHD/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST/
Presets: MacHD/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Presets/u-he/Triple Cheese/

To uninstall, just delete all these files.

Synthesis concept

Unlike many other synthesizers that use synthesis forms like substractive (oscillators
and filters), fm (interacting oscillators), additive (piled up sine waves), Triple Cheese
mainly uses various forms of comb filters (chromatically tuned delays) to create or
modify sound. So, it's a bit different from most of the stuff you've already seen. No, it
does not have any analogue sounding resonant lowpass filter.

The basic idea is this: You have three cheesy modules (hence Triple Cheese!) that
either generate sound, or manipulate what's been created by previous modules. The
first module can only generate sound, while the second and third module can also
manipulate.

Each of the three cheesy modules looks like this:

The selector on the top left holds a menu for 8 different modes it can work in. The
knobs in the top row (Tune, Detune, Vibrato) determine the module's tuning relatively
to the note that's played.

The eight knobs below that show 4 parameters (Tone, Damp, Volume and Pan), with
their respective modulation sources and modulation amounts. A modulation amount
knob with "..." has no modulation source assigned, so that a menu with all modulation
sources pops up when you click it. If you want to change an assigned modulation
source, just right-click or ctrl-click that knob for the menu.