Manuale d’uso / di manutenzione del prodotto One Stop Vocal Processing Plug-in Vocalstrip del fabbricante Solid State Logic
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V ocalstrip™ One S top V ocal P rocessing Plug-in for SSL Duende – a U ser’ s Guide Duende. This is SSL..
Contents 1. Introduction 1 Key F eatures 2 Hardwar e Limitations 3 V ocalstrip Graphical U ser Interface 4 2. System R equirements 5 Apple M acintosh 5 Windo ws/PC 5 3. Installation & Authorisation 6 4. V ocalstrip In Detail 8 4.1 De-esser 8 4.2 De-ploser 8 4.
1. Introduction Thank you for purchasing the V ocalstrip plug-in for the SSL D uende platform. V ocalstrip is a one stop solution for superior vocal processing, with all the tools you need to take y our vocal sound into the big league.
K ey F eatures • Intelligent De-esser • Intelligent De-ploser • 3 band EQ • Compander featuring compression, down wards expansion and output drive • Extensive visual feedback including a rea.
P age 3 Hardwar e Limitations Because of the many processor -intensive processes that ar e part of V ocalstrip, this plug-in uses a large number of Duende DSP cycles. Although this is un-noticeable for most ‘ normal’ use, it does mean that if 6 or mor e V ocalstrips are loaded onto one Duende DSP at 44.
V ocalstrip Graphical User Interface P age 4 1 P reset Management buttons 2 Input gain control 3 Equalisation module 4 Input meter 5 Latency free plug-in bypass 6 De-esser 7 De-ploser 8 Compander resp.
2. System R equirements Apple M acintosh • SSL Duende runn ing V2.59 softwar e and 2.19 firmware • Mac P owerPC G4/G5 or I ntel 1Ghz or higher • 512MB RAM (1GB recommended) • Mac OS X (‘T iger’ 10.
P age 6 3. Installation & Authorisation A tim e limi ted tr ial ve rsio n of V oca lstr ip wil l be ins tall ed dur ing th e Due nde v2 .6 sof twar e upd ate. This al low s V ocals trip to be run in evaluation mode, which means the plug-in can be used with full functionality until a certain number of sampl es of audio h ave been p roces sed.
P age 7 5. In step 3. of the purchase y ou will be asked to enter the Authentication ID (see step 1. above). 6. If your Duende har dware is not already r egistered you will be asked to register it her e. 7. Enter your payment details and your or der will be completed and you will be provided with the U nlock Key .
P age 8 4. V ocalstrip In Detail 4.1 De-esser Sibi lance is a re sonance ofte n found in voca l recor dings which ca n cause undesi rable distor tion artefacts which sounds like the ‘S’ constants are o verly high in level.
P age 9 4.3 Equaliser Thr ee popu lar EQ ty pes ar e pro vided to al low y ou to cut l ow fr eque ncies , find and attenuate r esonances and sh ape the top end of the signa l.
P age 10 4.4 Compander The term Compander is a hybrid of Compressor and Expander . F irst the signal enters the downwards expander , which has a fixed ratio of 1.5:1 and is designed to reduce room ambience, spill or br eath noise that is often brought up by the subsequent compressio n.
P age 11 5. Graphical Displays V ocal strip fe atur es an assi gnable d isplay i n the top ri ght hand c orner of t he plug- in GUI. This toggle s betwe en sho wing the Compander Law Graph and the EQ r esponse curve. Clicking on any of the controls in either the Compander or EQ section will switch to the appropriate display .
P age 12 5.3 Compander Law Display This shows the output level for any given input lev el according to the Compander controls which are currently being used.
P age 13 5.5 Meters The V ocalstrip input and output meter displays are, in fact, three meters in one. They offer various ways to easily read the P eak and RMS levels of a signal o ver time, and the ‘ dynamic history ’ meter allows you to see at a glance how the amplitude has been changing o ver the past second or so.
P age 14 6. Control Options M ove the mo use cursor either up/ down or in a cir cular mo vement o ver a knob to adjust i ts parameter val ue. The exac t nature of the mov ement you need to make to change a knob value is dictated by your DA W .
P age 15 Clicking the Load button with the left mouse button will b ring u p a stand ard M acinto sh OS X or W indo ws dialogue box asking you to choose a file to load. The Save button behaves in the same manner , and when clicked will ask you choose a destination to store the file.
P age 16 Tip: Copy from locatio n A to location B • Save the preset to a temporary location on your hard disk whilst in location A • T oggle to location B • Load the stored preset 6.3 Automation E very V ocalstrip plug-in parameter can be automated as long as parameter automation is supported by the host application.
P age 17 7. V ocalstrip Parameters & Contr ol Ranges Equaliser De-esser and De-ploser Compander Control Range Compressor Ratio 1:1 to 50:1 Compressor Threshold 0dB to –48dB Attack 0.
P age 18 8. V ocalstrip Support Support F AQs T o access the latest support information on Duende, please visit our online support site at: www .solid-state-logic.com/music/Duende/Classic/faq.asp The information within the F AQ is kept up to date to ensure all information is accurate and av ailable to you 24/7.
Visit SSL at: www .solid-state-logic.com 82S6MC160A © Solid S tate Logic All Rights reserved under International and P an-American Copyright Conventions Duende and V ocalstrip are trademarks of Solid.
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