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1. IT D as a le TUBE TECH COMPRESSOR Cl 18 LYDKRAFT DENMARK i N About the CL 1B The hardware CL 1B differs from many other com pressors in that the gainreduction element is made from a nonsemiconductor component which in itself has a very low harmonic distortion and none of the nonlinearity problems involved when using most semiconductor elements All parts of these equally important design choices have of course been painstakingly modeled when creating the CL 1B plugin Another thing that is special about the CL 1B is the Attack Release Select switch which allows the user to switch between a manual and a fixed attack release setting but also makes it possible for the user to combine both the fixed and manual settings This gives a feature not normally obtained in other compressors In the combined mode the attack and release controls makes it possible to obtain complex program dependent releasetime slopes where a fast peak results in a fast release and vice versa Gain Ratio Threshold Meter Select VU Meter TUBE TECH COMPRESSOR CL 8 LYDKRAFT DENMARK Attack Time Release Time Attack Release Select User Interface Gain The Gain control is used to make up for the gain loss which takes place when the unit is compressing It is placed after the gainreduction circuit and therefore has no influence on the threshold setting Ihe Gain control is continuously variable from off to 30 dB Ratio T2. SUS I UIV OUP TV DE TED z ki EE m E un z Setup In the Setup window you can change settings that will affect all instances of that particular plug in If you for example de select the Show Value Display option in the Bass Amp Room plug in the value display will be off for all Bass Amp Rooms on your system until you select that option again The different options vary between Windows and Mac and also different formats and plug ins The most common options are SHOW VALUE DISPLAY Enables the parameter and value display in the bottom row of the plug in REVERSE MOUSE WHEEL DIRECTION Mac OS Only Changes if the a knob is turned up or down when the mouse wheel is turned up or down Mac OS Only You need to restart your host software DAW before the changes to fully take effect If you messed something up and manually need to set these options you ll find them in text format in the following locations MAC OS Library Application Support Softube WINDOWS username AppLication Data Key Commands All numbers and labels in the plug in are clickable This allows you to easy select a setting by clicking on the wanted value Hovering above a label will turn the mouse pointer into a pointing hand Mouse Up Down or Mouse Wheel Change a parameter such as a knob or a switch Keyboard Fine Adjust 3 Mac or crrL Win while changing the parameter value Reset to Default art whil
3. UAL FIX MAN release of the input signal There are three settings of this switch Attack time 1 millisecond Release time 50 milliseconds Attack time From 0 5 to 300 milliseconds Release time From 0 05 seconds to 10 seconds This setting combines the release times of fixed and manual mode The attack time is as it is in the fixed mode The F1x MAN mode always has a fast attack but it is possible to obtain a release time that depends on the input signal for example get a fast release when the peak disap pears then superseded shortly thereafter by the release time selected by the Release control The time the peak disappears to the point where the selected Release time takes over is dependent upon the setting of the Attack control That is the Attack control changes function from a pure attack control to a control of the delayed release with the same time range Turn the Attack control clockwise to increase the time before the Release control takes over Decrease the Attack control to shorten the time before the Release control takes over This function is valid only if the time of the peak is shorter than the setting of the At tack control If the peak of the program is longer or if the Attack control is set at its minimum position it will respond just as in the MANUAL mode The FIX MAN mode acts as an automatic release function with a constant fast attack time and fast release time for short peaks and longer rele
4. ase times for longer peaks This settings is mainly intended for use on program material overall compression Suggested Applications Here you will find suggestions on various applica tions of the Tube Tech CL 1B compressor plugin They are given as a convenient guide that enables you to familiarize yourself with the different aspects of using the compressor We have not mentioned specific settings of the Gain and Threshold as they are dependent on the input levels Instead we have specified how much compression in dB we feel is needed for the various examples These examples were taken from the CL 1B hardware manual and are of course just as valid for the plug in as for the real untt Overall Compression Final Mix Compression needed 3 4 dB Attack Release Select FIX MAN Attack 2 o clock Release 10 o clock Ratio 9 oclock Standard Compression Bass Piano Guitar Keys and Vocals Compression needed 4 5 dB Attack Release Select MANUAL Attack 2 o clock Release 10 o clock Ratio 10 2 oclock Heavy Compression on Instruments Line Guitar and Piano Compression needed 10 dB Attack Release Select MANUAL Attack 7 o clock Release 1 o clock Ratio 3 oclock Compression of Drums Snare and Bass Drum Compression needed 2 3 dB Attack Release Select FIXED Attack Release Ratio 9 12 oclock Mono and Stereo Operation In stereo mode the gain reduction of the left and right channel
5. e clicking on the knob or fader Plug In Specific Key Commands In many plug ins you can sHIFT click on a knob or a switch to get some extra functionality Metal Amp Room sHIFT click and drag a mic will move both mics simultaneously All Amp Rooms SHIFT click in the cabinet background will change cabinet or amp without any animations Tube Tech CL 1B Compressor Foreword by John G Petersen After several years of consideration we decided that the time had come to introduce a plugin of our TUBE TECH CL 1B The development of the plugin was initialized in November 2006 as a cooperation between Lydkraft Softube and TC Electronic Hear ing the result we found that Softube was able to reach the difficult goal of making a plugin of the CL 1B which came extremely close to the original sound and gave the user all the characteristics of the hardware After very serious testing of the software the plugin was released late 2007 To take this project one major step further we decided in early spring 2009 to release a VST AU RTAS version of the plugin and once again placed the developing task in the hands of Softube We are very impressed by the skills of these young guys from Sweden and we feel excited that the quality of the CL 1B is now avail able for all workstation users We hope you will enjoy the excellence of the TUBE TECH CL 1B plugin Yours sincerely Petersen President Lydkraft Tube Tech Wy 2
6. he Ratio control varies the ratio by which the input signal is compressed If the ratio selected is 2 1 and the input signal increases 10 dB the output signal is only increased by 5 dB The Ratio control is continuously variable from 2 1 to 10 1 Threshold The threshold is the point where the compressor begins its action It is defined as the point where the gain is reduced by 1 dB The Threshold control is continuously vari able from 20 dB to 40 dB Meter Select Select what the VU meter should display INPUT Ihe meter shows the input level COMPRESSION Ihe VU meter is showing the gain reduction OUTPUT The meter shows the output level Please note that it does not show peak or true RMS it is a VU meter and behaves just like the original unit The meter and the plugin is calibrated so that a sine wave showing 0 VU at the output corresponds to a 18 dBFS output signal Correspondingly a 18 dBFS sine at the input will show 0 VU if the meter is set at showing the input signal Attack Time The Attack control chooses how fast slow the compressor responds to an increase in the input signal It is continuously variable from 0 5 to 300 milliseconds Release Time The Release control sets how fast slow the compressor responds to a decrease in the input signal It is continuously variable from 0 05 to 10 seconds Attack Release Select This switch selects how the compressor reacts to an increase attack or a decrease FIXED MAN
7. is always linked in order to reduce stereo image shifting Ihe gain reduction used will be calculated from a combination of the two chan nels just as if two hardware CL 1B had been linked together using a sidechain bus Credits Arvid Ros n modeling Oscar Oberg modeling and DSP programming Torsten Gatu framework and DSP programming Niklas Odelholm GUI and framework programming Ulf Ekel f 3D rendering Original hardware was designed by John G Petersen at Lydkraft ApS TUBE TECH IS A REGISTERED TRADEMARK OF LYDKRAFT APS DENMARK ALL SPECIFICATIONS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE ALL RIGHTS RESERVED w Softube
8. n 7 About the CL 1B 7 User Interface 2 ooon ee 8 Suggested Applications 10 Mono and Stereo Operation 10 CIS 232 aria sa a es 10 User Interface SOFTUBE PLUG INS ARE what you see is what you get products You should be able to intuitively learn Enable Enable Activate the plug in the products within minutes so that you can work Set to OFF for bypass fast and efficient with them There are a couple of things that remain the same for all of our plug ins such as the menu row These will be explained in this chapter For detailed information of a particular plug in please see its chapter Setup Changes global options for all instances of that plug in ee 5 oftube Mode Active A Menu Row a ur 5 oftube Mode Bypa m 7 SETUP r Se Y In the bottom of the plug in interface you will see a thin black row with some buttons We ll use the Dyna mite plug in as example but the same goes A for all plug ins Enable About Box Opens the About Box with When the Enable switch is set to on I the plug version info in is active and will process audio When set to OFF 0 it will be bypassed and not process any audio It Value Display Displays the knob value when will take considerably less CPU when it is bypassed the mouse is hovering over a control About Box Value Display Enable Setup Lol we Softube Hormal Volume 4 5 TE
9. up Gailly and Mark Adler Portions of this software are copyright 2006 The FreeType Project www freetype org All rights reserved WonderGUI used under commercial license Tord Jansson Libpng versions 1 2 6 August 15 2004 through 1 6 12 June 12 2014 are copyright 2004 2006 2014 Glenn Randers Pehrson and are distributed according to the same disclaimer and license as libpng 1 2 5 Some code copyright 2008 The NetBSD Foundation Inc VST is a trademark and software of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH Mac OS X headers are covered under the Apple Public Source License APSL and available at http www publicsource apple com apsl Disclaimer Every effort has been made to ensure that the information in this manual is accurate However there are a chance that we have made mistakes and we hope that you understand that we are only humans Please let us know about the mistake and we ll fix it in the mix or in the next version of this manual Support On the Softube website www softube com you will find answers to common questions FAQ and other topics that might interest you Support questions can be posted at http www softube com where we will help you as fast as we can Web ww softube com E mail info softube com Phone 46 13 21 1623 9 am 5 pm CET Contents User Interface 5 MENIEROW coe o unicas BeOS aH 5 Key Commands bo hie ee ot ras 6 Tube Tech CL 1B Compressor 7 Foreword by John G Peterse
10. w Softube User Manual Tube Tech CL 1B Rev Feb 19 2015 Softube User Manual 2007 2015 Amp Room is a registered trademark of Softube AB Sweden Softube is a registered trademark of Softube AB Sweden All visual and aural references to the Valley People Dyna mite Tonelux and Tilt are trademarks being made with written permission from PMI Audio The Tonelux and Tilt logo the Valley People Dyna mite and associated logos are trademarks of PMI Audio Group used under license Summit Audio Inc is a trademark by Baltic Latvian Universal Electronics LLC used under license All specifications subject to change without notice All Rights Reserved Other company and product names mentioned herein are trademarks of their respective companies Mention of third party products is for informational purposes only and constitutes neither an endorsement nor a recommendation Softube assumes no responsibility with regard to the performance or use of these products Softube products are protected by patents SE526523 and SE525332 and related patents patent applications including WO06054943 US11 667360 US20040258250 EP1492081 EP1815459 and JP2004183976 Your rights to the software are governed by the accompanying software license agreement End User License Agreement Acknowledgements and Licenses zlib h interface of the zlib general purpose compression library version 1 2 8 April 28th 2013 Copyright 1995 2013 Jean lo
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