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1. In summary if you were using a Classic EQ effect this cannot be uploaded It could be e Part of the standard FX2000 Classic EQ Compressor library which may be obtained from the Sintefex Audio web site or e A special effect created for a FX2000 Classic EQ Compressor customer you would need to obtain a copy from the owner of the FX2000 Classic EQ Compressor to be able to reproduce it Select an Input CHi 2 qk Press INPUT Input Output Inge Gaint program O 0d5 Out Gain control off ain dB 20 U a Feduction PF rrr Input gi z0 6 O E a E A a A A All Inputs allows you to select digital or analogue input into the two channels Analogue input is not available if this option is fitted in the hardware Select the channel inputs from the list which includes Digital Analogue and Analogue DC You must press do it to make the change take effect Analogue amp Analogue DC The analogue converters in the FX2000 contain an automatic digital hi pass filter HPF that removes un wanted DC components always present in analogue to digital converters This is usually inaudible but some engineers prefer to disable this filter This is achieved by selecting Analogue DC Unless the sound differ ence is critical in your application you should avoid this setting as it allows some DC offset to be present in the digital signal which can reduce headroom or cause problems in downstre
2. d gt Sintefex Audio The Sintefex Audio FX2000 ANALOGUE SAMPLED DIGITAL STEREO EQUALISER COMPRESSOR Sintefex FX 2000 ANALOGUE SOUND REPLICATOR TECHNOLOGY s 9 CAE 1 ANALOGUE SOUND 7 DIGITAL STEREO EQUALISER INPUT EQUALISER COMPRESSOR FX2000 Classic EQ WITH COMPRESSOR 7 view VIEW VIEW CHANNEL SELECT oon Press both for stereo gang LINK a a E NON LIN PRE EQ c ir oon ie om ON 6 ON GD ain __ ee a l POWER SECTIONON SECTION ON l 1 2 4 j SYSTEM ON BYPASS OPTION SELECT CURSOR E User Gui de Page 2 Sintefex FX2000 Classic EQ Compressor FX2000 amp gt Page 3 Sintefex Audio User Guide Version 3 0 Copyright 2001 2003 Sintefex Audio Lda SINTEFEX FX2000 ANALOGUE SAMPLED DIGITAL STEREO EQUALISER COMPRESSOR User Guide v3 0 Notice Whilst all reasonable effort has been made to ensure that the information in this manual is accurate Sintefex Audio Lda accepts no liability for inadvertent errors omissions or changes in operating software or hardware specification referred to in this manual This edition April 2003 Sintefex Audio Lda is incorporated with limited liability in Portugal web www sintefex com Head office S Marcos da Serra P 8375 Portugal tel 351 282 361748 fax 282 361749 Page 4 Sintefex FX2000 Classic EQ Compressor FX2000 amp gt Page 5 gt P Sintefex Audio User Guide Version 3 0 Copyright 2001 2003 Sintef
3. AES interface is present in all machines regardless of whether the analogue interface is fitted Word clock reference in Sample rates the 4 main sample rates of 44 1 48 88 2 and 96 or will lock from 30kHz to 96kHz external reference Unique Digital gain link interface compatible with IEC 958 SPDIF MIDI input and output for remote control from sequencer keyboard and for remote operation USB port for high speed interconnection to suitably equipped desktop computer Internal hard disk for sample and program storage Balanced analogue input and output levels can be customised to meet individual installation standards by addition of plug in modules Processing latency Typically better than 100 samples digital in to digital out Subject to change in the course of continuing development plus any inherent delay in sample loaded as peak energy may not be at start of sample response Analogue interface is an option and is not field upgradeable The option may be added by return to factory or authorised service centre and requires exchange of system board AES digital interface is always fitted Channel Pair Inputs 2 channel electronically balanced Analogue input optional XLR pin 2 hot 18dBu 1dB for peak digital sine wave gt 10k impedance optional AES balanced input 2 channel XLR Meets AES 3 1992 Also supports up to 96KHz 2 channel sampling as proposed for standard revision AES embedded
4. How do Link Compressor Gain Reduction for more on this This pair of busses can be made public to more than one Replicator by use of the digital link bus connection on the Replicator FX2000 If you select external link on the Gain Linkage Setup page you will see the following page CHi 2 4k linkage Compressor External Gain Linkage You can link several machines page for celle eeu dea Jal connects ae ublic A and eT of all the Seer E ogethe Connect the digital lea bus output of the master to the araa link bus Ue of the slave loop the slave digital link bus Se back to the input of the Waster or through another slave One machine must be the faster the others must all sustem be slaves JSelect link ERRIERTEEVERA Here you can see that you can select the FX2000 external gain linkage to be off or for the machine to a master or slave If you have two or more Replicator machines you may connect them in a loop for gain linkage digital link bus digital link bus coax in coax in SPDIF on FX8000 digital link bus coax out E l FX2000 master FX2000 slave B FX2000 slave E The master digital link bus output connects to the first slave digital link bus input This machine digital link bus output then connects back to the master digital link bus input or it may be linked to a third Replicator digital link bus input The final slave must have its digital link bus output linked back to the master Select one of t
5. bar and c re limit 17 5 WU ane controls W input EQ output only f sustem Curve graph zoom 7 1 amp gqE JSlope control Switched LA 20 tube You can also access the PEAK RMS switch from the main compressor page where it is located at the bot tom as shown on the right screen Remember that with RMS detection In order to average the energy it cannot have very fast attacks as you can imagine a lamp detector cannot illuminate instantly as signal appears for the same reason The RMS detector has a limiting attack and release time and the displayed values are additional attack and release that can be added after this element for better control than on many real RMS compressors Examples of compressors that feature this sort of detector are the LA2 and LA3 and some more recent opti cal levellers When you load these Classic Compressor models RMS detection will automatically be selected You can override this if you want after loading them If you save a program with the value overridden that value will be used every time you reload the program of course Since most programs in the factory library were made when only PEAK detection was available these will usually load with the PEAK option selected Full Wave Half Wave Rectification Most compressors feature a full wave rectifier for measuring the audio signal level This makes sense be Cause peaks may occur in both the positive and negative going excursions of the signal E gt P
6. if the model specified does not change and the routing is the same a new set of parameters will be cross faded to without an audible glitch If operating in MONO the second channel will not be affected by this load lf a program load is received addressed to channel 16 and the mode is OMNI OFF the FX2000 will treat the program load as a whole machine load This allows a program to reconfigure the FX2000 from stereo to mono or vice versa and if a mono program is loaded the two channels will be set independently to the values stored with the program This is always done with the FX2000 muted on all channels as it is not possible to perform a glitch free change of the system configuration If the MODE is set OMNI ON a program load message on any channel will be directed to the currently se lected channel s It is not possible to perform a whole machine load as the channel number for this 16 is ignored After a program load the system will be busy for several seconds Further MIDI commands issued during this period will be missed If the command is from a sequencer for real time control be sure to allow sufficient time including time for the FX2000 disk to spin up if it has timed out and stopped Bank select commands may be issued with either the LSB or the MSB MIDI bank select command Since values other than 1 8 are ignored a full MSB LSB pair will work fine too The FX2000 sends bank select as an LSB only Parameter Control P
7. open the gate after the gain has reduced closing of the gate This is often used for dramatic effects and cleaning up percussion and other tracks of a multitrack recording Page 40 Sintefex FX2000 Classic EQ Compressor FX2000 term Headroom Linear Phase MIDI Operating system Peak RMS Power Linear Program Process Replicator Process RMS Peak Sample Sample Rate Sampling SPDIF means This refers to operating at signal levels somewhat below OdBFS or peak digital level to allow room for unexpected audio events or for equalisation to take place without immedi ately encountering clipping During the early days of CD manufacture it became normal to operate with almost no headroom due to early 16 bit systems sounding very unpleasant as the signal level was reduced Modern conversion and 20 or 24 bit working should allow for operating levels some 12 or 18dB below peak as normal practice while exceeding CD performance and avoiding clipping Final mastering to CD can then optimise the final lev els to peak if this is desired A method of processing audio in which all frequencies are delayed by the same amount This preserves transient response and is often equated with a better stereo image Total system delay is usually greater as all delays must be compensated by a matching pre delay so this is not usually applicable to real time use However it is a valuable tool in post production and mastering Musical I
8. FX2000 MIDI ports a sequence of small changes can arrive delayed and interrupt the changes you are trying to make Page 44 Sintefex FX2000 Classic EQ Compressor FX2000 To prevent an echoed program load or parameter change from duplicating a front panel operation it is possi ble to set an ignore time in which any MIDI messages received after a MIDI message is transmitted will be ignored for a short period This should be used if it is not possible to prevent the sequencer from echoing messages it receives It does mean that messages already recorded say for channel 1 in a two channel mono set up may be ignored as you record changes for channel 2 at least for the period set for ignoring messages The ignore period can be set simply to on to get a default ignore period typically 1 second or to a period from the list in the MIDI setup page The period is automatically multiplied by ten for ignoring program load messages received to make sure that a slow program load does not get repeated because the time has al ready elapsed when it is complete The FX2000 will not re transmit a change it receives via MIDI so infinite loops cannot occur MIDI Implementation Chart and Parameter Numbers Date 20th March 2003 Model FX2000 MIDI Implementation Chart version 3 0 0 Cu Bcd Bonen Function Also recognises one MIDI Channel channel per audio channel OMNI OFF Pe ee Mode X Default is OMNI OFF Poly OMNI ON OFF
9. FX2000 using the Replimat PC application The program then may be selected as a preset program and this will load the sample into the FX2000 Repli cator Processor EQUALISER section The sound of the sample can be switched on and off with the EQUALISER ON button and any additional compression can be monitored using the COMPRESSOR ON button Use the Compressor Curves from a Sampled Compressor while using a Classic EQ When you load a Classic Compressor you get both the characteristic gain reduction curves and the signal processor path each of which provides a constituent of the Classic Compressor sound However if you need a Classic EQ as long as you load this AFTER the Classic Compressor it will take over the signal processing slot of the FX2000 to simulate the original sampled equaliser but leave the dynamics section available including leaving the last loaded compressor gain curves The combination can be saved as a program and loaded in one go at a future time with all the settings you have chosen Use the Data Wheel CURSOR keys and SELECT buttons When a page is being displayed on FX2000 Classic EQ Compressor s LCD screen there are usually a number of data entry fields on the screen Pressing the CURSOR keys moves you between fields in the way that should feel natural When the cursor is on a field it is highlit usually as white on black but for some entries like for instance text fields the cursor is an und
10. J ds ja eee En og 45 WK Desk EG GES 4 Euro EQ split LF 48 ULTEQI shtek Ia l 1 1 22 1 26 ULTEGQ Spk 4 i 30 ULTEGS 2pk 2ch 4 programs ceject Classic EG Load 1 34 UL TERA eae sh 4 ia Jor any saved program g 7 36 MAS M 4 with sample Papas 45 You can also turn on the Power Linear Mode before selecting an EQ Assuming you just press load you will see the loading messages then the selected EQ will be displayed and be operation When the classic EQ is displayed touch any OPTION SELECT button to see the options shown below Press the Power Linear button to move on to screen shown here on the right f Power i linear ON i Linear F Classic EQ Classic EQ TEN BOOST ATTEN PHASE MODE NORMAL POWER LINEAR if a Unique Way of hearing Classic E as never before possible This process makes the El hase linear and doubles he effect Select LINEAR one off to freload effect in selected mode or back to leave it as it is 0 0 KCS WIDTH KCS This allows you to access the linear ON option Press this button This takes you to the classic EQ select page Power i Linear Lin Phas eE bnk name zalea J oe ja esT ERO og E 45 WK Desk EG GEES 4a Euro EQ split LF 48 2 ULTEQI shtek 45 ULTEQZ Spek 45 0 ULTEQZ SE E 2Sh qe UL TEGS le Sou sh 48 HAS ti 45 a i Show creels in bank all with sample rate 43 Here you can load any classic EQ you want to h
11. LEDs and press the button for the channel you want to control You may also be bypassed on the channel you are listening to The SYSTEM ON BYPASS buttons and LEDs help here Make the FX2000 Classic EQ Compressor start up the way want system gt setup gt more setup gt power up options This provides the following page which allows you to make certain decisions about power up hori Set Default Program Bank 1 number 1 These parameters together With current samele rate input MIDI amp remote ions are saved whenever e Sustenm 15 powered down from the POWER button can Press Save setup t save them now Page 26 Sintefex FX2000 Classic EQ Compressor FX2000 You can select that FX2000 a loads nothing at start up b loads the last power down state or c loads a specific program the Default Program which you can select here when you know the bank and number of the program you want to load Any change made here is saved when you power down the system using the POWER button Changes will be lost if AC power is cut off before this If you want to be sure they are saved either power down now using the POWER button wait 10 seconds then power back up again or press save setup which causes an im mediate save The advantage of powering down is that you can check that the system is doing what you ex pected of it In addition to the start up options for loading the system at power up th
12. MSByte of data arrived but no LSByte this is for transparent support of controllers that can only send 7 bit data e The value of the addressed parameter is loaded into a holding register for update It is converted from its native format to a 14 bit value or 7 bit for some parameters in as natural way as possible so that 0 rep resents a minimum setting Oxfff represents a maximum setting and 0x2000 MIDI bytes 64 0 represent a typical mid position for the control The controlling system should then send MSByte LSByte data pairs After each LSByte is received the pa rameter is converted back to native format and the FX2000 is updated Parameters with only 7 bit range re quire just the MSByte The controlling system can also issue Data Increment and Data Decrement commands These are applied and executed immediately See note 2 When update of a parameter is complete the controlling system can do one of several things e Select a different parameter with an MSByte LSByte pair at which point the parameter control process is ready for a further update e Cancel the parameter select this is done by issuing an RPN of 127 127 often termed a NULL selec tion This is recommended See note 4 e Leave the parameter selected This is dangerous as it makes the FX2000 susceptible to unwanted acci dental further update of the selected parameter A sequence of parameter select and modify messages must address the same channel If a data
13. SYSTEM ON BYPASS button If the channels are ganged these will be locked to gether In bypass the digital output is fed from the digital input via the shortest processing route available except that if delay management is switched on the bypass delay can be made to match the processing delay up to 150 samples most processing is much quicker than this Analogue input to output is still converted to digital and back again The system input output gain adjust ments are bypassed along with all the effects If you need to keep the system gains in place consider using the individual SECTION ON buttons for bypass System bypass operation features a cross fade operation between the processed and unprocessed signals to avoid any clicks due to fast switching Page 30 Sintefex FX2000 Classic EQ Compressor FX2000 Switch off the FX2000 Classic EQ Compressor The FX2000 should always be switched off using the front panel power button Because the POWER button is under the control of the software to prevent accidental switch off it is possi ble for the POWER button to be inoperative if there has been a software problem or if the software has not fully loaded In this case power should be removed or switched off at the rear of the unit if a switch is fitted for a minimum of 10 seconds When you re power the system the POWER switch should be operating again The POWER button does not operate if you are In the middle of along softw
14. Sintefex FX2000 Classic EQ Compressor FX2000 System Block Diagram USB MIDI control interface word clock reference input control Input Gain CLASSIC EQ Compressor Output Gain Trim cel control 4 band digital EQ for side chain main path al Digital Analogue Interface Conversions optional KEY Digital Processing e Compressor can be pre or post classic EQ e Digital EQ can also be placed in signal path before or after compressor Installing the FX2000 Mounting the unit and connecting AC power The FX2000 is a standard 2U rack mount unit It is fan cooled and accordingly does not require cooling space above or below the unit giving the maximum packing density in a rack installation Ventilation holes must not be obstructed and a free flow of air should be available at the sides of the unit and from the fan at the rear Before connecting AC power check that the voltage rating matches your AC supply Depending on the power supply fitted and local regulations you may be able to set the voltage to the correct setting for your area or the unit may be supplied pre set for the area you are in For optimum performance the power supply should be uninterrupted Once connected the power switch on the rear panel if fitted should be left on and the front panel power button used subsequently for normal operation This allows orderly shutdown of the FX2000 processes and saving of operating set up o
15. The data is flagged as normal SPDIF audio so that it will not cause problems to the digital recorder The A bus is carried in the left channel and the B bus in the right If you are only using one of these busses you will only need one track otherwise you will need two Avoid monitoring the gain reduction signal The signal if treated as audio will have a lot of DC and bass content and if fed to monitors may cause damage In particular transients in the gain profile may create loud impulsive signals e he gain signal cannot be recorded on an analogue recorder e The gain signal cannot be recorded if fed through a sample rate converter or other processor Note that some DAW s have a sample rate converter chip fitted as standard on all inputs These will need to be switched off e The gain signal cannot be recorded on a digital system that uses perceptual coding MP3 minidisk etc e The gain signal cannot be fed over the telephone Make the controls work they do not seem to affect what am lis tening to ANALOGUE SOUND REPLICATOR TECHNOLOGY Sintefex FX 2000 CHi 2 _ 48k stil System nothing loaded St art Screeri COMP DYHANHIC CHANNEL SELECT presets out presets Preis both for stereo pang steren l Gain dB 20 Fx2000 Reduction Petre Classic Et Input oe 5 Compressor 50 m a SYSTEM OM BYPASS OPTION SELECT You may be listening to one channel while the other channel is selected Check the CHANNEL SELECT
16. This is done by installing Rep limat software on a PC running Windows 98 or 2000 or better you can get the latest version of Replimat from our web site Connect the PC to the FX2000 using a USB cable and follow the instructions with the software for installing the necessary drivers The FX2000 may also be controlled from any MIDI sequencer whether running on a PC or on a Macintosh See the sections on using MIDI for more information Register This Software After installation this software will operate normally for approximately 3 months 720 hours of use At any time during this period authorised end users may register this software which will remove any time limitation From the start screen select the Register Software option You will see this screen which displays a code unique to your system G D Page 27 d eP Sintefex Audio User Guide Version 3 0 Copyright 2001 2003 Sintefex Audio Lda Software Registration Wersilon Registration of this software is free to all eich a4 Users Please send the ieee fot Louing code to Sintefex al io using the registration form in the user guide You can alzo register on line a Wild Ssinte fex com When You receive the authorisation code please Wee the enter code Sekte Please copy this unique code to the registration form at the end of this manual Add the software version number also shown on this screen and the other information requested Then either mail
17. When on the same gain is applied to both channels usually for use on stereo signals to prevent image shifting Soft and external linkage options are also available COMPRESSOR PRE EQ When the dynamics section is being used with a Classic EQ this switches the dy namic section before the EQ section pre EQ on or after the EQ section pre EQ off When the Classic Compressor is being used to simulate a sampled compressor this is also effective in switching the dynamics section before pre EQ on or after pre EQ off the signal path simulation The normal use would be before the signal path simulation pre EQ on but the alternative is available for use The right side of the front panel looks like this ANALOGUE SOUND REPLICATOR TECHNOLOGY Sintefex FX 2000 CHi 2 FE Ahoth ina loaded EL EH a a a a COMP PROF fae CHANNEL SELECT out presets Preis Goth far sterec fang sztereo Gan dB 20 as ii Sy FX2000 Feduction PFA Classic EQ Input ea 50 20 Compressor a ii D oN RSS oon ST SS AR ww i 2 SYSTEM ON BYPASS OPTION SELECT The main sets of controls are as follows CHANNEL SELECT If one of the channels is selected for adjustment one of the LEDs on then touching the CHANNEL SELECT for the other switches the controls and displays over to the other channel If you hold down the CHANNEL SELECT for one channel then touch the other the channels will be GANGED into stereo or if al
18. and Mono are not relevant Altered POLY ignored to this unit note 7 X ber note data is ignored Hence Velocity also there is no meaning to Poly Mono mode Touch Pichbend XX x lt Bank Select MSB note 6 Data entry MSB note 1 Bank Select LSB note 6 Data entry LSB data increment note 2 data decrement NRPN LSB note 3 NRPN MSB 127 only RPN LSB for null only RPN MSB note 4 Program in banks 1 8 Change fee Pe System note 5 Exclusive System Common System Real Time Aux Mes sages Notes Ee Control Change 101 resets MIDI system only reset selects OMNI OFF Mode 1 Omni On Poly Mode 2 Omni On Mono O Yes Mode 3 Omni Off Poly Mode 4 Omni Off Mono X No it a amp gt Page 45 Sintefex Audio User Guide Version 3 0 Copyright 2001 2003 Sintefex Audio Lda MIDI Note 1 Parameter Update and Data Entry MSB and LSB FX2000 parameters are specified by non registered parameter numbers according to the table note 3 Re member that a MIDI byte is only 7 bits and a 14 bit value is sent as an MSByte and and LSByte more signifi cant byte and less significant byte Parameters may be updated by SYSEX messages or by use of NRPN controls Which you use depends on which your sequencer supports best When using NRPN controls it is necessary to issue a parameter select message pair an MSByte and an LSByte followed by a new parameter value usually also an MSBte and LSByte This
19. entry is en countered for a different channel to the last parameter selected the parameter will be marked as unselected and no further changes will have any effect until a new parameter control sequence is successfully received Page 46 Sintefex FX2000 Classic EQ Compressor FX2000 When transmitting parameter changes an FX2000 transmits and NRPN parameter selection bytes then the parameter value byte s then issues an RPN NULL 127 127 MIDI Note 2 Data Increment Decrement Provided a parameter is selected all parameters value will be incremented and decrement by one MSBit This can be fairly course for 14 bit parameters but may help find an approximate setting quickly Some parameters e g stepped parameters such as on off may require up to 64 steps to achieve a change MIDI Note 3 Non Registered Parameter Number NRPN Assignment ele ee A 1 127 reserved ages og ened a ee Compressor Attack mid is 100mS Compressor Release 0 3fff 1mS 10S mid is 100mS Compressor Slope D 0 3ff 1 1 limit mid is 10 1 260 2 4 Compressor Threshold am 40dB 20dB 261 Compressor Ingain trim 0 3fff 60dB Compressor Outgain trim O 3fff pled Compressor Rectifier Flags 0 amp 7f Compressor Link Gain 0 amp 7f 267 275 i reserved _ __ 2 20 Expander Enable 0 7f off ex lt 0x40 off pander gate 0x40 Ox5f ex pander gt 0x60 gate Expander Attack mid is 100mS Expander Release O 3fff 1mS 10S
20. floating point digital signal processor one handling SPDIF and ADAT interfaces monitor mixing and system administration nine per channel pair Maximum Processing 800Mflops per channel Disk storage not less than 3Gbytes per system Unique Dynamic Convolution Algorithm giving analogue sound sampled from real analogue units Unique Power Linear mode of reproducing analogue equalisation with linear phase response MIDI Implementation the gory details The implementation in the FX2000 is designed to be as transparent as possible For more information about MIDI terminology see the complete MIDI spec v1 0 available from the MIDI Manufacturers Association Channel Selection Because an FX2000 has two channels it is able to transmit and receive commands on more than one MIDI channel MIDI channels map directly onto physical channels For example MIDI channel 1 will control FX2000 channel 1 If the FX2000 is linked into stereo messages on either channel will update the stereo pair to gether and the FX2000 will transmit changes on channel 1 only The FX2000 will also transmit and receive program change on MIDI channel 16 as a whole machine load which permits reconfiguration e g stereo to mono and vice versa see Program Load below The FX2000 normally operates in OMNI OFF mode This may be changed by a MIDI mode change message on the FX2000 basic channel which is 1 OMNI OFF The FX2000 receives commands for channel 1 on
21. i e 1mS steps below MSByte of 96 and 100mS steps above this This provides 4 steps between each frequency step to give ISO 1 24th oc tave centres The top 2 bits only select this i e values 32 64 96 Only used for 0 1 steps in the larger ranges not used not used Note 1 LIMIT is assumed for any value above 25 1 and is selected by an MSByte of 110 Values above 110 are currently not used but may be assigned in the future Intermediate values select steps in size of 0 1 This does not require the LSByte up to 5 1 but above this the steps of 0 1 include the LSByte These higher preci sion steps are only seen where the slope control is selected to be fully variable rather than the more normal switched setting Page 48 Sintefex FX2000 Classic EQ Compressor FX2000 MIDI Note 4 RPN Null An RPN Null 127 127 will clear the currently selected parameter so that no parameter is selected If a pa rameter was selected it will be updated by the current value of the parameter so that if only an MSByte was received for a 14 bit value a course setting will be performed MIDI Note 5 SYSEX Support There are two formats of SYSEX command One set has been implemented for factory testing and for initial software load only using proprietary software applications e g Replimat PC software These are not suitable for general use The other set is for parameter control as an alternative to NRPN control change messages The message
22. law for loss of time data material or financial loss of attempting the upgrade By registering the software the user accepts that the software is of suitable quality for his application Warranty and Liability Limitations for New Users This Software is provided as is and with no warranties of any kind whether express or implied The user is assumed to have evaluated the software together with the hardware and accepted its suitability to the user s application If for proper reasons as governed by any applicable hardware warranty the hardware and Soft ware are returned Sintefex shall have no liability to the extent permissible by law for loss of time data mate rial or financial loss of using or attempting to use the Software By registering the software the user accepts that the software is of suitable quality for his application Governing Law This licence is governed by the laws of Portugal or at Sintefex s sole discretion any territory with a court of competent jurisdiction Software Registration Form A Software Registration form appears on the following page Please feel free to photo copy this form and after filling it in return it to Sintefex Audio Lda to complete the software registration You can also supply the information via our web site at www sintefex com Please allow approximately 2 weeks for the authorisation code to be issued and returned to you Licence Conditions for Version 3 Software End user and Evaluat
23. least it is well known to DSP experts even if they never let you get at it before FX2000 Classic EQ Compressor s unique and patented non linear technology takes it beyond this to reproduce the analogue characteristic of the sound changing when you drive the unit harder How Does it Work The FX2000 Classic EQ Compressor can reproduce the sound of an equaliser or compressor that has been sampled by passing a test signal through the unit and recording the result The test signal consists of loud signals and quiet signal to detect the way the system varies when it is driven hard or not G iy Page 9 gt I Sintefex Audio User Guide Version 3 0 Copyright 2001 2003 Sintefex Audio Lda FX2000 Classic EQ Compressor storage contains the results of this sampling on an internal disk and this allows FX2000 Classic EQ Compressor to recall the frequency response phase response and non linearities of the equipment at any future time and allows you to archive the effect for as much reuse as you want Main components of the FX2000 CLASSIC EQ COMPRESSOR Familiarity ANALOGUE SOUND REPLICATOR TECHNOLOGY ANALOGUE SOUND i DIGITAL STEREO EQUALISER EQUALISER COMPRESSOR FX2000 Classic EQ WITH COMPRESSOR E am Compressor s VIEW VIEW CHANNEL SELECT Press both for stereo gang mo M NON LIN PRE Sa l SECTIONON SECTION ON 1 2 i SYSTEM ON BYPASS OPTION SELECT The SINTEFEX FX2000 CLASSIC EQ COMPRESSOR may be di
24. or fax it to Sintefex Audio the contact information is shown on the form Alternatively you can register this software on line at www sintefex com Sintefex Audio will then issue an authorisation code This should be entered by pressing the enter code button in the page shown above You will then see this page fre ister a LAr EE ia FX2000 Classic EQ ri i Compressor x eae ase Registration Please enter authorisation ps code and press enter Oooo 0000 0000 0000 AUse cursor lt and gt and data Enter the authorisation code in the four 4 character fields shown by rotating the data knob to select a charac ter using the cursor left and right keys to move between characters Once the code is correct press the en ter button to complete the process e The code is not case sensitive so you can use lower case instead of upper case if you wish e The letter O can be used instead of the number 0 to avoid excessive eye strain Provided you have entered the code correctly you will see a confirming message If the message reports that there is an error in the code simply check it against the code you have received from Sintefex Audio and cor rect any errors After the code has been entered correctly you will not see the register option again and you will have unlim ited further use of the software Authorised dealers and those evaluating the system can renew the trial period by supplying the same unique code to Sintefex
25. the acoustic effect of an instrument in a mix especially when it may be one of many mi crophone channels in a setup for example a multi miked drum kit or orchestral performance Some points to watch e It is not possible to match the delay of Linear Phase EQ as this typically amounts to about 2000 samples e Samples effects incorporate delays dependent on the device sampled so delay compensation is only as accurate as the original sample Samples are assumed to have peak response at 20 sample delay unless a delay is specified in the sample file In addition some delays are frequency dependent so delay match ing has to be a compromise e The processing delays are in addition to input output delay The Analogue In to Analogue Out has a fixed overhead of about 1 3 mS about 63 samples at 48kHz Digital In to Digital Out is shorter Page 34 Sintefex FX2000 Classic EQ Compressor FX2000 Use the Expander Gate Select the COMPRESSOR VIEW button then touch the OPTION SELECT buttons to get the options shown below Touch the expander gate OPTION to select the Exp Gate page display amp Setup a ac D D depth thresh att ac v m D sloge thresh Jate 3 D 9 C1 j Compressor input EQ output sustem 0 0 w o 0 tupet sampled PEAK You can adjust the various parameters and use the Select field to choose between OFF EXPANDER and GATE When either channel is actually expanding the s
26. versa Make sure Replicator is enabled for MIDI communications On Replicator select SYSTEM gt setup amp sample gt more setup gt remote control Select the MIDI Remote Control yes andpress do it Then go to the MIDI Setup screen and select whether you want Replicator to transmit or receive program change messages and if you require parameter control select whether to send or receive SYSEX or NRPN parameter control messages For more details see the section on the MIDI in the General Information at the end of this guide Connect up the USB Universal Serial Bus is the latest desktop bus allowing efficient connection of peripherals to PCs It is de signed to be much faster than the old serial ports common on old PCs and more versatile than the parallel port for connecting external devices USB is connected using a single lead that carries data in both directions It is connected from the PC end upstream which uses a wide flat connector towards the external device downstream which uses a squarer connecior Most PCs have a one or two USB ports and USB external devices have a single socket or a captured cable Replicator has a socket for the squarer downstream end of the cable The signal can be split using a hub so one connection from the host can split multiple ways to many down stream external devices Hubs can be plugged into hubs with only two limits 1 A maximum of 5 hubs can b
27. 2000 may separately store Programs that contain the settings of the machine Effects which contain the information about how to sound like an EQ of Com pressor In addition Samples can be separately stored as on an FX8000 for replay of samples made on an FX8000 An audio processor that increases the dynamic range of programme material by turning down the level of quieter passages below a threshold It is used for reducing low level noise and restoring dynamic range after compression In addition to the standard maximum audio sampling accuracy of 24 bit fixed point FX2000 preserves this accuracy and adds a further 8 bits of ranging data to create 32 bit floating point values This means that the theoretical 144dB of signal to noise ratio is pre served through gain changing stages of compression and EQ right to the point where the 24 bits must be fed out again as accurately as possible This gives about 800aB of inter nal dynamic range to the arithmetic processing Full wave rectification for compressor level detector as opposed to half wave where posi tive half cycle Pos or negative half cycle Neg may be selected Half wave level detec tion gives compressor artefacts rich in even harmonics while full wave which is more usual can only generates odd harmonics Even harmonics are often regarded as being more musical Similar to an expander but with the additional effect of requiring a more significant audio event to restore the audio gain
28. Audio with details of the requirement Sintefex can issue a renewal code which is entered like a full authorisation code and will cause the evaluation period to restart Note the same code cannot be used again a new unique identifier code will be created for future authorisation Save the settings for the next session Save the current settings as a PROGRAM by selecting the PROGRAM page system gt programs Then press the save option Select an empty or unwanted memory location give a suitable name for the program and press do save The settings can be recalled at any time by loading the same program Page 28 Sintefex FX2000 Classic EQ Compressor FX2000 If you want to take the settings away with you you should upload the program using USB to a PC for archiv ing Most settings on an FX2000 use the factory pre set Classic EQs and Classic Compressors These are avail able from our library on our web site so if you need to use your program on another FX2000 or on an FX800 you will usually find them already installed If they are not you can obtain a copy of the classic Compressor or Classic EQ from the web site and load it to the new machine If you have used a program imported from an FX8000 it may have an associated sample This will need to be uploaded along with the program if you do not already have a copy from the original FX8000 sample For more information on this see How do use FX8000 Samples on my FX2000
29. CLIP on the FX2000 status area at the top right of the LCD screen The levels you set here are saved on proper power down using the POWER button or by saving the power up state as explained in How Do Change the view angle of the display Page 22 Sintefex FX2000 Classic EQ Compressor FX2000 Link Compressor Gain Reduction When you are working in stereo with dynamics the gain on a stereo pair can be linked together by pressing the LINK button so that the LED is lit In this condition whichever channel is requiring the most gain reduction will apply this gain reduction equally to both channels This locks the stereo centre position in place and is the normal requirement for a stereo channel If you are working with two mono channels the gain can also be linked by selecting that LINK is ON for both of the channels Again the gain will be firmly linked even though you may be applying different types of com pressor or effects to the two channels separately e The gain is linked before the final attack and release time constants are applied When working with separate mono channels or with several machines linked externally you should make sure you set the same attack and release on each channel for total matching Soft Gain Linking For special effects or if the stereo centre position is not as important as achieving a good dynamics control of each channel independently but some linkage is still required it is possible to ac
30. EW button to get this option If this is not want you want select the Page 38 Sintefex FX2000 Classic EQ Compressor FX2000 message Gatel Gate2 ext 48k 96k etc 48k 96k etc means the Compressor is reducing the gain on the channel indicated to expand the dynamic range The Expander Gate section of the Compressor is reducing the gain on the channel indicated by gating the signal This shows the sample rate cur rently in operation locked to an external reference If it is FLASHING it warns you that the actual sample rate is more than 5 away from the selected sample rate This shows the current internally action COMPRESSOR VIEW and touch the OPTION but tons to select the expander gate option Select the Expander Gate to OFF or adjust the controls to taste As above If the message is FLASHING you may have the wrong sample rate selected in the FX2000 or it may be receiving the wrong sample rate reference This may be okay if you are for example using varispeed If it is unexpected select the correct reference clock and the correct sample rate for the FX2000 using the INPUT gt clock option You can change this using the INPUT gt clock option if selected sample rate File Types this is not what you wanted Users who are using a PC for system management and update will be creating a number of files on their PCs This is a Summary of the file types and the extension characters after t
31. How do Register This Software for more information This message is shown in the Remote a amp D Sintefex Audio User Guide Version 3 0 message Cause remote computer was shut down Warning matching ef fect has changed since program created Warning matching sam ple has changed since program created means expected to a computer host or hub that was powered down To Repli cator this is indistinguishable from continual reset requests from the host Accordingly Rep licator has temporarily sus pended the connection The program is loading a classic EQ or compressor but the re quested file is different from that The program is trying to load an FX8000 sample but the re quested file is different from that Page 37 Copyright 2001 2003 Sintefex Audio Lda action Control page on Replicator which will con tinue to operate normally from its front panel To re establish USB connection en sure the PC host or USB hub is powered up and that USB setup standard and USB Remote Control yes is selected and press do it Either the program or the classic effect is out of date You should reload the affected program and effect from the latest library release Either the program or sample is out of date You should reload the affected program and sample from the latest library release expected No sample is loaded Status Display Messages poesta At the top r
32. MIDI channel 1 and for channel 2 on MIDI channel 2 If the FX2000 is set to operate in stereo commands on either of these two channels will be applied to both chan nels Commands on other channels will be ignored except for channel 16 whole machine load OMNI ON The FX2000 can be selected to OMNI ON by means of a MIDI OMNI ON message addressed to the basic channel which is set to channel 1 amp gt Page 43 Sintefex Audio User Guide Version 3 0 Copyright 2001 2003 Sintefex Audio Lda In this mode a command on any channel will be applied to the channel currently selected on the front panel or both channels if operating in stereo A whole machine load addressed to channel 16 will accordingly be treated as a simple load of the current channel rather than what was intended see Program Load below A MIDI reset command will switch OMNI OFF if MIDI is enabled Program Load The FX2000 accepts standard MIDI Program Load commands These are usually preceded by a MIDI bank select command to specify which bank to load from If this is missing the last set bank will be used This is not shown in the program load page as you may be working on channel 2 while a sequencer is controlling channel 1 The normal mode is OMNI OFF and this will allow a new program to be loaded into either of the two channels if operating in MONO or into the channel pair if operating in stereo If possible the program is loaded seam lessly i e
33. Q by a preceding pro gram load if necessary for a MIDI sequence of control changes Value Coding for Gain Frequency etc For programming remote control operations it is useful to know the way the actual value of parameters map onto the MIDI MSByte and LSByte values These are shown here as for example 64 24 to mean a MSByte of 64 and an LSByte of 24 Each can range from 0 to 127 The NRPN assignment table lists the centre value for most parameters This is coded to the MIDI value 64 0 as this is the centre of the MIDI control range The MSByte is given a sensible range for parameters so that a single byte controller can be used for reason able control of a parameter The LSByte adds additional precision often two extra decimal places by running in the range of 0 99 In cases like this any LSByte value above 99 is treated as 99 This allows MIDI control lers that offer two byte control to select parameters to a much higher accuracy The table below shows the mapping used for the main parameter types Refer to the NRPN assignment table for the centre value and the maximum and minimum values a parameter may have Any message received outside the maximum or minimum will be safely limited to the range available mere type Gain dB including level thresh old etc Time ms with centre value up to 6 4mS Time ms with centre value up to 64mS Time ms with centre value up to 640mS Time ms with centre valu
34. UK Desk EQ G26 sgh 3 4 1 8 26 ULTEG pk KCS WIDTH KCS 0 UCTEGS Spk 2sh m ra re 24 UTE 4 oe kthi sh a a 38 MAS M 4g W CNEAS in bankal sample ratei 48 2 The SINTEFEX FX2000 CLASSIC EQ COMPRESSOR introduces a new concept of hearing classic ana logue equalisers in a new way with linear phase This is a mode of equalisation almost impossible with ana logue processors or simpler digital processors and has never been done before with sampled analogue equalisers Please visit the Power Linear page from a favourite Classic EQ and select the PHASE MODE POWER LINEAR for this unique experience Status Display Area As you can see from the various screen shots above the top right of the screen contains a running STATUS indication This contains two sections To the left is a reminder of the channel you are currently working on CH1 CH2 Or CH1 2 when working in stereo To the right is a display of the current sample rate selected which also indicates if the clock is external This area will also display various warning and error messages if alert conditions apply Examples of warning are section or system bypass in case you were wondering why you were hearing no effect Error conditions are lack of reference clock or external sample rate out of spec The more serious messages will flash to attract attention See the General Information section at the end of this guide for a full listing of status messages Page 14
35. X2000 master p FX2000 slave ze FX2000 slave J Recording with multiple Replicators above gain profile to digital recorder Recording with a single Replicator below digital link bus coax out digital link bus coax in FX8000 master It is then possible to play back the gain profile into a machine or a set of machines If all the machines are now set to slave mode the recorded gain data will cause the recorded gain reduction to be applied to the bus digital link digital link digital link bus coax in optional slaves bus coax in bus coax SPDIF on FX2000 FX2000 slave FX2000 slave FX2000 slave gain profile from digital recorder An Application for Recording Gain Data An typical situation where this method of recording gain reduction profiles in invaluable is where it is neces sary to provide sub mixes say for film Soundtrack work The requirement is as follows e A full soundtrack is mixed in 5 1 surround and the music producer sets the correct amount of dynamic gain reduction for the entire mix e It is then necessary to supply multiple parts of the mix for film dubbing each with only some of the instru ments included for example rhythm track orchestra vocals with fx lead instruments with fx These are intended to be replayed together with equal level to recreate the original mix but allows the film di rector to rebalance parts if necessary during the final film dub Normally it is
36. a The SINTEFEX FX2000 CLASSIC EQ COMPRESSOR can do over 1 000 000 000 floating point calculations per second to fully support 24 96 operation Should work at 96kKHz 88 2kHz 48kHz or 44 1kHz If you are working on digital material your best choice would be to use the sample rate of the material you are working on and go digitally into and out of FX2000 Classic EQ Compressor unless the effect you want dic tates running at a lower sample rate in FX2000 Classic EQ Compressor Otherwise we liken the choice to that of using 30ips or 15ips analogue tape 96kHz is like 30ips giving you a cleaner top end and allowing you to run smoothly through 20kHz up to the thirties and into the forties This is at the expense of a poorer bottom end due to FX2000 Classic EQ Compressors simulation window acting like a tape head of fixed width 48kHz or 44 1 kHz is like 15ips the top end is constrained to around 22 24kHz but the bottom end is cleaner and flatter Of course there is no equivalent to tape noise so that is not an issue A unique feature of the FX2000 s way of simulating EQ units is that you do not get any of the top end pecull arities of digital equalisers This is one main reason why many people work at 96kKHz where the high end problems of digital equalisers is hidden in the top octave above human hearing However because the FX2000 is based on actual samples the frequency response faithfully follows the original at t
37. a gain control element such as an file effect transistor FET a voltage controlled amplifier VCA or a variable mu electron tube valve Optical compressors work to level the energy content of the signal rather than its peak amplitude This is be cause the lamp brightness in such devices is proportional to the energy in the signal which is measured by the root mean square RMS level of the signal This requires some averaging over time so this technique is not as fast as peak level systems but can be more in tune with the way that the ear perceives loudness For a sine wave both RMS and peak detector lead to the same general results but for real signals they differ a lot For example a square wave of a given amplitude has much higher energy than a sine wave of the same amplitude and a typical spiky audio signal has much lower energy than a sine wave of equal amplitude Where the peak detector may give the same gain reduction to all of these signals an RMS detector will com press the square wave much more than audio wave so as to even out the energy content of the signal Since the ear is very sensitive to energy content this is often a better sort of detector to use in many situations The compressor may be switched between peak and RMS detection in the compressor set up screen shown on the left screen here tee noe Compressor aa i ae MVE lope off Tons JFolaritu FULL WAVE RECT ORE EE i A Em3 1rems sloge thresh
38. age 17 Sintefex Audio User Guide Version 3 0 Copyright 2001 2003 Sintefex Audio Lda Because the time constant circuit is being continually prodded on both the positive and negative excursions the modulation of the signal that is an essential part of dynamics compression is of an odd harmonic nature Slow time constants can make this a very small distortion but it is always present of necessity The FX2000 may also be switched to monitor only positive or negative going excursions of the signal This changes the character of the harmonic structure of the dynamics modulation to predominantly even harmon ics which to many is more musically pleasing Although it is often not significant which polarity of the signal is monitored it can matter in very asymmetric audio signals such as vocals bass drum or direct injected plucked instruments This does give some fine control in working on the dynamics of a final mix as it can sometimes be possible to accentuate the vocal performance against the musical backing The compressor setup page above can be used to select between full wave or positive or negative half wave detection or it can also be accessed from the main compressor page at the bottom right as shown here e TH sloge thresh ae E Coo E e w A E m input EQ output LA 2A tube The field at the bottom right can be switched from blank for full wave to or to indicate positive or negative detection Actually althoug
39. am processing Use the Ana logue setting in preference The digital hi pass filter has its 3dB point at 1Hz and its 0 1dB point at 6 5Hz when sampling at 48kHz These frequencies are doubled at 96kKHz Even when selected to Analogue Dc the input circuitry of the FX2000 is not DC connected This is com mon analogue practice and is not considered a problem The analogue converters can only disable their DC filter if both channels are selected to Analogue DC See the Input all and Input this heading below Digital Input and Sync If you are using a digital input you need to make sure you have the system synced correctly especially if the FX2000 is the master clock reference in a system See How do Sync to master sync for more details amp D Page 29 IP Sintefex Audio User Guide Version 3 0 Copyright 2001 2003 Sintefex Audio Lda Analogue Levels and Clipping If an analogue input signal clips the analogue to digital converters or a digital input contains peak digital sig nals you will see the message IN CLIP on the FX2000 status area at the top right of the LCD screen You will have to reduce the level from the preceding equipment to prevent this if it is a problem Different inputs on each channel You can choose between the two options All Inputs and This Input when selecting the analogue input If you are operating the FX2000 as two separate channels it is possible to select a different input for
40. arameter control is provided to allow MIDI automation or fine tuning of an FX2000 program It is not in tended to give full control replacing the front panel functions It can adjust the main EQ and dynamics controls in real time but cannot load models or configure the system This should be done by means of loading pro grams The FX2000 can receive or transmit parameter control in two common formats SYSEX messages can be used in which the 7 or 14 bit parameter value can be controlled easily by most sequencer software or control change codes accessing Non Registered Parameter Numbers NRPN s may be used Which of these you choose depends on the capabilities of your sequencer or MIDI control software The FX2000 can also transmit parameter changes when a control is altered in either the SYSEX or the NRPN format These are suitable for recording in a sequencer for automation on replay Most parameters are set using 14 bits of precision It is possible to switch the FX2000 to receive only the MSB of such commands to allow control from MIDI controllers which only output 7 bit slider values for exam ple Adjustment will of course be a little less precise For more details and a MIDI implementation chart see the end of this guide MIDI echoes When the FX2000 is connected to a sequencer it is not uncommon for MIDI messages to be echoed by the sequencer This usually presents operation problems as due to the buffering in the sequencer and the
41. are a square wave half as much energy is they are a sine wave and much less for spiky and typical audio waveforms This is referred to as the crest factor and is the reason why a compressor that optimises peaks can sound very different from one which optimises energy A sample of how an audio processor affects the signal passing through it taken in such a way that the unique Dynamic Convolution process can recreate the audio effect of the original unit entirely digitally including any level dependent manifestations of the original usually analogue processor Samples can be made on an FX8000 and are also used in the construction of Classic EQ and Classic Compressor effects The sampling or clock rate of a digital audio system typically 44 1kHz for CD 48kHz for much master recording and 88 2kHz of 96kHz for high sample rate recording These sample rates are twice the maximum frequency that can be processed by a system The higher sample rates are often thought to sound better but this can often be accounted for by simplistic digital systems for example most digital EQ suffering problems in the top octave The higher sampling rates move this problem beyond the normal hearing range Classic EQ for example does not suffer this effect as it accurately reproduces the original equipment right up to the maximum frequency possible The process of passing a special test signal through an analogue processor taking sam ples at multiple levels from pea
42. are operation that cannot be interrupted eg disk load Downloading digital audio data dump files to the LINK SPDIF input Running the Test Engineering Software a trouble shooting option or Running the START ROM usually a trouble shooting option Sync to Master or Reference Clock Select the Sample Rate page INPUT gt clock The master clock source and be selected from the list e automatic selects the reference to the digital input if you have selected the digital input or to internal if you have selected analogue e internal uses the in built clock generator and is used for analogue work or if FX2000 Classic EQ Com pressor is master in a digital system e AES selects the AES input as the reference e wordclock selects the BNC wordclock input e link bus selects the digital link bus as the reference source This connection is normally used for com pressor gain linkage between machines and this selection should be used slave machines unless all are digitally locked to a common source using one of the options above It can also be used to lock to an SPDIF reference if gain linkage is not required Use FX8000 Samples on my FX2000 The FX8000 Sampler If you are familiar with the Sintefex Replicator FX8000 Sampling Digital Audio Effects Replicator then you will know that the Replicator process that is used to replicate the signal paths of Classic EQ and Classic Com pressor units can actually reproduce almost any analogu
43. ate the on board firmware program This allows new operating features to be added to an FX2000 system This is used by Windows to manage installation of sys files Some of the terms used in this guide term OdBFS 24 bit means Zero dB relative to Full Scale digital This refers to the peak signal level that the digital audio converters or interface can handle A sine wave of this signal level will produce clip indications although will be passed undistorted A sine wave at any higher level or any other waveform at this level will produce clip indications and will be distorted by the con verters or the digital audio interconnection AES or SPDIF Internally the FX8000 can handle signals higher than this due to its use of 32 bit floating point format see head room Digital audio can be to 16 bit accuracy as on a CD or to a higher accuracy as often done a 4 gt Sintefex Audio User Guide Version 3 0 term AES Analogue DC Application Classic Com pressor Classic EQ Clock Rate Compressor Digital Gain Link DSP Dynamic Convolution Effect Expander Floating Point Full Pos Neg Gate Page 39 Copyright 2001 2003 Sintefex Audio Lda means in master recording 24 bit is the highest accuracy in use and can offer a dynamic range approaching 144dB from minimum dither noise to peak signal and is never actually achieved in practice due to converter limitations In addition every calcu
44. ations in the converters and analogue circuitry To allow accurate matching from your analogue environment to the digital environment the gains can be trimmed digitally after conversion and the following page shows the current settings for these trims INPUT gt levels CHI 2 Jk Input Output E l metering and fine gain trim of analogue inputs i Zzero an WL Zero on Bar UdE Peak hold times SO0msS Teim anar oane ingut gains c ch i Od put o 0 0 f system These values can be saved buy Saving power up state Here you can set up default levels for VU meters peak meters set the peak hold times to a variety of values and trim the analogue input gains separately for each analogue input lf your external equipment is set up so that OVU gives 4dBu this is 14dB below 18dBu so you may choose the setting shown above which sets the VU simulations to show OVU at 14dBFS This is a good setting if you like digital headroom and your desk VU s will match FX2000 Classic EQ Compressor s at least on steady tones FX2000 Classic EQ Compressor s VU s are a bit more peak sensitive than real VU s If however you like everything hitting peak digital you will probably find the VU simulations hitting the end stops all the time so you may want to set OVU nearer to OdBFS If an analogue input signal clips the analogue to digital converters or a digital input contains peak digital sig nals you will see the message IN
45. ce conditions regarding evaluation or use Page 50 Sintefex FX2000 Classic EQ Compressor FX2000 Limitations of Use The Software must not be used for any illegal purposes and especially not for any use involving breach of copyright The Software is not licensed for use in any life critical application Any such use is entirely at the risk of the user and the user must hold Sintefex harmless for any claim arising from such use Termination of Licence Termination by breach Breach of any terms of this licence will terminate the licence The licence for use of the Software is also terminated if the product is returned under hardware warranty agreements On termina tion all copies of the Software must be returned to Sintefex Warranty and Liability Limitations for Upgrade Users Users of Sintefex products who upgrade to this software from a previous version should note that Sintefex has no requirement to supply free of charge upgrades but does so in the interest of adding additional functionality and improvements for the benefit of its customers In the event that a change of functionality is made that is not of benefit to a user the user s sole recourse is to revert to a previous version of the software as already properly used under licence and accepted for use by the user In particular the Software is provided as is and with no warranties of any kind whether express or implied Sintefex shall have no liability to the extent permissible by
46. ch way In this way if the left channel is re duced in gain by say 4dB the right channel will only be reduced by 2dB and vice versa For special effects it is possible to have different percentages applied from left to right or right to left This linkage is shown in the main compressor page by a legend on the meters to indicate which bus they are connected to If the channel is isolated a is displayed and if the channel gain reduction is off an X is indi cated Slope thresh 1 Input EQ output o 0 off Oo tupersoft 1 PEAK nothing loaded amp D Page 23 eP Sintefex Audio User Guide Version 3 0 Copyright 2001 2003 Sintefex Audio Lda Matching Attack and Release Times When the compressor gain linkage busses are used for linking between different channels the linked gain is subject to the final attack and release times of each different channel Within each stereo pair of channels these are guaranteed to be all the same so channel gain is exactly matched Between different channels you will need to set the same attack and release times on each channel to ensure exact stereo matching Alterna tively you can set them differently for special effects for example where you are using one signal to modulate another Link Compressor Gain Between More Than One Replicator The FX2000 is now very flexible in the way that gain is linked between channels In particular there is a pub lic pair of gain linkage busses See
47. data is not processed or routed to output Outputs 2 channel electronically balanced Analogue output optional XLR pin 2 hot 18dBu 1dB from peak digital sine wave AES balanced output 2 channel XLR Meets AES 3 1992 Also supports up to 96KHz 2 channel sampling as proposed for standard revision Analogue interface is an option and is not field upgradeable The option may be added by return to factory or authorised service centre and requires exchange of system board AES digital interface is always fitted Page 42 Sintefex FX2000 Classic EQ Compressor FX2000 Master Section Inputs audio Gain link on coaxial SPDIF Digital Input Stereo 2 channel phono RCA jack connectors to IEC958 receiving proprietary gain link information Outputs audio Gain link on coaxial SPDIF Digital Output Stereo 2 channel phono RCA jack connectors to IEC958 receiving proprietary gain link information Data Reference Connections Word clock 750hm BNC TTL level word clock input System sample rate may be synchronised to this signal MIDI in and out Allows MIDI control and sequencing of major parameters and program load USB interface for connection to personal computers Contact Sintefex Audio for availability of appropriate drivers and software Subject to free software upgrade available in due course in accordance width our policy of continuing product develop ment Digital Processes Total Processing 10 SHARC
48. ditional units are added to the library available on the Internet from time to time for free download Users may also store any setting of the unit as a user preset in 8 banks of 128 memories Some of these are supplied pre loaded with example settings but they may be freely used Program Loading and Cross Fading of Settings When you save a program you are able to set a load time at the same time as you choose a name for the program CHIFA JEE Programs nothing loaded come Prins 45 Memory empty memory emeta memory empty memory empty Memory empty memora empty Show programs in banks 1 with sample rate 45 Save as my prog Program load time Dm ITE i i i 1 1 1 i ki 1 This picture shows the program save screen The program load time can be set between 20mS and 9999mS almost 10 seconds The effect of the program load time depends on what the FX2000 is doing when the program is loaded If the same models e g same Classic EQ or Classic Compressor are already running the program will simply load the new parameters without interrupting the audio In fact the various settings will glide from the previ ous settings to the new settings in the time specified Not all parameters can be smoothly changed For example a Classic EQ cannot glide its frequency from one setting to another and this is not usually desirable anyway as it creates a strange wah wah type effect The Classic EQ settings will glide in level i
49. e FX2000 also saves the following settings at power down or when you press save setup current audio source sample rate sample clock source LCD view angle Meter level options Settings for USB and MIDI remote access When the FX2000 is restarted these items are always restored to the state saved at power down If the system is shut down by cutting AC power off externally it cannot do a final save of the current set up of the machine If you have selected Load power down state the system will load the state saved as the last undo operation performed This should be close to the final setting you want Move a Program to a different memory To move a program 1 Select the system to stereo by making sure both CHANNEL SELECT LEDs are on this allows a pro gram to load both channels as saved rather than just the one channel you are working on 2 Load the program you want to copy to a new location system gt programs and select the program to load then press load 3 Press the save option in the Programs page 4 Scroll to an empty memory location in the list or one you want to overwrite 5 Edit the name if you want to 6 Press do save anda copy of the program is made at the new location You will have to confirm that you want to overwrite an existing program if the memory is in use Remote Control the FX2000 The FX2000 may be controlled from a PC running Sintefex Replimat software
50. e above 640mS Frequency 1dB steps above centre value up to 63 1dB steps below centre value down to 40 then 3dB steps to 112dB 0 1mS steps from centre down to zero and up to a value of 96 Above this it give 10mS steps 1mS steps from centre down to zero and up to a value of 96 Above this it give 100mS steps 10mS steps from centre down to zero and up to a value of 96 Above this it give 1000mS steps 100mS steps from centre down to zero and up to a value of 96 Above this it give 10000mS steps 64 gives 1kHz Each MSbyte step gives ISO 1 6th octave frequency centres down to 1Hz or up to 100kHz 0 10 20 map onto 1 1 1 5 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 8 1 10 1 12 1 20 1 25 1 limit up to 6 hard knee up to 18 soft knee 1 etc in intervals of 12 From 54 and above selects sam pled curves 10 100 selects 1 0 to 10 0 below 10 selects shelf LSByte controls For 1dB steps this ranges from 0 99 for two decimal places of additional gain For 3dB steps this range from 0 119 each step giving 0 025dB of addi tional gain Values 0 99 give two extra decimal places i e 0 001mS steps below MSByte of 96 and 0 1mS steps above this Values 0 99 give two extra decimal places i e 0 01mS steps below MSByte of 96 and mS steps above this Values 0 99 give two extra decimal places i e 0 1mS steps below MSByte of 96 and 10mS steps above this Values 0 99 give two extra decimal places
51. e and the settings of the machine Limitations An FX8000 preset program can also use processing sections present on the FX8000 but not available on the FX2000 for example delay and reverberation effects referred to as after effects or AFX on the FX8000 Page 32 Sintefex FX2000 Classic EQ Compressor FX2000 lf a program is loaded that makes use of these effects they will simply be missing from the FX2000 version In the example above the FX8000 program uses some additional delays to fill out the effect These are there fore missing on the FX2000 reproduction However the effects can still be useful in audio processing and does make available unique effects not otherwise available Returning to Classic EQ While an imported sample is displayed pressing the EQUALISER VIEW button does not call up the change to Classic EQ option but instead views the imported sample To load a Classic EQ use the system page pre sets option and select Classic EQ Summary Samples made on an FX8000 or distributed as part of the FX8000 library may be used on the FX2000 but with a few limitations e Any Digital EQ stored in the program will not be available e Any delay or other effects from the FX8000 AFX section will not be reproduced e tis not possible to edit any of the sample settings In order to use a sample it is necessary to have both the sample and a program that uses the sample avail able The sample and the program must be loaded to the
52. e placed between the host and the external device But be careful a host PC often has a hub built in which counts as one meaning only 4 external hubs in series are allowed and amp D Page 19 gt I Sintefex Audio User Guide Version 3 0 Copyright 2001 2003 Sintefex Audio Lda 2 Amaximum of 126 devices can connect to a single host root port Of course a host can have more than one root port but for now 126 devices is probably plenty A cable must be a maximum of 5 metres and by using five 5m cables and 4 hubs you can place the external device up to 25 metres from the host PC So the physical connection can be a single USB cable from the PC to Replicator or a string of cables and hubs The PC must be running Windows 98 or better Windows 95 or NT does not have USB support USB cables may be hot plugged without switching off either the PC or the Replicator When Replicator is first attached to the PC and Replicator is set make use of USB USB remote control yes in Replicator s remote control page the operating system will notice the connection Its response de pends on the USB setup chosen on the Replicator remote control screen SYSTEM gt setup amp sample gt more setup gt remote control Hite 4k Stn PeMoLe control setup USE setup standard USE remote control FEE MIDI remote control yes USE host not attached sosten The preferred USB setup is standard and Windows will request that a disk
53. e signal path and many digital ones too for that matter Using the FX8000 samples may be made of a favourite mic channel from mic input through to the recording feed possibly including compression or a miked up speaker system may be sampled for its unique electro mechanical sound This can include non linear amplification like a guitar amp and cabinet or can include some limited ambience as early reflections in the room can be captured by the FX8000 Samples may also be made of analogue signal paths including magnetic tape recording and disk cutting to vinyl or acetate Please note that this guide does not explain all the ins ands outs of FX8000 sampling You will have to refer to the FX8000 manual for that However if samples have been made and saved it is fairly straightforward to use them on the FX2000 Samples on the FX2000 The FX2000 is designed as a simple to use Classic EQ Compressor unit and so most of the complexities of process sampling and replication are hidden from the operator amp gt Page 31 gt I Sintefex Audio User Guide Version 3 0 Copyright 2001 2003 Sintefex Audio Lda However the system is capable of loading programs that use samples from an FX8000 and these can then be used on the FX2000 although with no further editing facilities available Such programs can also include compressor dynamics according to how they were saved on the FX8000 machine Some samples of this type are available as part o
54. each channel assuming you have the analogue option fitted to the hardware So for instance channel 1 can be fed from channel 1 of the AES digital input while channel 2 is fed from the analogue converter or vice versa To do this use the cursor controls to select the All Inputs field and use the data knob to change it to This Input Now you can select the input for whichever channel you have selected using the CHANNEL SELECT keys If you have selected both channels stereo gang you will control both channels together ei ther way You must press do it to make the change take effect If you don t the inputs will stay the same and the legend will change back to A11 Inputs If you try and select Analogue on one channel and Analogue DC on the other channel the system will set Analogue on both The analogue converters can only disable their DC filter if both channels are se lected to Analogue DC Switch a section in and out for comparing the effect Each section has a SECTION ON button indicated by an adjacent LED In addition the whole system has a SYSTEM ON BYPASS button If the channels are ganged these will be locked together Using the SECTION ON button rather than the SYSTEM ON BYPASS button will keep any system input or output gain in place This may allow you to compare the effect better than a system bypass Switch the whole system in and out bypass for comparing the effect Each channel has a
55. ear in this unique linear phase recreation of a classic ana logue effect To switch the POWER LINEAR mode off the POWER LINEAR option now offers you a Linear OFF op tion Once again this will not take effect until the next time you load a classic EQ Page 36 Sintefex FX2000 Classic EQ Compressor FX2000 4 General Information Warning and Error Messages These are some of the warning and error messages you may get what they mean and what to do about them Some of these require a confirmation before proceeding while some are reported for information without stopping operation message Do you want to save with the unedited name Effect not found graphic nn Op no bitmap nn in pre v2 1 software Memory already in use do you want to over write it Memory empty using unit impulse No program is se lected check search bank and sample rate Please register this software it is quick and easy to do Program s sample rate differs load anyway Programs in bank 8 usually require FX8000 for correct replay Load anyway Registration of this software is free to all end users This selects an un locked digital source Check the input sig nal This software must be registered for contin ued use USB was suspended be means You are about to save a pro gram but have not edited the name The program is loading a classic EQ or compressor but the re quested effect
56. ee View channel E small room zl med Poon 1 TE ogue F o S guad loop Show Programs if banki amp with Sample rate 46 PALE SER SECTION for ae control of this alee Loading an FX8000 Program with Samples Viewing a Sample imported from an FX8000 The program med room 2 amb is an FX8000 program that uses two samples made in small live rooms and features the early reflections of these rooms Selecting this program bank 8 number 5 and pressing load will cause the necessary samples to be loaded into the Replicator Processing section of the FX2000 These are placed into the section of the FX2000 dedicated to simulating Classic EQ units so the sample may be auditioned using the EQUALISER SECTION ON button and a graphic indicating the process may be viewed by pressing the EQUALISER VIEW button as shown above on the right You can see that there is a different sample on each channel and these can be separately viewed using the view channel field and the data control In addition the NON LIN button may be used to switch on and off any analogue distortion characteristics ac cording to the needs of the application If NON LIN is off the lin field can be adjusted using the data knob to select amongst the multi level individual parts of the sample Please note that the matching samples must be installed on the FX2000 for this to work The program itself does not store the sample data only the list of samples to us
57. erline character for the character that can be edited Turning the DATA knob or wheel causes the selected field to change If it is a number the number is changed if it is a list the list is scrolled through and if it is a character the character is selected from the alphabet some data values take effect immediately while some are stored and you need to press do it to make it take effect This is usually when you need to get a number of things adjusted properly before letting the change take place The DATA wheel has built in acceleration If you turn it faster the values change more rapidly You can achieve two additional effects for speedier use If you use the cursor keys to get to a data field and before the CURSOR key is released you turn the data knob anti clockwise the highlit area moves to the higher digits of the data value This allows the data value to be changed a lot faster amp D Page 33 gt I Sintefex Audio User Guide Version 3 0 Copyright 2001 2003 Sintefex Audio Lda If you use the cursor keys to get to a character in a string and before the CURSOR key is released you turn the data knob clockwise the right hand part of the legend can be scrolled to the right to make room for in serting text or to clear the field Use Delay Compensation Delay Compensation allows the FX2000 system delay to be set according to a number of options e Minimum Delay This causes FX2000 to operate with minimum process
58. ex Audio Lda Table of Contents 1 Introduction Welcome to the SINTEFEX FX2000 ANALOGUE SOUND STEREO DIGITAL CLASSIC EQ COMPRESSOR Software Software 7 Versions 7 Registration 8 8 About this Guide OV CROW arise cscs reece sec sso ees as cccde ae repesencseecssscectseeucveusiesuiwcstagnsesssesd0s os eucaniatsiucninsnlessssweisseeiecseys What is the SINTEFEX FX2000 CLASSIC EQ COMPRESSOR 8 Main components of the FX2000 CLASSIC EQ COMPRESSOR 9 Presets Classic EQ s and Classic Compressors 10 What is the advantage of 24 96 technology 11 The Main Controls 11 Classic EQ and LINEAR PHASE POWER LINEAR Mode 13 Status Display Area 13 system Block Diagram 14 Installing the FX2000 14 MIDI Control 15 Text Conventions in this guide 15 HOW DOL icnn ees 0ceauaveusucesscesccussebseaveseuceueceetseeeese 16 Alter the Compressor Dynamics e g peak or RMS 16 Change the view angle of the display 17 Clear the View Angle if the screen is not viewable 18 Connect up the MIDI 18 Connect up the USB 18 Edit names of programs quickly 19 Find a particular page or window 20 Fix and Control the input and output levels 20 Get Analogue Levels dead right into FX2000 Classic EQ Compressor 21 Link Compressor Gain Reduction 22 Link Compressor Gain Between More Than One Replicator 23 Make the controls work they do not seem to affect what am listening to 25 Make the FX2000 Classic EQ Compressor start up the way want 25 Move a Progra
59. f the FX8000 library and can be loaded to the FX2000 for audition Programs and Samples Users of the FX2000 will be familiar with programs as snapshot settings of the controls of the unit that can be saved for recall to the same state at a later time These programs can also be uploaded to a PC for archiving and exchange If a program is saved that used a Classic EQ unit the program does not contain all the data to simulate the EQ but it does have a record of the EQ unit selected so that when the program is recalled the correct EQ unit is automatically loaded from the Effects store on the FX2000 to re create the effect Programs saved on an FX8000 machine may also contain a list of Samples that were made and saved on an FX8000 These are stored in a separate section of the internal hard disk If such a program is uploaded to a PC as well as the required samples these may then be downloaded to an FX2000 The FX2000 contains a sample area that is used only for this purpose that is you can t make your own samples to store in it Once this is done it is possible to call up the program which will load its associated samples Selecting pro grams is the same as for any other program Shown on the left here is an example where the FX8000 library bank 8 programs have been loaded to the FX2000 CHi 45k Programs fed Sam chit es 41 med room 2 L aizta Sparel eS aus Classic chz 85 42 med room 2 F P pna drive Ode bright space e
60. f the frequency and Q of a section are unaltered i e just the level has changed Otherwise the level will glide to zero boost or cut then the frequency or Q will be silently switched then the level will glide back up to the new setting With Classic Compressors the slope is a switched value and a change will be executed instantly Other pa rameters like threshold makeup gain etc will glide to their new values A change in sidechain EQ will be smoothly executed as long as it is not switched between off and on or moved in the signal path between pro grams The system will still mute for load as before in the following conditions e Anew model of Classic Compressor or Classic EQ is selected e The option for full machine load is used as this usually is used to reconfigure the system e Side chain EQ is changed from off to on or moved in signal path Programs saved before this feature was included will load in 100mS one tenth of a second r lt D Page 11 eP Sintefex Audio User Guide Version 3 0 Copyright 2001 2003 Sintefex Audio Lda What is the advantage of 24 96 technology The SINTEFEX FX2000 CLASSIC EQ COMPRESSOR supports audio word width up to 24 bits on its digital input and output and it uses 24 bit analogue converters Working with higher word sizes means that you pre serve dynamic range throughout a process and only need to bit reduce at the end of an entire production process to the final distribution medi
61. format is as follows _byte decimal meaning gt gt OxFO 240 0x00 0 vendor id 1 0x20 32 0x3D 61 vendor id 3 Ox6n or 0x70 96 112 n is machine select 0x0 Oxf OR all machine select 0x10 Machine ID is the same as the basic channel note 1 0x00 0x07 0 7 channel select parameter select MSB note 2 0x00 0x7E 0 126 parameter select LSB 0x00 0x7F 0 127 0x00 0x7F OxF7 247 0 127 e xo parameter value LSB note 3 EOX end of sysex note 1 Other 0x7x values than 0x70 are invalid and will be ignored They may be used for future further mes sages Machines are currently set to number 0x0 basic channel 1 note 2 MSB is the upper 7 bits and LSB the lower 7 bits of a 14 bit value note 3 If no LSB is present i e EOX occurs here a value of 0 is assumed for LSB The parameter number and range is the same as for NRPN parameter setting MIDI Note 6 BANK SELECT FX2000 accepts bank select commands for either the LSB or MSB of the bank Either are treated as setting the internal bank provided they contain the value 1 8 All other values including zero are ignored The FX2000 transmits an LSB bank select when the user selects a program prior to sending a bank load com mand MIDI Note 7 OMNI OFF ON The OMNI mode does not affect the FX2000 MIDI transmission It affects the MIDI reception as follows message received OMNI OFF default OMNI ON parameter set this affects the audio channe
62. gital but it has a lot of familiar controls We put a lot more knobs and buttons than the average digital effects unit so you can get going as quickly as pos sible We even have simulated VU meters or you can use bar meters with peak holds if you prefer The Classic Equaliser Many classic analogue EQ units have been sampled and stored for your use The exact screen depends on the machine sampled but in general there are 4 bands of EQ available often with adjustable frequency bandwidth Q and of course boost cut or both Below is an example of a classic Pultec type equaliser screen Since the original machine referred to its fre quencies in CPS for Cycles per Second now called Hz or in KCS kilohertz these legends have been pre served here CHIFZ Fk Classic EQ BOOST ATTEN BOOST ATTEN ressor E 6 D sloge thresh 0 0 0 0 1 input Et Out put KCS WIDTH KCS _ LI i 0 0 off nothing loaded Lupetsoft 1 PEAK Layout of Pultec Equaliser Familiar layout of the on screen compressor The Compressor The FX2000 CLASSIC EQ COMPRESSOR may provide compression by using its in built compressor as a digital compressor or by loading a sampled analogue compressor Compressor settings are stored whenever you save settings along with the rest of the effects for recall at a later time If you are using a Sampled compressor the SINTEFEX FX2000 CLASSIC EQ COMPRESSOR can recreate both the sound of the compres
63. h half wave rectification normally only applies to peak detection the FX2000 also allows this to be applied to RMS detection It may be necessary to adjust thresholds typically by about 3dB to compen sate for the loss of half the power when one side of the audio signal is ignored Change the view angle of the display Like all LCD displays you need to adjust the view angle according to the way that FX2000 Classic EQ Com pressor is mounted or to accommodate temperature variations Each time you power up the FX2000 the start screen is immediately connected to the DATA knob for adjust ment of viewing angle However be careful if the unit is excessively cold as the display is normally a lot darker until the system has reached normal operating temperature ee i LHI FX2000 Classic EQ Compressor ose Programs system i You can revisit the start page at any time system gt start screen to make adjustments later or the following page has a grey scale display that may help you adjust the con trast according to your viewing angle Page 18 Sintefex FX2000 Classic EQ Compressor FX2000 system gt setup gt LCD screen The DATA wheel is ready to adjust the view angle This setting will be saved when you power down properly by using the POWER button they will be lost if the power is cut off before this You can save these settings straight away if this is a problem by either powering off using the power b
64. h the same and are likely to get easier to use rather than harder If you have any real problems please obtain the latest version of this document from our web site at www sintefex com Users familiar with version 2 2 software will notice the following improvements in software version 3 0 e Program can be loaded seamlessly during program material with a choice of effect cross fade provided it is not necessary to change the loaded model or system configuration which requires muting e MIDI Parameter and Program changes are supported to allow automation of effect changes during a song compilation or performance e New RMS compressor mode has been introduced to model optical compressor gain control i e where the program energy rather than peak level controls gain reduction e Compressor gain half wave mode has been introduced to allow creative use of dynamic second harmonic distortion rather than the purely third harmonic of full wave level detection e Ability to link stereo gain reduction softly rather than 100 e Ability to link compressor gain across multiple FX2000 and FX8000 machines for mutli channel applica tions e Improved dynamics alias rejection during gain modulation In addition during the life of version 2 software the following were introduced e Side chain and additional main path EQ with new 4 band digital EQ allowing typically up to 8 bands of EQ if required e Delay management was added so that processing delays al
65. he dot they use extension a P g rsm r x pd SRL exe sys pal Fo bag i1nf file type Replicator Program Replicator Sample Replicator Effect Portable Document File A part of Windows software applications The main part of a Windows software application A system driver file A loader file of new FX2000 firmware An information file Glossary more detail Settings of all controls on Replicator are a program When stored on a PC they have this format FX8000 users can create samples of signal paths and the FX8000 library contains some of these They can also be used on FX2000 See the section How do Use FX8000 Samples on my FX2000 This file contains a classic EQ or Classic Compressor and is supplied by Sintefex Audio for download to FX2000 ma chines to add to the library of these samples available A document that can be read on any computer with an Ac robat reader available free of charge from Adobe This is the main method of distributing documents on the internet as it is independent of computer type and word processor package Windows applications consist of an exe main file and a number of dll files that perform part of the work All must be present for correct operation See above Replimat exe is the main part of the Replimat program This is required to allow Windows to talk to external hard ware e g the FX2000 hardware This is copied to the FX2000 hardware to upd
66. he machines to be a master and the rest to be slaves Now any channel you select to use the public A and B bus will link with any other channels on all the machines e The compressor is still subject to the attack and release controls in each machine For proper matching make sure these are set to the same settings e At least one channel of must be selected to use a public group bus on every machine for the group link age to work If no channel is connected to the public bus the link will not work Caution Proper Clock Selection It is important that all the Replicator systems that are linked together are also digitally synchronised This will be the case in most digital environments However if you are working all analogue you will need to make sure the machines are locked to each other Select the link bus as the clock source in the clock select menu of all the slave machines Page 24 Sintefex FX2000 Classic EQ Compressor FX2000 Recording the gain profile A single Replicator can be selected as a master provided that the digital link bus output is connected back into its own input This has the benefit that if the signal is split and fed to a digital audio recorder the gain data can be recorded If multiple Replicators are linked the signal can be split off at any point in the loop gain profile to digital recorder digital link bus coax in digital link bus SPDIF on FX8000 digital link bus coax in coax out 7 F
67. he original equaliser sound reproduced entirely digitally using the unique Dy namic Convolution process Same as sample rate so called because the system sees the sampling as a precise clock tick at the sampling rate An audio processor that reduces the dynamic range of programme material turning down louder parts according to a chosen characteristic often called the characteristic curve of the compressor It is used for supplying audio to a less than perfect audio channel for example AM radio or for dramatic effect in music production In order to avoid image shift in a stereo or multi channel compressor it is necessary to link the gain so that the channel requiring the greater gain reduction at any instant determines the gain to be applied equally to all channels In a digital system this gain linkage must be applied digitally and this is done within a unit or using a proprietary format between multi ple units Digital Signal Processor a computer chip optimised for processing the real time digital signal that represents an audio waveform A proprietary process for using a sample of an audio processing system or signal path taken at multiple levels to recreate the sound of that signal path digitally at a future time including recreating the way that a signal processor can sound different according to how loud a signal is passed through it This is a general term for Classic EQ and Classic Compressor effects stored on an FX2000 Thus an FX
68. he top end whichever sample rate you operate at The Main Controls The left side of the front panel looks like this ANALOGUE SOUND DIGITAL STEREO EQUALISER INPUT EQUALISER COMPRESSOR WITH COMPRESSOR EEE VIEW I i ii Erag a aiis SECTION ON SECTION ON The three VIEW controls for INPUT EQUALISER and COMPRESSOR allow you to call the section onto the LCD screen to see what it is doing The SECTION ON buttons individually switch on or bypass the relevant section of the channel or channels you have selected EQUALISER NON LIN This button allows the non linearities of any analogue simulation to be switched off Normally analogue systems achieve part of their sound by responding differently when driven harder There is a drive control available on the Classic EQ screen to allow the drive into the EQ simulation to be varied to alter this effect However if these non linearities don t suit a particular audio application this button allows Page 12 Sintefex FX2000 Classic EQ Compressor FX2000 the non linearities to be switched off The system still retains the EQ characteristics of the original device but it becomes digitally perfect in terms of non linear distortion This control also switches on and off non linearities in a sampled compressor simulation of the Classic Com pressor when Classic EQ is not in use COMPRESSOR LINK This button switches the gain link between the two channels of the FX2000 on and off
69. hieve a soft linkage of gain between channels The compressor display and setup page shown here has a linkage setup option This accesses the linkage control page shown here on the left Compressor Gain Linkage Setup Stereo groups link normally if set ta rivate Safe le also be set to public o use soft E bus of ta lin externally to another machine fexternal BUSSES are private 4 LIF CHI 2 TSE Compressor Gain Linkage Setup To link channel gain assign a channel to bus A oor E Cor isolated or affi Bus A and E can also be softly linked assign chan 1 ta bus A assign chan 2 to bus E Bus A affects Bus E by 50 fexternal Bus E affects Bus A by 50 tial Busses are ERE i sustem i f m ra With the cursor keys highlight the private and with the data knob select public This will show the screen on the right Soft linkage is achieved by means of selecting the stereo pair or each mono channel to use a public pair of gain busses A and B Any channels assigned to bus A will be solidly linked together as will any channels assigned to bus B However if one channel is assigned to bus A and one is assigned to bus B it is then pos sible to set a proportional control between these busses This is shown on the example screen above Here the left channel channel 1 is assigned to the A bus and the right channel channel 2 is assigned to the B bus A proportional linkage between them is set up of 50 ea
70. ight of the LCD display is an area that shows various messages ranked in order of importance The following table shows a summary in order of importance i e the higher messages in the table will appear instead of the lower ones if the warning condition applies Warnings above BYPASS and external reference that is more than 5 out will also flash to indicate a condition that requires attention message no ref unlocked IN CLIP LIMIT MIDI OVF BYPASS SEC OFF expl exp2 means external digital reference is se lected but no reference is sup plied The system has not been able to lock to the reference input even though it appears to be present It may be at a sample rate not supported by FX2000 or it may be too unstable to lock to The current input is producing peak digital signals clips This may be acceptable if your ears tell you that the clipping is not a problem but be aware that adding EQ for example HF lift can make these clips noticeable later in the signal processing At least one of the channels is doing a NON LIN analogue simulation and has hit its peak level triggering a limit operation MIDI messages arrived too fast to handle some have been dis carded The system is bypassed on the channel s you have selected The section EQ compressor you have displayed on the LCD is bypassed The Expander Gate section of action Check the digital input has a good signal if audio input is dig
71. ing delay at all times this is the way the FX8000 has worked until now e Bypass Matched Delay This causes the BYPASS setting to match the processing delay when the system is in e Fixed Delay This fixes the FX2000 processing delay at 150 samples regardless of the effects selected except for POWER LINEAR linear phase EQ To get to the delay options select SYSTEM gt setup more iak elg e Setup or sample options required LCD screen allows you to Tacdiust the viewing angle of the display You can set up sustem here for minimum delai or natch bypass to processing ht petit or select fixed A different mode may be used on each channel if working in mono e Some effects may exceed the specified delay or not be matched in BYPASS for example linear phase EQ or reversed samples The delay is displayed in the main system page in mS as measured from ana logue in to analogue out What are the advantages of Delay Compensation The minimum delay is often the best choice for real time work for example recording or live use In addition selecting the BYPASS to processed signal delay can make comparing the effect with the bypass easier as the timing relationships remain unchanged The fixed delay mode allows multiple channels to be used with a consistent delay This delay although small may be critical in a real time situation or a multi track mix A change in delay when the system is switched to bypass may change
72. ion Licence Conditions General Version 3 of Replicator software including remote control software and any other software collectively the Software which excludes additional charge items as described below supplied by Sintefex Audio Lda Sintefex is supplied under licence for use on the Sintefex hardware or other use as specifically described here All ownership rights to the Software belong to Sintefex or its suppliers and the user is not permitted to make unauthorised copies or to reverse engineer any aspects of the soft ware or hardware Aspects of the software and hardware are protected by international patent and other rights including European patent EP0917707 and other pending applications No licence is granted by this document for use beyond the licensed use of the Software Viola tion is subject to damages under applicable laws End User Licence A bona fide end user purchaser of a Sintefex product is entitled to use all parts of the Software applicable to the pur chased machine for the duration of the life of the associated hardware upon completion of registration of the software with Sintefex If the product is sold on the new owner is entitled to the same use provided that they agree to all the terms of this licence and further register the software with Sintefex Evaluation User Licence Evaluators and Distributors Demo Users who are not end users are entitled to use the software for evaluation and demonstration of the Sintefex
73. is inserted with the appropriate hardware driver Windows can then be told to look in the drivers folder of the Replimat software which you have downloaded from www sintefex com Subsequent connections will not require any user intervention unless you change the USB setup to a differ ent setting Each time you plug in or start up Replicator the operating system notices and the connection will be made You usually see the cursor change to an hour glass for about half a second The exact steps to take are as follows Select the USB setup standard and select the USB Remote Control yes and press do it Respond to any requests from Windows for drivers if this is the first connection You will find a text document giving instructions in the Replimat directory if you need further information Run the REPLIMAT software on the PC and in the main menu bar select System USB and if Replicator is successfully attached you will then be able to select Show Input and then Test echo or Inquire to get useful information from Replicator You can then exit from these dialogs and Replimat is ready for file transfer or remote control Edit names of programs quickly You can use the cursor controls to step forwards and backwards through the name of the program before saving it The data wheel changes the letter displayed Two things that make this quicker are 1 Turning the data wheel quickly accelerates its acti
74. is missing System software has been up graded but the matching graph ics have not been updated nn is the internal identifier for the missing graphic You are trying to save a pro gram over an existing program A program tried to load an FX8000 sample that is not stored on the disk You tried to load a program when no valid program was se lected in the listing box The software is reminding you that it should be registered for continued use You have selected a program saved at a different sampling rate Library bank 8 usually contains programs that use FX8000 processing not available in FX2000 machines The software must be registered with Sintefex Audio for use be yond a period of about 1000 hours of use This is free of charge to end user customers You have selected a digital input or clock source that is currently not locked to a valid input You must register the software with Sintefex Audio for uninter rupted use of the system All users can do this free of charge Evaluation users and distributors can request a renewed evalua tion period Replicator was attached by USB action Either continue to save with the old name or go back edit the name and then save again Too many programs on disk with the same name can be confusing You should load the missing effect from the latest library release and use the tidy disk feature to sort the effects into numerical order Complete the upgrade by running
75. is usually followed by an RPN NULL message It is important that the sequencer does not transpose any of these messages in time or mix them up with other control messages SYSEX messages are single self contained messages and a sequencer cannot mix these up The SYSEX format is shown below note 5 and is fairly straightforward to edit or attach to controls in a many sequencers NRPN Format Most parameters require 14 bit DATA so require both an MSByte of data and an LSByte of data to complete the update These will be updated whenever the LSByte is received so the MSByte may be omitted if it does not change When an MSByte is received the LSByte is set to zero Some parameters require only 7 bit DATA switches selections from lists etc and these do not require an LSByte These are updated whenever an MSByte is received In addition to this it is possible to set the FX2000 so that all parameters are restricted to 7 bits on reception only in which case only an MSByte is required and any LSByte is ignored This is for control by a MIDI con troller that can output only 7 bit parameters e g from a slider or knob Parameter numbers NRPN s also require an MSByte and an LSByte Both these must be present to select a parameter but can occur in either order When a parameter is selected several things happen e Any previous parameter will have its data updated by the previous parameter DATA value if that has not already happened e g if an
76. ital Check that the clock reference is selected to automatic or if not that the input selected is fed a valid digital signal Try a different connecting lead If all else fails use an internal reference Check the quality and sample rate of the reference signal Try a different connecting lead If all else fails use an internal reference If it is an analogue input you will need to reduce the signal level into the FX2000 If it is a digital input you need to reduce the output of the device sending digi tal signals If this is a DAW it may be set to hit digital peak from time to time in which case you can ignore the warning If you are habitually getting overload from analogue signals you can trim the input gain of the FX2000 by fitting a gain adjustment header See the installation information Usually only happens 1 in Classic Compressor if the compressor make up gain is excessive or 2 in Clas sic EQ or FX8000 sample import if the DRIVE is too high These overdrive the analogue signal path simu lator which limits the signal Reduce the level or switch NON LIN off Slow down the rate at which your sequencer is send ing parameter update or program load messages to the FX2000 Press SYSTEM ON BYPASS to enable the FX2000 to process the audio Touch the SECTION button on the EQ or compres sor to enable the section If it is the EQ section you may need to load a Classic EQ if one is not currently loaded Press the EQUALISER VI
77. k audio level through a range of over 40dB to assess the performance of the processor and storing a set of derived responses as a sample for later recreation of the effect using the Dynamic Convolution process This also includes in the case of a dynamics processor measuring one or more of the gain reduction curves of the device for later simulation of the dynamic characteristic sony Philips Digital Interface Similar to AES but carried on an unbalanced cable or on a domestic optical fibre An SPDIF wired signal can be connected to the FX2000 AES input using a Suitable adapter and the FX2000 will receive SPDIF audio provided the signal source Is located fairly close to the FX2000 amp D Page 41 eP Sintefex Audio User Guide Version 3 0 Copyright 2001 2003 Sintefex Audio Lda FX2000 Technical Specification Overview Channels 2 2 channel compressor equaliser running up to 96kKHz sampling rate for high sample rate surround com pression and EQ Channels may be used independenily Fully balanced professional input and output on both analogue and digital connections 24 bit analogue conversion 24 bit digital processing up to 24 bit digital i o Analogue input digital hi pass DC removal filter selectable off in software Attenuation 3dB at 1Hz and 0 1dB at 6 5Hz 48kKHz sampling 2Hz and 13Hz at 96kHz sampling Single cable AES operation at all sampling rates using high speed digital audio transmitters and receiv ers
78. l This software version features MIDI control of parameters and program loading The system will also transmit program load and parameter control messages if desired Full technical details and a MIDI implementation chart is at the end of this guide Saving MIDI setup The settings for enabling MIDI are saved with the power up settings of the FX2000 These settings are saved when the system is powered down or if a save setup is performed in the power up state page Text Conventions in this guide Where possible we try to indicate buttons labelled on the front panel using a type face similar to the front panel for example SYSTEM ON BYPASS OPTION SELECT CURSOR INPUT VIEW And we indicate on screen options using a similar type style and usually in quotation marks e g OO 40 linear ON Analogue orograms Page 16 Sintefex FX2000 Classic EQ Compressor FX2000 Alter the Compressor Dynamics e g peak or RMS Peak and RMS detection The compressor dynamic section can simulate two common types of level detector e Peak level detection used in most VCA FET and variable mu compressors and e RMS detection used typically in compressors with optical gain control elements Peak level compressors make use of the peak level of signal using a full wave rectifier together with attack and release time constants to generate the control voltage that is applied to the gain control element Such a circuit often uses
79. l indicated a parameter set with any MIDI channel is by the MIDI channel and its stereo pair applied to the FX2000 channel s currently if FX2000 is in stereo mode selected on the front panel program change chan this affects the audio channel indicated a program change on any MIDI channel is nels 1 or 2 by the MIDI channel and its stereo pair applied to the FX2000 channel s currently if FX2000 is in stereo mode selected on the front panel program change channel performs a whole machine load of the the program change is applied to the FX2000 16 selected program including all channels channel s currently selected on the front of the FX2000 and any configuration panel A whole machine load is not per changes in the program i e mono to formed and a configuration change is not stereo or vice versa possible gram load load dresses basic channel basic channel cleared SYSEX messages OMNI mode is ignored a SYSEX parameter change will affect the channel it is addressed to in its data stream other messages ignored ignored amp D Page 49 gt I Sintefex Audio User Guide Version 3 0 Copyright 2001 2003 Sintefex Audio Lda MIDI Note 8 Running Status This software version does not use running status when sending messages This improves the chance of a connection working if the cabling is interrupted and a status byte is missed because it could be a long time before a new status byte is transmitted in a control change seq
80. lation must gen erate further inaccuracy FX2000 does all processing on 32 bit floating point audio data to preserve the best accuracy over multiple arithmetic operations Audio Engineering Society often used as a term for the professional digital audio inter face standardised by the AES in 1992 in which a pair of signals is carried on a cable with XLR connectors This signal can usually be sent a lot further and more reliably than the similar domestic SPDIF format Input option on FX2000 in which the digital DC removal filter present in most analogue to digital converters can be switched off if preferred to extend low frequency performance at the expense of some digital DC offset A program that runs on a computer under control of the operating system One or more samples of the signal processing path of a prized compressor together with one or more sets of gain reduction curve data which together contain all the data needed for recreating the sound of that compressor in a range of settings The recreation is per formed entirely digitally using the unique Dynamic Convolution process A collection of samples of a prized equaliser sampled in a large combinations of settings and presented with an approximation of the control layout of the original equipment and arranged so that settings equivalent to those available on the original equipment select the nearest sample or sample often interpolating between them to get a very close ap proach to t
81. m to a different memory 26 Remote Control the FX2000 26 Register This Software 26 Save the settings for the next session 27 Select an Input 28 Switch a section in and out for comparing the effect 29 Switch the whole system in and out bypass for comparing the effect 29 Switch off the FX2000 Classic EQ Compressor 30 Sync to Master or Reference Clock 30 Use FX8000 Samples on my FX2000 30 Use the Compressor Curves from a Sampled Compressor while using a Classic EQ 32 Use the Data Wheel CURSOR keys and SELECT buttons 32 Use Delay Compensation 33 Use the Expander Gate 34 Use Two Mono Channels or the same on both stereo channels 34 View the VU or bar meters 34 Work with LINEAR PHASE 35 General Information cccccccccsccccccccsccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccsccccccsccccccscscecccccccscscsccccscsce 36 Page 6 Sintefex FX2000 Classic EQ Compressor FX2000 Warning and Error Messages Status Display Messages File Types Glossary FX2000 Technical Specification MIDI Implementation the gory details MIDI Implementation Chart and Parameter Numbers Acknowledgements and Disclaimers Licence Conditions for Version 3 Software Software Registration Form G D Page 7 BI Sintefex Audio User Guide Version 3 0 Copyright 2001 2003 Sintefex Audio Lda 1 Introduction Welcome to the SINTEFEX FX2000 ANALOGUE SOUND STEREO DIGITAL CLASSIC EQ COMPRESSOR The FX2000 Classic EQ Compressor uses a unique
82. mid is 100mS Expander Depth 0 3fff 20dB 0dB midis 10dB Expander Threshold 0 3fff 80dB 0dB midis 30dB reserved digital EQ enable note 1 note 3 Band 1 level min to max zero at 0x2000 Band 1 freq available mid at 0x2000 Oxa Q of 1 0 0x64 Q of 10 0 sa eey EQ enable 769 800 6 1 Classic EQ controls typi 0 3fff clipped min to max controls are allo cally up to 32 available when out of available cated according though normally at most 12 model range to each classic are normally used mid at 0x2000 EQ model note where possible 4 801on i reserved Note 1 For all on off values received values of 0x40 decimal 64 and above represents on The FX2000 transmits O for off and 0x7f decimal 127 for on Note 2 Parameters numbers are split into MIDI MSBytes and LSBytes i e 514 is 4 2 These may be re ceived in either order To avoid confusion a 127 in either byte is considered illegal and will set the FX2000 parameter number to invalid This has the same effect as a RPN NULL 127 127 Note 3 This parameter is not directly accessible on FX2000 but is implicit in its location with respect to the compressor r lt D Page 47 BI Sintefex Audio User Guide Version 3 0 Copyright 2001 2003 Sintefex Audio Lda Note 4 Because Classic EQ s can have various different configurations there is no sensible mapping from one Classic EQ model to another Ensure that you have loaded the correct classic E
83. n the FX2000 s internal hard disk r lt D Page 15 BI Sintefex Audio User Guide Version 3 0 Copyright 2001 2003 Sintefex Audio Lda Audio and Control Connections Oee Q w iy ra fa ka p e e e The connector area of the rear panel is shown here Analogue inputs and outputs optional item are at the top of the unit and are provided on balanced XLR connectors Analogue levels are pre set to 18dbu for peak digital but may be configured by fitting internal gain adjust headers available from your supplier in 2dB steps Fine gain trim is available digitally from the front panel Digital input and output are on XLR connectors to AES specification with 2 channels per connector at all sample rates The input will also accept electrical SPDIF signal protocol and levels although with reduced data error recovery window A digital gain link bus is provided on RCA phono pin jack connectors This allows compressor gain reduction to be linked between more than one machine Word clock TTL level sample rate square wave may be fed to the BNC word clock connector provided This can be selected as the reference input from the front panel A USB port is provided for connection to a suitably equipped PC for full remote control software and library update and archiving MIDI in and out is provided for sequencer control and allow automated program loading and parameter change from your MIDI sequencer MIDI Control Genera
84. nd layouts and a How do section which takes you through the main things people ask What is the SINTEFEX FX2000 CLASSIC EQ COMPRESSOR The SINTEFEX FX2000 CLASSIC EQ COMPRESSOR along with its older brother the FX8000 Replicator are unique products which can digitally reproduce an analogue signal path captured from a real analogue processor accurately simulating the frequency response and distortion characteristics of the original giving an analogue warmth and complexity of sound not previously possible in the digital domain There are now a large number of sampled classic EQs and compressors and the SINTEFEX FX2000 CLASSIC EQ COMPRESSOR allows you to use these quickly and easily for analogue sounding effects in a digital environment Get your favourite compressor sound accurately linked in stereo or surround mixes Select from a range of factory preset EQ units all with identifiable analogue sound Work wholly digitally and get that indefinable analogue sound You can even switch off the non linearity if you like the analogue sound but need it digitally clean Hear analogue equalisers as never before using our unique POWER LINEAR process to make analogue effects phase linear and more dramatic than ever before e Use dynamics expansion and gating to restore dynamic range even if this was not available on the origi nal sampled compressor FX2000 Classic EQ Compressor goes beyond the well know process of linear convolution at
85. not possible to do this so that if all the parts are mixed together in the dubbing suite with equal levels the same overall result is achieved as the original mix because the dynamics compressor performs differently when instruments are removed Using the gain profile recording method described a first pass is made with all the instruments and the gain profile is recorded to a spare pair of tracks of the digital recorder in some cases only one track is required Then for each sub mix the gain profile is replayed so the exact gain profile of the full mix is applied to each sub mix This ensures that the sub mixes will all add together to re create the original mix as desired by the music producer and engineer e Note that when replaying data this completely overrides any internally generated gain e When replaying the gain profile the compressor is still subject to the attack and release controls For proper matching make sure these are set correctly Gain Data Format The gain data format is proprietary to Sintefex Audio but may be recorded on any digital recorder proved that it does not alter the signal in any way The format uses 24 bits of data but the method described above will work fine with a 16 bit recorder However the signal path between Replicators must be a full 24 bit path do not break into it except as described above r lt D Page 25 BI Sintefex Audio User Guide Version 3 0 Copyright 2001 2003 Sintefex Audio Lda
86. nstrument Digital Interface used both for performance note data and in effects units like the FX2000 for loading programs and adjusting parameters usually under con trol of a Sequencer The program that a computer runs when switched on that allows you to run one or more applications and supplies services such as disk access to every application in a standard way Please see RMS Peak New method of using classic EQ in which both linear phase and extended control range are provided Often called a preset This is a snapshot of the settings of an FX2000 unit saved on the internal hard disk for recall at a later date Such a program may also be uploaded to a PC using the Replimat software for transfer to other machines or for archiving A program also contains a list of effects or samples required to complete the effect which are sepa rately stored Often used as an abbreviation for Replicator Process or generally for the effect a proces sor has on a signal The signal processing section of the system that executes the Dynamic Convolution pro cess which is responsible for replicating the effect of a sampled analogue system This system requires a number of co operating DSP chips to perform the necessary task Two measurements of signal level Peak is the familiar maximum and minimum levels achieved by the audio signal waveform RMS is a measure of the energy contained in the signal Signals of the same peak level contain most energy if they
87. oad Fix and Control the input and output levels Select the Input Output page using the INPUT SELECT button This allows input source selection see How do Select an Input and gain adjustment at the input and output of the FX2000 CHI 2 415 by ects Input Output sample J bi Ine Gaini program O 0d5 ne pcl Gut Gaini control aff A Gain dB 20 6 aik Reduction EHHH Input gi z 6 SS a E E E Input gain may be set to say add 3qB by selecting inp Gain program 3 0cdcB Input gain of 0 0dB is the same in both of these settings Inp Gain program 0 0dB and Inp Gain none 0 0dB The output gain may be selected to operate from the front panel control by selecting Out Gain control If you do not want any gain adjustment on the output and say 0 7dB gain on the input select Inp Gain program 0 7dB Out Gain none Q UdB This setting affects the current channel or both if ganged When the output gain control is not active for a channel you are working on the TRACK light will go out Summary e Select program to enter a fixed gain at the input out output e Select none if you want unity gain at input and output e Select control for the output gain if you want the channel or channels to respond to the output control amp D Page 21 gt I Sintefex Audio User Guide Version 3 0 Copyright 2001 2003 Sintefex Audio Lda Signals above OdBFS and Clipping If you add input gain
88. on so it can quickly move near the end where the capital letters and some punctuation are located 2 f you move the cursor to a character BUT DON T LET GO OF THE CURSOR BUTTON WHEN YOU GET THERE turn the data wheel clockwise and the rest of the name scrolls off to the right This way you can a insert some space or b clear the rest of the field quickly by pushing it off the end Page 20 Sintefex FX2000 Classic EQ Compressor FX2000 Find a particular page or window Use the VIEW buttons for the Equaliser or Compressor or for the INPUT section to be able to set up levels gains etc Pages that do not appear to have labels for the OPTION SELECT buttons may have Vanishing Labels To find out press an OPTION SELECT button and see if a list of labels appears If it does it gives options or al lows you to move to other pages In this guide we often suggest a route to a particular page from a recommended starting point often the sys tem option in one of the pages but also from for example the INPUT button We show these as in the fol lowing example which gets you to the program load page system gt programs Similarly to get a large VU display you follow INPUT gt big meters Some routes are a few more button pushes away for example use the following for loading software and effects from WAV files of digital audio data dumps system gt setup gt more setup gt disk manage gt disk dump and load gt l
89. ory with a court of competent juris diction SOFTWARE REGISTRATION FORM Hardware Model LIFx2000 LJFX8000 Serial Number System Code _ _ ae eee a ee _____ _sCS SCVeerrsion a a Name Company Address Country Telephone Fax email Do you want us to send the authorisation by email Je post Distributor from whom purchased Date of purchase Main activity tick all that apply Mastering _ Tracking Mixing Audio for Picture Surround Hire Education Other please specify Please register the software in my name accept the terms of the licence conditions signed date Please send the completed form to Sintefex Audio Lda Vale Formosilho S Marcos da Serra P 8375 Portugal or by fax to 351 282 361 749 or submit the information at www sintefex com
90. process to use actual samples of real analogue equal isers and compressors to replicate their effect on any digital audio signal This means that analogue proces sors that were difficult to obtain maintain reuse and match are now available for use repeatedly and digitally without needing to go out to analogue to get the complex sound of analogue processing This is a new process never before available to the audio engineer and opens up new possibilities All we will say in this introduction is that if you are looking for a unique way to change the sound of your recordings to add warmth and colour without leaving the convenience and repeatability of digital working then the SINTEFEX FX2000 CLASSIC EQ COMPRESSOR is for you The FX2000 Classic EQ Compressor is supplied with 24 bit analogue to digital and digital to analogue con version as an option so it is equally usable in the analogue domain with a processing delay sufficiently short that real time use in recording and live work is fully possible Software Versions This User Manual is based on software version 3 0 Whilst we have made every effort to ensure that the con tents are as accurate as possible we must stress that specifications may change from those given here Also details of operation are expected to be revised as a result of continued product improvement lf your software version is different this guide may still be useful All the major functions are going to pretty muc
91. product for a period to be set by Sintefex Audio Demo Users in good standing will be permitted unlimited renewals of the evaluation period Good standing means that all agreements between Sintefex and the Demo Users and between Distributors and Evaluators have been honoured by the user Additional Charge Items From time to time Sintefex or third parties may make available software which by reason of third party licensing or specific extra cost development or other reason may be subject to additional charges for use These additional charge items will be subject to their own licence conditions regarding evaluation or use Limitations of Use The Software must not be used for any illegal purposes and especially not for any use involving breach of copyright The Software is not licensed for use in any life critical application Any such use is entirely at the risk of the user and the user must hold Sintefex harmless for any claim arising from such use Termination of Licence Termination by breach Breach of any terms of this licence will terminate the licence The licence for use of the Software is also terminated if the product is returned under hardware warranty agreements On termination all copies of the Software must be returned to Sintefex Warranty and Liability Limitations for Upgrade Users Users of Sintefex products who upgrade to this software from a previous version should note that Sintefex has no requirement to supply free of charge upgrade
92. ready in stereo both LEDs on will be un ganged into mono SYSTEM ON BYPASS Regardless of which channel you are controlling there is an SYSTEM ON BYPASS button for each channel always active Touch this to bypass or enable the relevant channel If the channels are GANGED into stereo these buttons will be linked together and both channels will bypass simultaneously OPTION SELECT When the LCD screen is showing a set of options as seen here pressing one of the OPTION SELECT keys carries out the labelled operation In addition some screens have hidden options Touching an OPTION SELECT button will reveal the options which can then be selected If you do not select an option they will disappear again after a few seconds to allow the whole display to be seen DATA If there is a highlit value on the screen the DATA knob alters the value or selection shown CURSOR This allows a highlit area on the display to be moved around for altering a number of different values OUTPUT GAIN iy Page 13 G eP Sintefex Audio User Guide Version 3 0 Copyright 2001 2003 Sintefex Audio Lda The output level is available for adjusting the output level digital as well as analogue unless a channel is programmed to ignore the control Classic EQ and LINEAR PHASE POWER LINEAR Mode CHIFA JEE Power Hite HEE Classic EQ Lin Phase EQ SAL BIL ae sampled amp BOOST ATTEN BOOST ATTEN if 08 Desk Eb n i4
93. s but does so in the interest of adding additional functionality and improvements for the benefit of its customers In the event that a change of functionality is made that is not of benefit to a user the user s sole recourse is to revert to a previous version of the software as already properly used under licence and accepted for use by the user In particular the Software is provided as is and with no warranties of any kind whether express or implied Sintefex shall have no liability to the extent permissible by law for loss of time data material or financial loss of attempting the upgrade By registering the software the user accepts that the software is of suitable quality for his application Warranty and Liability Limitations for New Users This Software is provided as is and with no warranties of any kind whether express or implied The user is assumed to have evaluated the software together with the hardware and accepted its suitability to the user s application If for proper reasons as governed by any applicable hardware warranty the hardware and Software are returned Sintefex shall have no liabil ity to the extent permissible by law for loss of time data material or financial loss of using or attempting to use the Software By registering the software the user accepts that the Software is of suitable quality for his application Governing Law This licence is governed by the laws of Portugal or at Sintefex s sole discretion any territ
94. sor and the way it changes with gain reduction and the curve of the compres sor allowing soft knee effects to be accurately recreated with a choice of peak or RMS level detection Stereo channels or two mono channels can be linked for stereo gain reduction This is normally 100 linked so the gain on both channels is identical at all times However it is possible to soften this linkage and extend the linkage to other Replicators for surround applications See How do link stereo gain reduction for de tails Page 10 Sintefex FX2000 Classic EQ Compressor FX2000 Expander Gate From the main compressor page you can select the expander gate option that allows you to restore dynamic range by adding gentle expansion at the lower end of the dynamics of the original program or you can select less subtle gating for more creative effects during recording Digital Equaliser In addition to the Classic EQ sampled equaliser there is also a 4 band digital equaliser This is often used as side chain EQ for the compressor for such effects as de essing and removing of low frequency modulation when heavily compressing It is also switchable into the main signal path providing a precision 4 band digital EQ with 20dB of boost or cut available and adjustable Q as well as up to two high shelves and two low shelves Presets Classic EQ s and Classic Compressors Pre sampled classic compressors and EQs are supplied on the internal hard disk Ad
95. tatus area will show exp1 and or exp2 as shown here 60 0 JE JE Select EsPANDER Attack is the time it takes the gain to recover when a signal re appears after expansion or gating is in opera tion Release sets the rate at which the gain reduces when the signal falls below the threshold The expansion curve is 2 1 and the maximum gain reduction that the expander gate gives is set by the depth control This gives an easy control of expansion The expander and the gate differ in that if gating is in operation the threshold automatically increases by the amount the gain reduces This allows a clean switch on or gate opening when the signal exceeds the higher threshold The expansion and gate characteristics are not sampled from original analogue equipment but are provided for use with the sampled compressors to add to the functionality of the original device This allows you to re cover dynamic range lost in compression while preserving the sound of analogue compressors if a Classic Compressor is loaded or to augment the Classic EQ if you are using that The gain reduction shown is the combined gain reduction of the compressor and the expander gate The compression curve shown is for the compressor section even when you are looking at the expander gate page You can return to the main compressor page by choosing the OPTION back or by pressing the COMPRESSOR VIEW button again e The expansion or gate gain reduction is ne
96. tected by international patent and other rights including European patent EP0917707 and other pending applications No licence is granted by this document for use beyond the li censed use of the Software Violation is subject to damages under applicable laws End User Licence A bona fide end user purchaser of a Sintefex product is entitled to use all parts of the Software applicable to the purchased machine for the duration of the life of the associated hardware upon completion of registration of the software with Sintefex If the product is sold on the new owner is entitled to the same use provided that they agree to all the terms of this licence and further register the software with Sintefex Evaluation User Licence Evaluators and Distributors Demo Users who are not end users are entitled to use the software for evalua tion and demonstration of the Sintefex product for a period to be set by Sintefex Audio Demo Users in good standing will be permitted unlimited renewals of the evaluation period Good standing means that all agree ments between Sintefex and the Demo Users and between Distributors and Evaluators have been honoured by the user Additional Charge Items From time to time Sintefex or third parties may make available software which by reason of third party licens ing or specific extra cost development or other reason may be subject to additional charges for use These additional charge items will be subject to their own licen
97. the latest version of Replimat and reloading the soft ware The system will work without it but the display will be wrong You can abandon it or overwrite the current contents of the program memory Load the latest sample banks or the specific sample required by the program Usually this means you are looking in an empty program bank Scroll to Show pro grams in bank n and select a different bank or all There is still plenty of time for evaluation so you can ignore this If you have purchased the system please register the software for unlim ited use You can try loading it but it may not be appro priate for the current sampling rate Often it is better to change sample rate and try again You can try the load but you may hear no ef fect or at least not what was saved on an FX8000 The evaluation period can also be renewed by distributors or system evaluators See How do Register This Software for more information You should connect a valid input at which point the message box will go away and the operation will complete You can abandon the change or go ahead anyway if you know the signal will be connected later End users should make a note of the code on the register software page and send this to Sintefex Audio using the card in the manual for a permanent authorisation code When this is entered this message will no longer occur Evaluators should contact Sintefex Audio for a renewal authorisation See
98. the levels seen within the unit can exceed peak digital audio that s why the input level meters indicate above OdBFS This is perfectly safe as the FX2000 has an extremely high internal head room You will need to make sure that output level is set correctly however to avoid any digital clipping as the signal leaves the unit Any signals that clip the analogue to digital converters generate a warning IN CLIP in the top right of the display This cannot be corrected within the unit the external signal must be reduced in amplitude IN CLIP is also displayed if the digital input records peak digital signal levels In this event you must judge whether the signal is arriving distorted from the digital source and if so make any alterations in the previous unit No further clipping can occur with the FX2000 However clipping can occur at the output unless the out put gain is adjusted correctly as the AES digital audio interface does not have the almost infinite headroom of the FX2000 s internal processing circuitry Get Analogue Levels dead right into FX2000 Classic EQ Com pressor FX2000 Classic EQ Compressor is supplied with preset analogue gains into and out of its analogue convert ers Unless otherwise ordered a 18dBu sine wave on the balanced inputs and outputs equates to peak digi tal audio Other values can be supplied in 2dB steps from 10dBu to 24dBu All analogue preset values can be up to a 1dB inaccurate due to vari
99. though very short can be matched in by pass or padded to a known delay e System bypass switching was softened so that system can be bypassed without switching clicks Page 8 Sintefex FX2000 Classic EQ Compressor FX2000 Software Registration This software is licensed for use by end user equipment purchasers It is free of any additional charge and is available to all end users subject to the licence conditions This software is also licensed for evaluation and demonstration by authorised dealers on a limited renewable licence We ask end users to register this software within approximately 3 months Registration confirms your accep tance of the licence conditions and is free of charge to authorised end users and removes all time limitations from the software Registration may be done by mail fax or via our web site www sintefex com End users need only register a software version once no further registration of this software release is required See How do register this software for more details Authorised dealers can apply for renewal licenses whenever required The full licence conditions are printed at the end of this user guide About this Guide You don t need a detailed explanation of every page of commands of FX2000 Classic EQ Compressor Most are fairly obvious and the best way to find out is to explore the controls for yourself This guide has two main sections an overview to get you familiar with the controls a
100. uence However the FX2000 will receive messages with running status according to the MIDI v1 0 specification Acknowledgements and Disclaimers SHARC is a registered trademark of Analog Devices Inc ADAT is a registered trademark of Alesis Inc used under licence All other trade marks are the properties of their respective owners Sintefex Audio Lda specifically states that any reference to other manufacturers and their products in this document does not imply any endorsement of Sintefex Audio products by them or vice versa Whilst all reasonable effort has been made to ensure that the information in this manual is accurate Sintefex Audio Lda accepts no liability for inadvertent errors omissions or changes in operating software or hardware specification referred to in this manual Licence Conditions for Version 3 Software End user and Evaluation Licence Conditions General Version 3 of Replicator software including remote control software and any other software collectively the Software which excludes additional charge items as described below supplied by Sintefex Audio Lda Sintefex is supplied under licence for use on the Sintefex hardware or other use as specifically described here All ownership rights to the Software belong to Sintefex or its suppliers and the user is not permitted to make unauthorised copies or to reverse engineer any aspects of the software or hardware Aspects of the software and hardware are pro
101. utton or following the steps shown here system gt setup gt more setup gt power up options gt save setup This saves the LCD settings as well as the current choice of audio input clock source and the other options shown on this page which are then applied every time you switch on Clear the View Angle if the screen is not viewable If the view angle has been adjusted beyond a usable range it is possible to temporarily disable the software setting by restarting FX2000 Classic EQ Compressor in its debug mode of operation This is done by switching off all power and waiting 10 seconds Then power up with SELECT BUTTON 1 held down You get a lot of messages which we use to debug systems but within a few seconds you will be in the familiar user interface Follow the instructions How do change the view angle of the display and save the new view angle This operation of starting up in debug mode is also useful to e Find out what is going on if there is a hardware problem on start up or e Prevent the system initialising the disk effect storage system if there is a problem with the file system Connect up the MIDI The MIDI IN and MIDI OUT connections are clearly labelled on the rear panel of Replicator These are in tended for connection to a MIDI sequencer for real time control of some parameters and for program loading The Sequencer MIDI output should be connected to the Replicator MIDI IN and vice
102. ver linked to other channels Each channel operates inde pendently Use Two Mono Channels or the same on both stereo channels If both channels are selected both channel 1 and 2 LEDs on then everything you do affects both channels This is called ganged mode If you hold down one channel select button and touch the other the channels will un gang to two separate mono channels with the sane settings You can now select one or the other with the channel select buttons and the selected channel will be under your control while the other channel continues to do what it was set to do View the VU or bar meters For viewing input levels select INPUT gt big meters Touch any SELECT key and the vanishing labels appear which allow you amp gt Page 35 gt P Sintefex Audio User Guide Version 3 0 Copyright 2001 2003 Sintefex Audio Lda e setup the levels especially for VU meters e toggle VU and bar meters e return to the system page These vanishing labels will disappear if you do not use them for 15 seconds or if you touch the DATA wheel or CURSOR key Work with LINEAR PHASE When you touch the EQ VIEW button and there is no classic EQ installed the following page invites you to go to the Classic EQ select page Touch the Classic EQ OPTION SELECT and you can select from the bank of Classic EQs available Signal Path Replicator Classic EQ Wo Classic EQ is installed bnk name sahe Lcu e

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