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1. 1 ms to 10 1 ms Eventide EQ45 EQ65 User Guides Samples The Samples display allows you to select the time delay based on thethe Sample rate Precision Time Delay and Time Align support sample adjustment in increments of 1 64 proportional to the selected sample rate As a result the larger the sample rate the more granular the samples selector becomes For example e Asample rate of 44100 yields a total of 445 41 samples e Asample rate of 48000 yields a total of 484 8 samples e Asample rate of 88200 yields a total of 890 82 samples e Asample rate of 96000 yields a total of 969 6 samples e A sample rate of 176400 yields a total of 1781 64 samples and e Asample rate of 19200 yields a total of 1939 2 samples Distance Distance is measured in both English feet and inches and Metric values When entering an English measurement unit always use inches For example entering 28 will result in a new value of 2 feet 4 inches For Metric measurement units you may enter a decimal value to express distances less than one meter For instance entering 0 65 will result in a new value of 65 cm Precision Time Align and Precision Time Delay support distances 10 feet 11 8 inches English distances and 3 3 meters Metric distances Coarse Adjust The Coarse Adjust slider control allows you to quickly find the general time shift range you are seeking Move the slider to the right or left to gauge the delay co2. Eventide Precision Time Align Precision Time Delay User Guides Eventide EQ45 EQ65 User Guides Copyright 2006 Eventide Inc Eventide is a registered trademark of Eventide Inc EQ45 EQ65 is a trademark of Eventide Inc Digidesign and Pro Tools are trademarks of Digidesign a division of Avid Technology and names and logos are used with permission Macintosh is a trademark of Apple Computer Inc All other trademarks contained herein are the property of their respective owners Eventide Inc One Alsan Way Little Ferry NJ 07643 201 641 1200 www eventide com Eventide EQ45 EQ65 User Guides Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 INSTALLATION CHAPTER 2 THE EVENTIDE PRECISION TIME DELAY Phase Invert Delay Timet Samples Distance Course Adjust Fine Adjust CHAPTER 3 THE EVENTIDE PRECISION TIME ALIGN Negative Delay O10 5 5 05 1 1 A Eventide EQ45 EQ65 User Guides Introduction Eventide s new Precision Time Delay and Precision Time Align plug ins for Digidesign Pro Tools provide you intuitive environments through which to synchronize a signal to microsecond accuracy Both plug ins seamlessly integrate with the Pro Tools environment and provide four different methods for calibrating the signal to achieve perfect signal matching Precision Time Delay and Precision Time Align also support phase inversion and two levels of precision controls for optimizing the time shi
3. e you go any further please take a moment to register your product You can either mail in the enclosed card or click on the Register Now link provided on this CD and register online This helps us keep you informed of any important software updates and any special offers that may only be available to registered users Eventide EQ45 EQ65 User Guides Chapter 1 Installation Read Me Please be sure to have a look at the Read Me document on the installation CD for any important last minute updates from us Installation Eventide s Precision Time Delay and Precision Time Align are part of the Anthology bundle which comes in one tidy installer that contains all the necessary files for use under Mac OS 9 or OS X Boot into the Mac OS that you want to install under before beginning the installation If you use Pro Tools 5 x then you ll need to boot into OS 9 Pro Tools 6 x users will want to be running Mac OS X before beginning the installation Then run the Eventide Installer directly from the Application CD that came with the product Follow the instructions on screen to complete the installation Please refer to www eventide com for the latest on supported operating systems and Pro Tools platforms Allocating Memory If you are running OS9 plug ins with extensive graphics you may be required to increase your DAE memory allocation to run optimally Authorizing with the iLok USB Smart Key Because the Precision Time Delay and Precisio
4. es display as negative reflecting that a negative delay is being performed If you do not require negative delay or delay compensation functionality use the Precision Time Delay instead All other aspects of Precision Time Align are identical to Precision Time Delay Go to the previous section to reference descriptions of its interface and functional areas Note In Mix systems which do not use delay compensation the Precision Time Align tool is unavailable and not displayed in the Pro Tools Plug Ins directory Note Precision Time Delay is better suited for tracking live instruments than Precision Time Align because of its minimum throughput delay ithe
5. ft in a recording Additionally Precision Time Align permits you to perform negative delays which essentially move the track up in time relative to the tracks in the recording Whether you wish to correlate multiple tracks of a single instrument compensate for phasing from different mics on a kick drum or align audio segment for a tracking only session Precision Time Align and Precision Time Delay are ideal for these and endlessly other similar engineering tasks Eventide EQ45 EQ65 User Guides About This Manual We re very confident you ll be able to use your new plug ins without reading this manual but we urge you to have a quick look There are several unique features and interesting options presented in this manual and a cursory glance will help streamline your efficiency We ll try to keep it all relevant and highlight any tips or cool tricks for you We also won t cover much at all about the operation of Pro Tools or the Macintosh environments as their owner s manuals or online help should provide you with the answers you need We ve made every attempt to integrate the controls and features that you re familiar with as a Pro Tools user into our Precision Time Delay and Time Align plug ins so that you don t have to learn anything new If you find the need to get more information from us than this manual can provide please visit our support forum available via our website www eventide com Don t Forget to Register Befor
6. gn are identical products except for latter supports negative delays That capability is described in the next section Each is accessible separately from Pro Tools Plug Ins menu Precision Time Delay Time Precision Time Delay bypass TDI factory cfactory default __ lt factory default Sh compare compare J ete sate S DISTANCE PHASE INVERT MILLIS S MPLES ENGLISH METRIC sft 2 8in 84 4 cm z 10 0 0 COARSE ADJUST mS 10 00 FINE ADJUST PS Eventide Figure 1 The Eventide Precision Delay user interface Precision Time Delay is comprised of the following attributes and controls Phase Invert Click this button to invert the phase of the signal An example where this might be employed is when two microphones are recording opposite sides of a snare drum which naturally result in mirror image acoustical phasing Delay Time This displays the current active value for Precision Time Delay in milliseconds A new value can be selected by left clicking on the display It will refresh with a white background after which you can enter a new value Subsequently all other values for Samples and Distance will update accordingly to reflect the change as well as the slider positions for Course and Fine Adjust Samples and Distance controls described below work in identical fashion Delay times for Precision Time Delay range from 0 ms to 10 ms Delay times for Precision Time Align range from 10
7. mpensation then proceed to the Fine Adjust control to more accurately tune your general setting Course Adjust for Precision Time Delay is from 0 to 10 ms Course Adjust for Precision Time Align is from 10 to 10 ms Fine Adjust The Fine Adjust slider control works in conjunction with the Course Adjust to yield the most perfect time shift adjustment possible After the general time delay has been established using Course Adjust in milliseconds use Fine Adjust to tweak the settings in microseconds Fine Adjust for Precision Time Delay is from 100 to 100 us values less than zero are cut off Fine Adjust for Precision Time Align is from 100 to 100 us Note Precision Time Align and Precision Time Delay achieve sub sample accuracy through the use of oversampling This process necessarily requires the use of an anti aliasing filter Although Precision Time Align uses a very high quality filter at low sample rates the very high end of the audible spectrum may be affected Using PTA or PTD at a sampling rate of 44 1 kHz will result in 2 dB of attenuation at 19000 Hz Eventide EQ45 EQ65 User Guides Chapter 3 The Eventide Precision Time Align Negative Delay The Precision Time Align plug in is identical in every way to Precision Time Delay except for its support for Negative Delay This allows you to move the delay forward in time relative to the rest of the signal In order to use this capability you must first activate the Dela
8. n Time Align utilize the Pace Interlock copy protection system you ll need to have your iLok smart key handy After you ve completed the installation pop the little rectangular piece out of the license card provided in the product carton Insert it as shown below into the key Connect the key to any free USB port on the Pro Tools system where you installed the plug ins Launch Pro Tools and follow the authorization window s instructions Removing an Authorization Should you have to remove the authorization from your iLok key be sure to put it back onto the original license card To do this start Pro Tools Hold Option Space Bar while inserting the plug ins into a channel Then follow the instructions on screen Eventide EQ45 EQ65 User Guides Chapter 2 The Eventide Precision Time Delay Eventide s Precision Time Delay is a remarkably simple time shifting resource that allows you to accurately compensate for timing disparities in a recording Precision Time Delay will generate perfectly synchronized double tracked vocals crisper background vocals and entirely eliminate timing anomalies on instruments being recorded simultaneously from different microphones After you master its easy design you ll find out the precision truly is the operative description for this plug in Between the Coarse and Fine Adjust slider controls you can achieve perfect correlation between to tracks to 1 64 sample Precision Time Delay and Precision Time Ali
9. y Compensation Engine in Pro Tools To do this e From the Setups menu select Playback Engine the following screen displays Playback Engine HD TDM Settings H W Buffer Size 2048 Samples E CPU Usage Limit 99 5 Number Of Voices 64 Voices 2 DSPs ts Sample Rate 48 kHz Delay Compensation Engine Short 1023 Samples per channel 19 DAE Playback Buffer Size Level 2 Default B Requires 37MB of system memory You currently have 115MB allocated L Minimize system memory allocation takes effect at next restart sa Figure 2 Pro Tools Playback Engine window e Select one of the available options form the Delay Compensation Engine drop down list and click OK You can now using Precision Time Align s Negative Delay functionality As the screen below illustrates where Precision Time Delay s values to the left of 0 are disabled on the Course and Fine Adjust sliders they are now active Eventide EQ45 EQ65 User Guides 51 19 oreore ate T sate A DELAY TIME PLES DISTANCE PHASE INVERT AM b ENGLISH METRIC 2ft 1 1in 10 0 0 FINE ADJUST pS netinn Eventide Precision Time Aligr Figure 3 Eventide Precision Time Align user interface Now you can perform time adjustments that actually move the signal forward in the playback relative to the other tracks As you see in the illustration above Delay Samples and Distance valu
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