Benutzeranleitung / Produktwartung DUENDE des Produzenten Solid State Logic
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DUENDE User Guide Version 2.0 Rev. A Mac & PC.
Duende User Guide Page 2 of 29 Table of Contents 1. Safety an d Installatio n Consideratio ns ............................................................................... 4 General Safet y ...........................................................
Duende User Guide Page 3 of 29 Channel Proc essing Order .................................................................................................................................. 25 Side Chain P rocessing Ord er ..............................
Duende User Guide Page 4 of 29 1. Safety and Installation Considerations This section contains definitions, warnings, and practical information to ensure a safe working environment. Please take time to read this section before installing or using this unit.
Duende User Guide Page 5 of 29 Instructions for Disposal of WEE E by Users in the Europ ean Union The symbol shown here is o n the product or o n its packaging, which indicates th at this product must not be d isposed of wi th other wa ste.
Duende User Guide Page 6 of 29 3. Introduction Hi – and thank you for purchasing Duende – the SSL processing s olution for your a udio workstation. As you’re sat here reading this, the chances are that you have a pretty good understanding of w ho we are and our outsta nding reputa tion in audio recording technology.
Duende User Guide Page 7 of 29 4. Installation Unpack Your Duende Box sho uld contain the following : Universal P ower Suppl y + World-Wide AC socket adapters 2m 6-Pin Firewire Cab le CD and Installat.
Duende User Guide Page 8 of 29 Software & Hardware Installation (PC) 1) Insert the Duende installation CD in your CD drive 2) Navigate to your CD drive 3) Launch the Duende installer by double cli.
Duende User Guide Page 9 of 29 5. Operational Overview Once your Duende hardw are and software has been properly installed, Duende plug-ins are accessed and used just like any host-based plug -in. You can run Duende plug-ins simulta neously with your other host based plug-ins in an y combination.
Duende User Guide Page 10 of 29 5.1 Duende Preferences/Control Pa nel OS X Windows XP The Duende Preferences/Cont rol Panel shows information about your Duen de such as serial no (Authentication ID), firmware ve rsion and driver version .
Duende User Guide Page 11 of 29 Launching a Duend e channel strip in Logic 7 : Launching a Duend e channel strip in Cubase SX:.
Duende User Guide Page 12 of 29 5.3 DSP Resource Management Due t o the nature of Duende having 4 DSP chips, a minim al a mount of resource manag ement should be done whe n running Duende at high loa d.
Duende User Guide Page 13 of 29 Most host applications automatically compensate for t his latency by simply turnin g on th e Plug-in Delay Compensat ion (PDC) or similar, us ually found in t he applications pref erences.
Duende User Guide Page 14 of 29 Compensating for latency in P ro Tools LE and M-Powered Because Pro Tools LE a nd M-Powered do not feature PD C it must be do ne manually w hen Duende plug-ins are used.
Duende User Guide Page 15 of 29 Any tracks that have a smaller latency than the maximum must also be delayed but by a s maller amount (i.e. tracks with 1 Duende p lug-in where the maximum has 3). The delay value for these will be maximum laten cy minus the latency reported by that track.
Duende User Guide Page 16 of 29 This means that you can gene rally use up to 2 Duende plug-ins per ch annel without considering latency iss ues, but this will depe nd on the buffer size set in Pro To ols, the sample rate and which Duende plug-ins a re loaded.
Duende User Guide Page 17 of 29 To view the la tency int roduced by plug-ins go to the bottom left hand corner of the Mix view, clic k on the small black/ grey box and select ‘Delay Compensation’.
Duende User Guide Page 18 of 29 6. Duende EQ and Dynamics Channel Strip 6.1 Introduction The Duende EQ and D ynamics Channel Strip plug-in is based on the EQ and compressor sections of the XL 9000 K Series con sole.
Duende User Guide Page 19 of 29 When no buttons in the Filter section are pressed, the filters come a fter the Equalizer section With the INPUT button pressed, the filters come bef ore the Equalizer se ction When t he DYN SC button is pressed, the filters are switched into the sidecha in of the Dynam ics section.
Duende User Guide Page 20 of 29 6.4 Equaliser Section ±dB F re q kHz Q ±dB F r e q kHz Q ±dB F r e q kHz B EL L ±dB F r e q kHz B EL L G IN PU T O U TPU T LF LMF H MF H F Operation The equalis er include d w ith th e Duen de EQ and Dynamics Channel Strip plug-in is a four band parametric EQ.
Duende User Guide Page 21 of 29 When the EQ is s witched to ‘E’ operation , the bandwidth of the HMF and L MF sections remains constant at all gains, so at lower gains the EQ cur ves are comparatively narrower for a given Q setting. This is p articularly useful for drums, since rela tively high Q is ava ilable at low g ain settings.
Duende User Guide Page 22 of 29 6.5 Dynamics Section The Dyn amics Section comprises a compressor/limiter and an expander/gate. Both sections wor k independently, but can be operat ional at the same time, providing sop histicated control of sign al levels.
Duende User Guide Page 23 of 29 Compressor/Limiter Introduction The Channel Com pressor/Limiter Section has a numbe r of key features in cluding a variable compression ratio from 1:1 to Infinity:1, a variable thres hold from -20dB to +10dB, auto sensing attack time (or selecta ble 1ms attack time), a nd a variable release from 0 .
Duende User Guide Page 24 of 29 100 µs), a variable ho ld time from 0 t o four seconds and a variable r elease time from 0. 1 to 4 seconds. The sidecha in signal is sourced from the signal feeding the dynamics section and the filters and/or equaliser can be insert ed in th is sidechain.
Duende User Guide Page 25 of 29 BYPASS A LL: E ngaging this button w ill bypa ss all cha nnel process ing whilst still routing the signal through Duende. This avoids the tim e shift which occurs when a ‘hard’ bypass is done using the de fault DAW con trol, allowing for easier A/B com parison betw een processed a nd unprocessed signals.
Duende User Guide Page 26 of 29 7. Duende Stereo Bus Compressor Introduction The Stereo Bus Compressor plug-in is a stereo version of the legendary bus compressor found on t he XL 9 000 K Series console. It provides high quality stereo compression, giving y ou critic al control over the dynam ic range of audio signals.
Duende User Guide Page 27 of 29 8. Duende Support Support FAQs To a ccess the lates t support informa tion on Duende, please visit our on line support site. Th e information there is ke pt up t o date by our supp ort staff to mak e sure all information is accurate.
Duende User Guide Page 28 of 29 9. Warranty Warranty Period The warranty period for this unit is 12 mont hs from date of purchase. In Warranty Repairs In the event of a fault during the warran ty period the unit must be returned to y our loca l d ealer or distributor who will arrang e for it to be s hipped to So lid State Log ic for repair.
Duende User Guide Page 29 of 29 Visit SSL at URL: http://www.solid-state-logic.com © 2007 Solid State L ogic All Rights reserved under I nternational and Pa n-American Copyright Con ventions Solid St.
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