D16 Group Fazortan 2, User Manual

Page 1: ...User Manual 25 October 2018 11 28 ...

Page 2: ...10 CPU 2GhHz with SSE 2 5GHz multicore system recommended RAM 4 GB 8 GB Recommended Software VST AAX compatible host application 32 bit or 64 bit Mac OS X OS version OS X 10 7 or newer CPU Intel based 2GHz 2 5GHz recommended RAM 4GB 8GB Recommended Software AU VST AAX compatible host application 32 bit or 64 bit ...

Page 3: ...3 www d16 pl Overview Overview Fazortan 2 is a dual LFO phaser effect Fazortan 2 graphical interface ...

Page 4: ...4 Overview The plugin interface comprises two main sections Configuration and preset management the top most section Configuration and preset management section Signal processing all remaining controls ...

Page 5: ...e organised into separate sections in the graphical user interface Phase shifter At the heart of Fazortan 2 the phase shifter applies an all pass filter to the input signal to generate a phasing effect The frequency re sponse of this filter can be thought of as like a series of notch filters with cutoff frequencies evenly spread across the spectrum The Phase shifter is controlled in the Phaser sec...

Page 6: ...the Phase shifter to 2 4 6 or 8 The frequency responses of the phasing filter for all four options are illustrated below Feedback min Feedback max 22000 11000 5500 2750 1375 687 344 172 86 43 21 11 5 0dB inf signal level Feedback min Feedback max 22000 11000 5500 2750 1375 687 344 172 86 43 21 11 5 0dB inf signal level 2 stages 4 stages ...

Page 7: ...sic modules Feedback min Feedback max 22000 11000 5500 2750 1375 687 344 172 86 43 21 11 5 0dB inf signal level Feedback min Feedback max 22000 11000 5500 2750 1375 687 344 172 86 43 21 11 5 0dB inf signal level 6 stages 8 stages ...

Page 8: ...ck into its input to emphasise the frequencies around the all pass filter stage cutoff points Stereo phase The mixed waveform output by Fazortan 2 s two LFOs is stereo and the Stereo Phase parameter applies phase shift ing between the left and right channels DEPTH LFO STEREO PHASE LFO phase shift between stereo channels When Stereo Phase is at 0 the left and right LFO waves are 100 in phase As the...

Page 9: ...ng sawtooth descending square and sample hold Rate Adjust the frequency of the LFO from 0 01 Hz to 20 Hz with Sync disengaged Sync Engage to synchronize the LFO to the tempo set in the host application Scale Set the note value modifier for tempo synchronization mode with the Sync button engaged Full The LFO period length is equal to the note value set by the Rate knob at the host tempo Dotted The ...

Page 10: ...1 8 16th note 1 16 or 32nd note 1 32 One bar A Dotted note is half a note longer than a Full note while a Triplet note is two thirds the length of a Full note Note lengths The waveforms generated by Fazortan 2 s two LFO modules are mixed added together and the resultant oscillation modulates the opera tional frequency Center Frq parameter of the Phase shifter ...

Page 11: ...weep section The LFO 1 Depth and LFO 2 Depth controls set the amount of effect that the oscillations of each LFO have on the Phase shifter s center frequency Master section At the end of the signal flow the FX knob controls the balance of processed unprocessed sound sent to the output while Output Volume determines the final amplification level ...

Page 12: ...12 Signal flow Basic modules The Master section SAVE Win BROWSE Mac BROWSE ...

Page 13: ...icated immediately after the input and sent down two paths one goes to the Phase shifter the other goes straight to the output on the Dry channel The operational frequency Center Frq of the all pass filter in the Phase shifter is modulated by the two LFOs At the end of the signal path the processed Wet and unprocessed Dry signals are mixed using the FX knob ...

Page 14: ...ucture in the Preset Browser Browsing Presets The Presets configuration and management section enables easy navigation and browsing of the preset library Presets Configuration and Management Section PRESET NAME Displays the name of the currently loaded preset PREV NEXT Step backwards and forwards through the preset list depending on the currently set filters see below INIT Win Ctrl PREV Mac Cmd PR...

Page 15: ...sting one see below BROWSE Fold the Preset Browser panel out from the bottom of GUI The Preset Browser looks like this Preset Browser One can see three main sections Content The available preset resources Filters View only certain categories or types of presets inactive by default Results The list of presets that meet the criteria set by the Filters ...

Page 16: ...e overwritten User Presets created by the user User presets can be freely modified backed up as files shared with others etc Selecting a single Content resource narrows the filtered preset list down to presets from that resource only Preset Filters The browser enables classification of presets through the use of Categories and Tags in order to facilitate filtering of the Results list Preset Browse...

Page 17: ...ds and characteristics of those presets as representatively as possible taking into account the remit of the plugin The Categories and Tags assigned to the Factory presets can t be edited User presets however can be given Categories and Tags from the factory content and you can also define your own custom Tags Results The list of presets from the selected Content resources that meet the filtering ...

Page 18: ...t particular Category filters while the rows in each of these columns represent the Tags available within each Category Preset Browser Category Filters The Filters cascade through the columns from left to right all presets in the selected Content resources are filtered according to the Tags in the first Category the first column from the left the remaining presets are then filtered by the Category...

Page 19: ...nactive when clicked a grey Tag is inactive and a teal blue Tag is active A Filter is only active when at least one Tag in a column Category is active For example if the first column in the illustration below represents the Category 1 Category containing the Tag 1 1 Tag 1 2 and Tag 1 3 Tags clicking the Tag 1 1 Tag will activate the Category Filter Category 1 and narrow the preset list down to onl...

Page 20: ...the left arrow swaps the current Category with the Category to the left Presets Filtering with the Use of Categories Tags Clicking the left arrow for the left most Category or the right arrow for the right most category does nothing as the column has no prede cessor successor with which to swap Presets editing Edit Mode Activating Edit Mode in the Preset Browser enables the editing of preset names...

Page 21: ...tical but is used to change rather than operate the Categories and Tags of the selected presets 2 Presets User only not Factory are selected for editing in the Results section 3 The Delete Export and Import buttons at the bottom of the interface are used to delete or export selected User presets and import a set of presets to the User Content resource 4 The resource selection in the Content sectio...

Page 22: ...presets from the last one selected to the one clicked Editing Tags Changing the Tags assigned to the selected preset s With one or more presets selected click a Tag button to assign it or unassign it if already assigned Filters tags Selecting multiple presets with Tags assigned enables those Tags to be edited If a particular Tag is assigned to all selected presets it s marked with an intense teal ...

Page 23: ...ag status for one selected preset changes it to the same status for all selected presets The change of status is indicated by an asterisk to the left of the Tag buttons Notification of changes to the Tag status of selected Presets User edits don t have to be confirmed They re indicated by asterisks next to the edited Tag ...

Page 24: ...es the Delete button at the bottom left corner Click this to delete the selected presets Preset export and import Use the Export and Import buttons at the bottom of the Preset Browser to export the presets selected in the Results section as a package or import a previously exported package into the Preset library Export and Importare possible only for presets from User resources ...

Page 25: ... Ctrl BROWSE Mac Cmd BROWSE in Configuration and Presets Browsing section The Preset Browser will automatically open in Edit Mode Saving the settings as a preset Enter a name for your newly created preset in the text field at the bottom then confirm it by clicking Save or back out of the process by clicking Cancel As the Preset Browser automatically enters Edit Mode you can immediately categorize ...

Page 26: ...n Check the name and current value of a parameter See whether or not the parameter has been assigned a MIDI CC number and if so which one Link the parameter to a MIDI CC number Clicking the arrow strip at the bottom of the menu expands it to display all available options Right clicking the parameter again or left clicking outside the menu area closes the contextual menu ...

Page 27: ...ant to assign to your hardware MIDI controller The contextual menu opens 2 Click the arrow strip at the bottom to expand the contextual menu Expanded contextual menu 3 Click the Learn button to put the plugin into a pending state awaiting MIDI CC input from your hardware MIDI controller 4 Move the relevant knob or slider on your MIDI controller to make the assignment 5 Click OK to save the change ...

Page 28: ...h OK button Current settings The Current settings are applied separately to each instance of the plugin but initialized with the Default settings when the plugin is load ed see next chapter The Current settings are adjusted in the status bar at the bottom of the interface The Current settings in the status bar From left to right they comprise The Current processing path quality for Offline and Rea...

Page 29: ...enerated output for Real time and Offline modes Choosing the plug in interface size There are two quality levels available for each mode Normal and High MIDI CC Map Save all current MIDI CC parameter assignments as a MIDI Map file or load an existing MIDI Map file into the plugin Saving loading the MIDI CC Map ...

Page 30: ...the Default settings of the plugin in the Options panel The Current settings of every new instance of the plugin are initialized to the Default settings The Default settings are stored in a configuration file This file is updated every time an instance of the plugin is unloaded from the host application Open the Options panel by clicking the Options button Options button ...

Page 31: ...our sections are Processing Quality The default Processing Path quality Presets The preset loading warning dialog status MIDI The default MIDI CC Map User Interface The default GUI size Processing Quality Processing Quality Choice Section In this section you can configure the default quality of the processing path for the Real time mode and Offline modes ...

Page 32: ...path to a default MIDI Map file Clicking the MIDI CC Map checkbox unlocks the Browse button and activates the selected MIDI Map User Interface Processing Quality Choice Section Choose one of two default GUI sizes to best match the plugin to the resolution of your computer monitor ...

Page 33: ...aying confirmation dialog option With the box checked clicking the Prev or Next preset button after the parameters of the current preset or previously initialized state have been changed pops up a confirmation dialog to prevent accidental loss of those changes ...

Page 34: ... Actions on Filters 19 Reordering Categories 20 Presets editing Edit Mode 20 Selection of presets for editing 22 Editing Tags 22 Changing the Tags assigned to the selected preset s 22 Preset name editing 24 Deleting presets 24 Preset export and import 24 Saving the current settings as a preset 25 Configuration 26 Parameter settings 26 MIDI Learn 27 MIDI Unlink 28 Current settings 28 Processing Pat...