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Ampli

ed Instrument Processor -  User Manual 

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As tracks are overdubbed and doubled, there tends to be a build-up of midrange in the 
presence region—from 2kHz to 8kHz. It tends to impart a "whistling" sort of sound to a 
recording. The 

IMF

 is a notch 

lter speci

cally designed to clean up the whistle on electric 

guitar tracks, but it works well to tame cymbals, keyboards and vocals as well. Click in the 

LISTEN

 button to hear exactly where you're tuning the 

lter. Set the center frequency of 

the notch 

lter by adjusting 

FREQUENCY

 to the spot where the whistle is most annoying, 

and then turn 

REDUCTION

 counterclockwise to nip it out. Use the 

OCTAVE RANGE

 control 

to also remove the whistle frequency's upper harmonic by setting it to 2. Remove both the 
upper harmonic and the subharmonic by setting it to 3. You'll have to play with this control 
to get the result you want. 

 

The 

HF COMPENSATION

 is a gentle shelf boost starting at the center frequency of the 

notch to restore some life to the high end. 

ENABLE

 inserts the IMF into the signal path. Be 

sure to pop out the LISTEN button when you're done unless you want things to sound like a 
broken iPhone. The IMF only has controls on the front panel, thank the Lord above.

 

FDR - FREQUENCY DEPENDENT REDUCTION SECTION 

On the back side only, you have access to a nifty compressor that can be tuned to reduce 
the gain of a small range of frequencies. Think of it as a cut only parametric eq with a 
threshold control on it. It works great to keep chugging guitar parts from taking over your 
mix, or taming resonant notes on a bass, etc. The 

FREQUENCY

 control selects the center 

frequency, from 20Hz up to 600hz. 

BANDWIDTH

 lets you select how wide an area is 

a

ected. Pull the 

THRESHOLD

 slider down to kick the compressor in—a red LED bar will 

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Summary of Contents for Amplified Instrument Processor

Page 1: ......

Page 2: ...combines a seriously powerful four band EQ a VCA based compressor specialized lter networks a psycho acoustic stereo widener a frequency dependent compressor and a proprietary signal processing unit a...

Page 3: ..._________________________________________________________ TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 Introduction 2 Table of Contents 3 Speci cations 4 Overview 5 Front Panel 6 Back Panel 7 Block Diagram 8 Processing Sectio...

Page 4: ...g to call it the AIP from here on out and it has a lot of controls and functionality Many of the AIP processing sections have controls on both the front and back panels of the plugin Generally the fro...

Page 5: ...Processing PSP section and a stereo widening section that includes a goniometer There are ENABLE buttons all over the place to insert the various sections in and out of the signal ow At the bottom of...

Page 6: ...s also the FREQUENCY DEPENDENT REDUCTION FDR unit which is a compressor that is tunable to work on speci c frequencies You can also control the size of the GUI and switch in OVERSAMPLING to reduce ali...

Page 7: ...erlap and are independently switchable Back in the good old Klang lm days equipment was handmade and the tolerances on components was pretty loose Hence there was variation in the frequency response o...

Page 8: ...hich adds a slight dip at each of the bandwidth cuto frequencies You can see all this in action on the RTA GAIN SCALE is a multiplier for the front panel eq gains At 100 each gain knob has the has 18d...

Page 9: ...ur Pawn Shop Comp or Talkback Limiter But if you want to beautifully smooth things out while still controlling articulation and details the AIP s VCA compressor is your new best buddy It has a full ra...

Page 10: ...eft channels of the compressor This is analogous to the the ANALOG CHANNEL VARIANCE function of the equalizer PSP PROPRIETARY SIGNAL PROCESSING SECTION PSP This section adds a sweet secret sauce to th...

Page 11: ...igh slew rate means that there is a lot of power immediately available and the transient is reproduced cleanly and linearly a low slew rate means that power isn t available quickly and the transient i...

Page 12: ...oth the upper harmonic and the subharmonic by setting it to 3 You ll have to play with this control to get the result you want The HF COMPENSATION is a gentle shelf boost starting at the center freque...

Page 13: ...he amount of gain reduction happening STEREO WIDTH and GONIOMETER At the end of the signal chain is a psycho acoustic processor that works like a charm to increase the apparent width of your signal It...

Page 14: ...y don t need to use oversampling because artifacts will most likely already be minimized At rates below 48kHz clicking in oversampling can yield an improvement in sound quality DRY WET The default pos...

Page 15: ...ade for A Click back on B and you ll see all the adjustments you made on B The key copies whatever setting you have in A over to B UNDO REDO UNDO to the left reverses all the damage mankind has done t...

Page 16: ...Dependent Reduction module to tame down the low end build up that happens on heavier guitar parts My nal process in the signal chain is the Stereo Widener which I use to spread those guitars out to t...

Page 17: ...to over 700ms and bring down the THRESHOLD such that the meter is almost always moving a bit At those settings the AIP s VCA compressor will work in a manner similar to an Opto unit albeit without th...

Page 18: ...a strong center presence even at extreme settings Ok there it is our gargantuan AMPLIFIED INSTRUMENT PROCESSOR in the War and Peace of plugin user manuals Please visit our Facebook group https www fac...

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