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Expert Sleepers
Warbler
v1.0.1
User Manual

Summary of Contents for Warbler

Page 1: ...Expert Sleepers Warbler v1 0 1 User Manual ...

Page 2: ... or copied only in accordance with the terms of such licence The content of this man ual is furnished for informational use only is subject to change without notice and should not be construed as a commitment by Expert Sleepers Expert Sleepers assumes no respon sibility or liability for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear in this document ...

Page 3: ...ystem Requirements 6 Mac OS X 6 Windows 6 Registration 7 Using Warbler 8 Using the controls 8 Knobs 8 Name value display 8 Basic usage 8 Vibrato effects 8 Chorus flange effects 8 Delay effects 9 Extreme sound mangling 9 The controls in depth 9 Speed 9 Speed LFO 10 Depth 10 ...

Page 4: ...Depth LFO 10 Shape 10 Chorus Flange 11 Mix 11 Preferences 12 Version History 13 1 0 1 2 8 2007 13 1 0 1 29 7 2007 13 1 0 0 27 5 2007 13 Contact 14 ...

Page 5: ...a variety of options and smoothly changed between them The LFO speed and the vibrato depth can themselves be modulated by two extra LFOs A bias control is provided to change the effect from simple vibrato to something more like a traditional chorus or flange Feedback can also be applied to give deeper more reso nant flanges or to produce echo effects The plug in works as a generic n to n processor...

Page 6: ...X version 10 2 8 Version 10 4 or higher is recommended The plugins are Universal Binaries and so will work on PowerPC or Intel Macs The Audio Unit version will work in any Audio Unit host The VST version requires a VST 2 4 compatible host 1 Windows Warbler has been developed and tested with Windows XP SP2 It may work with other versions of Windows Vista included but this is by no means guaranteed ...

Page 7: ... Note that you need at least version 1 0 6 of the Licence Manager The e commerce side of things is handled by eSellerate If you have any security concerns have a look at their website which is pretty informative Your registration key allows you to install Warbler on up to 3 different computers useful if for example you have a desktop computer in the studio and a laptop for live use You need an int...

Page 8: ...arbler its default settings give a simple vibrato effect The speed of the vibrato is set by the 3 speed knobs and its depth is set by the 2 depth knobs For nor mal vibrato the range of the second speed knob Fine and the first depth knob Fine are most appropriate The LFO type is set by the shape knob Default is sine try turning it fully to the right to select square The Mix knobs default to 100 wet...

Page 9: ...ol for repeating echoes When you combine this with the depth and speed LFOs and use bias settings that are somewhere between 0 0 and 1 0 you can get very complex effects sort of modulated vi brato chorusy delays Extreme sound mangling Use the coarse speed control to select audio frequency LFO modulation You ll also need to crank up the coarse depth control to hear an effect Using these settings yo...

Page 10: ...you set the depth to 100 and the LFO shape to square you ll hear a sound that exactly cuts out for one half of the LFO waveform Now vary the speed and you ll hear the same effect just getting faster or slower even though the depth readout shows the depth in ms varying with the speed The above is not really important to understand just using your ears and finding an effect you like is usually the b...

Page 11: ...ning just mentioned You can also use more extreme settings e g a spread of 0 5 on a Square waveform causes the two stereo channels to mirror each other s pitch Chorus Flange The Bias control fundamentally reconfigures the effect from being a vibrato to being a traditional modulated delay line chorus flange It does this continuously however so there is a huge range of possi bilities between the two...

Page 12: ...he GUI is only redrawn when a control changes Use this if you re concerned that the GUI is wasting your CPU resources Floating tooltip causes the parame ter name and value display usually in the top right of the GUI to be dis played above the mouse pointer Use this if you find it inconvenient to look away from the mouse to see the parameter value you re altering The GUI Size controls let you resca...

Page 13: ...Version History 1 0 1 2 8 2007 First Windows version 1 0 1 29 7 2007 VST only Fixed compatibility issue with FXpansion s VST wrappers on Intel Macs 1 0 0 27 5 2007 First release ...

Page 14: ...Contact The Expert Sleepers website is here http www expertsleepers co uk Or you can email info expertsleepers co uk Or you can use the forum which is here http www collective co uk expertsleepers forum ...

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