Solid State Logic DUENDE manual

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 .............................................................................................................................. 25[...]

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. Please do not dis pose of these instructions. General Safety • Read these instructions. ?[...]

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. Instead, it is the user’s responsibility to dispose of their waste e quipment by handing it over to a desig[...]

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. How did we get here? Well,[...]

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 Installation Guide The Duende Unit Configure the Power Supply (If required) Configure the Due nde power supply to s uit your local mains conn ection: * Illustr[...]

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 clicking the D uende installer icon 4) Follow the insta llation instructions on the screen 5) Connect IEEE 13 94 Firewire Cable 6) Connect Power 7) Switc[...]

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. All Duende plug-ins support up to 40bit 9 6kHz opera[...]

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 . It also displays DSP resource information and a llows you to easily see how much DSP you have avail able at any[...]

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. If there are, for exam ple 2 slots free an d y ou w ish to load a stereo plug-in, Due nde will under certain conditions notify you that you a re ou[...]

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. Some hos ts even provide full plug-in delay compensation throughout the entire sign al pa th, including send s, groups, and buses[...]

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. Due to the use of firewire and the nature of ho w sign als are sent to and from Duende, a latency is introduced wh ich will d elay any audio track, [...]

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. Using Automatic Delay Compensation in Pro Tools HD Pro Tools [...]

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. Note tha t if a n audio track with 1 Duende plug-in is routed to an aux cha nnel w ith 2 D[...]

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’. Here you w ill find 2 values ; ‘ dly ’ is the amount of latency introduced by the plug-ins on that cha nnel and ‘ cmp ’ is the num ber of sam[...]

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. SSL were the first m anufacturer to fea ture dynamics and EQ on every channel on a n in-line console w ith the SL 4000 B Series in 197[...]

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. The term ‘sidechain’ a nd the p[...]

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. B ased on the XL 9000 K Series EQ circuit, this plug-[...]

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. However, it[...]

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. Th e Filte r an d/or t he equaliser sect ion can be assigned to the dynam ics sidecha in a ll[...]

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 .1 to 4 seconds. Th[...]

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. The green LEDs indicate t he amount of gain reduction on the [...]

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. 6.6 Adva[...]

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. Uses m ay include inserting t[...]

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. All information is availa ble to you 24/7. URL: http://solid-state-logic- en.custhel[...]

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. All uni[...]

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 State Logic, SSL ar e trademarks of Solid Sta te Logic All other product names and trademarks are the property of their respective owners No part of thi[...]