Solid State Logic DUENDE 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 Consideration s ............................................................................... 4 General Safet y.............................................................................................................................................................. [...]

Duende User Guide Page 3 of 29 Channel Proc essing Order .................................................................................................................................. 25 Side Chain Pr ocessing 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 disp ose of these instructions. General Safety • Read these instructions. ?[...]

Duende User Guide Page 5 of 29 Instructions for Disposal of WEEE by Users in the European Union The symbol shown here is on the product or on its packaging, which indicates that this pr oduct must not be disposed of wit h other waste. Instead, it is the user’s responsibili ty to dispose of t heir waste eq uipment by handing it over to a designate[...]

Duende User Guide Page 6 of 29 3. Introduction Hi – a nd thank you for purch asing Duende – the SSL processing solution for your audio workstation. As you’re sat here reading this, the chances are that you have a pretty good understanding of wh o we are an d our outstanding reputation in audio recording technology. How did we get here? Well, [...]

Duende User Guide Page 7 of 29 4. Installation Unpack Your Duende Box shoul d contain the following: Universal Power Supply + World- Wide AC socket adapters 2m 6-Pin Firewire Cable CD and Installation Guide The Duende Unit Configure the Power Supply (If required) Configure the Duen de power supply to suit your lo cal mains connection: * Illustratio[...]

Duende User Guide Page 8 of 29 Software & Hardware Installation (PC) 1) Insert the Duende in stallation CD in your CD drive 2) Navigate to your CD d rive 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 1394 Firewire Cable 6) Connect Power 7) Swit[...]

Duende User Guide Page 9 of 29 5. Operational Overview Once your Duende hardw are and software has been prope rly installed, Duende plug-ins are accessed and used just like a ny host-based plug-in. You can run Duende plug- ins simultane ously with your other host based plug-ins in any combination. All Duende plug-ins support up to 40 bit 96kHz oper[...]

Duende User Guide Page 10 of 29 5.1 Duende Preferences/Control Pa nel OS X Windows XP The Duende Prefe rences/Control Panel shows information about your Duende such as serial no (Authentication ID), firmw are version and driver version. It a lso displays DSP res ource information and a llows you to easily see ho w much DSP you have available a t an[...]

Duende User Guide Page 11 of 29 Launching a Duende channel strip in Logic 7: Launching a Duende channel strip in Cubase SX:[...]

Duende User Guide Page 12 of 29 5.3 DSP Resource Management Due to t he nature of Duende having 4 DSP chips, a minimal amount of resource m anagement should be done whe n running Duende at high load. If there are, for example 2 slots free and you wish to load a stereo plug-in, Duende will under certain conditions notify you t hat you are out of DSP[...]

Duende User Guide Page 13 of 29 Most host applications automatically com pensate for t his latency by simply t urning on th e Plug-in Delay Compensation (PDC) o r s imilar, usually found in the application s preferences. Some hosts even provide full plug-i n delay compensation throughout the entire s ignal path, including sen ds, 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 PDC it must be done m anually when Duende plug-ins are used. Due to the use of firewire a nd the nature of how signa ls are sent to and from Duende, a latency is introduced which will delay any audio track, aux [...]

Duende User Guide Page 15 of 29 Any tracks tha t have a smaller lat ency th an the maximum must also be d elayed b ut by a smaller amount (i.e. tracks with 1 Duende plug-in wh ere the maximum has 3). Th e delay value for these will be maximum latency minus the latency reporte d by that track. Using Automatic Delay Compensation in Pro Tools HD Pro T[...]

Duende User Guide Page 16 of 29 This m eans that you ca n ge nerally use up to 2 Duende plug-in s per cha nnel without con sidering latency issues, but this will depend on the buffer size set in Pro Tools, the sa mple rate and which Duende plug-ins are loaded. Note tha t if an audio track with 1 Duende plug-in is routed to an aux channel with 2 D u[...]

Duende User Guide Page 17 of 29 To view the late ncy introduced by pl ug-ins go to t he bottom left h and corner of t he Mix view, click on the small black/ grey box an d s elect ‘Delay Compensation’. Here you w ill f ind 2 values; ‘ dly ’ is the amount of latency introduced by th e plug-ins on tha t channel and ‘ cmp ’ is the number of[...]

Duende User Guide Page 18 of 29 6. Duende EQ and Dynamics Channel Strip 6.1 Introduction The Duende EQ and Dyna mics Ch annel Strip plug-in is based on the EQ and compres sor s ections of the XL 9000 K Series console. SSL were the first manufacturer to feature dynamics and EQ on every channel on a n in-line console with the SL 4000 B Series in 1977[...]

Duende User Guide Page 19 of 29 When no buttons in the Filter section are pres sed, the filters come afte r the Equalizer section With the INPUT button pre ssed, the filters come before t he Equalizer section When the DYN SC button is press ed, the filters are switched into the sidechain of th e Dynam ics section. The term ‘sidechain’ and the p[...]

Duende User Guide Page 20 of 29 6.4 Equaliser Section ±dB F re q kHz Q ±dB F r eq kHz Q ±dB F r eq kHz B ELL ±dB F r e q kHz B ELL G IN PU T OUT PU T LF LMF H MF H F Operation The equaliser included with th e Duende EQ and Dynamics Channel Strip plug-in is a four band parametric EQ. Based on th e XL 9000 K Series EQ circuit, this plug-in includ[...]

Duende User Guide Page 21 of 29 When the EQ is switched to ‘E’ operation, th e ba ndwidth of the HMF and LMF sections rem ains constant at a ll gains, so at lower gains th e EQ curves are comparatively narrower for a given Q setting. This is particula rly useful for drums, since relatively high Q is available at low gain settings. However, it i[...]

Duende User Guide Page 22 of 29 6.5 Dynamics Section The Dynamics Section comprises a compres sor/limiter and an expand er/gate. Both s ections work independently, but can be operational at the same time, providing sophisticated control of signa l levels. The Filter and/or the equalise r section ca n be as signed to t he dynamics sidechain allowing[...]

Duende User Guide Page 23 of 29 Compressor/Limiter Introduction The Channel Compres sor/Limiter Section has a number o f key features including a variable compression ratio from 1:1 to Infinity:1, a variable threshold from -20dB to +10dB, auto sensing attack time (or selectable 1ms attack time), an d a variable release from 0.1 to 4 seconds. The C [...]

Duende User Guide Page 24 of 29 100 µs), a variable hold time from 0 to fo ur s econds and a variable re lease time from 0.1 t o 4 seconds. The sidechain signal is sourced from the sign al feeding t he dynamics section a nd the filters an d/or equaliser can be inserted in this side chain. The green LEDs indicate th e amount of gain reduction on th[...]

Duende User Guide Page 25 of 29 BYPASS A LL: En gaging th is button will bypass all channel processing whilst st ill routing the signal through Duende. This avoids the time shift which occurs when a ‘hard’ bypass is done using the de fault DAW control, allowing for easier A/B comparis on between processed and unprocessed signals. 6.6 Advanced S[...]

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 the XL 9000 K Series cons ole. It provides high quality stereo compression, giving you critical control over the dynam ic range of audio signals. Uses ma y include inserting the [...]

Duende User Guide Page 27 of 29 8. Duende Support Support FAQs To access the lates t support information on Duende, ple ase v isit our online support site. The information there is kept up to date by our support s taff to make sure all informa tion is accurate. All information is available t o you 24/7. URL: http://solid-state-logic- en.custhelp.co[...]

Duende User Guide Page 28 of 29 9. Warranty Warranty Period The warranty period for t his unit is 12 months from date of purchase. In Warranty Repairs In the event of a fa ult d uring t he warranty period the unit must be returned to your local dealer or distributor who will arran ge for it to be sh ipped to Solid Stat e Logic for repair. All units[...]

Duende User Guide Page 29 of 29 Visit SSL at URL: http://www.solid-state-logic.com © 2007 Solid State Lo gic All Rights reserved under I nternational and Pan-American Copyright Convent ions Solid State Logic, SSL ar e trademarks of Solid State Logic All other product names and trademarks are the p roperty of their respective own ers No part of thi[...]