User manual ANTARES TUBE

[. . . ] All trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Antares Audio Technologies 231 Technology Circle Scotts Valley, California 95066 USA voice: (831) 461 7800 fax: (831) 461 7801 service: (831) 461 7801 web: www. antarestech. com Printed in USA Rev 1. 0 12/2002 PN 40202-M01 The Obligatory Legal Mumbo-Jumbo The Antares Tube software and this User's Manual are protected by copyright law. Making copies, adaptations, or derivative works without the prior written authorization of Antares Audio Technologies, is prohibited by law and constitutes a punishable violation of the law. Antares Audio Technologies retains all ownership rights to the Tube software and its documentation. [. . . ] We will fax the Response string back to you at that number. NOTE: You may optimize (defragment) the hard disk containing the Challenge/Response authorization, or even reinstall your system, without losing the authorization. However, if you reformat the hard drive or if it fails, contact Antares for the re-authorization procedure (you are a registered user, right?). TECHNICAL SUPPORT In the unlikely event that you experience a problem using Tube, try the following: 1. Make another quick scan through this manual. You may have stumbled onto some feature that you didn't notice the first time through. Check our web page for tips, techniques, or any late-breaking information: http://www. antarestech. com 3. Email our tech support department by pointing your web browser to: http://www. antarestech. com/support/etech. shtml and filling in the form there. Call us at (831) 461-7814 Monday through Friday between 9am and 5pm USA Pacific Standard Time. For options 3, 4, or 5, please be prepared to provide the Registration Code of your copy of Tube. 3 4 Chapter 2: Introducing Tube W SOME BACKGROUND When Antares introduced the ground-breaking Microphone Modeler plugin in 1999, we included a function designed to model the distortion that is typical of a high-quality tube pre-amp. Mic Modeler was an immediate success and went on to win Mix Magazine's prestigious TEC Award for Software Signal Processing. Along the way, virtually every reviewer commented on how great the tube model sounded. We've even heard from users who didn't feel they needed microphone modeling, but bought Mic Modeler just to have the tube function. In the intervening years we've had a lot of requests for a plug-in that would offer the great sound of the Mic Mod tube model in an affordable, easy to use plug-in. Well, here it is. 5 SO WHAT EXACTLY IS TUBE?Tube is a multiformat plug-in that accurately models the sonic effects of recording audio through a high quality analog tube preamplifier. It offers the choice of two different tube models as well as a unique OmniTube function that allows the application of the tube effect to the entire signal (as opposed to only the transients, as is typically the case with a tube preamp). Use this model to add warmth to vocals, acoustic guitar, horns, strings, synth pads, in fact pretty much anything. The fiery orange tube models the deep, warm distortion of an overdriven tube amplifier. Use it in moderation to impart a subtle (or not-so-subtle) effect to almost any track. Or crank it up on electric guitar, bass, synths, even voice. To select the blue tube, click on the button next to the halo icon. [. . . ] To toggle OmniTube on or off, simply click on the OmniTube switch. The position of the switch will change to indicate its current state. NOTE: Despite the fact that OmniTube employs a compressor, it is important to remember that the final output signal is not compressed and that the original dynamics are maintained. If you want to actually compress your signal, you'll need a separate compressor somewhere else in the signal chain. [. . . ]