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TC Electronic VSS3 Manual

Stereo source reverb for powercore
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  • Page 1 MANUAL...
  • Page 2 The TC Support Team is on constant alert to help you in any way they can. Contact Details Alternatively, you may contact the TC Electronic distributor in your area, or write to: TC ELECTRONIC A/S Customer Support...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Preset Management ..........18 Converting VSS3 Presets from System 6000 and Reverb 4000 ....19 Compare settings with A/B Mem .
  • Page 4 Early Reflection types for motion picture use, e.g. Car, Bathroom and Conference Rooms. The VSS3 plug-in runs at the common sample rates from 44.1 kHz to 96kHz on PowerCore PCI/Element, PowerCore Compact and PowerCore FireWire. The plug-in can be inserted in any VST or Audio Unit compatible host application as Stereo-to-Stereo Effect or as Mono-To-Stereo Effect (depending on the host application and the individual track settings).

  • Page 5: Vss Introduction

    Certain "ambience" style presets might have little or no "tail". That is up to you. The VSS3 was designed to have the smoothest Reverb tail ever developed but it is the Early Reflections that define the "personality" of the room, so try to experiment with this relationship! By using these parameters correctly you can create a BIG sound without having a mix swimming in reverb wash.
  • Page 6 The Lo Cut filter is very useful if you want to reduce the Early Reflections in the area between 125-400Hz. Try this if the Early Reflections seem to make the sound too full. We hope that you will enjoy working with the VSS3 ! VSS3...

  • Page 7: Global Plug-In Controls

    Some applications do not pass key commands on to the plug-in. Scroll Wheel Support If you are using a host application that supports this feature, all of the VSS3 knobs and faders support scrolling on both Windows XP and Mac OS X. Simply roll your mouse over a knob or slider and use the Scroll Wheel to increment / decrement the associated parameter.
  • Page 8 The two LEDs in the metering section, between the input and output meters, will light up in case internal DSP overloads are detected. You should lower the input level to avoid these overloads. To reset the indication, click on the O/L LED. VSS3...

  • Page 9: The Plug-In Parameters

    On the VSS3 Main page, we have grouped the most important parameters of the VSS3. Also, on this page you can find the plug-ins preset handling. More about the preset handling can be found in the section "Preset Handling" later in this manual.
  • Page 10 Sets the Input Level for the algorithm. Out Level Range: Off, -97dB to 0dB The overall Output level of the Reverb. Use this parameter to adjust the output level to fit for following effects in your host application. VSS3 10 /...
  • Page 11 Early On this page, you can find all the important parameters for the Early Reflections gen- erated by the VSS3. Early Type Several types are available - e.g. Airport, Bathroom, Car, Street, etc. Pick the type that best compliments your material or best represents the effect you are going for.
  • Page 12 Early Balance Range: -100dB R, Center, -100dB L The left/right balance of the Early Reflections. Allows you to offset the Early Reflections from the normal center position by attenuating the Early Reflections on the right or left channel. VSS3 12 /...
  • Page 13 Reverb On this page, you can find all the important parameters for the Reverb Tail generated by the VSS3, including the setup of the crossover frequencies and decay time multi- pliers for the individual frequency bands. Reverb Rev Type Range: Smooth, Natural, Alive, Fast, Alive Wide, Fast Wide Adjust this parameter with the Early Level turned all the way off and the Rev Level all the way up.
  • Page 14 Conversely if this parameter is set to 0.5 the Decay time below the Lo Xover point will be only 1 sec. Lo Xover Range: 20Hz to 500Hz Sets the frequency at which the transition from the low to the low-mid frequencies takes place. VSS3 14 /...
  • Page 15 Example: If the main Decay parameter is set to 2.0sec and the Hi Decay parameter is set to 1.5, frequencies above the Hi-Xover will decay for 3.0 sec. Conversely if this parameter is set to 0.5 the Decay time above the Hi Xover point will be 1 sec. VSS3 / 15...
  • Page 16 Selects the type of modulation. RevMod Rate Range: -100, default, +100 Allows you to offset the speed of the LFO from the factory default assigned to each Type. RevMod Width Range: 0% to 200% Sets the Width of the modulation. VSS3 16 /...
  • Page 17 Allows you to offset the speed of the LFO from the factory default assigned to each type. SpcMod Width Range: 0 to 100% Sets the width of the modulation. SpcMod Depth Range: -50, default, +50 Allows you to offset the amount of space modulation from the factory default. VSS3 / 17...

  • Page 18: Preset Management

    By selecting 'Load', you can navigate to any folder on the system that you have read access to, including any shared folder. By default, these will be loaded from the default location for VSS3 presets. Only presets located in the default file location will appear in the VSS3 pop-up preset menu.

  • Page 19: Converting Vss3 Presets From System 6000 And Reverb 4000

    Converting VSS3 Presets from System 6000 and Reverb 4000 In case you are the happy owner of the VSS3 algorithm for System 6000 or the Reverb 4000, here is something to get you in an even better mood: The VSS3 plug-in is able to read your System 6000/Reverb 4000 presets.

  • Page 20: Compare Settings With A/B Mem

    Reverb 4000 and System 6000 files. You do not need to copy the files! Once your preset file has been placed in the default VSS3 Preset folder, it will show up the next time you click the "File" button. At the top of the pop-up list you'll find a section called "Convert", and the name of your preset file will be listed here.

  • Page 21: Locking Parameter Values Using The Parameter Lock

    You have inserted the VSS3 on a channel. When you use the VSS3 as an insert effect, you would probably like the dry part of the signal to go trough the VSS3, and therefore you'd probably turn up the "Dry Level".
  • Page 22 And here comes the Parameter Lock. Simply press the small lock in the Dry Level parameter field, and the Dry Level will stay at the value that you've set it on - no mat- ter what is saved with the preset you choose. VSS3 22 /...