Contents of the Boxed System Requirements and Version of Your Plug-in Compatibility Boxed versions of plug-ins contains the follow- To use Bomb Factory plug-ins you need the fol- ing components: lowing: • Installer disc • An iLok USB Smart Key •...
Conventions Used in This with Pro Tools Guide Refer to the Pro Tools Reference Guide for infor- All Digidesign guides use the following conven- mation on working with plug-ins, including: tions to indicate menu choices and key com- mands: • Inserting plug-ins on tracks •...
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Follow the on-screen instructions to complete Free Bomb Factory Plug-ins the installation. When installation is complete, click Finish The free Bomb Factory plug-ins are installed (Windows) or Quit (Mac). when you install Pro Tools. For more informa- tion about installing Pro Tools, see the Setup When you open Pro Tools, you are prompted to Guide that came with your system.
Authorizing Plug-ins If you purchased a download version of a plug- in from the DigiStore (www.digidesign.com), Bomb Factory plug-ins are authorized using the authorize the plug-in by downloading licenses iLok USB Smart Key (iLok), manufactured by from iLok.com to an iLok.
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Transfer the license for your plug-in to your VENUE Systems iLok.com account by doing the following: After installing a plug-in on a VENUE system, • Visit http://secure.digidesign.com/ the system re-creates the list of available plug- activation. ins. Whenever the racks initialize, the system –...
Select the plug-in from the list of installed ap- For complete instructions on uninstalling plications. plug-ins for VENUE systems, see the docu- mentation that came with your VENUE sys- Click Remove. tem. Follow the on-screen instructions to remove the plug-in. Bomb Factory Plug-ins Guide...
chapter 3 BF Essentials Plug-ins (RTAS and AudioSuite) This chapter describes the following plug-ins in BF Essential Clip Remover the BF Essential series: • Clip Remover (see “BF Essential Clip Re- (AudioSuite) mover” on page 9) The BF Essential Clip Remover repairs clipped •...
Use it to stop phase problems ballistics. Select RMS or Peak metering, and cali- before they start. brate instantly for useful viewing at any signal level, just like a pro tape machine. BF Essential Correlation Meter BF Essential Meter Bridge Bomb Factory Plug-ins Guide...
BF Essential Noise Meter (RTAS) The BF Essential Noise Meter is three meters in one: • Set to “A,” it’s an A-weighted noise meter (A-weighting is the most commonly used of a family of curves relating to the mea- surement of sound pressure level, as op- posed to actual sound pressure).
chapter 4 Bomb Factory BF76 (TDM, RTAS, and AudioSuite) Modeled after the solid-state (transistor) 1176 enjoy this sound—previously only available to studio compressor, the Bomb Factory BF76 pre- super-serious-pro-engineers working in expen- serves every sonic subtlety of this classic piece of sive pro recording studios—in the privacy of studio gear.
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Bomb Factory BF76 set to 8:1 ratio on a stereo mix provides a fast, easy al- ternate mix that can provide fresh ideas. It’s also a handy way to make quick headphone sub- mixes when tracking overdubs. Bomb Factory Plug-ins Guide...
chapter 5 Bomb Factory BF-3A (TDM, RTAS, and AudioSuite) Bomb Factory extends its award-winning Classic While the LA-2A’s gain comes from a tube am- Compressors line with the BF-3A, based on the plifier, the LA-3A's gain comes from a solid-state classic LA-3A.
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In Out (Output) mode, the needle indicates the output level of the signal. The meter is cali- brated with 0 VU indicating –18 dBFS. Bomb Factory Plug-ins Guide...
chapter 6 Bomb Factory BF-2A (TDM, RTAS, and AudioSuite) Meticulously crafted to capture every nuance of next to the terminal strips and tube sockets in the legendary LA-2A tube studio compressor, the original version. In the BF-2A plug-in, the the Bomb Factory BF-2A provides the most au- switch has been placed on the front panel, thentic vintage compression sound available.
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Edit the breakpoint automation for the BF-2A directly from any supported control surface. side-chain filter. Control range is from 0 (the de- fault setting where no filtering is applied to the side-chain) to 100% (maximum side-chain fil- tering). Bomb Factory Plug-ins Guide...
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To access the side-chain filter from a control Tips and Tricks surface: AudioSuite Processing Focus the BF-2A plug-in on your control sur- face. When using the AudioSuite version of the BF-2A, be sure to select an auxillary side-chain Adjust the encoder or fader current targeting input (normally the track you’re processing).
chapter 7 Cosmonaut Voice (RTAS and AudioSuite) The Cosmonaut Voice plug-in is a radio and How the Cosmonaut Voice is Used shortwave simulator. Use it to add squelch or Cosmonaut Voice is, in simple terms, an ampli- noise to tracks. tude-driven noise generator with adjustable sen- sitivity, selectable noise type (beep or squelch), and an additional RFI/static noise generator.
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– or – • Reveal an Automation lane for the track, click the Automation Type selector and se- lect B/S Level from the Cosmonaut Voice sub-menu. Edit the breakpoint automation for the en- abled control. Bomb Factory Plug-ins Guide...
chapter 8 Fairchild Plug-ins (TDM, RTAS, and AudioSuite) This chapter describes the following Fairchild How the Fairchild 660 Works plug-ins: Designed in the early 1950s, the Fairchild 660 is • Fairchild 660 (see “Fairchild 660” on a variable-mu tube limiter. Variable-mu designs page 23) use an unusual form of vacuum tube that is ca- •...
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Pump It Up With a carefully adjusted Input Gain and Threshold, you can use Time Constant 1 to achieve a cool pumping effect on drums. The sound gets darker and fuller, and sits beautifully in a mix. Bomb Factory Plug-ins Guide...
How the Fairchild 670 is Used Fairchild 670 Input Gain Sets the input level to the unit and (TDM and RTAS) the compression threshold, just like the Input control on an 1176. Full clockwise is loudest. Bomb Factory’s no-compromise replica captures every detail of the Fairchild 670.
chapter 9 JOEMEEK Plug-ins (TDM, RTAS, and AudioSuite) This chapter describes the JOEMEEK VC5 Me- How the Meequalizer is Used equalizer and the JOEMEEK SC2 Compressor Operation of the Meequalizer is dead simple, RTAS and AudioSuite plug-ins. and that’s the whole point. The Bass control adjusts low frequencies ±11.
The JOEMEEK Compressor is designed purely as an effects compressor. Its purpose is to change the way the ear perceives sound; its action changes the clarity, balance and even rhythmic feel of music. Bomb Factory Plug-ins Guide...
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Tips and Tricks Attack/Release Times It may be difficult to understand the interac- Not Perfect. Just Right tions between the Attack and Release controls, Standard engineering practice says that a com- because the JOEMEEK Compressor behaves very pressor should work logarithmically. For a cer- differently than typical compressors.
chapter 10 Moogerfooger Plug-ins (TDM, RTAS, and AudioSuite) This chapter describes the following Mooger- Moogerfooger Analog Delay fooger plug-ins: • Moogerfooger Analog Delay (see “Mooger- (TDM, RTAS, and AudioSuite) fooger Analog Delay ” on page 31) The Moogerfooger Analog Delay is simply the •...
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Dial in a highpass frequency from 50 Hz to 500 Hz. Frequencies below the setting are fil- tered from the feedback loop. Bomb Factory Plug-ins Guide...
The HPF Off/HPF On enables or disables the Moogerfooger Ring Modulator highpass filter (HPF). (TDM, RTAS, and AudioSuite) Audio Input and Mixing The Moogerfooger Ring Modulator provides a The remaining controls set the input level and wide-range carrier oscillator and dual effect mix.
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“just a hint” to harshen up or add effects, whereas the sine waveform produces vi- a metallic quality to individual tracks buried in brato and siren effects. the mix. Almost all the great MOOG sounds fea- ture subtle, clever uses of Ring Modulation. Bomb Factory Plug-ins Guide...
How the Moogerfooger 12-Stage Moogerfooger 12-Stage Phaser Works Phaser The Moogerfooger 12-Stage Phaser offers 6 or 12 (TDM, RTAS, and AudioSuite) stages of MOOG resonant analog filters. Unlike the Lowpass Filter, however, the filters are ar- The Moogerfooger 12-Stage Phaser combines a ranged in an allpass configuration.
(not bypassed) to show whether Resonance adjusts the feedback of the analog fil- or not the effect is in the signal path. ters. As you add more resonance, the peaks caused by the filters get sharper and more no- ticeable. Bomb Factory Plug-ins Guide...
Tips and Tricks Moogerfooger Low-Pass Filter More Harmonics = More Fun (TDM, RTAS, and AudioSuite) The richer the harmonic content of the sound, The Moogerfooger Lowpass Filter features a 2- the more there is to filter and sweep. Try adding pole/4-pole variable resonance filter with enve- distortion using the SansAmp PSA-1 before the lope follower.
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2-Pole/4-Pole switch. input signal. Cutoff opens and closes the filter. Turned coun- terclockwise, fewer high frequencies pass through the filter. Turned clockwise, more high frequencies pass. Envelope The 2/4 pole switch selects the filter slope Bomb Factory Plug-ins Guide...
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Resonance changes the way the filter sounds. At Tips and Tricks low resonance, low frequencies come through evenly. At high resonance, frequencies near the Auto Wah Using an External LFO cutoff frequency are boosted, creating a whis- Try inserting an LFO ahead of the Moogerfooger tling or vowel-type quality.
chapter 11 Pultec Plug-ins (TDM, RTAS, and AudioSuite) This chapter describes the following Pultec EQ How Pultec EQP-1A Works plug-ins: Built in the early 1960s, The Pultec EQP-1A of- • Pultec EQP-1A (see “Pultec EQP-1A” on fers gentle shelving program equalization on page 41) bass and highs, and offers a variable bandwidth •...
EQP-1A sibling, it features high-quality trans- formers and a tube gain stage. But unlike the EQP-1A, the tube stage in the EQH-2 is a push- pull design. As a result, the EQH-2 offers a beef- ier tone. Bomb Factory Plug-ins Guide...
How Pultec EQH-2 is Used How Pultec MEQ-5 Works The Pultec MEQ-5 offers three equalization sec- Low Frequency Section tions: low frequency boost, mid frequency Adjust low frequencies using the top row of boost, and wide-range attenuation. Like all Boost and Atten knobs and the CPS (cycles per Pultecs, it features quality transformers and a second) switch.
chapter 12 Purple Audio (TDM, RTAS, and AudioSuite) The Purple Audio MC77 is a spot-on digital rep- lica of Andrew Roberts’s acclaimed MC77 Limit- ing amplifier, which in turn is an update of his classic MC76 hardware unit. Representing a dif- ferent take on the 1176-style FET limiter, the Bomb Factory Purple Audio MC77 preserves ev- ery audio nuance and sonic subtlety of the clas-...
chapter 13 SansAmp PSA-1 (TDM, RTAS, and AudioSuite) SansAmp PSA-1 Punch up existing tracks or record great guitar SansAmp also features a proprietary speaker sim- sounds with the SansAmp PSA-1. Capture bass ulator which emulates the smooth, even re- or electric guitar free of muddy sound degrada- sponse of a multiple-miked speaker cabinet—...
Low Provides a tone control specially tuned for maximum musicality when used to EQ low fre- quencies on instruments. Boost or cut by ±12 dB by turning from the center point indicated by the arrows. High Boosts or cuts high frequencies ±12 dB. Bomb Factory Plug-ins Guide...
chapter 14 Slightly Rude Compressor (TDM, RTAS, and AudioSuite) The Slightly Rude Compressor is Bomb Factory's How the Slightly Rude Compressor first completely custom compressor design. Works Used conservatively, it sounds beautiful on vo- The Slightly Rude Compressor is not based on cals, drums, guitars and piano.
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Super Rude mode. Also be sure to try the Slightly Rude Compressor on full mixes or stereo submixes! It adds the “glue” that helps hold mixes together, some- thing that’s often hard to achieve in the digital domain. Bomb Factory Plug-ins Guide...
chapter 15 Tel-Ray Variable Delay (TDM, RTAS, and AudioSuite) Add delay or echo to any voice or instrument us- How the Tel-Ray Works ing the Tel-Ray Variable Delay. It provides lush In the early 1960s, a small company experi- delay, amazing echo, and warms up your tracks mented with electronics and technology.
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It is actually a feedback control similar to the one found on the Moogerfooger Analog Delay. Echo/Doubler determines whether or not a sec- ond record head is engaged, resulting in a dou- ble echo. Bomb Factory Plug-ins Guide...
chapter 16 Voce Plug-ins (TDM, RTAS, and AudioSuite This chapter describes the Voce™ Chorus/Vi- Inside every B-3 organ, on the end of the drive- brato and Voce Spin plug-ins. shaft that spins the tonewheels, you’ll find a mechanical contraption that delays the sound of the organ.
“Memphis” sound with the Only one bell actually produces sound; the lower drum’s slow motor unplugged! other is merely a counterbalance. Upper speaker assembly Voce Spin Bomb Factory Plug-ins Guide...
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Then, of course, it spins. Separate belts, pulleys Foam Drum Middle pulleys, microphones close. and motors drive the upper treble horn and the Memphis Lower drum slow motor unplugged, lower foam drum. Adding to the effect, the up- microphones close. per horn and lower drum spin in opposite direc- tions.
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Voce Spin sub-menu. crophones. Edit the breakpoint automation for the en- You can access these additional controls abled control. through Pro Tools plug-in automation, and/or from a compatible control surface. Bomb Factory Plug-ins Guide...
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Accessing Controls from a Control Surface Tips and Tricks When using a control surface, all Voce Spin pa- The “One Mic Way Back In The Corner Of The rameters are available whenever the plug-in is Room” Trick focused. You only need to enable plug-in auto- Spin isn’t designed to sound like a rotating mation (as described previously) if you want to speaker spinning all by itself in a large room.
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Of all the sounds to pass through a Leslie, no sound has been amplified more often than the sound of B-3 Organ generator leakage. Even with no notes keyed, a small amount of B-3 sound leaks out. Bomb Factory Plug-ins Guide...
appendix a DSP Requirements for TDM Plug-ins The number of TDM plug-ins you can use at one Not all plug-ins are supported on all types of time depends on how much DSP power is avail- chips. The following tables indicate the number able in your system.
HD Accel Card Digidesign TDM plug-ins on HD Accel cards have the following DSP requirements: 44.1/48 kHz (Mono and Stereo) Table 1. Maximum instances of real-time TDM plug-ins per DSP chip for an HD Accel card, at 44.1 or 48 kHz sample rates (mono and stereo).
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Table 1. Maximum instances of real-time TDM plug-ins per DSP chip for an HD Accel card, at 44.1 or 48 kHz sample rates (mono and stereo). Compatible DSP 44.1/48 kHz 44.1/48 kHz Sample Rate Chips per Mono Stereo HD Accel Card Instances Instances Instances...
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Table 2. Maximum instances of real-time TDM plug-ins per DSP chip for an HD Accel card, at 88.2 or 96 kHz sample rates (mono and stereo). Compatible DSP 88.2/96 kHz 88.2/96 kHz Sample Rate Chips per Mono Stereo HD Accel Card Instances Instances Instances...
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Table 3. Maximum instances of real-time TDM plug-ins per DSP chip for an HD Accel card, at 176.4 or 192 kHz sample rates (mono and stereo). Compatible DSP 176.4/96 kHz 176.4/96 kHz Sample Rate Chips per Mono Stereo HD Accel Card Instances Instances Instances...
HD Core and Process Card Digidesign TDM plug-ins on HD Core and Process cards have the following DSP requirements: Mono and Stereo Table 4. Maximum instances of real-time TDM plug-ins per DSP chip for an HD Core or HD Process card, at different sample rates (mono and stereo).
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Table 4. Maximum instances of real-time TDM plug-ins per DSP chip for an HD Core or HD Process card, at different sample rates (mono and stereo). Compatible DSP Chips per Sample Rate 44.1/48 kHz 88.2/96 kHz 176.4/192 kHz HD Core or HD Process Card Plug-in Mono...
The System Usage window (Windows > Show System Usage) shows approximately how much DSP is available in your system and how it is being used in the current Pro Tools session. For more information about DSP usage and allocation, see the Pro Tools Reference Guide . Bomb Factory Plug-ins Guide...
appendix b DSP Delays Incurred by TDM Plug-ins Virtually all TDM plug-ins incur some amount The following table shows the delays inherent of signal delay. in each type of Bomb Factory TDM plug-in: ≈ Table 5. Samples of delay incurred by each TDM plug-in If you are working with mono tracks, or are pro- on HD cards cessing all channels with the same plug-in, the...
appendix c All About Compressors This appendix provides an overview of dynam- Detectors use various electronic circuits. Some ics processing for general reference, and for spe- respond instantly to program peaks, making cific examples of how some of the Bomb Factory them useful for “brickwall”...
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0 VU to show the amount of gain re- duction being applied to the signal. To get a feel for each compressor, adjust so the needle bounces backward about 10 dB on each peak, and listen for the effect. Bomb Factory Plug-ins Guide...
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De-Essing Pre-Compression Using the compressor’s sidechain, you can re- There’s a lot of marketing-speak about “pump- move unwanted sibilance from vocals. Now it’s ing and breathing” out there. Since they’re mod- 8:00 AM and, after a brief nap, you notice that eled after the original devices, Bomb Factory dy- the backing vocals are ripping your ears off.
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squawk and squelch 21 squishy 13 package contents 2 sum and difference frequencies 34 Peak 10 System Usage window 68 phase for EQ 42 metering 10 phaser (phase shifter) 35 TDM plug-ins plug-ins DSP requirements 59 installing 5 Tel-Ray Variable Delay 51 registration 2 tighten 29 working with 3...
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