Specifications
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Alternatively, with an appropriate audio signals,
using the LFO envelope trigger with the correct
threshold settings will trigger the LFO as
needed.
Using the Beat Clock
The Beat Clock trigger lets you trigger the LFO
on specific bars and beats. Using the LFO Dura-
tion menu and the Beat Clock trigger, you can
restart the LFO as often as once every 16th-note.
This is useful when the tempo and timeline in a
Pro Tools session have been set to match the
music.
Using the Side-Chain Input
The Side-Chain Input option in TL EveryPhase
lets you direct audio from another track in your
Pro Tools session to the Envelope Detector. This
is achieved by sending the audio from the de-
sired channel to a bus and setting the side-chain
input on TL EveryPhase to the same bus.
The Side-Chain Input feature lets you control
the TL EveryPhase modulation and LFO using
external audio sources, allowing you to explore
creative possibilities not available with most
phasers.
For example, a side-chain input can be used to
“listen” to a percussion track and create a rhyth-
mic phasing effect on a bass line. This is espe-
cially effective in R&B, hip hop and electronic
music.
Consider the following two bar bass line and
drum loop. The bass line is simply a single bass
guitar note which lasts for almost an entire bar.
The bass line can be phased by the drum loop as
follows:
1 Instantiate TL EveryPhase on the bass line
track.
2 Send the drum loop track to a bus.
3 Set the Side-Chain Input on TL EveryPhase to
listen to the selected bus.
4 Activate the Side-Chain Input in TL Every-
Phase by selecting the key icon in the Envelope
section.
5 The Side-Chain audio can modulate the audio
directly by selecting Source:Envelope in the
Modulation section. Alternatively, the Side-
Chain Input can be used to trigger the LFO by
selecting the Envelope trigger in the LFO sec-
tion.
6 After starting the transport, adjust the Thresh-
old in the Envelope section until the drum loop
is triggering the Envelope Detector. This is
shown by the Source:Envelope or Envelope trig-
ger light blinking brighter, as well as shown by
the action of the Modulation Meter.
Selecting a bus as the Side-Chain Input
Bass line and drum loop tracks