User Guide

3.7.5 Global vs. Current
There are two kinds of Snapshots, Global and Current, and they are grouped in banks of 16. During
installation, the Global bank is created as a preference file on your hard drive. You can overwrite each
of these 16 defaults at any time and they will be available for every instance of the Octavox plug-in, on
every DAW session on the hard drive. Use these like your favorite 16 Octavox effects. You can even copy
this file and move it to other systems that have Eventide Octavox installed so you can take your favorites
with you. Remember, there’s no undo for Global Snapshots, so be very sure before you overwrite one.
Now, the Current bank is a little different. When the plug-in is first inserted on a channel, the Global
bank is copied into the Current bank. At this point, they are the same. The only difference is that the
Current Snapshots are saved with the current instance of the Octavox plug-in. If you save changes to
one of the Current Snapshots, you won’t be able to load that Snapshot into another instance of Octavox.
This Current bank is unique to the current plug-in instance. Why are there Global banks and Current
banks? The main reason to have two is because you can automate the loading of Snapshots. This is a
very powerful feature, however if you only had Global Snapshots, and they had been modified since you
last loaded the session, the Snapshot that gets loaded is likely to sound different. Therefore, we offer you
two kinds.
3.7.6 Proper Snapshot Hygiene
Snapshots can be very powerful in use, but knowing how they work will help ensure that your Eventide
Octavox Snapshots load and sound right every time. So, if you want to load or automate a Snapshot,
load it from the Current bank. If you want to build yourself your favorite 16 and use them everywhere,
use the Global Snapshots. If you want to copy a cool Current Snapshot into the Global bank, simply
load it from the Current tab first, then command-click on the desired Snapshot button from the Global
tab.
3.7.7 Restoring Global Defaults
If you need to restore the factory Global Snapshots at any time, simply run the plug-in installer again,
as it will place the default Global Snapshots back into the Snapshots folder.
3.7.8 Automating Snapshots
As mentioned earlier, you can use your DAW’s automation lane to select and load any of the 32 Snapshots.
Be sure to read the sections above on using Snapshots for predictable loading every time.
3.8 Saving and Recalling Plug-In settings
When Octavox is installed, a library of settings is placed into the
<user>/Documents/Eventide/Octavox/Presets folder. In this folder is a series of .tide files which will
show up as options in Eventide’s plug-in preset bar. From inside the Eventide Octavox you can load
or save these settings. We recommend saving your own settings to this folder to ensure that they are
available to any instance of the plug-in you’re working with. You can also create sub-folders inside the
Octavox Plug-In Folder if you wish.
3.8.1 Mix Lock
Located at the top right of the plug-in next to the Live Mode and Key Lock buttons is a button called
”Mix Lock”. Pressing this will enable a global mix value that will be the same on every preset that is
loaded. Meaning that, with Mix Lock on, setting a mix value of 50% will load every preset with a mix
value at 50%.
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