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Contents 1 Introduction 1.1 About This Product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 2 Registration, Activation, and Installation 2.1 Registering Your Plug-in . . . . . . . . . . 2.2 Activating Your License . . . . . . . . . . 2.3 Installing Your Plug-In . . . . . . . . . . . 2.4 Moving or Removing an Activation . . . . 2.5 Navigating the Plug-Ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 About This Product Thank you for your purchase of the Eventide Omnipressor plug-in. The product recreated in this plugin was among the first introduced by Eventide - and among the world’s first commercially available professional recording products. For over 40 years, innovative products like these have made Eventide an industry leader, and we are extremely proud that they continue to be in demand today.
Chapter 2 Registration, Activation, and Installation Eventide uses PACE’s ilok.com licensing system, with or without an iLok hardware dongle, to license our plug-in products. Each license provides two activations which can reside on either your computer or on an iLok license dongle. Once you’ve purchased your plug-in, you’ll need to register it on Eventide’s website, activate your license, and install the plug-in on to your computer. 2.
2.3 Installing Your Plug-In You should have been given a link to the Eventide Native plug-in installer when you purchased your plugin, but if you haven’t, you can find downloads for all of Eventide’s Native Plug-Ins at http://https: //www.eventideaudio.com/products/plugins. Please download and launch the correct installer for your system. Once you’ve launched the plug-in installer, it will take you through several pages of options.
Chapter 3 Omnipressor Production Dates 1971 – 1984 Originally described as a ”professional-quality dynamic modifier”, the Omnipressor rapidly became a very popular studio dynamics piece. Its unique Function knob allowed the engineer to move from Noise Gate effects through dynamic reversal - an effect that reverses a sound’s envelope making loud sounds quiet, and quiet sounds louder.
3.1.3 Bass Cut/Nor Determines the frequency response of the level detector circuit. Set to NORMAL to match the frequency response to the gain control section. Set to BASS CUT to attenuate bass signals and reduce their effect on the overall compression/expansion operations. 3.1.4 Attack Time Determines the time in which the system responds to a change in input level.
3.1.10 Gain Limit Limits the maximum gain of the Omnipressor from 30 dB to approximately 1 dB. This control overrides the action of FUNCTION. 3.1.11 Sidechain Input Allows the Omnipressor’s level detect to be driven by another audio source. 3.2 Saving and Recalling Plug-In settings When Omnipressor is installed, a library of settings is placed into the /Documents/Eventide/Omnipressor/Presets folder. In this folder is a series of .
Chapter 4 Conclusion We hope you enjoy the Eventide Omnipressor plug-in and put it to good use in all of your mixes. Please be sure to check over Eventide’s other Native Plug-In offerings for more unique and interesting effects.
