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Table of Contents Table of Contents 1 Welcome to RC 24 .................................................................................................... 5 1.1 1.2 2 Installation and Activation ......................................................................................... 7 2.1 2.2 3 Installing RC 24 ......................................................................................................................... 7 Activating RC 24 ..................................................
Welcome to RC 24 What Is RC 24? 1 Welcome to RC 24 Thank you for downloading RC 24 by Native Instruments. The following manual will give you an overview of the features of RC 24, as well as explain how to use the software. 1.1 What Is RC 24? The RC 24 is a classic reverb with a very special and warm sound that was inspired by a classic hardware device.
Welcome to RC 24 Manual Conventions ► Single instructions are introduced by this play button type arrow. → Results of actions are introduced by this smaller arrow.
Installation and Activation Installing RC 24 2 Installation and Activation 2.1 Installing RC 24 The following section explains how to install and activate RC 24. Although this process is straightforward, please take a minute to read these instructions, as doing so might prevent some common problems. ► 2.2 To install RC 24, double-click the installer application and follow the instructions on the screen. The installer application automatically places the plug-in into a directory.
Installation and Activation Activating RC 24 Download updates: When the server has confirmed the activation, the Service Center automatically displays the Update Manager with a list of all available updates for your installed products. Please make sure that you always use the latest version of your Native Instruments products to ensure they function correctly. Downloading updates is optional. After activation is complete, you can always quit the Service Center.
Using RC 24 3 Using RC 24 RC 24 has controls that are common with a classic hardware unit, as well as some unique features—in particular a powerful display and a more streamlined interface. The user interface is organized as follows: The RC 24 interface. ▪ The topmost row provides a Menu bar with various features mainly concerning preset management.
Using RC 24 The Menu Bar ▪ The upper part (above the display) holds a few controls affecting the overall behavior of the reverb unit. ▪ The middle part holds the multi-purpose display. ▪ The bottom part holds the faders and knobs allowing you to finely adjust the characteristics of the reverb. For all knobs and faders, the value is displayed in place of the control label when the mouse cursor hovers over the control, or when you are interacting with the control.
Using RC 24 The Menu Bar Using the Preset Menu The Preset menu. In the top part of the Preset menu, presets are organized into several submenus. Each submenu represents a particular preset folder: (1) Factory content submenus: At the top, a series of submenus holds the factory presets. (2) User submenu: Once you have saved presets of your own (see ↑3.1.2, Saving and Deleting Presets), a User submenu appears under the factory content submenus. This User submenu holds all the user presets you have created.
Using RC 24 The Menu Bar 2. Select Show User preset folder from the File menu: 4. The folder containing your user presets opens in the Explorer (Windows) / Finder (Mac OS). In this folder, create, rename, and move subfolders, and move preset files (extension “.nifx”) across subfolders according to your needs—you could for example move into a subfolder the various presets used in a song or on the same track/instrument. Close the RC 24 window and open it again so that the plug-in can mirror your changes.
Using RC 24 The Menu Bar The asterisk indicates that the settings have been modified. To save the current settings as a preset: 1. 2. Click the drop-down arrow to the very left of the Menu bar to open the File menu. Select Save as… from the File menu: 3. Enter the name of your preset in the field under the label New Preset Name: 4. Click SAVE to finish the process and close the dialog box. → The current settings are saved as a user preset file on your hard disk.
Using RC 24 The Menu Bar Alternatively, you can delete the preset file (extension “.nifx”) from the Explorer (Windows) or in the Finder (Mac OS). After restarting the RC 24 plug-in, the list in the Preset menu will be updated accordingly. You cannot delete factory presets. 3.1.3 A/B Comparisons RC 24 offers an A/B comparison system to help you fine-tune your settings. Basically, this feature gives you two slots into which you can enter different parameter settings.
Using RC 24 Global Parameters The upper part of the user interface. (1) Reverb selector: Selects from three different reverb algorithms, each of them emulating a different type of reverberating room. The Reverb selector is your first stop when searching for a particular reverb sound since it defines the overall type (size and characteristics) of the room to be emulated.
Using RC 24 Using the Display (3) Dry/Wet knob: Adjusts the balance between the original, unprocessed (“dry”) signal, and the processed (“wet”) signal—i.e., the signal onto which the reverb was applied. The Dry/Wet knob is enabled only if the Wet/Mix switch (2) is set to Mix (if this switch is set to Wet, only the wet signal is output anyway). At full left (Dry), you hear only the original signal. At full right (Wet), you hear only the processed, reverberated signal. 3.
Using RC 24 Using the Display The three controls in the top row of the display are always visible. (1) Spectrum tab: Click this tab to show the Spectrum page. (2) Options tab: Click this tab to show the Options page. (3) Level meters: The Level meters allow you to monitor the input and output signal levels in real-time.
Using RC 24 Using the Display The display showing the Spectrum page. (4) Spectrum display: Taking up the biggest part of the display, the spectrum display visually illustrates the current effect of the reverb on the incoming signal (see below for more details). (5) Zoom controls: The little “-” and “+” buttons allow you to halve/double the time units on the x-axis, respectively. The Spectrum Display in Detail In the picture above, there is no signal sent to the reverb input.
Using RC 24 Using the Display ◦ In the cloud, a bright region indicates that the reverberated signal will have a strong response to these particular frequencies at this point in time of the reverb tail—in other words, these frequencies will be more present in the reverberated signal around these particular times in the reverb tail.
Using RC 24 Using the Display A rather short reverb with longer tails in the high frequencies. A similar reverb, even shorter than above, with interesting waving, discrete, echo-like reflections (the vertical structures). A thundering reverb with very long delay times in the low frequencies. A reverb with persistent mid frequencies. Note the predelay on the left (black vertical stripe). 3.3.
Using RC 24 Using the Display The display showing the Options page. (6) Input Gain and Output Gain knobs: Adjust the level of the signals at the input and the output of the reverb unit, respectively. Used in conjunction with the Level meters above, these knobs notably allow you to avoid any clipping from occurring (see ↑3.3.1, Common Controls for more on the Level meters).
Using RC 24 Adjusting the Reverb Parameters 3.4 Adjusting the Reverb Parameters In the bottom part of the RC 24 interface you can adjust each single parameter of the reverb effect. These parameters are arranged into two groups: ▪ Parameters in the left part define general characteristics of the reverb shape. These are mostly independent of the input signal’s frequency content—in other terms, they affect the entire incoming signal.
Using RC 24 Adjusting the Reverb Parameters Frequency-independent Parameters On the left side of the plug-in interface you find four controls (three faders and one knob). (1) Predelay fader: Adjusts the initial delay between the original signal and the first reverberant sound. The possible values range from 24 to 152 milliseconds. At higher values this can also be used in many creative ways. (2) Depth fader: Adjusts the apparent distance between the listening point and the source signal.
Using RC 24 Adjusting the Reverb Parameters (6) Mid fader: Adjusts the reverb time for the higher frequency band. The possible values range from 0.60 to 70.00 seconds. Like Bass, higher values of Mid can lead to infinite reverb sounds! Of course, this is even more true when increasing both parameters simultaneously. (7) Crossover knob: Adjusts the split frequency between the lower and higher frequency band. The possible values range from 100.0 to 10,900.0 hertz. Turn the knob counterclockwise (i.e.
Credits 4 Credits Modeling: Niklas Odelholm, Arvid Rosén, Oscar Öberg, Torsten Gatu Application Development: Eddie Mond, Volker Hinz Product Design: André Estermann, Michael Hlatky Graphic Design: Philipp Roller, Gösta Wellmer, Efflam Le Bivic, Kenneth Jensen Sound Design: André Estermann, Sebastian Müller, Tommaso De Donatis, Peter Funke Project Management: Felix Nölken Quality Testing: Tom Scheutzlich, Bymski Manual: Nicolas Sidi RC 24 - Manual - 25
