Operation Manual
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- The Sequencer
- Routing Audio and CV
- Remote - Playing and controlling Reason devices
- Using Reason as a ReWire Slave
- Advanced MIDI - the External Control Bus inputs
- Synchronization
- Optimizing Performance
- Transport Panel
- Reason Hardware Interface
- The Combinator
- The Mixer
- The Line Mixer 6:2
- Redrum
- Subtractor Synthesizer
- Malström Synthesizer
- NN-19 Sampler
- NN-XT Sampler
- Introduction
- Panel Overview
- Loading Complete Patches and REX Files
- Using the Main Panel
- Overview of the Remote Editor panel
- About Samples and Zones
- Selections and Edit Focus
- Adjusting Parameters
- Managing Zones and Samples
- Working with Grouping
- Working with Key Ranges
- Setting Root Notes and Tuning
- Using Automap
- Layered, Crossfaded and Velocity Switched Sounds
- Using Alternate
- Sample Parameters
- Group Parameters
- Synth parameters
- Connections
- Dr. Rex Loop Player
- Matrix Pattern Sequencer
- ReBirth Input Machine
- BV512 Vocoder
- The Effect Devices
- Common Device Features
- The MClass effects
- The MClass Equalizer
- The MClass Stereo Imager
- The MClass Compressor
- The MClass Maximizer
- Scream 4 Sound Destruction Unit
- RV7000 Advanced Reverb
- RV-7 Digital Reverb
- DDL-1 Digital Delay Line
- D-11 Foldback Distortion
- ECF-42 Envelope Controlled Filter
- CF-101 Chorus/Flanger
- PH-90 Phaser
- UN-16 Unison
- COMP-01 Auto Make-up Gain Compressor
- PEQ-2 Two Band Parametric EQ
- Spider Audio Merger & Splitter
- Spider CV Merger & Splitter
- Menu and Dialog Reference
- About Audio on Computers
- MIDI Implementation
- Index
BV512 VOCODER
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Using the BV512 as an
equalizer
The BV512 has a unique equalizer mode, in which the device works purely as an in-
sert effect (the modulator input isn’t used). This allows you to use the processing fil-
ters of the vocoder as a kind of graphic equalizer.
Setting up
1. Select the device that you want to process through the BV512.
2. Create a BV512 device.
It is automatically connected as an insert effect, using the Carrier Input jacks.
3. Set the switch to the left of the displays to “Equalizer”.
In use
In equalizer mode, you cut or boost frequencies by clicking and dragging in the lower
display - just as with a regular graphic equalizer. The usage and results differ depend-
ing on which mode is selected:
4 - 32 band mode
As in vocoder mode, the number of bars in the display conforms to the number of
bands selected (4, 8, 16 or 32). With a higher number of bands you get a more de-
tailed control over the frequency response. However:
D In these modes, the equalizer will “color” the sound even if all bands are
set to ±0 dB!
This is due to phase interaction and overlap between the bandpass filters.
Therefore you probably want to use the 4 - 32 band mode for coloring and mutating
sounds - not for subtle, “clean” equalizing.
FFT (512) mode
In FFT (512) mode you still get 32 bars in the display, but the each bar may control
several frequency bands (remember that there are 512 bands in FFT mode). Since
the frequency bands are distributed linearly in FFT mode, bars to the left in the display
control few frequency bands while bars to the right control many frequency bands.
D In FFT (512) mode, setting all bands to ±0 dB is the same as bypassing
the equalizer - the sound will not be affected.
This makes FFT mode suitable for “clean” equalizing, where you want to boost or
cut some frequencies without changing the basic sound character.
D However, FFT mode equalizing is not suited for very drastic frequency
cuts or boosts, as this may give audio artefacts due to the workings of
FFT processing.
Still: as always, there are no hard and fast rules. Let your ears judge!
D Keep in mind that FFT mode also introduces a slight delay to the signal.