Plug-in Reference

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The Included VST Instruments
Spector
Distortion
You can select between 4 basic distortion characteristics:
- Distortion provides hard clipping distortion.
- Soft Distortion provides soft clipping distortion.
- Tape Emulation produces distortion similar to magnetic tape saturation.
- Tube Emulation produces distortion similar to valve amplifiers.
The parameters are as follows:
Delay
You can select between 3 basic delay characteristics:
- Stereo Delay has two separate delay lines panned left and right.
- In Mono Delay the two delay lines are connected in series for monophonic dual tap
delay effects.
- In Cross Delay the delayed sound bounces between the stereo channels.
The parameters are as follows:
Modulation
You can select between 3 basic modulation characteristics:
- The Phaser uses an 8-pole all-pass filter to produce the classic phasing effect.
- The Flanger is composed of two independent delay lines with feedback for the left
and the right channel, respectively. The delay time of both delays is modulated by
one LFO with adjustable frequency.
- Chorus produces a rich chorus effect with 4 delays modulated by four
independent LFOs.
Parameter Description
Filter This parameter sets the crossover frequency of the distortion filter.
The distortion filter consists of a low-pass filter and a high-pass filter
with a cutoff frequency equal to the crossover frequency.
Tone This parameter controls the relative amount of low-pass and high-
pass filtered signal.
Drive Sets the amount of distortion by amplifying the input signal.
Level This controls the output level of the effect.
Parameter Description
Song Sync This switches tempo sync of the delay times on or off.
Delay 1 Sets the delay time ranging from 0 ms to 728 ms. If MIDI sync is
activated the range is from 1/32 to 1/1; straight, triplet or dotted.
Delay 2 Same as Delay 1.
Feedback This controls the decay of the delays. With higher settings the
echoes repeat longer.
Filter A low-pass filter is built into the feedback loop of the delay. This
parameter controls the cutoff frequency of this feedback filter. Low
settings result in successive echoes sounding darker.
Level This controls the output level of the effect.