User Manual NONLIN2 NATIVE STEREO EFFECTS REVERB Envelope Reverb for Creating Truly Unique and “Twisted“ Effects Based on the Legendary and Award-Winning System 6000 as a Native DAW Plug-in for Mixing and Post-Production 2021-03-12, Rev.
NONLIN2 NATIVE User Manual Table of Contents Important Safety Instructions....................................... 3 Legal Disclaimer.............................................................. 3 Limited warranty............................................................. 3 1. Introduction................................................................ 4 2. Plug-in Installation..................................................... 4 2.1 Installation on a PC..............................................
NONLIN2 NATIVE User Manual Important Safety Instructions Terminals marked with this symbol carry electrical current of sufficient magnitude to constitute risk of electric shock. Use only high-quality professional speaker cables with ¼" TS or twist-locking plugs pre-installed. All other installation or modification should be performed only by qualified personnel.
NONLIN2 NATIVE User Manual 1. Introduction Congratulations on the purchase of your NONLIN2 NATIVE stereo effects reverb. Originally launched in 1999 and available in Music, Mastering, Broadcast and Film variants, TC Electronic's Flagship System 6000 processor is recognized as an industry standard for mix, mastering and post-production applications.
NONLIN2 NATIVE User Manual Click ‘Next’ to begin the installation. When installation is complete, click ‘Finish’. Note: If your DAW fails to detect the newly installed plugin, this can often be fixed by adding the following paths to the Plug-in Manager (or similar) of the DAW. The default paths on a PC are "C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST2" and "C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3" for VST2 and VST3, respectively. 2.2 Installation on a Mac Double click the installer (.pkg) file. 3.
NONLIN2 NATIVE User Manual 4. Connection and Setup 4.1 Inserting the NONLIN2 NATIVE plug-in into your DAW project 4.2.3 Bypass Press the BYPASS button at the top to bypass or engage the NONLIN2 NATIVE. 4.2.4 Automation Once you have downloaded the plug-in, you can now apply it to a channel in your DAW to begin using the effect.
NONLIN2 NATIVE User Manual 5. User Interface 5.1 Overview Meters There are two tabs along the left edge of the interface, that bring up the two pages of controls. As a general note, the parameters, controls, and graphs are color-coded as shown below: The top part of the display: • Bypass: Press this to bypass or engage the NONLIN2 NATIVE.
NONLIN2 NATIVE User Manual 5.2 Main Page Levels (yellow controls) Wet Gain In Gain Range: OFF, -119.5 to 0 dB Range: OFF, -119.5 to 0 dB <-60 dB in 0.5 dB steps <-60 dB in 0.5 dB steps >-60 dB in 0.1 dB steps >-60 dB in 0.1 dB steps The Input Gain is the first gain stage in the plugin, used to adjust the overall level of the input signal. Adjust the gain level of the processed signal as it enters the output stage. Adjust this relative to the Dry Gain.
NONLIN2 NATIVE User Manual Hold Range: 10 to 500 ms in 1 ms steps As the attack time increases, then the slope decreases, taking longer time to reach the Hold level. Hold time (fully open time) of the reverb envelope. The "fully open" time is the time the reverb tail maintains its maximum level. For a typical eighties style response, Hold should be set at 60-120 ms. NOTE: The maximum Hold time depends on the Attack and Release settings.
NONLIN2 NATIVE User Manual 5.2.2 Focus Fields Each of the six Focus Fields along the bottom can be assigned to any of the available controls. These useful assignments remain visible when you switch to a different page. For example, you can adjust the release envelope controls while you are on the Modify page. Click on ASSIGN in the lower left, and you will notice that the control knobs will become blank. (This is a good reminder that you are in ASSIGN mode.
NONLIN2 NATIVE User Manual 5.3 Modify Page Reverb/Twist (yellow controls) Ratio Reverb Style Range: 0 to 100% in 1% steps Options: NonLin Classic, NonLin A, Nonlin B, Nonlin Wide, Mono to Stereo, Sustained, Smooth A, Smooth B, Panner, Scanner, Box, Hollow, Wild, Live, Small Ambience, Air Ambience, Rough, Gated, Explode, NonLin Decayed This is the amount of twist applied to the selected reverb style. When the Twist Ratio is set at 0 %, Twist Type has no effect.
NONLIN2 NATIVE User Manual 6. Presets The presets menu is divided into Factory Presets and User Presets. The NONLIN2 NATIVE offers a collection of factory presets, as well as the option to create and save your own custom settings as user presets and favourites. 6.1 Factory Presets Note that most DAWs have a built-in preset function that appears on every plugin, which is often found at the top of the plug-in window.
NONLIN2 NATIVE User Manual If you modify a factory preset, then only "Save As" is available (to save as a new user preset). Factory presets cannot be overwritten. When a preset is assigned a favorite slot number: • The preset is part of the 100 presets that can be recalled • The favorite number will be locked so that two presets cannot be assigned to the same favorite slot number.
NONLIN2 NATIVE User Manual 7. Software Updates New versions of the software may be released to add new features and improve performance. Updates can be detected from the plug-in directly and can be installed after download from the website. See Chapter 2 for plug-in installation. If the ’Automatically check for updates’ option is checked inside the update menu, the red dot will appear on the settings icon when a new plug-in is available.
NONLIN2 NATIVE User Manual