Manual

4 VSS3 NATIVE User Manual
1. Introduction
Congratulations on the purchase of your VSS3 NATIVE Stereo Source 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. You
will nd the System 6000 in literally thousands of world-leading recording, lm,
post and mastering studios all over the world, and in quite a few OB vans and
broadcast production studios as well. The platform has won no less than three of
the prestigious TEC Awards over the years. In 2000 for the original System 6000,
in 2005 for Mastering 6000 and in 2010 for System 6000 MKII. No longer the
preserve of the recording elite, these native DAW plugins will deliver all of the
performance of the iconic original unit combined with modern day convenience.
TC Electronic set about re-imagining the legendary System 6000 as native DAW
Plug-ins, without sacricing any performance, character or useability. The Danish
engineers, including many from the original System 6000 team rened audio
quality, whilst staying faithful to the original hardware version. The development
team fastidiously re-engineered these new native plug-ins to oer full support
for standard DAW automation and project recall with new optimized user
interface ergonomics.
VSS3 NATIVE Main Features
• Real-room realistic reverbs
• Individual 4-band decay controls
• Chaotic response
• Tweakable early reections
VSS3 NATIVE is a hyper realistic and incredibly versatile reverb that was designed
to deliver the smoothest reverb tail ever developed. The algorithm of the VSS3
was ne-tuned by our engineers for more than a year before its initial release.
Over the years, audio professionals around the world have adopted it as their
go-to reverb for adding clear acoustics and realism to their source material. VSS3
can be heard on thousands of albums and lms, and has elevated the sound of
many more concerts and live productions. With a wealth of possibilities to adjust,
VSS3 NATIVE will deliver the precise sound you need.
VSS3 NATIVE features an exceptional dynamic range, bringing extra life to your
mix. It does this through carefully-crafted early reection algorithms which stay
true to the exact 'location' you want for the source of your mix. No matter how
much ambience you add, your recording will maintain its delity when collapsed
to mono.
VSS3 NATIVE is perfectly suited for any mix projects and is also equally suitable
for use for a wide variety of content material in music and post-production, ideal
for single sources and buses.
The TC Electronic team wish you all the best, and hope that you will enjoy using
the VSS3 NATIVE in your audio projects.
About this manual
Read this manual to learn how to install and use your TC Electronic VSS3 NATIVE
stereo source reverb plug-in. This manual is only available in PDF format from the
TC Electronic website. To get the most from this manual, please read it from start
to nish, or you may miss important information.
To download the most current version of this manual, visit the web page:
www.tcelectronic.com/Categories/c/Tcelectronic/Downloads
If you still have questions about your TC Electronic product after reading its
manual, please get in touch with TC Support:
www.tcelectronic.com/brand/tcelectronic/support
2. Plug-in Installation
The VSS3 NATIVE plug-in installer can be downloaded from the following page:
https://www.tcelectronic.com/p/P0D5I
The VSS3 NATIVE plug-in requires an active PACE iLok license to work. Please see
Chapter 3.
Save the installer le (.pkg or .msi le) in a convenient location on your hard
drive.
2.1 Installation on a PC
Double click the installer (.msi le). If you get a security warning, click ‘Run’.
Accept the license agreement and click ‘Next’.
Select which VST and/or AAX components you want to install. Pro Tools uses AAX
and most other DAW programs use VST. The installer will oer a default location
to save the le, but you can choose another location by clicking
the ‘Browse’ button.
Click ‘Next’ to begin the installation. When installation is complete, click ‘Finish’.