tse x50 v2.0 manual

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TSE X50 v2.0MANUAL

Thank you for purchasing TSE X50 v2.0We hope you have just as much fun using it as we had creating it!

Enjoy !

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INDEX

1.0 Minimum system requirements1.1 Installation1.2 Overview1.3 Recommended system requirements

2.0 TSE8082.1 X502.2 Options / Cabinet2.3 Cabinet ( IR Loader )2.4 FX Rack2.5 Misc

3.0 Registration3.1 Troubleshooting

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[ 1.0 ] Minimum system requirements

- Low Latency Audio Interface (ASIO/CoreAudio compatible) - High-Z (high impedance) instrument input or external D.I.BOX (for recording/monitoring).- Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) software or a standalone 32*/64bit VST/AU host.

MAC WINDOWSOSX 10.7 or higher Windows XP 32/64bit or newerIntel CPU Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon XP (w/SSE2 instructions)

* Only 64bit support on MAC OS X

[ 1.1 ] INSTALLATION

WindowsVST: Run the provided installer and install the plugin in your 32 or 64 bit VST folder.AAX / RTAS : Not yet supported.

MacRun the provided installer and install the plugin in your VST / Components folder.AAX / RTAS : Not yet supported.

[ 1.2 ] OVERVIEW

TSE X50 v2.0 is a digital amplifier simulation using one of the most advanced/successful modeling techniques to this date.

This amp is modeled after / based on the EVH's 5150 series where it tries to recreate the sound of the MK1 green channel and MK1+MK2 red channel.

The amp doesn't have a clean channel, only crunch and lead. You could get a cleaner sound off it by running the pre-gain low and crunch switch off.

If you run into breakup's while doing this - try reducing the input gain.

[ 1.3 ] RECOMMENDED SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Intel Core i3 processor or newer is recommended for the best user experience!

For recording or monitoring the guitar input, an audio buffer-size of 128 samples or less should be preferred to keep the latency down to a minimum.

This can be set in the interface software or the audio setup in your preferred DAW.

!!! - The TSE X50 v2.0 is made on a Intel Core i7 and is mainly meant to be used with modern processors. !!! - Tip: Use the freeze function in your DAW or run the software with automatic oversampling.

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[ 2.0 ] TSE808

TSE808 is based on a very popular (op-amp based) tubescreamer.The pedal is a popular device within the metal-genre which spice up leads and/or tighten up the low-end on guitars while giving the amp an extra input boost.

Available controls :- Drive- Tone- Balance

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[ 2.1 ] X50

X50 is the heart of this plugin - Modeled after a high-gain monster that was given birth to in the early 90's. This is one of the most popular go-to amps in the metal-genre.

The first X50 model was made in early 2010 and has been upgraded numerous times since.

Available controls :- Pre Gain

- Low- Mid- Treble

- Post Gain*- Low End- Presence

- Bright switch (Green channel only)- Crunch switch (Green channel only)- Channel switch *Normalized to avoid blowing your ears/gear

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[ 2.2 ] Options

- Disable preampDisables the preamp section of the amp.

- Disable power ampDisables the power amp section of the amp. (The output is taken from the “effects send” instead.)

- Red channel MK2 modThis modification turns the original MK1 model into a MK2 model, the MK2 model has a tighter low end and is more controllable, where the MK1 model brings the -'brootalz' basically all the way.

- Power TubesThis lets the user choose which tubes to be using, this is power amp related only.- 6L6GC - (Tetrode)- EL34 - (Pentode)

- BIASThis set's the bias, or "starting-point" on the power amp. This is visually illustrated by the BIAS analyzer, where the blue vertical line is representing the bias point and where it's currently set on the load line.

Place it on the most linear section of the load line (white) to get a more open sound,when you get closer to the extremes the power tubes will start breaking up more easily andgive you a different character of the distortion. There is no magical set-point, the default valuesare set where the tubes normally is biased, but you could find a different more likable flavorthat suits your music and playing style better.

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[ 2.3 ] Cabinet ( IR Loader )

TSE X50 is delivered with a cpu-efficient zero-latency IR loader.The IRs are limited from 256 to 8192 samples, but the length is adjustable in between.

- The frequency analyzer shows the IR's frequency response.(Relative to current IR length)

- LengthThe length knob adjust the numbers of samples used in the IR. A higher sample count means a more detailed low end representation, and brings in more of the actual room "response" where the IR was originally captured

- MovementThe movement knob adjusts the strength/harmonic content of the poweramp-to-speaker simulation. The harmonic content is strongest at the speaker's resonance frequency. This effect is very subtle, but frequency dependent, and could spice up a rather lifeless IR by also modeling some physical speaker limitations.

- Width/PanPanning of the signal, when in mono this control only moves the signal left/right, but while in stereo this control move the stereo signal closer or further apart from center.

- VolumeAdjust the IR volume

- PhaseInvert the phase by 180 degrees

- DisableBypasses the IR loader completely

- X50 buttonShows the internal IR's provided with the X50 pluginThey are the property of -and produced by:

Trackmix Studio (TMS Impulses)Ryan Harvey Audio (RHA Impulses)GuitarHack (GuitarHack impulses)Frozen Sun Audio (FSA impulses)

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- File buttonLeft click: Browse the file structure of the systemRight click: Bring up the operating system's own file browser. /Ctrl-clickThe file structure is automatically redirected to the last loaded file.

- Next buttonLoad the next IR in the folder.

- Prev buttonLoad the previous IR in the folder.

- File BrowserClick the upper left icon (folder w/arrow) to step one folder backYou can use your mouse-wheel to scroll up and down in the file window.Double-click on a file to load it !

[ 2.4 ] FX Rack

TSE X50 v2.0 is delivered with a basic FX Rack.Modules are permanent at the moment, but there are plans to introduce more effects and to make them modular. (Dynamically Add/Remove FX)

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DaFuk Tuner

TSE AUDIO's simple but efficient guitar tuner. It should be able to tune bass guitars as well.Always tune upwards when tuning your guitars, especially on cheap guitars!

King Pong

- Power - activate or deactivate the module- Sync - sync the time to the project BPM- Pong - switch between standard/pong delay- Time - adjust the time between delays.

Click on time value to enter manually. (will choose the nearest match if sync is enabled.)- Low - adjust the low frequencies cut-off point- High - adjust the high frequencies cut-off point- Width - adjust the width of the pong delay or asymmetry of the stereo delay- Mix - adjust the dry/wet signal blend

- Feedback - adjust the amount of feedback

- AquaLaser

- High pass filter- Low Shelf filter- "Bell shaped" band filter- High shelf filter- Low pass filter- Volume- Low pass slope : 12 dB / 24 dB / 48 dB

Try a higher low pass slope if you want a more aggressive high cut.

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[ 2.5 ] Misc

- Noise Gate

- ThreshAdjust the threshold of the noisegate.

- FadeAdjust the release time of the noisegate.

- AttackAdjust the attack time of the noise gate.

- Config window and controls

- InputAdjust the input gain of your guitar signal.

- LearnThis functions analyze your guitar signal over a timeframe of 5 seconds.It uses the maximum recorded value to determine how far you are from the set point.You should preferably play some hard palm mutes to get the highest signal peaks.

The set point is taken from EMG pickup specifications.

- OutputAdjust the output gain of the software.

- User IR DirectoryThis is where the file browser starts when you press 'FILE'. Point it to the root of your third party IR directory.

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OVERSAMPLING

- 2X / 4X / 8XThis enables the plugin to run at a higher (internal) sample rate than the audio project itself. This helps in the reduction of aliasing by giving the anti-aliasing filters more 'space' to work with.

Aliasing occurs when high frequency content, generated by non-linear processing, is strong enough to wrap itself back down into the normal frequency spectrum and is usually identified as un-musical artifacts or harmonics/frequencies that is not supposed to be there at all.

This is sampling in a nutshell, if the sample rate is not high enough you cannot truly represent the original signal if it's higher than SampleRate/2. This is easily seen in movies where cars are moving forward, but the wheels on the car appears to be rotating backwards when the speed of the car is higher than the camera's frame-rate.

- 2X - 4X and 2X - 8XUse 2X oversampling for real-time processing / mixing and automatically set the oversampling to 4X or 8X when host informs plugin of offline rendering state.

In Reaper you have to make sure "Inform plugin of offline rendering state" is checked for this function to work. Check with your DAW if such an option exist.

- QUALITY

- LowThis setting allows the plugin to be using linear interpolation for algorithms, which is a very efficient, but bad sounding approach for digital audio. By using enough data points the "numerical error" is kept to a minimal, but the SNR (Signal Noise Ratio) is still bad.

- HighThis setting allows the plugin to be using cubic spline interpolation for the algorithms, which is a very inefficient but better sounding approach for digital audio. This interpolation algorithm is finding the unknown data points in a very smooth way, while keeping the SNR fairly low.

- OPTIONS

- StereoProcess a stereo-pair of guitars simultaneously, with the same settings.Keep the inputs hard-panned left/right to avoid signal bleed between the channels.

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[ 3.0 ] REGISTRATION

The plugin isn't functional until you provide it with your license file.

1) Type in your e-mail address that you used to register / purchase the software.2) Press the ENTER key after typing in your e-mail before clicking anywhere!3) Confirm that “[email protected]” has now changed to your own e-mail address.4) Press the browse button and locate your license file.5) Press REGISTER and if everything went well the software is ready for use !

[ 3.1] TROUBLESHOOTING

– THE SOFTWARE MAKES NO SOUND AT ALLA: You haven't registered yet, or the license file is moved to a new location.

Check your config window and double check that you are still registered..

– IT'S USING TOO MUCH CPUA: The X50 is written for modern computers and is using very complex algorithms.

Turn down the oversampling to 2X and set quality to low. If you want a higher oversampling rate on mix-down, please select 2X-4X or 4X-8X.

– SOME OF MY PATH'S IN THE CONFIG WINDOW LOOKS CORRUPTED !A: There might be a problem with the computers localization settings when using Russian or other languages with special characters. The software uses UTF-8 encoding and should be able to handle this without any issues.Delete your config file and start fresh to see if this solves the issue. It can be foundone the following locations ...

OSX 10.7+ /Users/Username/library/Application Support/TSE AUDIO/TSE_X50.xml

Windows XP/Vista: C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Local Settings\Application Data\TSE AUDIO\TSE_X50.xml

Windows7: C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\TSE AUDIO\TSE_X50.xml

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