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ThrillseekerLAMANUAL

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Content

Chapter 1: Introduction 5

1.1. License ....................................................................................... 51.2. Installation ................................................................................... 6

1.3. Overarching topics .......................................................................... 6

1.4. Credits ....................................................................................... 6

Chapter 2: Overview 7

2.1. At a glance ................................................................................... 7

2.2. Reerence .................................................................................... !

"ain para#eters ................................................................................ !

$he interstage section ........................................................................... %

2.3. &asic 'or(lo' ............................................................................ 10

2.4. $rac(ing and #i)ing ...................................................................... 11

2.5. On the stereo *+s .......................................................................... 11

2.6. A*o+t ,C lin(ing .......................................................................... 11

2.7. Leveling and gain riding .................................................................. 12

Chapter 3: Addendum 13

3.1. A*o+t state+l sat+ration .................................................................. 13

3.2. -pdates and +rther inor#ation ......................................................... 13


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1 Introduction

1.1. License

Copyright (C) 2012 by H. L. Goldberg.

The contained software is given to se nder a freeware license.

This software is provided free of charge bt the athor retains copyright.!o are not allowed to "a#e any copies or redistribte this software inclding bt not

li"ited to "a#ing the software available for download or "a#ing this software part of

a software C$ co"pilation.

!o are not allowed to sell or to rent this software. !o are not allowed to reverse

engineer this software.

!o are allowed to se this software for any artistic application inclding co""ercial

"sic prodction.

This software is provided %as&is%' withot any epress or i"plied warranty. n no event

will the athor be held liable for any da"ages arising fro" the se of this software.

%*+T% is a Technology and Trade"ar# by +teinberg.

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1 Introd+ction

1.2. Installation

,e-ire"ents

● /in2 co"patible syste" with ++2 (or higher) instrction set spport

● Tested and #nown to wor# in "any *+T co"patible hosts

t the $LL file contained in this archive in the *+T plg&in folder of yor host.

1.3. Overarching topics

Warning: Lower yor listening vol"e while operating the plg&in to avoid hearing

da"age or da"age of spea#ers or any other e-ip"ent.

Note: The plg&in contains a dedicated on3off switch (labeled %45%) which "st be

powered on to rn the "odle. t%s a tre bypass when switched off .

6sage tips

● 6se the %45% switch to toggle the plg&in on3off for 738 co"parisons

● 6se 9ctrl: ; "ose left clic# on a #nob or switch to restore defalt position

● 6se 9shift: ; "ose left clic# on a #nob to fine ad


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2 Overview

2.1. At a glance

ThrillseekerLA li"iting and leveling a"plifier

ThrillseekerLA is a digital stereo leveling a"plifier with trly analog -alities. t not

only offers highly progra" dependent and "sical sonding co"pression behavior

bt also i"ple"ents a sophisticated non&linear a"plifier stage based pon an accr&

ate statefl non&linear "odel. 8oth co"ple"ent each other perfectly and this way thedevice is capable of re&creating a variety of @opto&electricalB co"pression character&

istics bt is also adding the weight and di"ension we typically associate with an

ecellent analog adio signal path which is so "ch soght after.

This technical design was chosen to offer both -alities in co"bination The co"&

pressor circit itself avoids distortion in all cases and there is virtally no inter&"od&

lation distortion' reslting in a way s"ooth and artifact free gain riding eperience.

nstead' har"onically related distortion prodcts can be dialed in to taste with the

co"pressor interstage "odel. This har"onics generator is based on a non&linearity

with "e"ory which enables crea"y signal coloration dties. rocessed adiobeco"es alive and vibrant and the sbtle detail in depth and spatial i"aging is the

icing on top.

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2 Overvie'

2.2. Reference

Main paraeters

DE L*L f the $7/ "iing process is perfor"ed at &1Fd8 this option allows to

ad. n position @5TB the "ain chan&

nels (1 and 2) are sed.

56T 7 plain linear inpt a"plification control.

7TT7C The co"pressor%s envelope attac# ti"e control The ti"ing is progra"

dependent and the displayed vales are


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Reerence

46T6T 7 plain linear otpt a"plification control.

45 7 tre bypass switch in (when in off "ode).

!he interstage section

5T,+T7G & This activates the interstage section of the co"pressor which is a

sophisticated non&linear a"plifier stage. t is based on a statefl non&linear "odel

which provides very s"ooth sonding har"onic distortion. Ast trning this on

already in


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2 Overvie'

• F00; HI This wor#s "ainly on the F00 to 1000 HI range and can greatly

contribte to the presence of bass instr"ents.

• 2&J #HI 7 great option to i"prove the presence and intelligibility of vocal

perfor"ances or even co"plete "ies by adding so"e nice sheen on top.

• H= erfor"s nicely as a H= eciter on rather dll sonding adio or in adio

restoration sitations' as an ea"ple. t is capable of adding that @epensivesheenB in the air band of a "i.

T,75+=4,D, & sing transfor"ers in an analog adio signal path leads to so"e

effects where the copling between the stages beco"es fre-ency dependent'

which is a wor#&load dependent effect in itself. This is eactly what the T,75+&

=4,D, option does. t gives the applied distortion so"e welco"e KweightK and a

fre-ency dependent dyna"ic response which is typical for transfor"er copled cir&

cits (e. g. vac" tbe circits). This effect is adible only when the circit actally

creates TH$.

The T,75+=4,D, option also applies distinctive transfor"er style signal distor&

tions to the lower fre-ency part but only in the SPECTRUM modes FULL, LF and

!"" #$%?

"portant To obtain the transfor"er based fre-ency and load dependent

behavior the 5T,+T7G switch "st be 5. 4n top' there "st be

already total har"onic distortion (TH$) adible in order to hear that addi&

tional effect.

TH$ This allows to ad


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&asic 'or(lo'

already introdced now by the gain riding of the co"pressor. 7t very high G,

a"onts this can already be -ite prononced' so se with care.

2.4. !rac#ing and i$ing

Trac#ing and "iing "ight benefit fro" the ridiclos fast ti"ings which are offered

for the envelope co"ptation bt special attention shold be spent on the overall

recovery behavior. $epending on the load in the circit the recovery fro" gain redc&

tion slows down the "ore it co"es to Iero G,. The effect is si"ilar to opto&electrical

panel based (vintage) gain redction stages. ,ecovery can get really slow by this

effect and getting the "ost ot of sch nits re-ires to find their specific sweet spot

for any particlar adio "aterial.

Trac#ing and "iing "ight benefit to a large etent fro" additional har"onic distor&

tions' especially the 2nd order one. =or ea"ple' when "anaging rather difficlt adio

"aterial sch as acostic bass or vocal recordings this can greatly i"prove defini&

tion. 7lso' don%t forget the sidechain filtering options in sch cases.

2.%. On the stereo &us

7 -ic# way to bac# p fro" too "ch co"pression a"onts is the ,75G control

option which can offer rather forgiving co"pression characteristics especially sitable

bt not li"ited to 2bs co"pression 3 progra" "aterial. The crve looses its co"&

pression capability approaches Iero at settings of ca. 20&0d8' very typical for so"e

retro co"pressors bac# in the past. n a "odern co"pressor design a si"ilar effectis achieved with dyna"ic range li"iting which allows to apply this in a rather con&

trolled fashion fro" 0 to 100. The reslt is a very fancy co"pression eperience

and allows to recover -ite easily fro" too "ch gain redction a"onts.

2.'. A&out (C lin#ing

Lin#ing both channels in the sidechain path can be i"portant on the stereo bs and

is handled in two different ways within ThrillseekerLA' internally. The sophisticated

lin#ing algorith" "aintains the natral transient response in the stereo field bt also

redces proble"atic stereo i"age shifts in higher gain redction scenarios.

n the co"pressor circit' both channels are starting entirely nlin#ed ntil 1d8 of

gain redction is perfor"ed. 8eyond that' both channels are getting gradally "ore

lin#ed as gain redction increases. However' this process is twea#ed to still allow

so"e fast transients to get throgh withot i""ediately affecting the other channel.

$ring the har"onic distortion generation of the interstage a"plifier both channels

always re"ain nlin#ed (a#a independent). The only lin# between both channels in

the har"onics generator is so"e slight fre-ency dependent channel crosstal#'

which is eclsively a static affair.

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5ote 7 tre dal "ono "ode is not spported (two co"pletely ncorrel&

ated signals on channel 1 and 2). However' since there is no two channel

para"eter layot offered in the interface this wold not "a#es sense any&

way.

2.). Leveling and gain riding

To get the "ost ot of this device one shold nderstand that its gain riding charac&

teristics are highly dependent on the gain redction a"onts which the nit can be

driven into. Therefore' finding the sweet spot in a specific co"pression sitation

re-ires see#ing the best gain redction range in the contet of the attac# and

release ti"e behavior (which in retrn is gain redction dependent).

This opens a vast variety of applications ranging fro" gentle @fairchild styleB bs

co"pression with


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3 Addendu

3.1. A&out stateful saturation

MtbcN

3.2. *pdates and further inforation

,efer to "y 8log at http33varietyofsond.wordpress.co" for so"e additional infor"a&

tion and pdates on this plg&in or leave a note there if any isses did occr.

eace'

Herbert

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