User manual WAVES GTR

Waves Guitar Tool Rack Designed in association with Paul Reed SmithTM Guitars THANK YOU! Thank you for purchasing the Waves GTRTM system. We hope that you thoroughly enjoy the creativity and convenience that this can bring to your music. Please read through the information below and begin working with your new GTRTM system. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact Waves Tech Support. We'd love to hear from you! www.waves.com Waves Guitar Tool Rack User Guide. 1 Introduction The Waves Guitar Tool Rack is a software and hardware package that achieves real professional guitar sounds in the virtual world. It offers a comprehensive selection of guitar amp sounds, a complete set of guitar Stomp effects, a precision tuner and the hardware WPGI (Waves/Paul Reed Smith Guitar Interface). The Waves GTRTM is similar to a typical suite of guitar gear, designed with both the guitar player and DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) user in mind. The Waves GTRTM system requires a supported Digital Audio Workstation host application and some basic knowledge of its operation. As always, sound quality is our foremost priority. This software was designed to be used in professional sessions in place of hardware amplifiers and effects. This doesn't mean abandoning your usual recording practices, but instead, expanding your options. Using the WPGI, you can record both the signal playing through a hardware amp and a high quality direct signal to another track for further processing. This way, limitations in the recorded sound won't make you lose a great take. Another advantage is that the GTRTM system requires little or no maintenance to deliver peak performance, while it puts the professionalism and experience of leading guitar sound technicians at your fingertips. Product Overview The WPGI is a hardware unit that sends an optimized guitar signal to your DAW. We highly recommend using the WPGI when recording your guitar direct into your DAW. The Waves GTRTM system includes a collection of 23 virtual Stomp boxes, 3 different sized virtual PedalBoards, a Tuner and the Waves Amp. These software plug-ins were engineered to work with the host application of your choice. The Waves Stomp software offers a selection of effects ranging from basics like EQ, compressor and gate to modulation effects such as phaser, flanger, chorus, and wah wah. Delays, reverbs and a collection of distortion effects are also included. These Stomp effects are chained by the Stomp PedalBoard. MIDI control is easily mastered by using the MIDI learn function. Waves Guitar Tool Rack User Guide. 2 For best results: Use the Stomps together with the Waves Amp!!! The Waves Amp gives you access to a series of premium high-end virtual guitar amplifiers ranging from clean vintage tube amps to modern hard rocking amp sounds. They sound as if they have been recorded with your choice of high end and popular microphones and mic placements. As with any plug-in, you can use as many instances of these effects as your workstation can handle. The software is equipped with a comprehensive set of factory presets that help you get started with great sounding effect chains and amp tones. These presets are easily adjustable. Live Input and Latency Latency is the slight delay you hear between the time that you play your guitar and that you hear the processed sound coming from your computer. This is not an issue when you are mixing but can be annoying when you are playing. While ProTools TDM has no noticeable latency, Native based systems do have some latency. It is important to understand that this latency is not caused by the GTRTM software but by the architecture of your DAW. In some cases DAWs can eliminate latency by direct hardware monitoring of live input. While this method is effective, it eliminates or bypasses any effects inserted in that track. If you are experiencing latency, try lowering the buffer size in your host application. A strong computer with a good soundcard and the appropriate drivers will generally get low latency. For live playing you will need to achieve the lowest possible latency; in contemporary systems, this should be less then 10 milliseconds and can potentially reach as low as 6 ms or even 4 ms. TDM systems function without noticeable latency. Quick Start With the Waves GTR you can do virtually anything you could do with a real set of guitar effects and amps. The better you can operate your DAW, the more options you have for creating amazing virtual process setups. However, in order to get great professional guitar tone all you need is the very basics. For a good starting point it is recommended to open a Stomp6 PedalBoard as the first insert of your guitar input track. Following the Stomp6, launch a Stereo Amp and following the amp launch a stereo Stomp2 for post amp effects. On the Stomp6 you can select you own custom choice of effects or go to the load button and select a factory preset such as the first preset in the first group ­ ReadyToRock. The Amp defaults are a great starting point and in the post amp Waves Guitar Tool Rack User Guide. 3 Stomp2 go to the factory presets under the load menu and select the first preset from the PostAmps group called ­ AmpComplement. Now you have a perfectly playable setup and you can use your skill and inspiration to experiment from here on as you like. Useful Tips ORDER OF PROCESSORS AND EFFECTS Typical electric guitar sound setups usually include different types of effects such as Dynamics, EQ, Modulation effects, Distortions or Non Linear Amplification and Delays, Reverbs or other dimension enhancers. In the following section we will discuss the recommended order of the process chains initially in a concise fashion without going to the depth and reasoning of each recommendation. Please note that a lot of what's documented in this section is based on experience and perception and is arguable although it will be concurrent with what most professionals in guitar and recording business would say. Pre Amplifier effects ­ e.g. A typical stomp effects Pedalboard that the guitar is connected to its input and its output connects to the Guitar Amp. Effects that fit this type naturally are ­ Gates, Compressors, EQ's, Distortions, Modulation effects are very good effects to insert before a fairly clean amp. Manual WahWah effects are great in many places in the chain and inserting them after the distortion effects is recommended in order to get the most wah. However, auto filter and wah effects follow the signal dynamics which is destroyed by distortion effects so an auto wah may work best before the distortion effects. Reverb and Delay effects will work differently when placed before vs. after the guitar amplifier. When working with a mostly clean amp placing delays after the Gates Compressors and Distortions and before the amp will sound great and will receive the warmth and character of the guitar amp. Reverb can also sound great through a clean guitar amp and if you are looking to enhance the wash and surf of the reverb effect then trying it before the amp is a must. For a natural room reverb sound, place the reverb in different place. Guitar Amplifier ­ either a combo or head and cabinet. Many times amps have an FX loop insert between the preamp and power amp stages. This insert point is more commonly used in live performance and for the most part it is similar to Post Amplifier effects, thus the GTR does not provide any effects processing within the Amplifier. Post Amplifier effects ­ e.g. a set of audio processors inserted on the channel that captures the guitar signal from a microphone recording the amp cabinet. Vibrato and dimension enhancers such as Reverb and Delay/Echo are common post amp effects where the delay and echo are set as insert effects so that they Waves Guitar Tool Rack User Guide. 4 are added to the input signal. This corresponds with the mix settings of 0 ­ 50 on the GTRTM dimension stomp effects. Auxiliary Send effects ­ These effects are inserted on an auxiliary bus and usually output just the effect rather then a mix of the effect over the direct signal. Here you can insert any effect that can have an effect only output such as a 100% wet Reverb, Delay, Doubler. This corresponds to using these GTRTM stomps at a mix value of 100. Using GTR you can use a Stomp2 Stereo plug-in on your aux send insert and place a reverb and an EQ to tone shape the reverb sound or use a compressor before the reverb to make the dynamics of the Reverb input non linear to the affected signal. You can use multiple auxiliary channels e.g. Aux1=Delay+EQ, Aux2=Comp+Reverb. And send from more then one. It is important to have the mix of the reverb or delay on 100 or fully wet. In Guitar recording tradition the basic setup is usually comprised of a set of stomp effects that are connected to the guitar amp. In many cases the guitar amp can provide some of its own effects such as a Spring Reverb, Vibrato (Tremolo is actually the correct term for this type of amplitude modulation) and in some cases chorus and naturally distortion. There's no absolute rule of thumb as to what the order of the effects has to be but there are some useful guidelines that can help getting good results. One of the important considerations is the type of Amp you use. A fairly clean amp will work great with a full preceding set of stomps, however a distorted high gain amp will many times work best on the direct guitar signal and most of the effects processing is better done after the amp. In real high gain amplifiers there's many times an FX loop insert between the Preamp (that introduces most of the distortion) and the Power amp. In the studio, it is common to use an amplifier as it is to get good basic tone and then add any further effects at the desk. MULTIPLE PARALLEL AMPLIFIERS Some of the most renowned guitar hero's produced their huge sound by using multiple amplifiers both on stage and in the studio. While the Waves GTR software offers a choice of 2 cabinets and microphones in each amp, even greater, thicker and bigger sound can be obtained by using multiple amplifiers with different settings from slightly different drive and tone settings to simply different amp types and different cabinets/microphones. Important! Instantiating multiple amplifiers in series will not result in this magnitude enhancement. Achieving parallel amplifiers means splitting the input signal by clever usage of your DAW Routing, or simple replication of the direct guitar track and opening separate Amp instances on each track. Waves Guitar Tool Rack User Guide. 5 SETTING UP GTRTM FOR STEINBERG - NUENDO OR CUBASE When using Cubase or NUENDO for playing live through the GTR software, all you need to do is ­ 1. Open a track that takes input from the physical input that the WPGI ­ Waves PRS Guitar Interface is connected to. 2. Launch the plug-ins that you would like to play through. 3. Press the little speaker icon on that track. This will pass the input to your monitoring system and you should be able to hear your live input guitar playing through your monitoring system in real time. Any added plug-ins on the track's inserts should also be affecting the live input in real time. Minimize Latency and Eliminate direct monitoring From the Cubase Devices menu select the bottom most item ­ Device Setup. It is important to check the Device Setup panel and make sure that the VST Audiobay is set to optimal buffer settings and does not have Direct Monitoring checked because this will bypass any plug-ins on the track and the sound will be direct only. Click the VST Audiobay page and look for the Direct Monitoring checkbox. If the Direct Monitoring checkbox is checked, uncheck it. Check that the input and output latency are less or equal about 10ms. If the indicated latency is more, then you should reduce the buffer size for your ASIO device by selecting it, launching its device control panel and reducing buffer size to 128 or as your device and computer CPU will allow. Note that smaller buffers allow lower latency but add load on the CPU so when you are not recording and latency is no longer a problem, it may be a good idea to increase the buffer size settings for better CPU performance. Track Routing and Channel configurations In Nuendo and Cubase the track routing path is output oriented. So if your output is Stereo you need to use a Stereo Track. While a guitar requires a mono input, in many cases you would want to open mono to stereo and stereo effects. However, it is possible to do the wrong thing and open stereo or mono to stereo plug-ins on mono track. The results will be wrong and wont sound as they should. Read on in order to understand how to make the routing work. When working in Cubase or NUENDO mono plug-ins go on mono tracks; stereo plug-ins go on stereo tracks; Mono to Stereo plug-ins go on a stereo track w/ mono input, this is a common and useful configuration for a Guitar input. For Mono To Stereo Plug-ins in Nuendo/Cubase -Open a stereo track -Click on the little speaker icon for input monitoring. Or record or place your mono audio file on the track Waves Guitar Tool Rack User Guide. 6 -Open the Channel Settings window by clicking the "e" symbol. -On the Audio Channel Settings window, go to the inserts column and switch the view to routing. -Cancel the right bypass input by double clicking the grey area on the insert point in the VST Audio channel settings window on the selected slot. This will open the Routing Editor Slot. -In the Routing Editor Slot, click the line on the right channel to "disconnect" it. Waves Guitar Tool Rack User Guide. 7 Now you can safely insert a Mono To Stereo Stomp Pedalboard plug-in and after it you can insert more Stereo Plug-Ins such as a Stereo WavesAmp and more Effects as needed. TDM USAGE NOTES Digidesign TDM systems allow using the Waves GTRTM Plug-Ins on the TDM DSP hardware. This allows zero latency functionality for both live input and mixing. The Waves GTR is designed to work with ProTools HD and HD Accel hardware in sample rates up to 96kHz. The Plug-Ins are also available as native plug-ins under RTAS or AudioSuite. The TDM hardware allows running any plug-in on up to a single DSP element. While multiple plug-ins can share a single DSP, a single plug-in cannot run on multiple DSP's and this creates a set of constrains and some inherent limitations. All GTR plug-ins will show in the menus but not all will be able to run under TDM in all situations and selecting a plug-ins that is incompatible will result in DAE Error 7004. this means that there no free DSP to run this plug-in. On Digi HD Core and HD Process types running sessions at up to 48kHz all Waves Stomp plug-ins are available and running however Waves Amp plug-in will run only in Mono, but you can launch it in MultiMono in order to get a stereo amp substitute in true TDM. The WavesAmp Mono Dual Cabinet, Waves Amp Mono to Stereo and Waves Amp Stereo will be available as HTDM, this means that the TDM bus will host the native code portion of the plug-ins, however convenient this option will introduce a fair amount of latency when playing live input into the GTR plug-ins. HTDM is available in ProTools 6.7 and up to 6.9.2. At 96kHz only the Stomp2 PedalBoard plug-in will be available for full TDM functionality and all Waves Guitar Tool Rack User Guide. 8 the other bundle components will be available as HTDM or native RTAS or AudioSuite plug-ins. On Digi HD Accel process cards working in sample rates up to 48kHz will allow running all bundle components. In 96kHz the only amp available will be the Waves Amp mono, but you can launch it in MultiMono in order to get a stereo amp substitute in true TDM. The WavesAmp Mono Dual Cabinet, Waves Amp Mono to Stereo and Waves Amp Stereo will be available as HTDM, this means that the TDM bus will host the native code portion of the plug-ins, however convenient this option will introduce a fair amount of latency when playing live input into the GTR plug-ins. HTDM is available in ProTools 6.7 and up to 6.9.2. Stomp PedalBoard effect chainers are also limited by the TDM DSP hardware in the amount of Stomp plug-ins that can be loaded into a single Stomp plug-in instance. Thus when you launch a Stomp PedalBoard and begin to insert stomp plug-ins you will see all Stomp plug-ins in the Stomp selection pop up menu's, however as DSP resources begin to be consumed the list will begin to have certain stomps show as grayed out and unavailable. This means that there's not enough DSP left to run these stomps. Other stomps may get an asterisk sign "*" next to their name. This means that inserting this stomp requires reshuffling or reloading the DSP in order to fit this stomp. It will load very well but the load operation will take a little longer then loading stomps that do not show the asterisk. Some of the Stomp PedalBoard factory presets include combinations that may be too heavy to be fully loaded in some conditions. In this case the plug-ins that cannot load will load blank with a message stating which Stomp is missing. In this case you can hot-switch to a native version and the full chain with its full settings will be launched into the new native (or HTDM) component plug-in. Waves Guitar Tool Rack User Guide. 9 Waves Amp Introduction and overview The Waves Amp is an essential part of the Waves Guitar Tool Rack. It offers different guitar amplifier types that play through mic'd speaker cabinets. The Waves Amp plug-in is generally intended to be used for electric guitar. However, the Amp plug-in is also useful for re-amping drum or vocal tracks. Bass can also sound great through some of these settings. The Waves Amp plug-in comes in Mono, Mono Dual Cabinet, Mono-to-Stereo, and Stereo channel configurations. The Mono Dual Cab, Mono-to-Stereo, and Stereo components each offer one amp type with two cabinet filters. In the Monoto-Stereo and Stereo plug-ins, the output of each cabinet can be panned independently. Each amp has two main sections: · Amp Type ­ This section lets you select the Amp head model. It also includes a set of tone controls that are specifically tuned for each Amp Type. Cabinet & Mic ­ This section lets you choose the amp cabinet type, microphone type and mic position (On Axis or Off Axis). · Waves Guitar Tool Rack User Guide. 10 A Quick Start As soon as you bring the Waves Amp up on your track insert, the amp is ready to go. The default Amp Type is a Clean amplifier that recreates the behavior of a vintage tube amp built circa 1959. It simulates playing through an open back speaker cabinet equipped with four 10" Alnico magnet speakers. It is an appropriate setup for any Stomp PedalBoard and its chain of effects. The Drive control lets you crank up the gain for more intensity without changing your output volume. With a clean input, this amp can be driven into light distortion by turning up the drive knob or by feeding it with the signal from a hot active pickup. For a more distorted tone, click the Amp Type pop-up menu and select the type of drive. The Amp Type models are sorted in an escalating gain order. After you've selected your amplifier, open up a post amp PedalBoard. Reverb, Vibrolo, Delay, EQ and Compression are all suitable post amp effects. One example for a full setup would be a Stomp 6 Mono-to-Stereo PedalBoard with its default preset, followed by a Stereo Waves Amp, followed by a Stomp 2 Stereo PedalBoard with a Vibrolo Stomp and a Spring Reverb Stomp. With just this in mind you should be able to do wonders with the Waves GTRTM system. For more detailed information, please read on in this manual. Waves Guitar Tool Rack User Guide. 11 Amps and Cabinets AMP TYPES The Amp Types offered are inspired by famous, rare and vintage guitar amplifiers. The Amp Types selector allows you to select the amp model. The types are categorized by sound and increasing levels of Drive. They offer a limited range of gain adjustment using the Drive control. Each Amp Type loads with presets for cabinet, microphone, and mic placement settings. The Drive stages are normalized to maintain relative loudness. Here are some short descriptions of the Amp Types: Direct ­ The Direct Amp is the cleanest model, producing a full-frequency tone with light EQ and a hint of dynamics processing. Since this Amp Type loads without a cabinet or microphone, you can choose the cabinet that best serves your needs. Clean ­ The Clean amp recreates the behavior of a vintage tube amplifier built circa 1959. It has a smooth, warm sound that moves from transparent and sparkling to a delicate distortion. By default, this amp launches with an open back cabinet equipped with 4 Alnico magnet 10" speakers. Edgy ­The Edgy amp recreates the behavior of a 60's-era tube amplifier and ranges from cool and clear to a thunderous crunch. Its default setup is an open back cabinet with two 12" thirty-watt speakers. It delivers a generous dynamic response curve depending on the touch of the individual player. Drive ­ is the go-to amp for a bluesy growl and saturated sounds. It will sound almost clean at low drive settings. The default cabinet is an open back with four 10" speakers. Crunch ­ The Crunch Amp Crunch is tailor-made for lead lines and heavy sustained walls of grunge. Many prominent guitarists have used high gain tube amp circuits such as the one that inspired this tone. The definition, resolution and detail maintain clarity for each separate string. While additional odd harmonics creep in with higher drive settings, lowering the drive will never quite deliver a "clean" sound. The default cabinet is a closed back ¼ stack with two 12" speakers. For a beefier tone, try the classic ½ stack with four 12" speakers. Waves Guitar Tool Rack User Guide. 12 Hot ­ Hot produces passionate high gain sounds, perfect for power chords and stinging solos. Boutique and modern tube amp lead channels were the role models here. Its default cabinet is the closed back cabinet with two 12" speakers. Since the Hot amp has a very high gain input, single coil pickup inputs are prone to noise disturbance (just as with real amplifiers). When playing with a single coil pickup, here's what we suggest: Set your pickup selector to an out of phase position and find the least inductive playing position (usually away from the computer screen!) Modern ­ Modern Lead is dedicated to cutting-edge, high-gain solo tones as well as drop-tuned power chords. It opens with a standard cabinet fitted with four 12" speakers. The tone controls for this model allow for extreme mid cutting (scooping) and bass boosting. Amp Controls Each amp head features the following controls: DRIVE: 0 to 10; Default: 5 This represents a range of +12dB to -12dBfs with a Default of 0dB. BASS: 0 to 10; Default: 5 This is a low frequency EQ boost or cut knob; 5 = flat, 0 = minimum, 10 = maximum. MID: 0 to 10; Default: 5 This is a Mid Frequency EQ boost or cut knob. 5 = flat, 0 = minimum, 10 = maximum. TREBLE: 0 to 10; Default: 5 Treble is a High Frequency EQ boost or cut knob. 5 = flat, 0 = minimum, 10 = maximum. PRESENCE: 0 to 10; Default: 5 This is a High Frequency EQ boost or cut knob. 5 = flat, 0 = minimum, 10 = maximum. The response curve of the Tone controls changes with each Amp Type to provide a custom tuned complement to the Amp tone. Waves Guitar Tool Rack User Guide. 13 AMP: On/Bypass, default ­ On. This control allows bypassing or activating the Amp. If set on Bypass, it will bypass the Amp part only and play directly through the cabinet and mic. To bypass the cabinet, select No Cabinet in the cabinet selector control. For full bypass use the plug-in bypass provided by the host application. TYPE: DIRECT/CLEAN/EDGY/DRIVE/CRUNCH/HOT/MODERN; Default ­ Clean. Use the Amp Type Selector to choose the amp sound. Clicking on the Amp Type selector will toggle it to the next Amp Type. Clicking the arrow to the right will unfold all types in a drop down menu for instant selection of the Type you like. When selecting an Amp Type the tones will flatten and the cabinet and mic selectors will assume the Amp defaults. From here you can select different options and save your custom presets into the Amp's Load menu or to files. In all channel configurations, you must choose one amp model. This will feed one Amp Cabinet in Mono, or two cabinets and microphone models in Mono DualCab, Mono-to-Stereo and Stereo to Stereo. CABINETS AND MICROPHONES CABINET AND MICROPHONE SELECTORS Select your cabinet and microphone using the appropriate pop-up menu selector. These selectors will toggle when clicking on the text bar and clicking on the arrow to the right will unfold a drop down menu with all available choices for quick selection. Each cabinet offers a choice of 6 microphones. They can be positioned either on or off axis. You may also choose "No Cabinet" (which also uses no microphone). This is essentially a bypassed cabinet. While listening to a cranked amp without a speaker cabinet is not very sonically pleasing, the option is available and is the default choice for the Direct Amp. Waves Guitar Tool Rack User Guide. 14 All cabinets were close mic'd in order to raise the quality and accuracy of the cabinet filters, and to reduce simulated distance and room effects. We recommend using the best Room Reverb possible (such as Waves IR-1 or the included Reverb Stomp) in the Aux Send setup. VOL: 0 to 10; Default 5. There is one Volume control for each Cab/Mic located below their selector control. PAN: In Mono-to-Stereo or Stereo amps, each cabinet will have a Pan knob for panning left and right. PHASE: In dual cabinet configurations, each Cabinet/Microphone path can be inverted in phase. The up position indicates natural phase and the bottom is for inverted phase. MASTER VOLUME: 0 to 10; Default 5 The Master Volume is the last control in the Amp and is actually an output gain that doesn't affect the amps tone. It sets the desired loudness and is used for output clip protection. The Master volume is located just below the Amp's output meter. Look for the Red light clip indicator in the output meter. You will want to protect your amp from this kind of clipping. (At this stage it is digital clipping and not the intended saturated amp tone.) Waves Guitar Tool Rack User Guide. 15 AMP PLUG-IN COMPONENTS Mono Amp The Mono Amp is the simplest Amp plug-in component. It inputs and outputs a Mono signal, running the output through a single Amp module and then into a single cabinet/microphone filter. The Mono Amp is also the least CPU-intensive of the Amp components. Mono DualCab The Mono DualCab Amp is similar to the Mono amp in that it inputs and outputs a Mono signal. Additionally, the DualCab configuration lets you play the Amp's sound through two separate cabinets. This allows for many combinations, such as loading the same cabinet with different microphones or using two different cabinets with the same mic. The outputs of the two sources are then mixed together to a single output. Each cabinet has a phase switch and a volume control. Note that selecting the same cabinet and microphone in both cabinets will result in a normal Mono single cabinet sound. In this case, inverting the phase to one of the two identical cabinets will result in a silent output. Waves Guitar Tool Rack User Guide. 16 Mono-to-Stereo and Stereo Mono-to-Stereo Stereo The Mono-to-Stereo and Stereo Amps share the same controls and graphic user interface, but their input and processing specifications are different. Mono-to-Stereo is very similar to the Mono DualCab component, but outputs a Stereo signal. So, rather than adding each cabinet's output to a single path you can flexibly pan them to create a Stereo image from the Mono input. The Stereo Amp component is actually a dual-Mono configuration. It takes a Stereo input and outputs Stereo. The left input goes through the Amp type to cabinet 1 and the Right Input goes to cabinet 2. Its Pan control can be used to limit the Stereo image width, collapse the Stereo input to a Mono output, or swap the channel outputs by hard panning them in opposite directions. Waves Guitar Tool Rack User Guide. 17 Waves Stomp PedalBoard The 23 Virtual Stomp Boxes can be launched in any of 3 of the PedalBoard plugIns ("Stomp 2", "Stomp 4" and "Stomp 6"). These allow chaining 2, 4 or 6 stomps respectively. Choose your Stomp effects by clicking on the space assignment button below the slot or by right clicking in an empty Stomp slot. WAVES STOMP - VIRTUAL PEDALBOARD PLUG-IN The Waves Stomp PedalBoard Plug-In is a single plug-in that hosts multiple Stomp plug-ins. Channel Configurations The PedalBoard is offered in Mono, Mono-to-Stereo and Stereo channel configurations. The Stereo to Stereo PedalBoard has an additional control to sum the input signal. The PedalBoards appear in host application plug-in menus as follows: Waves Guitar Tool Rack User Guide. 18 · · · 2 Stomp Spaces PedalBoard: Stomp 2 Mono, Stomp 2 m>s (Mono-toStereo) and Stomp 2 Stereo. 4 Stomp Spaces PedalBoard: Stomp 4 Mono, Stomp 4 m>s (Mono-toStereo) and Stomp 4 Stereo. 6 Stomp Spaces PedalBoard: Stomp 6 Mono, Stomp 6 m>s (Mono-toStereo) and Stomp 6 Stereo. Stomp assignment is flexible, allowing placement of the Stomps in any order. Multiple instances of the same Stomp can even be chained together. The selection of Stomps and their settings, including an alternative "B setting" can be saved to PedalBoard setup files or workstation documents such as sessions, songs, etc. PedalBoard Controls The Stomp PedalBoard has the following automatable controls: Input gain, Setup A/B, Previous Setup and Next Setup. The PedalBoard also has output meters and an output clip indicator. The Stomp menu will show all of the Stomps that are available for inserting; Stomps that are not available will be grayed out. In Native host applications the list will consist of all installed Waves GTRTM Stomp Plug-Ins. The Stomp PedalBoard launches fully loaded with its default setup. Each setup has two presets (A and B). They consist of the same chain of Stomp effects in the same order but with different settings. Going back and forth between setup A and B is instantaneous and will not take much time to load. For example, this lets you switch between different settings for different sections within the same song. Drag and Drop your Stomps into any configuration that you like. Try it! TDM NOTES In TDM systems, the list displays Stomps according to availability. Only Stomps that can fit the DSP chip on which the Stomp PedalBoard is loaded will show as available. Stomps that require more than your available system resources will be grayed out. Sometimes Stomps can be rearranged for better memory allocation. In this case the Stomp menu item will display an asterisk ( * ) next to the Stomps' menu item. This means that the Stomp can probably be loaded. The process may require a reshuffle and will take a couple of seconds to resolve. Waves Guitar Tool Rack User Guide. 19 Automation The Stomp PedalBoard Plug-in features a bypass and 7 Expression elements per Stomp Space, totaling 48 automatable elements. The Expression elements automate the controls of any assigned Stomp. The Expression elements are expressed as control numbers within Stomp spaces (e.g. Stomp 1 Bypass, Stomp 1 Control 1, Stomp 1 Control 2, etc.) After the bypass, the next expression element will be assigned to the upper left hand control of the stomp. Additional elements will be assigned in order to the right of that control and then lower than the control. So, on the Flanger Stomp, the automation control order will be: 1 ­ Depth 2 ­ Manual Rate, 3 ­ Sync Rate, 4 ­ Sync On/Off , 5 ­ Delay, 6 ­ Feedback, 7 ­ Stereo. STOMP MIDI SUPPORT The Stomp Pedalboard is fully MIDI controllable by assigning the controls of its stomps to MIDI controllers. Continuous control scales are mapped to the full MIDI controller resolution 0 = min and 127 = max. Toggle action buttons (such as the sync rate button or bypass activate pedal) can receive a note-on command. Or, they can get linear mapping to MIDI resolution over a 128 value range. A 2 state toggle is at 0 (off) from 0-63 and 1 (on) from 64 to 127. You can control A/B setup switching and preset selection by assigning the A/B or Previous/Next toolbar controls to MIDI note or controller. All MIDI assignments get saved with presets so that when you load your preset it is ready to receive MIDI control as you programmed it. MIDI Assignment Interface Each Stomp control can be assigned to a single MIDI controller at a time. However, a single MIDI controller can be assigned to multiple Stomp controls. The easiest option for linking a MIDI event to a stomp control is Learn. Right Clicking on any of the Stomp controls will display a MIDI assignment menu for that control As follows: Waves Guitar Tool Rack User Guide. 20