Cedar VoicEX User manual

CEDAR VoicEX
CEDAR Audio Limited
www.cedaraudio.com
CEDAR VoicEX manual v1.02 – 13 September 2023

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Table Of Contents
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Getting Started ...................................................................................................... 4!
Installing CEDAR VoicEX – Mac ............................................................................... 5!
Installing CEDAR VoicEX – PC .................................................................................. 6!
Using VoicEX .......................................................................................................... 7!
Contact Information and Support ........................................................................... 9!
Licence and Limited Warranty .............................................................................. 10!

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Getting Started
Unpacking and licensing
CEDAR VoicEX is supplied electronically for Mac and PC hosts using an iLok, so no physical
objects are necessary or supplied.
Licensing of CEDAR VoicEX is achieved using the iLok licence manager. Please refer to your iLok
documentation.
Assumed Knowledge
CEDAR VoicEX conforms to the 64-bit AAX Native and 64-bit VST 2.4, VST 3 and AU plug-in
formats. It is not compatible with 32-bit operating systems or hosts.
This manual assumes that you are fully conversant with your host computer, and that you know
how to operate the host software onto which you’re loading CEDAR VoicEX. It will refer to
operations that are common to these products, but will not attempt to explain them.
Troubleshooting Non-CEDAR Components
If you encounter problems with your Macintosh®, MacOS®, OS X®, your PC, Microsoft
Windows®, or any 3rd party host system, please refer to the relevant manuals or contact the
dealer that supplied these to you. Unless appointed independently as authorised dealers for the
following products, CEDAR Audio’s dealers will not attempt to provide technical support for:
• Macintosh computers
• MacOS and OS X
• PCs of any description
• Microsoft Windows
• 3rd party host hardware
• 3rd party host software

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Installing CEDAR VoicEX – Mac
!Before proceeding, ensure that any older versions of the plug-in (if any) are archived and
removed from the plug-in folder.
!Double-click on the installer package:
CEDARAudioLtd-VoicEX.pkg
!Follow the instructions offered by the installer.
!Ensure that you have sufficient space on your drive and then press Install to install the
complete package or press the Customise button to select which formats are loaded.
!A message will appear to tell you that installation was completed successfully.

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Installing CEDAR VoicEX – PC
!If necessary, uninstall any previous version of CEDAR VoicEX.
!Double-click on the installer package: VoicEX_Full_Setup.exe
!Follow the instructions offered by the installer.
!Ensure that you have sufficient space on your drive and then select the plug-in formats that
you wish to install.
!A message will appear to tell you that the installation was completed successfully. Click on
OK and Finish.

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Using VoicEX
Artificial Intelligence (AI) based upon deep neural networks (DNNs) has the potential to offer
many advancements in the field of audio processing. VoicEX is an example of this. It
incorporates some unique algorithmic features that take it beyond standard DNN-based noise
reduction techniques and, for a wide range of material, is able to separate voices (primarily but
not limited to speech) from other sounds, and to perform superior noise reduction when
compared with traditional signal processing techniques.
Tutorial
Internally, VoicEX creates two signal streams - one containing any voices identified within the
input signal, and the other containing everything else. To eliminate the noise and excessive
reverberation, leave the voice control at zero and reduce the background knob to the desired
degree. Do not over process; although VoicEX is extremely tolerant, you may introduce a slight
change in the retained signal. To eliminate the voices, leave the background knob at zero and
reduce the voice control to its minimum.
You may accentuate either the voices or the background by increasing either control above
zero.
Controls
Voice
Attenuate or accentuated signal that is identified as voices. The range is
notionally -50dB to +20dB.
Noise
Attenuate or accentuated signal that is not identified as voices. The
range is notionally -50dB to +20dB.

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Additional Information

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Contact Information and Support
Headquarters
Address:
CEDAR Audio Ltd, 20 Home End, Fulbourn, Cambridge, CB21 5BS, UK
Telephone and Fax:
T: [phone] F: [phone]
Email:
[email protected]
USA Office
Address:
CEDAR Audio USA, 82 Gilman Street, Portland, ME 04102, USA
Telephone and Fax:
T: [phone] F: [phone]
Email:
[email protected]
German Office
Address:
CEDAR Deutschland, Görlitzer Str 3, D-49525 Lengerich, Deutschland
Telephone and Fax:
T: [phone] F: [phone]
Email:
[e-mail]
Web
English language:
www.cedaraudio.com
German language:
www.cedaraudio.de
Worldwide Dealer List
For an up-to-date dealer list, please visit www.cedaraudio.com.
Technical Support
Should you experience difficulties with CEDAR VoicEX, please contact your local dealer or CEDAR
office. Alternatively, you may send an email to [email protected]. In either case, please
provide the following details:
■Your software version number.
■Details of the host system and version numbers.
■A precise description of the problem.

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Licence and Limited Warranty
1. DEFINITIONS
In this Licence and Limited Warranty the following words and phrases shall bear the following meanings:
‘the Company’ is CEDAR Audio Limited of 20 Home End, Fulbourn, Cambridge, CB21 5BS, UK;
‘the System’ means any instance of any product developed by the Company, including but not limited to
VoicEX;
‘this Document’ means this Licence and Limited Warranty.
2. ISSUE AND USE OF THE SYSTEM
2.1 The terms and conditions of this Document are implicitly accepted by any person or body corporate who
shall at any time use or have access to the System, and are effective from the date of supply of the System
by CEDAR Audio Limited to its immediate customer.
2.2 The Company hereby grants to the Licensee and the Licensee agrees to accept a non-exclusive right to
use the System.
3. PROPERTY AND CONFIDENTIALITY
3.1 The System contains confidential information of the Company and all copyright, trade marks, trade
names, styles and logos and other intellectual property rights in the System including all documentation and
manuals relating thereto are the exclusive property of the Company. The Licensee acknowledges that all
such rights are the property of the Company and shall not question or dispute the ownership of any such
rights nor use or adopt any trading name or style similar to that of the Company.
3.2 The Licensee shall not attempt to reverse engineer, modify, copy, merge or transcribe the whole or any
part of the System or any information or documentation relating thereto.
3.3 The Licensee shall take all reasonable steps to protect the confidential information and intellectual
property rights of the Company.
4. LIMITED WARRANTY AND POST-WARRANTY OBLIGATIONS
4.1 The Company warrants that the System will perform substantially in accordance with the appropriate
section of its accompanying product manual for a period of one year from the date of supply to the
Company’s immediate customers.
4.2 The Company will make good at its own expenses by repair or replacement any defect or failure that
develops in the System within one year of supply to the Company’s immediate customer.
4.3 The Company shall have no liability to remedy any defect, failure, error or malfunction that arises as a
result of any improper use, operation or neglect of the System, or any attempt to repair or modify the
System by any person other than the Company or a person appointed with the Company’s prior written
consent.
4.4 In the case of any defect or failure in the System occurring more than twelve months after its supply to
the Company’s immediate customer the Company will at its option and for a reasonable fee make good such
defect or failure by repair or replacement (at the option of the Company) subject to the faulty equipment
having first been returned to the Company. The Company will use reasonable efforts to return repaired or
replacement items promptly, all shipping, handling and insurance costs being for the account of the Licensee.
4.5 The above undertakings 4.1 to 4.4 are accepted by the Licensee in lieu of any other legal remedy in
respect of any defect or failure occurring during the said period and of any other obligations or warranties
expressed or implied including but not limited to the implied warranties of saleability and fitness for a specific
purpose.
4.6 The Licensee hereby acknowledges and accepts that nothing in this Document shall impose upon the
Company any obligation to repair or replace any item after a time when it is no longer produced or offered
for supply by the Company or which the Company certifies has been superseded by a later version or has
become obsolete.

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5. FORCE MAJEURE
The Company shall not be liable for any breach of its obligations hereunder resulting from causes beyond its
reasonable control including, but not limited to, fires, strikes (of its own or other employees), insurrection or
riots, embargoes, container shortages, wrecks or delays in transportation, inability to obtain supplies and
raw materials, or requirements or regulations of any civil or military authority.
6. WAIVER
The waiver by either party of a breach of the provisions hereof by the other shall not be construed as a
waiver of any succeeding breach of the same or other provisions, nor shall any delay or omission on the part
of either party to exercise any right that it may have under this Licence operate as a waiver of any breach or
default by the other party.
7. NOTICES
Any notices or instruction to be given hereunder shall be delivered or sent by first-class post or telecopier to
the other party, and shall be deemed to have been served (if delivered) at the time of delivery or (if sent by
post) upon the expiration of seven days after posting or (if sent by telecopier) upon the expiration of twelve
hours after transmission.
8. ASSIGNMENT AND SUB-LICENSING
The Licensee may at his discretion assign the System and in doing so shall assign this Licence its rights and
obligations to the purchaser who shall without reservation agree to be bound by this Licence. The original
Licensee and any subsequent Licensees shall be bound by the obligations of this Licence in perpetuity.
9. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
The Company’s maximum liability under any claim including any claim in respect of infringement of the
intellectual property rights of any third party shall be, at the option of the Company either:
(a) return of a sum calculated as the price received for the System by the Company from its immediate
customer depreciated on a straight line basis over a one year write-off period; or
(b) repair or replacement of those components of the System that do not meet the warranties contained
within this Document.
The foregoing states the entire liability of the Company to the Licensee.
10. CONSEQUENTIAL LOSS
Even if the Company has been advised of the possibility of such damages, and notwithstanding anything else
contained herein the Company shall under no event be liable to the Licensee or to any other persons for loss
of profits or contracts or damage (whether direct or consequential) arising in connection with the System or
any modification, variation or enhancement thereof and including any documentation or data provided by the
Company or for any other indirect or consequential loss.
11. ENTIRE AGREEMENT
The Company shall not be liable to the Licensee for any loss arising in connection with any representations,
agreements, statements or undertakings made prior to the date of supply of the System to the Licensee.
12. TERMINATION
This Licence may be terminated forthwith by the Company if the Licensee commits any material breach of
any terms of this Licence. Forthwith upon such termination the Company shall have immediate right of
access to the System for the purpose of removing it.
13. SEVERABILITY
Notwithstanding that the whole or any part of any provision of this Document may prove to be illegal or
unenforceable the other provisions of this Document and the remainder of the provision in question shall
remain in full force and effect.
14. HEADINGS
The headings to the Clauses are for ease of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation or
construction of this Document.
15. LAW
This Document shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law and all disputes between
the parties shall be determined in England in accordance with the Arbitration Act 1950 and 1979.

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CEDAR VoicEX
CEDAR Audio Limited
20 Home End
Fulbourn
Cambridge
CB21 5BS
United Kingdom
t: [phone]
e: [email protected]
w: www.cedaraudio.com
Copyright CEDAR Audio Ltd, ©2023
CEDAR is a registered trademark of CEDAR Audio Ltd
CEDAR VoicEX and all related trademarks are trademarks of CEDAR Audio Ltd
E&OE. Subject to revision at the Company’s sole discretion