D16 Group Fazortan 2 User manual

User Manual
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REQUIREMENTS
Requirements
Soware and hardware requirements
Windows PC
OS version Window 7, Windows 8, Windows 10
CPU 2GhHz with SSE (2.5GHz mulcore system recommended)
RAM 4 GB (8 GB Recommended)
Soware VST/AAX-compable host applicaon (32-bit or 64-bit)
Mac OS X
OS version OS X 10.7 or newer
CPU Intel-based 2GHz (2.5GHz recommended)
RAM 4GB (8GB Recommended)
Soware AU/VST/AAX-compable host applicaon (32-bit or 64-bit)

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OVERVIEW 
Overview
Fazortan 2 is a dual-LFO phaser eect.
Fazortan 2 graphical interface

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OVERVIEW
The plugin interface comprises two main secons:
• Conguraon and preset management (the top-most secon)
Conguraon and preset management secon
• Signal processing (all remaining controls)

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SIGNAL FLOW BASIC MODULES
Signal ow
In this chapter, we’ll describe the signal path through Fazortan 2, and explain each component and its controls along the way.
Basic modules
Fazortan 2’s signal processing components are organised into separate secons in the graphical user interface:
Phase shier
At the heart of Fazortan 2, the phase shier applies an all-pass lter to the input signal to generate a phasing eect. The frequency re-
sponse of this lter can be thought of as like a series of notch lters with cuto frequencies evenly spread across the spectrum. The Phase
shier is controlled in the Phaser secon of the GUI:
The Phaser secon

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SIGNAL FLOWBASIC MODULES
The Phaser secon houses the following controls:
• Stages – Set the number of all-pass lters (Stages) making up the Phase shier to 2, 4, 6 or 8. The frequency responses of the phasing
lter for all four opons are illustrated below:
Feedback min.
Feedback max.
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Feedback max.
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2 stages
4 stages

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Feedback min.
Feedback max.
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6 stages
8 stages

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SIGNAL FLOWBASIC MODULES
• Center Frq. - The Phase shier stages (2, 4, 6 or 8) are evenly spread across the frequency spectrum, with the center point between
them determining the main operaonal frequency. The Center Frequency control shis that operaonal frequency up and down the
spectrum, and can be modulated by Fazortan 2’s two LFOs (Low Frequency Oscillators).
• Feedback – Route the Phase shier output back into its input to emphasise the frequencies around the all-pass lter stage cuto
points.
• Stereo phase - The mixed waveform output by Fazortan 2’s two LFOs is stereo, and the Stereo Phase parameter applies phase shi-
ing between the le and right channels.
DEPTH
LFO
STEREO PHASE
LFO phase shi between stereo channels
When Stereo Phase is at 0, the le and right LFO waves are 100% in phase. As the Stereo phase knob is turned clockwise, the
phases of the two channels begin to separate, the dierence between them increasing as the parameter is raised. The result is
obvious widening of the stereo eect.

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SIGNAL FLOW BASIC MODULES
LFO – Low Frequency Oscillator
Fazortan 2 features two Low Frequency Oscillators, the mixed output of which is used to modulate the Center Frequency of the Phase Shier.
Low Frequency Oscillator
The two LFO secons are idencal and comprise the following controls:
• Waveform – Choose one of seven waveform shapes: triangle, sinus, hyper-triangle, sawtooth ascending, sawtooth descending, square and
sample/hold.
• Rate – Adjust the frequency of the LFO, from 0.01 Hz to 20 Hz with Sync disengaged.
• Sync – Engage to synchronize the LFO to the tempo set in the host applicaon.
• Scale – Set the note value modier for tempo synchronizaon mode (with the Sync buon engaged):
• Full – The LFO period length is equal to the note value set by the Rate knob at the host tempo.
• Doed – The LFO period length is equal to the doed note value set by the Rate knob at the host tempo.
• Triplet – The LFO period length is equal to the triplet note value set by the Rate knob at the host tempo.

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SIGNAL FLOWBASIC MODULES
When Sync is engaged, the LFO Rate can be set to one of the following values: 1, 2, 4, 8 or 16 bars; half note (½), quarter note (¼), eighth
note (1/8), 16th note (1/16) or 32nd note (1/32).
One bar
A Doed note is half a note longer than a Full note, while a Triplet note is two thirds the length of a Full note.
Note lengths
The waveforms generated by Fazortan 2’s two LFO modules are mixed (added) together, and the resultant oscillaon modulates the opera-
onal frequency (Center Frq. parameter) of the Phase shier.

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SIGNAL FLOW BASIC MODULES
Sweep secon
The Sweep controls govern the amplitudes of the waveforms generated by LFO1 and LFO2:
The Sweep secon
The LFO 1 Depth and LFO 2 Depth controls set the amount of eect that the oscillaons of each LFO have on the Phase shier’s center
frequency.
Master secon
At the end of the signal ow, the FX knob controls the balance of processed/unprocessed sound sent to the output, while Output Volume
determines the nal amplicaon level.

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SIGNAL FLOWBASIC MODULES
The Master secon
• SAVE – Win (+ BROWSE ), Mac ( + BROWSE
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SIGNAL FLOW THE SIGNAL PATH
The signal path
The diagram below shows the signal ow through Fazortan 2:
SIgnal ow
In summary, the signal is duplicated immediately aer the input and sent down two paths: one goes to the Phase shier, the other goes
straight to the output on the ‘Dry’ channel. The operaonal frequency (Center Frq.) of the all-pass lter in the Phase shier is modulated
by the two LFOs. At the end of the signal path, the processed (Wet) and unprocessed (Dry) signals are mixed using the FX knob.

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PRESET MANAGEMENTPRESET STORAGE
Preset Management
Preset Storage
Presets – both those in the Factory library and those made by the User – are stored as les in specic folders on your hard drive. Every me
the plugin is loaded, these folders are scanned and the presets they contain are consolidated in a linear structure in the Preset Browser.
Browsing Presets
The Presets conguraon and management secon enables easy navigaon and browsing of the preset library.
Presets Conguraon and Management Secon
• PRESET NAME – Displays the name of the currently loaded preset.
• PREV / NEXT – Step backwards and forwards through the preset list (depending on the currently set lters – see below).
• INIT – Win ( Ctrl + PREV ), Mac ( Cmd + PREV ) – Restore all plugin parameters to their inial sengs.
• RELOAD –Win ( Ctrl + NEXT ),Mac ( Cmd + NEXT ) – Reload the current preset.

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PRESET MANAGEMENTBROWSING PRESETS
• SAVE – Win (Ctrl + BROWSE ), Mac ( Cmd + BROWSE ) – Save the current parameters as a new preset or overwrite
the exisng one (see below).
• BROWSE – Fold the Preset Browser panel out from the boom of GUI.
The Preset Browser looks like this:
Preset Browser
One can see three main secons:
• Content – The available preset resources.
• Filters – View only certain categories or types of presets (inacve by default).
• Results – The list of presets that meet the criteria set by the Filters.

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PRESET MANAGEMENTBROWSING PRESETS
Content
Select preset resources for browsing. There are two resources available:
• Factory – The presets that are included with the plugin. Factory presets are read-only (ie, they can’t be overwrien).
• User – Presets created by the user. User presets can be freely modied, backed up as les, shared with others, etc.
Selecng a single Content resource narrows the ltered preset list down to presets from that resource only.
Preset Filters
The browser enables classicaon of presets through the use of Categories and Tags, in order to facilitate ltering of the Results list.
Preset Browser Category Filters

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PRESET MANAGEMENTBROWSING PRESETS
Categories and Tags
Each preset is assigned to one or more of a few common Categories. Within each Category there may be one or more Tags.
A single Category in a Filter with three Tags
The Factory presets come with Categories and Tags already assigned. These have been chosen to specically describe the sounds and
characteriscs of those presets as representavely as possible, taking into account the remit of the plugin.
The Categories and Tags assigned to the Factory presets can’t be edited. User presets, however, can be given Categories and Tags from
the factory content, and you can also dene your own custom Tags.
Results
The list of presets from the selected Content resources that meet the ltering criteria is displayed in the Results secon. This is where the
actual browsing and loading of presets is done (in the default Browsing Mode).
CATEGORY NAME
TAGS

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PRESET MANAGEMENTBROWSING PRESETS
Possible only in the Edit Mode
The Results secon in the Preset Browser
Click the name of a preset to select and load it.
Double-click a preset to enter preset name edit mode.
Presets Filtering
The columns in the Filters secon represent parcular Category lters, while the rows in each of these columns represent the Tags
available within each Category.
Preset Browser Category Filters
The Filters cascade through the columns, from le to right: all presets in the selected Content resources are ltered according to the Tags
in the rst Category (the rst column from the le), the remaining presets are then ltered by the Category represented by the second
column, etc, up to the last acve Category Filter.

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PRESET MANAGEMENTBROWSING PRESETS
Preset Filtering with Category Tags
The result of this cascaded ltering process – ie, only the presets that meet the criteria of every acve lter – is listed below, in the Results
secon.
Basic Acons on Filters
The Tag buons in a Filter toggle between acve and inacve when clicked: a grey Tag is inacve, and a teal blue Tag is acve. A Filter is
only acve when at least one Tag in a column (Category) is acve.
For example, if the rst column in the illustraon below represents the Category 1 Category, containing the Tag 1-1, Tag 1-2 and Tag 1-3
Tags, clicking the Tag 1-1 Tag will acvate the Category Filter Category 1, and narrow the preset list down to only the presets assigned the
Tag 1-1 Tag in the Category 1 Category.
Enabling the ‘Tag 1-1’ Tag in the ‘Category 1’ Category

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Clicking the Tag 1-1 Ta g again deacvates the Filter, so that all presets from the selected Content resources are displayed again.
Reordering Categories
To the right of the Category Filter header are two arrow buons:
Filter reordering
These move the Category le or right in the cascade. Clicking the right arrow swaps the current Category with the Category to the right;
clicking the le arrow swaps the current Category with the Category to the le.
Presets Filtering with the Use of Categories Tags
Clicking the le arrow for the le-most Category, or the right arrow for the right-most category, does nothing, as the column has no prede-
cessor/successor with which to swap.
Presets eding – Edit Mode
Acvang Edit Mode in the Preset Browser enables the eding of preset names, Categories and Tags, as well as the deleon, export and
import of presets. Note that these operaons are only permied for User presets, not Factory presets.
Enter and exit Edit Mode using the buon in the boom le-hand corner