D16 Group Fazortan 2 User manual

User Manual
25 October 2018 11:28

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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 min.
Feedback max.
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2 stages
4 stages

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Feedback min.
Feedback max.
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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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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.