DJ Swivel BDE User manual

USER MANUAL

GETTING STARTED
INSTALLATION
To install BDE, simply run the installer and follow the instrucons on screen. When using BDE for the rst me, an
acvaon dialog will appear. Enter the individual Serial code you received in your conrmaon email. If you have
lost your conrmaon email, you can re-request one at our support page at: www.djswivel.com/products/support
In most cases, your host DAW will recognize the plugin automacally. In some cases you will need to direct your
DAW to search for VST3 les. BDE does not support the VST2 plugin format.
LOGIC PRO
Choose an empty insert slot on one of your audio tracks, instrument tracks or buses and select BDE from the pop
up menu. You will nd BDE in the audio units subfolder > DJ Swivel > BDE.
ABLETON LIVE
In session view, select the track you would like to place BDE on, for example by clicking the track name. At the le
top of Ableton Live’s interface, click on the plugin device browser icon (third icon from the top). From the plugins
list, double-click DJ Swivel > BDE or drag it onto a track.
PRO TOOLS
Choose an empty insert slot on one of your audio tracks, instrument tracks or buses and select DJ Swivel > BDE
from the pop up menu.
CUBASE
Choose an empty insert slot, for example in the mixer, and select DJ Swivel > BDE from the menu that appears.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| GETTING STARTED ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 3
• Installaon
• Trial Mode
• Acvang BDE
• Oine Acvaon
• Deacvang BDE
| PLUGIN OVERVIEW.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 6
| MAIN CONTROLS ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 7
• Input
• Output
• Auto
• Detect
• Distoron Type
• Drive
• Range
• Speed
• Speed On / O
• M/S On / O
• M/S Slider
• Meters
• Value Display
• Mix
• Compressor
• Comp Pre/Post
• Down Sample
• Bit Crush
• FX Band
• Color
• Filters
• Presets
• Sengs
| USING BDE ............................................................................................................................................................................................................10
• Distoron Styles
| SUPPORT...............................................................................................................................................................................................................12
• Reporng a bug
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TRIAL MODE
BDE comes with a complimentary 14 day free trial.
Once the evaluaon period has expired, you will be
required to purchase a license from
www.djswivel.com/products/bde in order to connue
using the plugin.
The plugin will indicate how many days are le on your
free trial each me you open the plugin.
To enter Trial Mode, simply click the Try buon in the
dialog window that appears when you open BDE for the
rst me.
ACTIVATING BDE
Aer you have purchased BDE you will immediately
receive an email containing your personal serial code.
This serial code will unlock BDE from Trial Mode*.
1. Open up BDE in your DAW. If this is your
rst me opening BDE, you will see a prompt
displayed requesng you to enter the serial code
we’ve emailed you. Your serial code in a unique 28
digit alphanumeric string of text.
2. Copy the serial code from the email you have
received and paste it into the text eld. Make sure
that you’re copying the enre serial code.
3. Click Enter. If successful, you will see a
prompt indicang your product was registered
successfully.
*If you’ve been using BDE in Trial Mode and would like
to register a recently purchased license, click the gear
icon in the presets menu and click the Acvate buon
to enter the acvaon menu. From here you can follow
the same steps as above to acvate your product.
DEACTIVATING BDE
Deacvang a license can come in handy if you need
to authorize the plugin on a new computer and need
to free up an authorizaon. To deacvate your license
click Deacvate in the le corner of the sengs
menu.
The License can then be transferred back to your DJ
Swivel User Account and moved onto a new computer
by simply re-entering your serial code in the acvaon
window when opening the plugin on a new computer.
OFFLINE ACTIVATION
For oine acvaon, simply enter your serial code
with Wi-Fi disabled and click “Acvate” to generate the
oine dialog window in BDE. Once displayed, please
save your computer ID le (comp-id.xml) which uniquely
idenes your machine by clicking “Save” and then
follow the instrucons on the page generated in your
browser.
If the link is not automacally generated please go to
www.djswivel.com/products/support/acvaon
Upload the computer ID le into the page generated in
your browser and then download the response le back
onto your computer. To acvate BDE oine simply load
the acvaon response le into the plugin by clicking
“UNLOCK” and your license will be acvated.
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GETTING STARTED (CONTINUED)

PLUGIN OVERVIEW
1. Input – This is a simple input gain slider which is
used to set the opmal volume of signal entering
the distoron algorithm.
2. Output – This slider controls the output volume
of your signal.
3. Auto – The Auto buon links the input and
output gain sliders allowing for easy level
matching. Raise the volume of the input, and the
output will lower by an equal amount, and vice
versa.
4. Detect – Detect funcons as an audio analysis
tool to set the opmal level of signal entering
the distoron algorithm. To use, click Detect and
begin playback of your audio signal you wish to
process with BDE. For best results, playback at
the loudest poron of the audio signal you wish
to process. You will noce the Detect buon
will pulse, signifying the plugin is analyzing the
volume of your signal. You will also noce the
Auto buon engage during this process. Aer a
few seconds click the Detect buon once again
and you will noce the input and output sliders
adjust posions to ensure you are processing your
distoron at the opmal level, without impacng
the apparent level of your signal. This is the rst
step that should be done before using BDE.
5. Distoron Type – This dropdown menu allows
you to select between dierent distoron types,
each oering a dierent sonic characterisc,
some more aggressive, and some more subtle.
6. Drive – This knob is your distoron gain. It will
push the amount of signal hing the distoron
threshold thereby increasing the amount of
distoron present in your audio signal. It is best
to use the earlier menoned detect feature rst
before processing distoron on your audio signal.
7. Range – Range is an innovave feature in BDE,
and allows the user to process distoron while
maintaining the maximum dynamics of the audio
signal. The dynamics of all signal above the
Range dB value are maintained. The volume of
any poron of signal below the dB value would
raise in volume in conjuncon with the value of
the Drive knob. What this means is, if you lower
the Range value to -96dB, in eect you can apply
distoron to something as quiet as a reverb tail,
while sll maintaining the relave volume of
that signal. This is perfect for things like drum
loops which may want a distoron tone, without
augmenng the dynamics of the signal.
MAIN CONTROLS
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8. Speed – This slider adjusts the me in which
the distoron dynamics react to level changes
in the signal. This creates a wonderful sounding
pumping eect, primarily on very dynamic signal
such as drums. This can in some cases create an
undesired sound depending on the characteriscs
of the audio you’re processing.
9. Speed On / O – This buon allows you to toggle
the Speed funcon on or o. It should be noted,
by turning the Speed buon on, the plugin latency
will raise by roughly 100ms. If looking to record
through BDE, Speed should always be turned o.
For the DAW to adjust correctly to the change in
latency, please stop playback and recording while
switching the Speed funcon on or o.
10. M/S On / O – When o, the M/S toggle switch
directs BDE to process distoron classically, in
either a stereo or mono fashion. When M/S is
turned on, BDE will process the mid and sides
of the signal. When engaged, you will noce the
input meter changes with the le side displaying
the Mid poron of the signal, and the right side of
the meter displaying the side poron of the signal.
11. M/S Slider – Adjust which poron of the signal
BDE is processing. When centered, both Mid
and Side are processed equally. When the slider
is moved to the center, the Mid poron of signal
is processed. When moved to the sides, the side
signal is processed.
12. Meters – These are standard Input and Output
meters. The white poron of the meter display
represents the volume of the signal, while the
blue poron of the input meter represents which
poron of the signal is being aected by the
distoron algorithm.
13. Value Display – The Value display window
is a universal window displaying the value of
most parameters throughout the plugin. When
you hover over an adjustable parameter, you’ll
noce the seng is displayed. When adjusng a
parameter the value will connue to be displayed
unl the mouse is no longer hovering over the
parameter.
14. Mix – The mix knob introduces more dry signal as
the value is lowered from the default at 100%
MAIN CONTROLS (CONTINUED)
15. Compressor – The compressor has a xed
threshold, and the Comp knob acts as a mix value
between wet and dry signal. The compressor also
has two sengs, so (S) and hard (H).
16. Comp Pre/Post – Adjust where in the signal chain
the compressor sits. When Pre is selected, the
audio signal will rst pass through the compressor
before hing the distoron. When set to post,
the compressor will eect the signal aer the
distoron.
17. Down Sample – This knob allows you to lower
the sample rate of the signal exing BDE.
18. Bit Crush - This knob allows you to lower the bit
rate of the signal exing BDE.
19. FX Band – The FX Band slider allows the user
to choose which poron of the signal is being
processed by the distoron algorithm. Everything
in between the low and high crossovers will be
processed by the Drive knob, and everything
outside of those frequency bands will exit the
distoron path as a clean signal. For best use of
the FX Band, please rst adjust your input level
correctly by either using the detect funcon or
using the the input slider manually.
20. Color – This Color slider is a gentle so slope EQ,
allowing you to darken or brighten the signal. This
process occurs post-distoron.
21. Filters – The lter slider oers a high pass (HP)
and low pass (LP) lter, giving the user some
addional control over the sonic characteriscs of
the signal exing the distoron path.
22. Presets – The Preset menu oers all of the typical
funcons one would expect from a preset menu.
The sandwich menu allows you to save or recall
presets. The second row of buons are as follows:
Undo, Redo, A/B audion, Copy A to B (or vice
versa), and sengs.
23. Sengs – This seng buon will open up the
acvaon window, and also displays useful
informaon like version number, and quick links
to support, manual or other products sold by DJ
Swivel.
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BDE is an innovave distoron plugin featuring an industry rst, dynamic preservaon control (range). This allows
the signal exing BDE to maintain the exact same dynamic range as the signal entering the plugin.
The rst thing that should be done when opening BDE is to run signal through the Detect funcon. This will allow
the plugin to set the opmal gain level to maximize the distoron range. From here, experiment with the various
distoron styles and the drive knob.
Double clicking on any parameter will set it back to its default state.
Both Shi and Command (Mac) or Shit and Control (Windows) enable ne tune funcons. If you click one of those
keys and drag any parameter, you’ll be able to more nely dial in a seng, and if you hold both keys, you’ll get even
more precise adjustment.
USING BDE
DISTORTION STYLES
NUKE
Beware the fallout. Duck and cover. Heavy symmetric saturaon curve which dynamically steepens when
increasing drive.
NAPALM
Burns the esh o your recordings. Heavy asymmetric saturaon curve which dynamically steepens when
increasing drive.
MORTAR
Blows to pieces even low volume signals. Gain li increases signal exponenally with drive which then hits the
ceiling, distorng every fragment of your audio signal.
GRENADE
Like Mortar but with a higher threshold for destrucon. Grenade is a level dependent exponenal saturaon curve.
MOLOTOV
Burns nicely on impact. So symmetric saturaon, with enough drive to com-bust up your sounds.
CHERRY BOMB
Sweet destrucon, if desired. So asymmetric saturaon, that sounds great on synths.
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If you need help or quesons please visit the support page at our website. www.djswivel.com/products/support
For sales related quesons and technical support, you may also contact the DJ Swivel support team directly at
[email protected]
REPORTING A BUG
If you’ve encountered a bug using BDE, rst make sure you’re using the latest version of the plugin, which you can
nd in your DJ Swivel user account by logging in at www.djswivel.com/products/my-account
You can check the version of BDE you’re using by clicking the sengs icon in the main plugin interface. If the bug
is sll present in the latest version, please send us an email at [email protected] including your system details
(operang system & version, host soware and version) and as much technical informaon as possible so we can
easily reproduce any issues.
SUPPORT
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