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McDSP MC2000 Plug-In Manual
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System Requirements
McDSP HD, Native, and LE plug-ins are compatible with Pro Tools HD, HD
Accel TDM systems, as well as Pro Tools LE and Pro Tools M-Powered host
based systems. McDSP plug-ins support Mac OS 10.4.x (Tiger), 10.5.x (Leopard),
Windows XP and require Pro Tools 7.x, 8.x or greater. McDSP plug-ins require an
iLok USB Smart Key.
Configurations
McDSP plug-ins are available in TDM, RTAS, and AudioSuite configurations. See
individual products for specific available configuration sets.
Applications
Pro Tools 7.x, 8.x or higher is required for TDM, LE, and M-Powered systems.
Additionally, a third party software application that supports the Digidesign
TDM, RTAS, or AudioSuite plug-in standard may be supported. See http://www.
digidesign.com/developers/plugin_info/ for more information.
McDSP plug-ins are compatible with the entire Pro Tools 7 and 8 product line.
Hardware
McDSP plug-ins support any Digidesign or approved third party hardware
supported in Pro Tools 7.x and 8.x. This includes HD, HD Accel, 003, and Mbox
host based systems. All McDSP HD plug-ins, except Synthesizer One, also support
the Digidesign VENUE D-SHOW systems. See http://www.digidesign.com/
compato/ for more specific information.
The McDSP Mac versions are compatible with both Intel and PowerPC based
computers. The McDSP Windows versions require an Intel Pentium 4 or greater
processor.*
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* McDSP Windows test machines are chosen to follow the Digidesign recommended systems guide,
which currently is the Dell Precision Workstation 670 with 2.79 GHz Xeon processor. All products are
guaranteed to run on that system. Older Intel processors (i.e. Pentium III and predecessors) and AMD
processors are not officially supported, although some users have had limited success with newer AMD
processors (i.e. Dual Opteron 1.79 GHZ, Athlon 64 2.20 GHz, and Athlon 64 XP 3700). None of McDSP
Windows product line will work with Pro Tools 5.x. Also note the McDSP Windows product line does
not support MIX, although RTAS versions will work if they exist and the rest of your system (i.e. Pro Tools
version and processor) is compatible.
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Installing the MC2000 plug-in and presets on VENUE with the HD Disk:
The boxed MC2000 plug-in package purchased at your local dealer will contain
a CDROM titled HD Disk that is specially formatted to work with your VENUE
console. The VENUE installers are also available online as a compressed zip file
download, however you will have to take additional steps to create your own
VENUE installer CD-R, see additional instructions below before proceeding with
these instructions. Both the boxed and online versions of the MC2000 installer
are the same and will install both the plug-in and its presets on your system.
Note that after installing new versions of the PACE iLok drivers with the MC2000
plug-in installer, you will need to reboot your system. You will not be prompted
to reboot, and if you dont you may see an error message saying TPkd driver
required, and a reboot. Please reboot or reinstall the software. If you see this
message, simply reboot the console and try again.
Insert the McDSP HD Disk CDROM onto the CD drive. Note that neither the
McDSP Native Disk nor the LE Disk contains VENUE compatible installers.
Ensure your system is in CONFIG mode, you cannot install plug-ins in SHOW
mode.
Navigate to the OPTIONS page and then select the PLUG-INS tab.
You should now see the MC2000 plug-in available on the left hand side.
Select the MC2000 plug-in and select INSTALL.
If a previous version of the MC2000 plug-in was already installed, it will be
updated by the installer.
Important note for FilterBank HD and CompressorBank HD on VENUE
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D-SHOW consoles: The first time you instantiate either of these plugins, a dialog box will appear asking you to choose a user interface
preference. Choose the Knobs interfaces, as some of the Slider
interfaces are too large for the VENUE display.
Creating a VENUE D-SHOW Installer CD-R from the online zip file:
If you do not have a boxed copy of MC2000 with the included HD Disk
CDROM, you can still obtain a copy of the VENUE compatible installers from
the www.mcdsp.com website. Once you have located and downloaded the
latest VENUE compatible installers from the McDSP website, you will have to
take several additional steps to create a VENUE compatible Installer CD-R. For
your convenience, all VENUE compatible products are located in the same
downloadable zip file, so you will only have to create one CD-R to install all
compatible McDSP products.
Unzip the downloaded file and locate the folder named TDM Plug-Ins
inside the unpacked folder.
Using any CD-R burning application, burn this folder and its contents to an
ISO format CD-R. It is recommended that you use a brand new CD-R for this,
and do not rewrite an older CD-R.
Once you have burned this folder to a CD-R, you should see it at the root
level of the disk (i.e. D:\TDM Plug-Ins). Important: If the TDM Plug-Ins
folder is not located at the root level of the CD-R or has been renamed, the
VENUE console may not properly recognize the installer disk.
At this point, you can follow the HD Disk installation instructions above to
complete the installation.
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McDSP MC2000
MC2000
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Feature List:
Power and Flexibility: Six different multi-band compressor configurations are
available with two, three, and four band compressors, in both mono and
stereo versions. Many of the MC2000 multi-band configurations can share
the same DSP chip. See the Reference section for a complete listing of all
MC2000 configurations and their specifications.
Compression Curve Modeling: In addition to the standard Threshold
and Compression (Ratio) controls, the actual shape and response of the
compression curve can be adjusted with the Knee and Bite (Bi-directional
Intelligent Transient Enhancement) controls. Knee can soften the
compression curve creating a smoother response, and/or add pumping/
breathing compression effects. Unique and unprecedented Knee design
allows the user to morph between various compressor topologies such as
the dbx 165, Neve 2254E/33609, and Teletronix LA2A. Bite gives the
compressor the ability to allow signal transients (rapidly changing signals
i.e. short bursts of high frequency data) to pass uncompressed, while the
overall compression response is unchanged. These controls allow the user
to emulate responses of their favorite vintage gear or create something
completely new.
Multiple Peak Detection Circuits: Every compressor uses a time constant
circuit model to detect and track signal peaks and then apply dynamic
compression. Variations of basic models are available in the MC2000: Type 1
- pure peak detection, Type 2 - pure peak detection combined with adaptive
release times, and Auto - signal levels are automatically tracked.
Double-Precision Arithmetic: at all stages of crossover and compression
processing.
MC2000 is compatible with ProTools and other DAW applications that
support TDM, RTAS, and Audiosuite plug-in formats. The McDSP MC2000
plug-in operates on Mac OS X and Windows XP systems.
Supports Digidesigns Command 8, ProControl, and Control | 24, and
Mackies HUI external control surfaces.
*All Trademarks are property of their respective owners. UREI and Teletronix are trademarks of the
Teletronix/Universal Audio/UREI companies; dbx is a trademark of the Harmon Corporation; Neve is a
trademark of AMS Neve; These companies are not affiliated in any way with McDSP, nor do they endorse
the MC2000 plug-in. The trademarks of these companies are used solely for the purpose of describing the
sounds produced by the McDSP MC2000 plug-in.
Digidesign and ProTools are registered trademarks of Digidesign, Inc. All other trademarks are
property of their respective owners.
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Crossover Display:
Each band crossover shown in unique
color matching color of band compression
curve in Compression Display
0 = hard knee
-10 to 0 = undershoot
0 to 10 = overshoot
TC Circuit:
Attack: 0.03 to 250 msec
Release: 5 msec to 2.5 sec
Release2: 5 msec to 5.0 sec
TC Circuit Types:
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Compression Display:
Mastering Section:
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To adjust any of the controls with sliders (including the pop-up sliders for
Threshold (Thr), Compression Ratio (Comp), Knee, Bite in the band sections, and
the Input (In) control in the master section - just click the control name), you
can:
Click and drag the sliders, or
Hold the <command> key on OS X (or <Ctrl> key on Windows XP) while
dragging the slider for fine control, or
Click on the text box to highlight and edit the numeric value to get precise
control (if a value outside the valid range is input, the control will default to
the nearest allowed value when enter is hit) and hit <Enter>, or
Click on the text box to highlight the numeric value and then use the arrow keys to
increase or decrease the numeric value, or
Use the <option> key on OS X (or <Alt> key on Windows XP) to bring all the
controls to their default values, or
Use hardware controller surfaces supported by the MC2000 including the
Mackie HUI and Digidesigns ProControl .
The three different TC circuit types (Type-1, Type-2, and Auto) can be selected
by clicking the LED buttons next to each TC Circuit type text.
Note the Auto control will override the TC type selection, as well as the attack
and release controls.
The crossover points can be adjusted from the text boxes just to the right of the
Crossover display, or by simply clicking the crossover points themselves on the
graph! Holding the <command> key on OS X (or <Ctrl> key on Windows XP)
while moving the crossover point will allow fine control.
The compression bands can be soloed using the yellow Solo LED, and engaged/
bypassed (i.e. In or Out) using the orange In LED in the upper right of each
section.
Control Linking
To link the Right and Left Output Controls of stereo versions:
Enable the Lock LED in the Master Section (lit is enabled, unlit is disabled).
The Left and Right controls will be linked relative to their positions prior
to enabling the Lock LED. This allows both linked stereo operation and
relative link operation.
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To link controls for stereo operation, set the left and right Input controls to
equal values before enabling the Lock LED. Adjust one of the Left controls
and note how the corresponding right control automatically adjusts to be
equal with the left control (for example, if you adjust the left gain to be
equal to 6 dB, the right gain will equal 6 dB too), or
To link controls for relative link operation, set the left and right Input
controls to the desired offset from each other before enabling the Lock
LED. Adjust one of the left controls and note how the corresponding right
control automatically adjusts relative to the left control (for example, if
you adjust the left gain to increase by 2 dB, the right gain will increase by
2 dB. Unlike the stereo link operation, this type of linking will allow the
left and right controls to have different values).
To disable automatic linking, disable the Lock LED.
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The Meters
The MC2000 plug-in has metering for each
compression band (compression gain and selectable
input or output metering) and final output metering.
Each white hash mark represents a change of 3 dB;
MC2000 compression
the top hash mark represents 0 dB. The input and
band metering section
output meters become bright green as signal is
passed through the compressor, and become bright
yellow as the input or output signal exceeds -6 dB
in its respective meter. The Peak Meter lights when the signal is about to clip.
The peak meters can be cleared by clicking them with the mouse. Clicking the
master output peak LED while holding down the <option> key on OS X (or
<Alt> key on Windows XP) will clear all the peak LED meters in the plug-in.
The compression gain meter is orange to distinguish it from the input and
output meters. The amount of gain reduction is read from right to left, the
meter increases in this direction as compression gain is applied to the input
signal.
Note that when the output gain is 0 dB (unity) the input and compression gain
meters can be added to equal the current output level in the output meter.
This is a good way to develop an understanding of how compressors operate.
Along the bottom of the input/output meter is a threshold marker (orange
triangle). As the input signal (shown in the input meter) exceeds the threshold, the
compression gain meter begins to show dynamic range compression taking place.
Stereo versions of the MC2000 configurations have two input/output meters,
but still only one compression gain meter in each band, and two master output
meters. Stereo versions of the MC2000 base their compression gain on a
composite signal derived from the current left and right input signal levels.
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Automation
All MC2000 controls are completely automatable. See the Digidesign
ProTools Reference Guide, Automating plug-ins section. Here are a few tips
about automating the MC2000 plug-in:
If stereo or linked automation is desired for a left/right output control
pair, the user only needs to automate ONE of the left/right control pair.
The stereo or link offset is preserved during automation playback. Both
left and right controls may be automated simultaneously, however the
automation data is simply duplicated in the left and right control pair.
If discrete automation is desired for a left/right control pair, then the
Output control mode Lock LED should be disabled. This will allow each
left/right control to operate independently.
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Output/Gain Stage
All MC2000 compression bands come with an output/gain stage. When a
signal is compressed, the maximum signal level is reduced. Compressors
provide a make-up gain to allow the signal level to be returned to its
previous level (or other desirable level).
The make-up gain control is useful in amplifying low level signal levels, such
as room ambience, while the compressor reduces signal peaks that would
have otherwise been masking such sounds.
Compressor
The compression sections of the MC2000 plug-in are comprised of 4 controls
- Threshold, Compression, Knee, and Bite (Bi-directional Intelligent Transient
Enhancement).
Threshold
The signal level above which the compressor is engaged. Audio
below this level will not be compressed. Audio above this level will be
compressed by the amount the signal is above the threshold level.
Compression
The amount of compression, also known as the compression ratio.
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Threshold
= -12 dB
Signal Level
= 0 dB
The signal level is above the threshold by 12 dB. This amount is compressed
at a ratio of 4:1, to 12 / 4 = 3 dB. The new compressed signal level is then
-12 dB + 3 dB = -9 dB.
When a stereo compression configuration is used, the maximum of the left
and right input channels is used as the compressor input.
Knee
The smoothing of the compression response immediately below and above the
threshold level. The effect of the knee control is best understood by viewing
the MC2000 plug-in Compression Display while adjusting the control.
The Knee control has three ranges of values - undershoot range is -10 to 0,
overshoot range is 0 to +10, and overshoot with compression tail is +10
to +15. The undershoot range creates a smoothed transition from unity
gain (1:1 compression ratio) to the selected compression ratio. This effect
emulates the trademarked over easy compression curves of the dbx
compressors. The overshoot range allows the compressor to miss, or
overshoot the desired compression ratio and ultimately recover to a linear
compression curve. This effect creates pumping/breathing effects found
in such compressors as the Neve 33609C. The overshoot with tail range
continues the overshoot response, and adds a compression tail. This tail
reduces compression ratios for signals that greatly exceed the compression
threshold. Such an effect gives compressed signals more presence or topend as some strong signal transients are allowed to pass with less gain
reduction from the compressor. Such characteristics are common in devices
like the Teletronix LA2A and other opto-compressors.
It is important to note how these three variations of knee control transition
smoothly from one to the other. New and unprecedented compression
techniques are available only in the MC2000 plug-in. The user can choose
different knee shapes, even changing compression paradigms (from a dbx
165 to a Neve 33609), in a single continuous control change. Consider
these capabilities in a MULTI-BAND COMPRESSOR!
Bite
The Bi-directional Intelligent Transient Enhancement control gives the
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TC Circuit Type
Selects the TC circuit algorithm - Type-1: Pure Peak Detection, Type-2:
Adaptive Release, and Auto: Automatic attack and release based on signal
data. Note when the Auto TC circuit type is selected, the Attack and
Release (and Release2) controls have no effect.
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Crossover Control
The MC2000 crossover can be control from the text displays just to the right
of the Crossover Display, or from the display itself. To perform the later
operation, simply click on the Crossover Display at the point where two
adjacent crossover bands intersect. Mouse movement to the left or right
(while holding the mouse button down, as with normal slider control) updates
the crossover for the adjacent compression bands. Note the fine-control via
the <command> key on OS X (or <Ctrl> key on Windows XP) is also available
(as with normal slider control).
When a crossover point begins to overlap with other crossover points, those
points are updated as well, preserving the 2, 3, or 4 distinct compression
bands.
On Windows XP, a single right-click in the Crossover Display will cause a
frequency vs. dB grid to appear in the Crossover Display. Clicking this area
again clears the grid from the display.
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master control value. This is due to the unique control scaling in the
MC2000 time values of the Attack, Release, and Release2 controls. While
the user is provided a significant amount of control in the extremely fast
ranges of attack and release times with this scaling, fixed relative control
offsets are not possible.
The Auto and TC Type controls link absolutely to the master band (for
example, if the master band has Auto off, and is using TC Type 2, then
all slave bands will do so as well). Should a slaved band Auto or TC Type
control be updated that Auto or TC Type control NO LONGER LINKS TO
THE MASTER BAND. Usually a control change of this nature is done to
address compression requirements of the band, and so the update allows
the control to remain independent of the master band.
The Solo and In/Out band controls are not affected by the Link control
status and operate independently of each other. The exception is when
the Master Bypass control is engaged, causing all compression band In/Out
controls to be set to Out i.e. bypassed.
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Teletronix LA2A
Made first in Sunnyvale CA (not far from McDSP headquarters), this peak limiter
has become one of the most sought after devices in music production. The
LA2A, as well as other pure class A opto-compressors, are characterized by their
soft knee and compression tail. This gives the compression response more
presence in the mix as the amount of compression actually decreases when
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The MC2000s Knee control range of 0 to +10 models the 1176 knee shape
nicely. The possible compression ratios of 4, 8, 12, 20, and 44 have been
measured and transformed into MC2000 presets called blackface.
The modeling of the 1176 also shows how the MC2000 compression bands
can be setup to have a compression ratio much greater than its apparent 10:1
maximum. By using the Knee control (0 to +10) and Compression control
interactively, a flat compression curve can be created easily. These controls,
combined with the fastest attack setting (0.03 msec, i.e. one sample) make for a
great brick wall limiter.
Neve 2254E/33609
Originally part of larger Neve consoles, the 2254E compressor/limiter was made
into a two channel stand-alone unit called the 33609C. The 33609 unit was
evaluated at McDSP. Measured compression and limiter curves showed how the
33609 has the potential to create classic pumping/breathing effects due to a
subtle overshoot in the compression knee.
Using the Knee control (0 to +10 values), the MC2000 models this behavior very
closely. In fact, this part of the MC2000 knee curve was designed to specifically
emulate the 33609 compression response.
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Neve 33609 Limiter (left) and the MC2000 (right) limiter emulation
Using the MC2000s Knee control to create an overshoot realizes a
compression curve with a nearly flat, or brick-wall response. The smooth
transition (seen in Fig 4.2 between -24 dB and -18 dB) makes the limiting as
transparent as possible. Again the flexibility of the MC2000 compression
bands provides another useful dynamic range control application.
Presets in the MC2000 plug-in package derived from these models are called
British Comp and British Limiter.
dbx 165
The dbx 165, like other dbx compressors, is known for its over easy
trademarked compression sound. Using the MC2000s Knee control (-10 to 0)
captures this characteristic very well.
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Settings
Function
0 to 60 dB
INPUT or
Output
METERs
-60 to 0 dB
Gain
-24 to +24 dB
Solo
ON/OFF
Solos the band. Yellow LED is lit when band is soloed. Note that
multiple bands may be soloed at once.
IN
ON/OFF
Threshold
- 45 to 0 dB
Compression
1:1 to 10:1
Knee
-10.0 to 15.0
Bite
1.0 to 50.0
Attack
0.03 to 250
msec
Release
5 to 2.5 sec
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Parameter
Settings
Function
AUTO
ON/OFF
Type
Type-1, Type-2
Release2
0.005 to 5.0
sec
MASTER
OUTPUT
METERs
-60 to 0 dB
Displays plug-in output level. Red LEDs are lit to indicate output
has clipped. Click LED to clear.
OUTPUT
-24 to +24 dB
LOCK
ON/OFF
(PHASE)
ON/OFF
Polarity (phase) of the final output. When yellow LED is lit, signal
is 180 degrees out of phase from the original
LINK
Unlinked,
Master 1,
Master2
METERS
Selects the source for the OUTPUT METER display in the individual
bands. When Band Ins is selected, each bands inputs are displayed
in the OUTPUT METER. Note that the MASTER OUTPUT METERS
always displays the output.
In (INPUT)
-12 to +12 dB
Master Section
Crossover Display
Filtering
24 dB/oct
filters
Depending on configuration, there are 2, 3, or 4 crossover filters one for each band of compression.
Crossover
points
20 to 20,000
Hz Frequency
Plot
Compression Display
COMPRESSION
DISPLAY
Input vs
Output Plot
Number of Bands
MC2 Configuration
Two Bands
MC3 Configuration
Three Bands
MC4 Configuration
Four Bands
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Linked Controls
Link Action
Link Type
Absolute or Relative
Relative
Absolute
DSP Delay
The delay incurred by on HD systems is 1 (ONE) sample. There is still a two
sample delay from the TDM connection to the MC2000 plug-in. (This is the
absolute minimum number of delay samples a TDM plug-in can have.) The
McDSP plug-ins are designed in this manner to provide the user with the closest
analog mixing console experience possible (since analog inserts such as EQ and
compression do not cause a processing delay when inserted into a track).
DSP Usage
HD and HD Accel DSP hardware
The TDM versions of the MC2000 plug-in configurations use a varying amount
of DSP resources for each MC2000 configuration. The table below is a listing of
these DSP usages. The DSP Allocator utility provided by Digidesign (or the
DSP Usage display in ProTools for ProTools version 5.0 and later) may be used
to display DSP resource allocation when ProTools is running.
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MC2 (mono)
10
MC2 (stereo)
MC3 (mono)
MC3 (stereo)
MC4 (mono)
MC4 (stereo)
Many of the MC2000 plug-in configurations can operate on the same DSP,
depending on the configurations DSP requirements. See below for the
percentages of a HD or HD Accel DSP used by a single instantiation of a
MC2000 plug-in:
% of DSP used on
HD Accel systems
MC2 (mono)
19%
10%
MC2 (stereo)
30%
15%
MC3 (mono)
30%
15%
MC3 (stereo)
48%
24%
MC4 (mono)
40%
20%
MC4 (stereo)
65%
33%
Using the data provided in the above chart, the MC2 (stereo) and MC4
(stereo) plug-in configurations can share the same DSP. Many other
combinations exist, with the plug-in automatically making as efficient use of
the DSPs available on a given system.
The MC2000 supports all higher sample rates (96 kHz and 192 kHz). However
due to the DSP usage of some of the larger MC2000 configurations, not all
configurations are available at the higher sample rates. For 96 kHz operation
the DSP usage is doubled (x 2), and for 192 kHz operation, the DSP usage is
quadrupled (x 4).
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