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CopythebundleHarl
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VST/
MacOSXAU:
CopythebundleHarl
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ForWindowsVSTf ormat,iprovideseparatex86(32bit
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1 Show /Hi
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nputtouseshoul dyouwantl essgain. Over sampl ingl etsyouchooset heinternalpr ocessing
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6 Gain.Simultaneouslycontr
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7 Tr
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thehi ghert heCPUusage.
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Onceyourgui tarsignalisconver tedt odi gi
tal,i
twi llber epresent edasaser iesofnumber sthat
youcanseeasvol tageval ues.Thesevol t
agescanhaveamaxi mum andmi nimum val ueof1. 0and- 1.
0
respect i
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lber epr esent edas1. 0insideyourhostandt heHar lequinPreampwi ll
reactt oitli
kei fyou'resendi nga1. 0Vsi gnalt oitsinputst age.
Becausei fyourgui tarpickuphasamaxi mum out putvol tagehi gherthan1V( or2Vpeak- t
o-peak),
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fyouar eusi ngahumbuckerpi ckups( maxi mum out putof1. 5V),you'l
lneedt osett heInputLevelsl i
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atthecent erposi ti
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pliedby1. 5.I fyouareusi ngasi nglecoil
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nst ead,andi tsmaxi mum out putval uei s,let'ssay ,0.5V,you' llneedt oset
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