Ebony Manual

What Is
The Acustica team never stops!
With this latest product Acus-
Ebony?
tica has decided to add new
important features to demon-
strate how this Acqua plugin is
one of the most complex and
complete ACQUA plugins ever
released.
Ebony is a State-of-the-art
modeling of legendary vin-
Our mission is to satisfy all
tage units completely dif-
customers and we believe that
ferent than previous Acqua
now Ebony can be the best
Effect plug-ins products.
choice without compromise to
The realization of EBONY is the
improve your sound.
result of our continuous explo-
ration for classic and covetted
Ebony is the name of the suite
outboard gear and our desire
equipped by three different
to achieve perfection in our
equalizers, four rare compres-
modeling.
sors, eight preamplifers and a
control section.
What’s the main novelty?
This suite represents a great
Acustica will be proud to release
offering on the market for any
the first plate REVERB Acqua
lover of a vintage sound and
plugin and we included it in our
colors.
best channel-strip ever created!
Anyone in search for faithful
The rarity of emulated devices,
emulations simply must try this
the software development, the
vintage channel strip (complete
design work… all of this makes
with its standalone modules).
this plug-in truly special.
Ebony suite is based on new Features actually supported in

native CoreX engine.

Core X:
- Internal saturation of the plug- CoreX
technology
It’s the revolutionary upgraded in no longer exceeds +3 dB.
multi-threading technology by - New algorithm for hard-clip-
Acustica. ping.
- “Multi-input system” imple-
It is an optimization of Core9 in mented.
terms of high performance, it - “Blending algorithm” to re-
introduces new important fea- duce the number of istances,
tures allows to optimize perfor- it allows significant saving in
mance of Acqua plug-ins. terms of CPU.
PERFORMANCE CAUTION Trial products are fully-func- DISCLAIMER
tional versions of the relative
In order to maximize perfor- commercial plugin. The trial *PRE-ORDER (%OFF)
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usage we suggest you tofollow CORE X upgrade solves spikes - PROMO
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sues. define the introductory price of
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Increasing buffer sizes (hence the publication of the product improved and bug fixed within
also latency) highly decreases page but the period may vary this period.
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You should also consider using This manual includes a de- release is totally safe, you must
only necessary features. scription of the product but wait for the pre-order term.
no guarantee as for specific
We do not ensure the complete characteristics or successful
absence of bugs or the per- results.
fect operation of the product. The design of our products is
Before purchasing, we suggest under continuous development
you to download the Trial ver- and improvement.
sion to verify the behavior of Technical specification are
the plug-in with your system. subject to change.
ABOUT EBONY
Ebony
Ebony is the name of the suite
that consists of five different
plug-ins:
Channel Strip
EBONY (Channel-strip),
EBONY COMP,
EBONY EQ,
EBONY REVERB,
EBONY PREAMP.
1. EBONY includes:
EBONY
EBONY ZL (zero latency)
2. EBONY COMP includes:
EBONY COMP
EBONY COMP ZL (zero laten-
cy)
3. EBONY EQ includes:
Ebony
EBONY EQ Standalone Plug-ins
EBONY EQP ZL (zero latency)
4. EBONY PRE includes:
EBONY PRE
EBONY PRE ZL (zero latency)
5. EBONY REVERB includes:
EBONY REVERB
EBONY REVERB HL* (High La-
tency)
*High Latency, this reverb ver-

sion doesn’t use the ZL algo-
rithm but rather a new imple-
mentation introduced for the
reverb to optimize the CPU
load (8192 samples for HL ver-
sion VS. 2048 samples for the
standard version).
The equalizer
Ebony EQ is composed by 3 Each module is bypassed Thus it is possible to com-
different Equalizers organized when the relevant ON button pose different combina-
in two modules (HF/HMF mod- isn’t pressed (the section is by- tions choosing from the
ule and LMF/ LF module). passed). available EQ emulations.
Below are descriptive tables
for each module and EQ:
E111 E 11 E
E 1
E
First module
E111 equalizer E411 equalizer E82 equalizer
ON: ON: ON:

This button enables the HF- This button enables the HF- This button enables the HF-
HMF sections. HMF sections. HMF sections.
HF BAND HF BAND HF BAND

HF GAIN: sets the gain of the HF GAIN: sets the gain of the HF GAIN: sets the gain of the
shelf from -15dB to +15 dB ; shelf from -15 dB to +15 dB; shelf from -10dB to +4 dB ;
The HF frequency is fixed at 14 The HF frequency is fixed at 14 The HF frequency is fixed at 16
KHz. KHz KHz.
HMF BAND HMF BAND HMF BAND

HMF GAIN: sets the gain of the HMF GAIN: sets the gain of the HMF GAIN: sets the gain of the
shelf from -11 dB to +11 dB shelf from -11 dB to +11 dB shelf from -10 dB to +5dB.
HMF BELL FREQUENCY: the HMF BELL FREQUENCY: the The HMF frequency is fixed at
stepped knob selects the peak stepped knob selects the peak 2.5 KHz.
frequency among the following frequency among the following
16 values from 150 Hz to 7Khz. 16 values from 150 Hz to 7Khz.
E111 E411 E82 LP filter
ON:
this button enables the LP fil-
ter.
LP FREQUENCY: Low Pass

Filter among the following fre-
quency values:
3 KHz, 4 KHz, 6 KHz, 8 KHz, 10
KHz, 12 KHz, 16 KHz.
Pressing the ON button to en-

able the HP filter.
E111 - HF band
E111 - HMF band - 150 Hz








E111 - All frequencies

E411 - HF band









E82 - HF band
E82 - HMF band

LP filter
Second module
E111 equalizer E411 equalizer E82 equalizer
ON: ON: ON:

this button enables the LF-LMF this button enables the LF-LMF this button enables the LF-LMF
sections. sections. sections.
LMF BAND LMF BAND LMF BAND
LMF GAIN: sets the gain of the LMF GAIN: sets the gain of the HF GAIN: sets the gain of the
shelf from -11 dB to +11 dB shelf from -11 dB to +11 dB shelf from -10 dB to +5 dB
LMF BELL FREQUENCY: the LMF BELL FREQUENCY: the The LMF frequency is fixed at
stepped knob selects the peak stepped knob selects the peak 2.5 KHz
frequency among the following frequency among the following
16 values from 150 Hz to 7Khz. 16 values from 150 Hz to 7Khz. LF BAND
LF BAND LF BAND LF GAIN: sets the gain of the

shelf from -8 dB to +5 dB
LF GAIN: sets the gain of the LF GAIN: sets the gain of the LF frequency is fixed at 40 Hz.
shelf from -15 dB to +15 dB shelf from -16 dB to +16 dB
LF frequency is fixed at 40 Hz. LF frequency is fixed at 40 Hz.
E111 E411 E82 HP filter
ON:
this button enables the HP fil-
ter.
HP FREQUENCY:
High Pass Filter among the fol-

lowing frequency values:
20 Hz, 30 Hz, 50 Hz, 80 Hz,
120 Hz, 200 Hz, 300 Hz.
Pressing the ON button to ena-
ble the HP filter.
E111 - LF band
E411 - LF band
E82 - LF band
HP filter
The reverb
Ebony includes the first Acqua This iconic hardware is used Starting from the original unit
plug-in plate reverb emulation. all over pop music today and and using our technology we
It recreates several features has provided a smaller solu- created our plug-in version
typical of the original device, tion to large echo rooms. adding new important features
the first plate reverberation In other words, it gives a that we hope many people will
unit designed in 1957 by Wil- huge room and a gorgeous appreciate.
helm Franz. sound but in a small space.
Controls
PRE-DELAY In other words Pre-delay is the In most modern music pro-
time between the end of the duction, reverb decay times
Pre-delay refers to the amount initial sound and the beginning between one and three sec-
of time between the original of the first reflections being au- onds are prevalent. A reverb
dry sound, and the audible on- dible. Imagine you’re back on setting with strong early reflec-
set of early reflections and re- that stage in a large music hall. tions and a quick decay are a
verb tail. Carefully adjusting the Range values: 0 ms to 300 ms great way to create a stereo
pre-delay parameter makes a effect from a mono source.
huge difference in the “clarity” DECAY time
of a mix. For example, a longer EARLY – LATE
pre-delay will move the reverb Decay is the time required for
tail out of the way of the vo- the reflections (reverberation) This control allow to determine
cals, making them much more to die away. the amount of reflections of the
present and understandable. reverb. It controls the crossfade
between the Early and Late.
- Early reflections (up to 150 ms);
Modeled accurately thanks to Acustica technology; it represent the Strong and distinct reflection
and it provides spatial information
- Late reflections (high density);
It’s characterized by Low intensity and high density of reflections and it provides room information
no longer depends on source position.
DRIVE QUALITY slider sets the num-

ber of harmonics of the Reverb
This control increases the vol- module from 1 ( only funda-
ume of the harmonic distortion mental) to 5 adding harmon-
of the signal. ic content (amount of power
Range values: -30 dB to +30 contained in the harmonics of
dB a fundamental signal).
Quality 0
Quality 1
Quality 2
The preamp
EBONY PRE is the standalone Ebony is equipped by 6 preamps each one derived from different
version of EBONY (chan- device.
nel-strip) preamps section.
Ebony preamplifiers are based * Ebony Pre (standalone version) in addition to previous there are
on a collection of various hard- 2 other preamps emulations and OFF button
ware units; they precisely em-
ulate the phase, frequency
response and harmonic dis-
tortion of their corresponding
circuits.
The standalone version (EB-
ONY-PRE) includes OFF but-
ton( to bypass the unit) and
two additional STEREO pre-
amplifiers*.
The Ebony channel-strip ver-
sion offers many different
preamps emulations faithful-
ly sampled to warm up your
sound.
This carefully chosen of
preamps aims to provide you
with an array of flexible options
to build a virtual console emu-
lation.
The best use of these colors
can only be decided by the
user on a case per case basis,
and the engineer’s final judg-
ment should always depend
on his/her own ears and imag-
ination.
E111
Pressing this button to activate the E111 PREAMP of the plug-in.
E411
Pressing this button to activate the E411 PREAMP of the plug-in.
D112
Pressing this button to activate the D112 PREAMP of the plug-in.
D277
D82
D473
In the standalone version of the preamp we’ve added an “OFF” button that bypasses the preamp.
D82S
Pressing this button to activate the D82S PREAMP of the plug-in.
D82S is the STEREO version of D82 PREAMP
D473S
Pressing this button to activate the D473S PREAMP of the plug-in.
D473S is the STEREO version of D473 PREAMP
The control section
Control section of Ebony bled through the chain.
(channel-strip) is a very unique This news is very different
feature included in this fea- compared to other Acqua pl-
ture-rich plugin.It principally ugins channel-strips where the
characterized by a “SWITCH only possibility is determine
PANEL” of the plugin modules the routing of the components.
and it can be considered the
core of the system to deter- With Ebony there isn’t a rout-
mine which channel/s receive ing, modules are included in
the input signal, which com- a fixed chain and the custom-
ponent is enabled, how much ers can move them on the first
Input/output level sets for pl- channel or second channel.
ugin, which component is ena
CHANNEL 1
INPUT REV FLT EQ DYN OUTPUT 1
CHANNEL 2
INPUT PRE FLT EQ DYN OUTPUT 2
It is possible to mute and ena-

ble all channels or each chan-
nel independently.
Figure 1
SWITCH PANEL section allow

to manage:
- the switching of the plug-in

components from 1° channel
(FX signal channel) to 2° chan-
nel (directed signal channel)
and vice versa in an easy and
intuitive way.
- The MUTING of the plugin

channel/s (“directed signal
channel” and/or “FX signal
channel”). CHANNEL 1 CHANNEL 2
IMPORTANT
To bypass single module

(EQ- FLT-COMP) of Ebony
STRIP you have to push the
ON button of each module.
The only two modules bypass-
able directly into the SWITCH
PANEL of EBONY STRIP are:
PREAMPS and REVERB.
PRE button enables (LAMP

ON) the Preamp selected in
Preamps section upper the
SWITCH PANEL.
The same thing for REVERB module, so to bypass Reverb you

have to disable (LAMP OFF) The REV button of the SWITCH
PANEL.
IN knob MUTE (1)
It sets the input level from It mutes the channel 1 (“wet”

-30dB to +30dB and is used to signal) of the SWITCH PANEL
control the signal level inside
the input signal. MUTE(2)
OUT1 It mutes the channel 2 (“dry”

direct signal) of the SWITCH
Gain control sets the FX sig- PANEL
nal level of the channel 1
of the plug-in. You have a INPUT/OUTPUT METERS
-30dB/+30dB.
INPUT-OUTPUT STEREO ME-
OUT2 TERS measure the input (LEFT
position meter) and output
Gain control sets the Direct (RIGHT position meter) levels
signal level of the channel of the plug-in (EBONY Chan-
2 of the plug-in. You have a nel-strip).
-30dB/+30dB.
How to use
The control panel is used to For example, with the PREAMP
easily manage “switching” of on the 2nd channel, the user
the various plugin components can decide which channel to
implemented in EBONY STRIP. use and which module is en-
The input signal is processed abled and balance the out-
in one or two channels accord- put signal by using OUT1 and
ing to your needs. OUT2.
More in detail: 3. Combination 3 provides the

MUTE of both channels and
The basic idea of EBONY acts as the BYPASS of the pl-
STRIP is to be able to exploit ugin. (Fig.3)
two parallel channels. The first
channel is the routing of the In this regard, please note that
reverb signal (“wet”) within to enable the various modules,
the channel-strip module chain you must use the ON buttons
without affecting the direct in each section, with only two
(“dry”) signal. The direct signal exceptions, REVERB and
is routed through channel 2. PREAMP can be bypassed di-
Using INPUT and OUTPUT you rectly by SWITCH PANEL by
can control the signals of the pressing the corresponding
different components. buttons.
In a sense, you have 3 combi-
nations of signals: The block diagram simplifies
the understanding of the sec-
1. The DEFAULT setting when tion: Starting from an Input
opening the plugin the first control, you can handle the in-
time assumes that channel 2 put signal volume with a range
is in MUTE, which means that from -30dB to + 30dB.
the “dry” signal is excluded
while the “wet” signal channel This is not an INPUT TRIM but
is enabled. By using the knob an input gain as the OUTPUT 1. Default setting
OUT1 it’s possible to adjust is not automatically balanced
the amount of effect needed. but is handled separately at the
(Fig.1) end of the processing chain.
There are two OUTPUT knobs
2. The 2nd combination in- (to separately control the two
volves enabling both channels, channel); one for Channel 1
which means that the input (OUT1) and one for Channel 2
signal is processed by both (OUT2) both with a range from
channels. In other words the -30dB to + 30dB.
signal processed by the 1st
channel is summed with the
signal of the 2nd channel so
both the “dry” and “wet” sig-
nals are combined. (Fig.2)
As previously instated, INPUT Using the OUT1 knob with REV
signal enters into two parallel button active you can handle
channels. the amount of signal processed
Each channel can be bypassed by reverb deciding wheth-
by pressing the MUTE button er to process or exclude the
at each column and the output FLT, EQU, and DYN compo-
volume can be adjusted by the nents that follow in the chain.
appropriate OUTPUT control.
To do this FLT, EQU, DYN can
• 1st CHANNEL is the chan- be excluded from channel 1 by
nel where the reverb is fol- simply switching to 2, pressing
lowed by sequential filtering the buttons at the other chan-
and compressor, the sequence nel.
of components is fixed be-
cause it is a switch panel • 2nd is the “direct signal
and not a real routing panel. channel” that can include
By pressing the REV button PREAMP (can be excluded
(lamp OFF) you can exclude by pressing the button off) se-
the reverb; quenced by FLT, EQU, DYN.
Using the knob OUT2 it is pos-
sible to handle the amount of
direct processed signal. Even
in this case we can decide
which components will be ex-
cluded by switching off the
unneeded ones on channel1.
If the channel 1 is in MUTE, the
switches will be automatically
bypassed.
The possible combinations of

2. Second combination the plugin components using
the switch panel are varied, the
considerations to keep in mind
are the use of the MUTE, ena-
bling the output signal on both
channels, resulting (regard-
less of the selected modules)
with SUM of the signal of the
1ST Channel with the signal of
the 2nd Channel. If we use the
MUTE button on a channel the
resulting OUTPUT signal will
simply be that of the channel
enabled. The best use of these
combinations can only be de-
cided by user on a case per
case basis and the engineer’s
final judgment should always
depend on his/her own ears
3. Third combination: BYPASS and imagination.
The compressor
Acustica is proud to give to all The sound of this emulation D82: compressor module em-
customers these dynamic pro- can be described as neutral ulation of a rare/vintage Dutch
cessors emulations. and open. So it’s very clean “heavy duty” mixing desk.
After long research and devel- and it’s characterized by very Acustica strongly believe that
opment we were able to ac- controlled sound and slightly this product is really amaz-
complish a great rare units velvety. ing! The company founded in
emulations, they can be set 1975 is recognized as one of
up for extreme compression That’s not to say that you can’t the companies who has been
maintaining transparence (fair- hit them hard, especially in the dedicated to developing, man-
ly transparent sound) and low limit setting. In our opinion it’s ufacturing and supplying pro-
noise even at extreme setup. a good choice for mastering fessional audio products to the
We hope that these compres- use and/or for vocal leveling. Radio Broadcast Industry.
sors will become your first
choice into your Mix! D277: a rare unit, fairly trans- Acustica strongly believes that
parent sound of many ‘70s and this product is quite amazing
Ebony is equipped with 4 dif- early ‘80s records.It’s charac- and that despite its ease of
ferent switchable compres- terized by a good line preamp use, it could be used to glue
sors: inside. your sound with great results!
- D473 D112: emulation of the com-

- D277 pressor module included in
- D112 a rare mixing console built in
- D82 ‘70 by German company. The
original design of the desk was
D473: it’s a vintage dynam- simple (in a good way), making
ic processor developed in the it easier to maintain / modify. In
1970´s, VCA design used a lot our opinion, the sound quality
for classical mastering in Eu- of this module is excellent , It’s
rope. a milestone!
D473 D277 D112 D82
Pushing this button Pushing this button Pushing this button Pushing this button
the D473 comp is enabled the D277 comp is enabled the D112 comp is enabled the D82 comp is enabled
ATTACK: ATTACK: ATTACK: ATTACK:

This knob set This knob set Fixed Fixed
compressor's attack time compressor's attack time
that range from 0.25 ms that range from 0.25 ms
(fast) to 30 ms (slow) (fast) to 30 ms (slow)
RECOVERY/RELEASE: RECOVERY/RELEASE: RECOVERY/RELEASE: RECOVERY/RELEASE:

This knob set This knob set This knob set This knob set
compressor's release time compressor's release time compressor's release time compressor's release time
that range from 0.1 S that range from FAST that range from FAST that range from from FAST
(fast) to 10 S (slow) to SLOW. to SLOW. to SLOW. This emulation
includes 7 release times
from D473 unit and the
last one from the D82 unit.
RATIO: RATIO: RATIO: RATIO:

This knob set the This knob set the Fixed Fixed
compression ratio, compression ratio,
available values range available values range
from 1:1 to 5:1, LIM from 2:1 to 6:1.
THRESHOLD: THRESHOLD: THRESHOLD: THRESHOLD:

This knob set the threshold This knob set the threshold This knob set the threshold This knob set the threshold
of the compressor from of the compressor from of the compressor from of the compressor from
-60dB to 0dB -60dB to 0dB -60dB to 0dB -60dB to 0dB
MAKE UP: MAKE UP: MAKE UP: MAKE UP:

This knob sets the gain This knob sets the gain This knob sets the gain This knob sets the gain
compensation and is compensation and is compensation and is compensation and is
designed to boost the designed to boost the designed to boost the designed to boost the
compressed signal in order compressed signal in order compressed signal in order compressed signal in order
to match the level of to match the level of to match the level of to match the level of
uncompressed signal uncompressed signal uncompressed signal uncompressed signal
from 0 to +30. from 0 to +30. from 0 to +30. from 0 to +30.
On detail
D473 COMPRESSOR SHMODE:
This knob is a shape control
for the compressor’s attack
behavior. It allows you to fine-
ON tune the attack shape so you
can really customize the attack
Pushing this button the Com- behavior for any audio source.
pressor module is enabled.
THRESHOLD:
INPUT TRIM This knob set the threshold of
It sets the input level from the compressor from This knob
-30dB to +30dB and is used sets -60dB to 0dB.
to control the signal level in-
side the Compressor, the out- MAKEUP:
put level is than automatically This knob sets the gain com-
compensated by the same pensation and is designed to
amount of gain. boost the compressed signal
At the first execution of the in order to match the level of
plug-in, input is set to ensure uncompressed signal from 0 to
that you feed an appropriate +30.
level from the first stage of your
signal path to the final one. MIX:
This control included also in
GAIN REDUCTION METER (GR): Ebony channel-strip version
It measures the reduction lev- determines the mix propor-
el applied by compressor, the tion between the original (dry)
meter indicates ‘0’ in the ab- and ‘effected’ (wet) signals.
sence of an input signal or any Here you’ll find a very power-
gain reduction. If the signal ex- ful and simple-to-use feature.
ceeds the compression thresh-
old or limit level, the amount of INSANE/INS button:
gain reduction is displayed. It engages the INSANE* mode
of the compressor.
ATTACK: *This mode has been imple-
This knob set compressor’s mented to increase the accura-
attack time that range range cy and speed of the compres-
from 0.1 S (fast) to 10 S (slow). sor, but it’s more expensive in
terms of CPU usage.
RECOVERY:
This knob set compressor’s RATIO:
release time that range range This knob set the compression
from 0.1 S (fast) to 10 S (slow). ratio, available values range
from 1:1 to 5:1, LIM.
D473 attack time: 0.25 ms
D473 attack time: 3 ms

D473 recovery / release time: 0.1 s


D473 recovery / release time: 1 s


D473 ratios
THRESHOLD:
INPUT TRIM This knob set the threshold of
It sets the input level from the compressor from This knob
-30dB to +30dB and is used sets -60dB to 0dB.
side the Compressor, the out- MAKEUP:
of the compressor.
This knob set compressor’s at- mented to increase the accura-
tack time that range from 0.25 cy and speed of the compres-
ms (fast) to 30 ms (slow). sor, but it’s more expensive in
terms of CPU usage.
RECOVERY:
This knob set compressor’s RATIO
release time that range range This knob set the compression
from Fast to Slow; ratio, available values range
from 2:1 to 6:1.
D277 attack time: 0.25 ms

D277 recovery / release




D277 ratio
THRESHOLD:
INPUT TRIM This knob set the thresh-
It sets the input level from old of the compressor from
-30dB to +30dB and is used This knob sets -60dB to 0dB.
side the Compressor, the out- MAKEUP
of the compressor.
Fixed. mented to increase the accura-
cy and speed of the compres-
RECOVERY: sor, but it’s more expensive in
This knob set compressor’s terms of CPU usage.
release time that range range
from Fast to Slow. RATIO
Fixed.
D112 attack
D112 release
D112 release
D112 release
D112 release
D112 release
D112 release
D112 release
D112 ratio
THRESHOLD:
INPUT TRIM This knob set the thresh-
It sets the input level from old of the compressor from
-30dB to +30dB and is used This knob sets -60dB to 0dB.
side the Compressor, the out- MAKEUP
of the compressor.
Fixed. mented to increase the accura-
cy and speed of the compres-
RECOVERY: sor, but it’s more expensive in
This knob set compressor’s re- terms of CPU usage.
lease time that range from from
FAST to SLOW. This emulation RATIO
includes 7 release times from Fixed.
D473 unit and the last one
from the D82 unit.
D82 attack

D82 ratio
Controls included only in Ebony Comp (standalone version):
OFF:
Pushing this button the Compressor is bypassed.
E277 Expander:
this is an expander, the first introduced by Acustica, it increases the dynamic range of the audio
signal. It’s equipped only in Ebony standalone version.
D77 expander ratio

SC button: Explanation of the Sidechain <LEGACYSTEREOCHANNEL>
This button (in GOLD COMP behavior in different plugin for- 0 </LEGACYSTEREOCHAN-
standalone version) enables mats: NEL> sets 2 channels;
the external side-chain** of the VST: the plugin supports four <LEGACYSTEREOCHANNEL>
compressor. input channels (Quadro Mode). 1 </LEGACYSTEREOCHAN-
The first two channels repre- NEL> sets 4 channels.
**Side-chain details sent the audio channels (1-2), Users may contact our tech-
the last two channels are the nical support for more details.
Ebony channel-strip version sidechain channels (3-4). The external sidechain is not
hasn’t side-chain option, this AAX: the external sidechain yet supported in AUDIO UNIT
control is present only in stan- routing controls a key input (AU). It will be implemented in
dalone version. parameter to selectively mod- the future.
The “external sidechain” de- ify the sidechain in PT.
rives the control signal from Audio channels (1-2), Sidechain
another source (entering the channels (3-4).Some hosts do
plugin, but not necessarily not support the channels 3 – 4.
straight to the compressor, as it To avoid any crash you can
can be filtered or EQ ed before set the TAG LEGACYSTERE-
entering the dynamic section). OCHANNEL in the plugin’s
This control signal then goes XML master fle (ie. GOLD.xml)
through the sidechain chan- so that problematic hosts can
nel and sets the amount of the manage correctly the request-
gain reduction. ed number of channels.
Installation and
authorization
1. System requirements and package contents
1.1.Sampling process This method improves the This method avoids any neg-
quality on the entire audio ative sample rate conversion
The sampling process has spectrum. (SRC) artifacts when loading
been performed by Acustica. Native sample frequency was projects at different sample
The unit was sampled with 96 kHz. The 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz, rates and gives faster project
mastering quality converters, 88.2 kHz frequencies were de- loading times as well.
using a method which takes rived from the native one by a
considerably more time than down-sampling and up-sam-
the normal sampling standard. pling process.
1.2. System Requirements

(1) Intel i7 generation 6 or newer is recommended.
(2) 3840x2160 UHDTV is also supported.
1.3. Sampling rate
- 44,1 kHz
- 48 kHz
- 88.2 kHz
- 96 kHz
2. Product Installation
2.1. Introduction If you don’t understand what . In VST Windows installers,

we are talking about, please Skin and Vector files are not
Acqua Effects plug-ins are re- contact your system adminis- shared between VST 32 bits
leased with an installer pro- trator for more information. and VST 64 bits.
gram for Windows and OSX. . In VST-AU OSX installer, Skin . In AAX Windows installer, Skin
The installer contains plugin and Vector files are shared be- and Vector files are not shared
specific files and system files. tween AU and VST format and with other formats and/or ar-
Please run OS X (1) or Windows are installed in Acustica (VST chitectures due a to limitation
(2) installer depending on your 32 bits) folder. of the AAX format. Co-instal-
OS and your audio host plug-in . In AAX OSX installer, Skin and lation of Pro Tools 10 (32 bits)
supported formats. During the Vector files are not shared with and Pro Tools 11/12 (64 bits) it
installation, use a true admin- other formats and/or architec- isn’t possible.
istrator account or make your tures due to a limitation of the This method avoids any neg-
OS aknowledge that you have AAX format. Co-installation of ative sample rate conversion
a user account with full admin- Pro Tools 10 (32 bits) and Pro (SRC) artifacts when loading
istrator privilege. Tools 11/12 (64 bits) it isn’t projects at different sample
possible. rates and gives faster project
loading times as well.
3. Product authorization
3.1 Online authorization: authorization, updates and authorization of the purchased

AQUARIUS more. Acustica products installed on
Aquarius Lite runs on Windows your computer(s).
Aquarius Lite is a brand new as 32 bit (64 bit optional) and Important note: Because this
application from Acustica Au- OSX 64 bit application. You application needs access to
dio. Its purpose is to simplify will need a working internet system protected folders, you
authorization process for your connection in order to run the should always run it as admin-
purchased Acustica products application. istrator on Windows (mouse
(ACQUA plugins, N4 etc.). With Off-line mode is not available right-click on the icon / Run as
future updates, this application yet. administrator).
will be covering product over- Current version of the applica-
view, download, installation, tion offers an overview and (re)
On OSX you’ll be prompted to As image, name and category Depending of those two num-
enter your OSX user password are pretty much self explanato- bers and computers involved
for every operation which in- ry, let’s talk more about license in the authorization process,
volves system protected fold- information and possible ac- info and action buttons can
ers. tions which can be taken, de- have different colors, labels
When started, application will pending on the situation. and functions (they are context
scan your computer for in- sensitive).
stalled products (see “Set- Under the product’s name and Let’s first look at the small,
tings” chapter for additional category you can see the num- colored info button, it is the
explanation about scanning ber of used licenses and the main sign, which shows the
process). total number of purchased / status of product in question.
available licenses. Of course, By clicking on this button, you
Each product strip consists of: you can not use more licenses can see a hint
- image than you own, you would then about its status.
- name and category need to buy additional licens-
- information about used /avail- es.
able licenses
- colored info button
- action button
So what the different colors at all, in such case, please con- will fix this situation using ex-
mean? tact technical support. isting license slot (used licens-
Authorize product - product es count will NOT increase).
Everything is OK - your product hasn’t yet been authorized on Contact technical support - no
is properly authorized and you this computer and the action further action is possible (ac-
don’t need to do anything. Still, button on the right is labeled tion button is not available).
the action button on the right “AUTHORIZE”. By clicking on When clicking on the icon
(labeled “RE-AUTHORIZE”) is the action button, you will au- at the top right corner of the
available. You should use the thorize product in question on program, a pop-up menu will
action button only if you expe- this particular computer. Note, show.
rience unexpected problems that new license slot will be Menu contains following op-
with the product, despite it is used, so used licenses count tions:
properly authorized. WILL increase. - Logout (will disconnect you
Your existing license slot will There is one exception, though. from the server and the log in
be used and used licenses If product is already marked window will pop up again)
count will NOT increase. as authorized on this comput- - Settings (settings window will
Note, if you’ve already used all er, but license file can not be pop up, see bellow)
your available licenses, the ac- found (corrupted, deleted), - Exit (application will termi-
tion button will not be available clicking on the action button nate)
You can click on the Aquarius
image at the top left to force a
re-scan of the products and re-
fresh the product strips.
Settings window contains two In case you have some or all Use “plus” button to add new,
main sections. The upper sec- of your plugins installed in “minus” button to delete ex-
tion shows factory defined pl- non-standard folders, you can isting and “x” button to delete
ugin paths. All standard paths use the bottom section. There ALL existing user defined pl-
are covered, so if you’ve in- you can add additional folders, ugin paths. You must confirm
stalled your plug-ins in stand- which will then be included changes with “OK” button,
ard places, they all will be found in product scanning stage as which will close the settings
at the scan process. Factory well. window and re-scan your in-
list can not be changed. stalled products.
3.2 Offline authorization AAX plug-in folder 64 bits: C:\ 3.2.4 Computer Identification
Program Files\CommonFiles\ on-line request
3.2.1 Computer identification Avid\Audio\Plug-Ins\ (fixed
creation path) Go to Acustica Audio website,
Customer Area, Dashboard,
Run your audio/video host and File name: depends on the Authorize Products. Browse to
create a new session (avoid product or bundle. Extension: your Computer Identification
templates). Your Acqua Effect .SER. file (EBONY.SER) and click Up-
plugin should be scanned, load.
detected, and added into the If your audio/video host refuse Our Global Key Generator
available list of plugins. to create Acqua Effect plug-in will create your authorization
Load your Acqua Effect plug- Computer Identification file, try and within few minutes you
in and you will see a message it again running it as true ad- will receive an email with your
asking for authorization. ministrator with administra- authorization attached. The
A computer Identification file tor privilege. If you don’t un- Global Key Generator will also
(EBONY.SER) will be created derstand what we are talking deposit a copy of your authori-
into your Acustica/Acustica64 about, please contact your zation into “My Licenses” sec-
or Components folder depend- system administrator for more tion in your Dashboard as an
ing on which format you are information. on-line backup.
using in your audio/ video host
application.
3.2.3
If your audio/video host refus- Computer Identification file
es to create an Acqua Effect path in OS X
plug-in Computer Identifica-
tion file, try it again running it - VST plug-in folder 32 bits:
as a true administrator with OSX HD/Library/Audio/Plug-
administrator privilege. If you ins/VST/Acustica (fixed path)
don’t understand what we are
talking about, please contact - VST plug-in folder 64 bits:
your system administrator for OSX HD/Library/Audio/Plug-
more information. ins/VST/Acustica64 (fixed
path)
3.2.2
Computer Identification file - AU plug-in folder 32 and 64
path in Windows bits: OSX HD/Library/Audio/
Plug-ins/Components (fixed
VST plug-in folder 32 bits: C:\ path)
VSTPlug-ins\Acustica\(not
fixed path) - AAX plug-in folder 64 bits:
OSX HD/Library/Application-
VST plug-in folder 64 bits: C:\ Support/Avid/Audio/Plug-ins/
VSTPlug-ins\Acustica64\(not (fixed path)
fixed path)
- AAX plug-in folder 32 bits:
AAX plug-in folder 32 bits: C:\ OSX HD/Library/Application-
Program Files (x86)\ Support/Avid/Audio/Plug-ins/
Common Files\Avid\Audio\ (fixed path)
Plug-Ins\ (fixed path)
4. Authorization request
Browse to your computer ID file Our Global Key Generator will IMPORTANT: Try with differ-
(EBONY.SER) created in Acus- create your personal key in ent browsers if you have any
tica/Acustica64 folder(s), Com- three minutes and you will re- trouble with computer ID file
ponents folder, AAX Plug-ins ceive an email with your per- upload.
folder, depending which for- sonal key and also GKG (Global NOTE: Do not try multiple up-
mat are you using, and upload Key Generator) will add a copy loads of your computer ID file
it in Acustica Audio website, of your license into My Licens- (EBONY.SER) after each re-
Customer Area, Dashboard, es section in your Dasboard as quest, wait at least 3 minutes.
Authorize Products. an on-line backup.
Browse to your computer ID file Key Generator) will add a copy 4.1 License installation
(EBONY.SER) created in Acus- of your license into My Licens-
tica/Acustica64 folder(s), Com- es section in your Dasboard as After creating your license file,
ponents folder, AAX Plug-ins an on-line backup. our Global Key Generator will
folder, depending which for- IMPORTANT: Try with differ- send you a message to your
mat are you using, and upload ent browsers if you have any registered email address with
it in Acustica Audio website, trouble with computer ID file your license file compressed
Customer Area, Dashboard, upload. in zip format as an attachment.
Authorize Products. NOTE: Do not try multiple up- Decompress your license file
Our Global Key Generator will loads of your computer ID file and move it to the correspond-
create your personal key in (EBONY.SER) after each re- ing path, depending on the for-
three minutes and you will request, wait at least 3 minutes. mat you use. The product will
ceive an email with your per- be unlocked after you move
sonal key and also GKG (Global the license file to the correct
folder.
4.2 License file path in OS X Note: our Global Key Genera- 4.4.1 OS X paths:
tor will also deposit a copy of
. VST plug-in folder 32 bits: both your Computer Identifi- . VST plug-in folder 32 bits:
OSX HD/Library/Audio/Plug- cation and your license into OSX HD/Library/Audio/Plug-
ins/VST/Acustica (fixed path) “My Licenses” section in your ins/VST/Acustica(fixed path)
Dashboard as an on-line back-
. VST plug-in folder 64 bits: up. . VST plug-in folder 64 bits:
OSX HD/Library/Audio/Plug- OSX HD/Library/Audio/Plug-
ins/VST/Acustica64 (fixed path) . AU plug-in folder 32 bits: OSX ins/VST/Acustica64(fixed path)
HD/Library/Audio/Plug-ins/
. AU plug-in folder 32 and 64 Components(fixed path) Also recommended:
bits: OSX HD/Library/Audio/
Plug-ins/Components (fixed . AU plug-in folder 64 bits: OSX - Do not resume downloads.
path) HD/Library/Audio/Plug-ins/ - Disable any anti-virus and/or
Components(fixed path) any anti-malware.
. AAX plug-in folder 64 bits: - Disable OSX Gatekeeper.
OSX HD/Library/Application- . AAX plug-in folder 32 bits: - Disable Windows Smart Screen.
Support/Avid/Audio/Plug-ins/ OSX HD/Library/Application-
(fixed path) Support/Avid/Audio/Plug-ins
(fixed path)
. AAX plug-in folder 32 bits:
OSX HD/Library/Application- . AAX plug-in folder 64 bits:
Support/Avid/Audio/Plug-ins/ OSX HD/Library/Application-
(fixed path Support/Avid/Audio/Plug-ins
(fixed path)
4.3 License file path in Win-

dows 4.4.2 Windows paths:
. VST plug-in folder 32 bits: . VST plug-in folder 32 bits: C:\

C:\VSTPlug-ins\Acustica\(not VSTPlug-ins\Acustica\(recom-
fixed path) mended path)
. VST plug-in folder 64 bits: C:\ . VST plug-in folder 64 bits: C:\
VSTPlug-ins\Acustica64\(not VSTPlug-ins\Acustica64\(rec-
fixed path) ommended path)
. AAX plug-in folder 32 bits: . AAX plug-in folder 32 bits:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Com- C:\Program Files (x86)\Com-
monFiles\Avid\Audio\Plug-Ins\ monFiles\Avid\Audio\Plug-Ins\
(fixed path) (fixed path)
. AAX plug-in folder 64 bits: C:\ . AAX plug-in folder 64 bits: C:\
Program Files\CommonFiles\ Program Files\CommonFiles\
Avid\Audio\Plug-Ins\(fixed Avid\Audio\Plug-Ins\ (fixed-
path). path)
File name: depends on the

product or bundle.
Extension: .AUT.
All names, company name, trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners, which
are in no way associated or affiliated with Acusticaudio S.r.l.
Product names are used solely for the purpose of identifying the specific products that were studied during Acustica’s
sound model development and for describing certain types of tones produced with Acustica-audio’s digital modeling
technology. Use of these names does not imply any cooperation or endorsement.

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What Is

The Acustica team never stops!

With this latest product Acus-

Ebony suite is based on new Features actually supported in

2. EBONY COMP includes:

4. EBONY PRE includes:

5. EBONY REVERB includes:

*High Latency, this reverb ver-

ON: ON: ON:

HF BAND HF BAND HF BAND

HMF BAND HMF BAND HMF BAND

E111 E411 E82 LP filter

LP FREQUENCY: Low Pass

Pressing the ON button to en-

E111 - HMF band - 150 Hz

E111 - HMF band - 300 Hz

E111 - HMF band - 1000 Hz

E111 - HMF band - 1280 Hz

E111 - HMF band - 2500 Hz

E111 - HMF band - 4000 Hz

E111 - HMF band - 4700 Hz

E111 - HMF band - 6200 Hz

E111 - All frequencies

E411 - HMF band - 150 Hz

E411 - HMF band - 300 Hz

E411 - HMF band - 1000 Hz

E411 - HMF band - 1250 Hz

E411 - HMF band - 2300 Hz

E411 - HMF band - 4000 Hz

E411 - HMF band - 4500 Hz

E411 - HMF band - 6500 Hz

E411 - All frequencies

E82 - HMF band

ON: ON: ON:

LMF BAND LMF BAND LMF BAND

LF BAND LF BAND LF GAIN: sets the gain of the

E111 E411 E82 HP filter

High Pass Filter among the fol-

- Late reflections (high density);

DRIVE QUALITY slider sets the num-

INPUT REV FLT EQ DYN OUTPUT 1

INPUT PRE FLT EQ DYN OUTPUT 2

It is possible to mute and ena-

SWITCH PANEL section allow

- the switching of the plug-in

- The MUTING of the plugin

To bypass single module

PRE button enables (LAMP

The same thing for REVERB module, so to bypass Reverb you

It sets the input level from It mutes the channel 1 (“wet”

OUT1 It mutes the channel 2 (“dry”

More in detail: 3. Combination 3 provides the

The possible combinations of

- D473 D112: emulation of the com-

ATTACK: ATTACK: ATTACK: ATTACK:

RECOVERY/RELEASE: RECOVERY/RELEASE: RECOVERY/RELEASE: RECOVERY/RELEASE:

RATIO: RATIO: RATIO: RATIO:

THRESHOLD: THRESHOLD: THRESHOLD: THRESHOLD:

MAKE UP: MAKE UP: MAKE UP: MAKE UP:

D473 attack time: 3 ms

D473 recovery / release time: 0.1 s

D473 recovery / release time: 0.5 s

D473 recovery / release time: 2 s

D473 recovery / release time: 10 s