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TSE X50 v2.0 Manual PDF
TSE X50 v2.0 Manual PDF
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TSE AUDIO | www.TSEAUDIO.com | Org.No: 912 681 025
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TSE X50 v2.0 – MANUAL
TSE AUDIO | www.TSEAUDIO.com | Org.No: 912 681 025
INDEX
2.0 TSE808
2.1 X50
2.2 Options / Cabinet
2.3 Cabinet ( IR Loader )
2.4 FX Rack
2.5 Misc
3.0 Registration
3.1 Troubleshooting
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MAC WINDOWS
OSX 10.7 or higher Windows XP 32/64bit or newer
Intel CPU Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon XP (w/SSE2 instructions)
[ 1.1 ] INSTALLATION
Windows
VST: Run the provided installer and install the plugin in your 32 or 64 bit VST folder.
AAX / RTAS : Not yet supported.
Mac
Run the provided installer and install the plugin in your VST / Components folder.
AAX / RTAS : Not yet supported.
[ 1.2 ] OVERVIEW
TSE X50 v2.0 is a digital amplifier simulation using one of the most advanced/successful modeling
techniques to this date.
This amp is modeled after / based on the EVH's 5150 series where it tries to recreate the sound of the MK1
green channel and MK1+MK2 red channel.
The amp doesn't have a clean channel, only crunch and lead. You could get a cleaner sound off it by
running the pre-gain low and crunch switch off.
If you run into breakup's while doing this - try reducing the input gain.
Intel Core i3 processor or newer is recommended for the best user experience!
For recording or monitoring the guitar input, an audio buffer-size of 128 samples or less should be preferred
to keep the latency down to a minimum.
This can be set in the interface software or the audio setup in your preferred DAW.
!!! - The TSE X50 v2.0 is made on a Intel Core i7 and is mainly meant to be used with modern processors.
!!! - Tip: Use the freeze function in your DAW or run the software with automatic oversampling.
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[ 2.0 ] TSE808
Available controls :
- Drive
- Tone
- Balance
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[ 2.1 ] X50
X50 is the heart of this plugin - Modeled after a high-gain monster that was given birth to in the
early 90's. This is one of the most popular go-to amps in the metal-genre.
The first X50 model was made in early 2010 and has been upgraded numerous times since.
Available controls :
- Pre Gain
- Low
- Mid
- Treble
- Post Gain*
- Low End
- Presence
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[ 2.2 ] Options
- Disable preamp
Disables the preamp section of the amp.
- Power Tubes
This lets the user choose which tubes to be using, this is power amp related only.
- 6L6GC - (Tetrode)
- EL34 - (Pentode)
- BIAS
This set's the bias, or "starting-point" on the power amp. This is visually illustrated
by the BIAS analyzer, where the blue vertical line is representing the bias point and
where it's currently set on the load line.
Place it on the most linear section of the load line (white) to get a more open sound,
when you get closer to the extremes the power tubes will start breaking up more easily and
give you a different character of the distortion. There is no magical set-point, the default values
are set where the tubes normally is biased, but you could find a different more likable flavor
that suits your music and playing style better.
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- Length
The length knob adjust the numbers of samples used in the IR. A higher
sample count means a more detailed low end representation, and brings in
more of the actual room "response" where the IR was originally captured
- Movement
The movement knob adjusts the strength/harmonic content of the
poweramp-to-speaker simulation. The harmonic content is strongest at the
speaker's resonance frequency. This effect is very subtle, but frequency
dependent, and could spice up a rather lifeless IR by also modeling some
physical speaker limitations.
- Width/Pan
Panning of the signal, when in mono this control only moves the signal
left/right, but while in stereo this control move the stereo signal closer or
further apart from center.
- Volume
Adjust the IR volume
- Phase
Invert the phase by 180 degrees
- Disable
Bypasses the IR loader completely
- X50 button
Shows the internal IR's provided with the X50 plugin
They are the property of -and produced by:
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- File button
Left click: Browse the file structure of the system
Right click: Bring up the operating system's own file browser.
/Ctrl-click
The file structure is automatically redirected to the last loaded file.
- Next button
Load the next IR in the folder.
- Prev button
Load the previous IR in the folder.
- File Browser
Click the upper left icon (folder w/arrow) to step one folder back
You can use your mouse-wheel to scroll up and down in the file window.
Double-click on a file to load it !
[ 2.4 ] FX Rack
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DaFuk Tuner
TSE AUDIO's simple but efficient guitar tuner. It should be able to tune bass guitars as well.
Always tune upwards when tuning your guitars, especially on cheap guitars!
King Pong
- AquaLaser
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[ 2.5 ] Misc
- Noise Gate
- Thresh
Adjust the threshold of the noisegate.
- Fade
Adjust the release time of the noisegate.
- Attack
Adjust the attack time of the noise gate.
- Input
Adjust the input gain of your guitar signal.
- Learn
This functions analyze your guitar signal over a timeframe of 5 seconds.
It uses the maximum recorded value to determine how far you are from the set point.
You should preferably play some hard palm mutes to get the highest signal peaks.
- Output
Adjust the output gain of the software.
- User IR Directory
This is where the file browser starts when you press 'FILE'.
Point it to the root of your third party IR directory.
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OVERSAMPLING
- 2X / 4X / 8X
This enables the plugin to run at a higher (internal) sample rate than the audio
project itself. This helps in the reduction of aliasing by giving the
anti-aliasing filters more 'space' to work with.
Aliasing occurs when high frequency content, generated by non-linear processing, is strong enough
to wrap itself back down into the normal frequency spectrum and is usually identified as
un-musical artifacts or harmonics/frequencies that is not supposed to be there at all.
This is sampling in a nutshell, if the sample rate is not high enough you cannot truly represent the
original signal if it's higher than SampleRate/2. This is easily seen in movies where cars are moving
forward, but the wheels on the car appears to be rotating backwards when the speed of the car is
higher than the camera's frame-rate.
- 2X - 4X and 2X - 8X
Use 2X oversampling for real-time processing / mixing and automatically set the
oversampling to 4X or 8X when host informs plugin of offline rendering state.
In Reaper you have to make sure "Inform plugin of offline rendering state" is
checked for this function to work. Check with your DAW if such an option exist.
- QUALITY
- Low
This setting allows the plugin to be using linear interpolation for algorithms,
which is a very efficient, but bad sounding approach for digital audio. By using
enough data points the "numerical error" is kept to a minimal, but the SNR (Signal Noise
Ratio) is still bad.
- High
This setting allows the plugin to be using cubic spline interpolation for the
algorithms, which is a very inefficient but better sounding approach for digital
audio. This interpolation algorithm is finding the unknown data points in a very
smooth way, while keeping the SNR fairly low.
- OPTIONS
- Stereo
Process a stereo-pair of guitars simultaneously, with the same settings.
Keep the inputs hard-panned left/right to avoid signal bleed between the channels.
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[ 3.0 ] REGISTRATION
The plugin isn't functional until you provide it with your license file.
1) Type in your e-mail address that you used to register / purchase the software.
2) Press the browse button and locate your license file.
3) Press REGISTER and if everything went well the software is ready for use !
[ 3.1] TROUBLESHOOTING
Delete your config file and start fresh to see if this solves the issue. It can be found
one the following locations ...
OSX 10.7+
/Users/Username/library/Application Support/TSE AUDIO/TSE_X50.xml
Windows XP/Vista:
C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Local Settings\Application Data\TSE AUDIO\TSE_X50.xml
Windows7:
C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\TSE AUDIO\TSE_X50.xml
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