REDDI

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W E L C O M E T O

REDDI
The REDDI (pronounced ‘ready’) is a legend among professional session players
and commercial studio owners because it helps bass, synths, and guitars to just
’sit’ in the mix with less processing and fuss. The hybrid tube/solid state gain
circuits, beefy transformer, and oversized power supply have an uncanny ability
to both reign in transients and punch them up. The REDDI plugin is designed to
be used as any analog DI would: first in the chain, as an initial treatment before
compression, saturation or EQ. The plugin’s added low shelf, not found on the
original hardware, is tuned for electric bass but also adds wonderful weight and
thickness to kicks, synths, even vocals.

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THE CONTROLS

INPUT Boost or attenuate the input signal coming into REDDI, up to 16dB in
either direction. This control allows the operator to gain-stage the signal,
optimizing the input level before tailoring the tube saturation with the Level knob.

OUTPUT Th e fin al pi ece i n your gai n-stagi ng tool box. Use thi s to s e t y o u r
ou tp u t gai n so that the l evel comi ng out of REDDI i s roug h l y e q u a l to
wh at came in to it (u n l ess, of course, you need i t to be hotter or softer f o r th e ne x t
p lu g in in th e ch ain ).

LEVEL The higher this goes, the more of REDDI’s uniquely punchy, smooth
distortion you get. For even more control, use the “Input” knob to
tailor your gain-staging before using “Level” to dial in just the right amount
of desired effect.

BASS A 100Hz pre-emphasis low shelf, tuned (gently sloped) for electric
bass, that nicely warms up signals without generating mud.

PHASE FLIP This switch inverts the polarity of the signal as it leaves
REDDI. This can correct recordings where the universal
polarity is reversed (i.e., the initial transient goes negative, or ‘down’ on the
waveform). Sometimes, though, this can help a bass-heavy signal sit better
in the mix, even though the original polarity is correct, because some things
glue better when ‘upside down’.

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HEADROOM

A s imp le con tr ol with en ough goi ng on under the hood to earn i t i ts ow n se c ti o n i n th e

m an u al! Flip p in g th is s wi tch attenuates the i nput si gnal by 20dB, w i th a n o f f s e tti ng
2 0d B b oos t on th e ou tp u t, resul ti ng i n a rel ati vel y gai n neutral i ncrease i n o pe ra ti ng
h ead r oom. I n cr eas ed h eadroom = subtl er, gentl er di storti ons.
A p ad d ed REDDI cr eates a di fferent fl avor of sound than an unpadded one, w i th a ro u nd
¼ of th e d is tor tion , making thi s sw i tch useful for more subtl e transi ent ro u ndi ng a nd
g e n tle war min g effects .
Chec k o u t t h e g r ap h ic b elow for a v is u al representati on of the effect the headroom sw i tc h h a s o n
har m o n ic d is t o r t ion lev els .

BLUE: +20dB HEADROOM ‘ON’ RED: +20dB HEADROOM OFF

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TIPS AND TRICKS

KNOW THE EQ

The REDDI’s Bass control is a ‘pre-emphasis’ eq, meaning it adds level to the low end before
it hits the distortion circuit. If you think of distortion as a form of limiting (just as limiting is a
form of distortion), then you will understand that turning up the Bass EQ does not necessarily
result in the level rising the way you might expect. The low end’s rms energy will always
increase proportionately, but depending on the amount of distortion being generated, 10dB of
boost (e.g.) will produce less than 10dB of increased level… sometimes a lot less. Welcome to
the psychoacoustics of loudness!

DON’T GET FUZZY

Like the analog hardware, the REDDI plugin was not designed to be a fuzz box and was not
optimized to sound euphonic when driven into extreme distortion (although you never know,
so don’t be shy). But it generally sounds quite lovely at the point just before intense breakup,
when the tube harmonics are singing but the waveform is not being hard clipped.

NOT QUITE THERE? FLIP THAT PHASE!

Feel like your track is almost there, but not quite? Try flipping the phase! It may be that your
low-end transients are fighting each other, or there’s just something about the push-pull of the
waveform that isn’t agreeing with the rest of your mix. You might be surprised by how effective
the occasional phase-flip can be!

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PRESET MANAGEMENT

BANK PRESET STATUS LED

BA N K B a n ks ar e h an d y ways to or gani z e groups of presets i nto categori es you cre a te . T o

s e le ct a b a n k, click d ir ectly on th e current bank name and a dropdow n l i st w i l l appear. S e l e c t
N e w t o a d d a n ew b an k to th is lis t. Se l ect Rename to rename the current bank, edi ti ng di re c tl y
o n t h e n a m e its elf. Select Delete to d e l ete the current bank. WARNING del eti ng a bank de l e te s
A L L o f t h e pr es ets with in th at b an k, and cannot be undone. A w arni ng di al og w i l l appe a r to
co n f i r m y o u w is h to d o th is , p leas e choose careful l y!

P R ESET A pr es et s tor es th e s tate of every knob and sw i tch on the mai n GUI, as w el l a s th e
s t a t e o f t h e Sid ech ain s elect, P olar ity sw i tch, and detector Li nk. Use thi s to save and re c a l l
y o u r f a v o r it e s ettin g s , tr ad e s ettin gs w i th other Novatron users, and i mport new bank s f ro m
U B K wh e n e v e r h e can r ememb er to do such thi ngs.
To s e le ct a p r es et, click d ir ectly on the current preset name and a dropdow n l i st w i l l a ppe a r.
S e le ct S a v e A s to cr eate a n ew p r es et i n the current bank. S el ect S ave to overw ri te the c u rre nt
pr e s e t .

STAT U S L ED Th is lig h t in d icates whether the current state of Novatron’s control s i s i d e nti c a l
t o t h e s e t t in gs in th e cu r r en tly active preset. Green i ndi cates that the Novatron’s setti ngs a nd
t h e p r e s e t a r e id en tical, Red in d icates that control s have been changed si nce the prese t w a s
lo a d e d . W A RNI NG I f you load a d iffer ent preset w hen the S tatus LED i s Red, you w i l l l o s e th e
ch a n g e s y o u ’ ve made to th e cu r r en t preset.

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DSP / AUXILIARY CONTROLS

B Y PA SS B y p as s es REDDI

O V E R SA M P LI NG ON/ OF F Tog g lin g thi s sw i tch defeats Kush’s custom, prop ri e ta ry

o v e r s a m p lin g alg or ith m an d filter s , whi ch frees up cri ti cal CPU cycl es. Thi s i s a sessi o n-w i de
pr e f e r e n ce , so togg lin g th e Over s ampl i ng for one Novatron automati cal l y toggl es i t fo r e ve ry
o t h e r N o v a t r on in th e s es s ion . Nov atron’s code has been hi ghl y opti mi z ed so thi s contro l c a n
g e n e r a lly b e left On in all b u t th e most demandi ng sessi ons.

H EL P Pr e s s th is b u tton to g o d ir ectl y to the S upport page at thehouseofkush.com

R E D D I I NF O Click to v iew a h an d y r e mi nder of w hat al l these fancy control s are for.

WHAT’S NEXT?
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