ABOUT THE VPB VIRTUAL PEDAL BOARD BUNDLE

The VPB (Virtual Pedal Board) Bundle is a collection of five

emulations of popular and highly sought-after stomp boxes.
The collection consists of Big-Sur, El-Germano, Octafish, Gate-
230 and Chorus-65. Selected with creative applications in
mind, the VPB Bundle comes with an additional bonus: Big-Sur
is completely FREE! All included plug-ins support Zero Latency
operation so as to simplify their use during live performance
and recording.

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BIG-SUR Level (0..100)
The level knob enables the user to manually compensate for
Big-Sur is an emulation of a classic late-70s op-amp-based di- any loudness changes that occur during processing. The level
ode clipper/fuzz pedal. control is implemented as a linear gain factor and is applied
before the mix knob.
Power (Off/On)
Mix (0..100)
The pedal is powered on or off by clicking on either the foot
switch or the power LED. The mix knob adjust the balance between the dry (0) and wet
(100) signal.
Sustain (0..100)
NOTE: Intermediate settings of the mix knob may yield notches in
The sustain knob controls the amount of distortion/clipping
the audio spectrum due to the phase response of the wet signal
added to the input signal.
path.

Tone (0..100) OS Switch (Off/On)

The tone knob sets the frequency balance of the pedal's tone
The oversampling switch turns on optional FIR oversampling.
stack. This can be used to tame excessive harmonics gener-
This reduces aliasing artifacts but adds 32 samples of latency
ated by the preceding clipping stage. Lower (CCW) values re-
and increases CPU load.
duce high frequency content, while higher (CW) values in-
crease the high frequency content.

Tone Bypass Switch (Off/On)

The tone bypass switch (located below the tone knob) by-
passes the pedal’s the tone stack and removes it from the cir-
cuit completely.

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EL-GERMANO can be used to emulate the sound of a dying battery and can
create unusual distortion effects.
El-Germano is a 60s-style overdrive which emulates the dis-
tortion characteristics of Germanium transistors. Level (0..100)
The level knob enables the user to manually compensate for
Power (Off/On) any loudness changes that occur during processing. The level
The pedal is powered on or off by clicking on either the foot control is implemented as a linear gain factor.
switch or the power LED.
OS Switch (Off/On)
Gain (0..100) The oversampling switch turns on optional FIR oversampling.
The gain knob controls the level of El-Germano's input signal This reduces aliasing artifacts but adds 32 samples of latency
and can be used to drive the pedal into saturation. Note that and increases CPU load.
the point at which the signal begins to break up also depends
on the Bias and Volts settings.

Bias (0..100)
The bias knob sets the virtual Germanium transistors’ bias
voltage. This affects the symmetry of El-Germano's saturation
characteristics as well as the overall tone of the processor.
Higher (CW) settings increase brightness while lower (CCW)
settings increase the low end.

Volts (0..100)
The volts knob controls the virtual supply voltage of the emu-
lation’s transistor stage. It can be set between 3V and 9V. This

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OCTAFISH generated by the processor. Please note that the solo-ed sig-
nal is processed by the two-band EQ described below.
Octafish is a subharmonic generator that adds a natural-
sounding sub-octave to the input signal. It is based on a pre- Sub (-100..+100)
cise emulation of an M51134 integrated circuit. The sub knob controls a sub band peaking EQ that is applied
to the output signal. The center frequency is approximately
Power (Off/On) 20Hz and has a gain range of -28dB to +28dB. The EQ is imple-
The pedal is powered on or off by clicking on either the foot mented using a graphic EQ topology and thus interacts with
switch or the power LED. the adjacent low band (see below).

Octave (0..100) Low (-100..+100)

The octave knob is used to set the amount of sub-octave that The low knob controls a low band peaking EQ that is applied
is added to the input signal. The sub-octave signal is synthes- to the output signal. The center frequency is approximately
ized below 30Hz using a M51134 IC emulation. This works by 20Hz and has a gain range of -24dB to +24dB. The EQ is imple-
applying frequency sub-division, low pass filtering and level mented using a graphic EQ topology and thus interacts with
detection which then feeds into a VCA modulated by the sub the adjacent sub band (see above).
octave's envelope. The result is a signal in the 30Hz to 60Hz
band which resembles the input signal. Level (-24..24 dB)
The level knob enables the user to manually compensate for
NOTE: Your signal must have enough energy below 80Hz in order any loudness changes that occur during processing. The level
for a significant sub-octave signal to be generated. As such, control is implemented as a linear gain factor.
Octafish is best suited to instruments such as bass guitars, kick
drums, etc.

Octave Solo Switch (Off/On)

The octave solo switch is used to solo the sub-octave signal

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GATE-230 GR LED
The GR (Gain Reduction) LED indicates the current status of
Gate-230 is a noise gate which uses an optical gain cell and the gate. The LED is lit when the gate is closed and unlit when
has an ingenious hold function. the gate is open.

Power (Off/On)
The pedal is powered on or off by clicking on either the foot
switch or the power LED.

Threshold (-96..0 dBFS)

The threshold knob sets the signal threshold (in dBFS) below
which the gate will close in order to suppress as undesired sig-
nal.

Range (0..36 dB)

The range knob sets the maximum amount of gain reduction
applied to the input signal when the gate is closed.

Level (-18..18 dB)

The level knob enables the user to manually compensate for
any loudness changes that occur during processing. The level
control is implemented as a linear gain factor.

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CHORUS-65 NOTE: The modulation swing decreases for higher speed settings.
This is a property of the LFO’s triangle generator that modulates
The Chorus-65 is a vintage stereo chorus, which emulates the the delay time.
warm sound of an analog bucket brigade chorus.
Level (-18..18 dB)
Power (Off/On)
The level knob enables the user to manually compensate for
The pedal is powered on or off by clicking on either the foot any loudness changes that occur during processing. The level
switch or the power LED. control is implemented as a linear gain factor.

Delay (0..100)
The delay knob sets the delay time of the signal that passes
through the bucket brigade delay (BBD) line. This is an offset
value around which the variable delay time oscillates. The
available delay time ranges from approximately 5ms to 8ms.

Speed (0..100)
The speed knob sets the sweep frequency of an LFO that
modulates the delay time. The modulation frequency range is
approximately 0.8Hz to 8.0Hz.

Depth (0..100)
The depth knob sets the delay time modulation. This ranges
from 0ms (CCW) to approximately 1ms at the fully CW posi-
tion.

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KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS PLUGIN ACTIVATION

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Simply click the "Activate Trial" button in the plugin GUI after
Ctrl/CMD+Click: Reset to default
the installation to start your trial period.
Alt+Drag: Switch to circular knob mode
Shift+Drag/Mouse wheel: Fine control
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tion key on our website. The activation key will be sent to you
AU / AAX hosts
by email once the payment process has been completed, suc-
Alt+Click: Reset to default cessfully. Click "Activate plugin..." in the plugin GUI or the drop
Shift+Drag/Mouse wheel: Fine control down menu below, enter your email and product activation
key and hit the "Activate" button to proceed.
All hosts
Double Click: Reset to default / jump to value
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