Auburn Sounds

Renegate
Version 1.4.0

Fail-Safe Noise Gate Sequencer

FOREWORD
Thank you for using AUBURN SOUNDS® RENEGATE.

RENEGATE is a full-band gate plug-in for all kinds of sources. It provides a smooth,
natural sound, the quick operation AUBURN SOUNDS is known for, and of course a
unique user experience.

A problem we see with typical gates is the amount of redundant information you
need to provide. Do you really like to select "good" parameter values for Knee, Ratio and
Range?

RENEGATE radically simplifies gating. But in order to give you surface-level

simplicity, it had to acquire hidden depth.

RENEGATE's core proposal:

Program-dependent hysteresis automatically captures the desired

phenomenon.
Builtin look-ahead lets you hit the transient 100% of the time
Program-dependent auto-release
Alternative ways to apply Gain Reduction , namely with a 1-pole lowpass or
highpass.

RENEGATE also features more classical additions like oversampling,

sample-accurate MIDI input, a Mix knob, a built-in sequencer... and a way to get back a
modicum of honest digital grit when it's called for.

Last but not the least, the envelope estimation is an expensive 43 bands auditory
model that reacts to volume in mostly the way your ears do.

All these factors plot together to make RENEGATE a workhorse plug-in that can't
ever sound bad, for all your creative (or boring) gating needs.

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INSTALLATION
First, unzip the content of the AUBURN SOUNDS RENEGATE FREE (or FULL) archive.

For macOS users

Double-click on the .pkg installer in the Mac/ directory.

You may need to reboot your Mac computer to see the new Audio Unit in hosts.
If GateKeeper complains about the Developer being unidentified, try again with
Right Click / "Open".
If you can't open the ZIP, try moving it to your Desktop first.

For Windows users

Double-click on the .exe installer in the Windows/ directory.

When using the VST 2.4 format, you may have to enter the right VST 2.4 directory
in order for your DAW to find the plug-in.

For Linux users

Open the Linux/ directory.

VST2: Copy the LV2 plug-in ( .lv2 directory) in your LV2 directory.
VST3: Copy the VST2 plug-in Auburn Sounds Renegate.so in your VST2
directory.
LV2: Copy the VST3 plug-in ( .vst3 directory) in your VST3 directory.

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UPDATES
Upgrade to FULL
Purchasing a FULL upgrade on the Auburn Sounds website, or its resellers, always
leads to the https://itch.io website.

After purchasing or registering an external purchase here, you need to download a

new ZIP and install it on top of the existing FREE plug-in.

Your existing FREE sessions will keep working with the FULL product.

Getting newer versions

If you can't find links to your purchase, there are two possibilities:

Either you linked your purchase to an itch.io account.

Go to this page and login: https://itch.io/my-purchases

Or you did not link your purchase to an itch.io account.

Go to this page which can send you download links again:
https://itch.io/docs/buying/already-bought

Should I fear broken sessions?

Session compatibility is broken with each major version change.

eg: Graillon 1.2 to Graillon 2.0

Session compatibility is preserved with each minor version change.

eg: Graillon 2.3 to 2.4

Because your host will see each major version as different plug-ins, you can't loose
sessions by upgrading.

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COMPATIBILITY
AUBURN SOUNDS RENEGATE is available in various plug-in formats:

VST2
VST3
Audio Unit v2
AAX
LV2

For the following Operating Systems (OS):

Windows 7 or newer,
macOS 10.12 or newer,
Ubuntu 18.04 or newer

Our plug-ins have been tested with a wide variety of Digital Audio Workstations hosts
(DAW). However if you find out your DAW isn't well supported, please report a bug at
[email protected] .

Supported sampling rates range from 11025 Hz to 192 kHz.

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CHANGELOG
Version 1.4
NEW Renegate Free Edition now has the Sequencer activated.
NEW Support FLStudio plug-in format on Windows.
NEW Archive contains a plug-in datasheet.
Now requires SSE3 instructions, audio processing 7% faster on Intel.
Fix CoreGraphics crash in macOS, triggered on resize or opening.
Slightly nicer UI, some lights computed in linear RGB.
Faster UI resize.
Windows installer now asks to close DAW if plugin is open.

Version 1.3
Support for macOS Ventura and Sonoma.
Support for AAX arm64 for native M1.
NEW User manual design.
NEW Can preview parameter values by hovering mouse.
NEW Clicking disabled parameters enable the section.
The macOS installer should not need Rosetta anymore.
Linux: fix animation going too fast in some distributions.
Fix sluggish controls in Ableton + VST3.
UI is sharper and using less RAM.
Fix Big Sur UI performance.
Fix macOS mousewheel being extreme with some mouses.
Fix Ardour + Monterey crash.
Many resizing fixes.
First UI opening is a bit faster.

Version 1.2
Resizeable UI. Drag the bottom-right corner to resize the plug-in.
Fix crash when closing OBS Studio.
Now comes with a Windows desinstaller.
Fix latency reporting with LV2 .
Fix lingering MIDI notes in some hosts.

Version 1.1
Experimental support for Apple Silicon and macOS 11.0 arm64.
The minimum macOS supported version is now 10.12.

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 Fixed Linux X11 crash with multiple instances.
Closing the second window while the first is opened would crash. This greatly
enhances Linux stability.
Fixed VST3 latency reporting, which was only correct for 44100 Hz.
Fixed installer when the "Program Files" directory is localized.

Version 1.0
Initial release.

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PARAMETERS
Threshold
Threshold sets the quantity of energy needed for the Detector to be considered open.
Threshold can be set in both the Gain Map and the Detector.

Threshold will be invisible when it's meaningless:

If the Sequencer works alone, without the Detector,

If the Detector's opening is controlled by MIDI, and as such need no threshold.

Attack and Release

Attack and Release control the smoothing of the Gain Reduction signal.

Do not hesitate to set them really low (0ms), since a variety of counter-measure exist
to avoid nasty audio clicks.

If you set the envelope through the Envelope display, you will also have access to a
Hold setting, and a Mix setting. Use the mouse-wheel to zoom / unzoom in the Envelope
display.

Mix
The Mix parameter scales the Gain Reduction signal from 0 to 100%. Mix can be set
as a number of decibels (dB) in the Gain Map, or as a linear gain in the Envelope display.

MIDI input
If MIDI is enabled, the Detector's opening will be controlled by incoming MIDI notes
instead of volume estimation.

Manual Opening
Next to the MIDI button there is a small LED that indicates whether the Detector is
opened.

But you can also click on this LED to force this opening. This is displayed as a Manual
Opening .

Most useful for hip-hop loops, when recording with automation.

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Sequencer panel (FULL version only)
Sequencer On/Off enables or disables the sequencer.

And Det opens the gate when both the Sequencer and Detector are themselves open.

Retrig resets the sequencer whenever the Detector is opened. This can be useful to
turn incoming notes into a gated sequence.

Note Speed is the rate of the sequencer, which is always synchronized to DAW
tempo.

The Dice control sets all step values randomly.

Sequence Length can be adjusted by clicking on the black bar below the sequencer.
This is most useful for creating polyrythms.

Raw vs Smooth (FULL version only)

Smooth is the default roughness and tries to sound acceptable in all situations
through a combination of:

GR Smoothing
Auto-hysteresis
Auto-release In most cases, you should probably stick to Smooth.

Raw lessens the amount of GR Smoothing, auto-hysteresis, and auto-release. It tilts

the operation towards more digital grit, which can be useful at times to preserve HF
content, or simply to have a more "gatey" sound.

Oversampling (FULL version only)

Oversampling quadruples the sampling rate (4x) within the VCA.

VCA Mode (FULL version only)

GR applies gain reduction normally.

LP applies gain reduction by opening and closing a 1-pole lowpass.

HP applies gain reduction by opening and closing a 1-pole highpass.

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CREDITS
Development, UI, DSP
Guillaume PIOLAT

UX Design
Sephora SCHMIDT

QA
Robert RANDOLPH
Giuseppe MARRAZZO

Beta Testers
Buzatu ANTONIUS
Vas FULLER
Pascal GARNON
Denis MORIN
Vincent TRAVAGLINI

Thanks
Thanks goes to the Mediastère, Mickael Istria, Malika Ung, Sephora Schmidt, Emilie
Wadelle... friends and family that support the long quest towards building world-class
audio products. Special thanks goes to the D language community for their technical
expertise.

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LEGAL INFORMATION
Mac OS® and the Mac OS logo are registered trademarks of Apple Inc.
Windows® and the Windows Logo are registered trademarks of Microsoft.
AAX® is a registered trademark of Avid Technology.
VST® is a registered trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies AG.

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