============== tranQuilizr G2 ============== .. image:: screenshot.png Overview ======== tranQuilizr G2 is an equalizer plug-in employing fully configurable eight bands. Graphical Equalizer Area ======================== .. image:: graphical/whole.png **Graphical Equalizer Area** represents band settings and total equalizing curve. Horizontal axis is for frequency, from 1Hz to 50kHz. Vertical axis is for gain, from -24dB to 24dB. Frequency range can be changed by bottom scroll bar (drag and wheel), +/- zoom buttons. Gain range can be selected from 4, 9, 15 and 24dB. Selector buttons are on header panel. .. image:: graphical/range.png ---------------- EQ Point Display ---------------- .. image:: graphical/eq_point.png EQ points correspond to eight bands. Point color is set by band type. * Orange: Peaking Equalizer * Skyblue: Shelving Equalizer * Green: Baxandall-style Shelving Equalizer * Gray: HiCut/LoCut Filter Current channel settings is displayed above points. .. image:: graphical/eq_point_channel.png ------------------ EQ Point Operation ------------------ When mouse cursor hovers over eq point, the point will be highlighted. .. image:: graphical/eq_point_hilight.png Equalizer Point can be dragged. Horizontal drag changes frequency of the corresponding band, and vertical drag changes gain. .. csv-table:: Mouse Operations of equalizer point :header: "Operation", "Action" "Left Drag", "Frequency and Gain Change" "Left Double-Click", "Toggle Band In/Out" "Right Click", "Display Popup Menu" "Ctrl + Right Click", "Toggle Band Solo" Band Palette ------------ By clicking EQ point, band palette pops up. .. image:: graphical/band_palette.png Palette includes following controls: * Band Enabled * Band Solo * Frequency * Gain * Type * Channel * Filter Slope Band Palette can be suppressed by the button on the header panel. .. image:: graphical/band_palette_toggle.png Modifier Keys ------------- EQ Point drag behavior is altered while pressing modifier keys. Command modifier key is available only in macOS. .. csv-table:: Default modifier keys of equalizer point :header: "Modifier Key", "Button", "Action" "Ctrl", "Drag", "Frequency Only" "Shift", "Drag", "Gain Only" "Ctrl + Shift", "Drag", "Bandwidth / Filter Slope" "Alt", "Drag", "Bandwidth / Filter Slope" "Command", "Drag", "Frequency Only" "Command + Shift", "Drag", "Bandwidth / Filter Slope" "(none)", "Wheel", "Bandwidth / Slope" "Ctrl", "Wheel", "Type" "Shift", "Wheel", "Channel" "Alt", "Wheel", "None" "Command", "Wheel", "Type" Actions are configurable from plugin menu. .. image:: graphical/mouse_configuration.png :scale: 70 .. image:: graphical/eq_modifier_config.png :scale: 70 .. image:: graphical/eq_modifier_config_wheel.png :scale: 70 Band Control Area ================= .. image:: band/whole.png tranQuilizr G2 employs fully configurable eight bands. .. image:: band/name.png :scale: 70 **Band name** can be edited. This doesn't affect to sound. .. image:: band/in.png :scale: 70 **IN button** toggles band on/off. When lighting, band is enabled. .. image:: band/solo.png :scale: 70 **Solo button** toggles band solo mode. When lighting, band is in solo mode. When at least one band is set to solo mode, all other bands are bypassed. .. image:: band/type.png :scale: 70 Band type can be changed by **Type Selector**. .. csv-table:: Mouse Operations of type selector :header: "Operation", "Action" "Left Click", "Show drop-down menu" "Left Drag", "Choose next or previous item" "Wheel", "Choose next or previous item" .. image:: band/frequency.png :scale: 70 **Frequency Knob** controls center frequency or cutoff frequency. .. image:: band/gain.png :scale: 70 **Gain Knob** controls gain. .. image:: band/bandwidth.png :scale: 70 **Bandwidth Knob** controls bandwidth of peaking and shelving equalizer. .. csv-table:: Bandwidth-Q relationship :header: "Bandwidth (oct)", "Q" "10", "0.0313" "5", "0.182" "2", "0.667" "1", "1.41" "0.5", "2.87" "0.2", "7.21" "0.1", "14.4" "0.05", "28.9" .. image:: band/slope.png :scale: 70 **Slope Knob** controls slope of LoCut and HiCut filters. Slope can be chosen from 6, 12, 18, 24, 36 and 48dB per octave. .. image:: band/mode.png :scale: 70 **Mode Selector** controls equalizer mode. * A: Minimum-phase equalizer. (default) * B: Maximum-phase equalizer. * C: Conventional biquad equalizer. .. image:: band/channel.png :scale: 70 **Channel Selector** controls processing channel of band. .. csv-table:: Channel settings :header: "Plugin's channel configuration", "Available settings" "Mono", "None (grayed out)" "Stereo", "LR, L, R, M, S" "3 or more channels (surround)", "ALL, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8" Total Control Area ================== .. image:: total/whole.png :scale: 70 .. image:: total/in.png :scale: 70 **IN button** toggles plugin's bypass state. .. image:: total/gain.png :scale: 70 **Gain Knob** controls output gain. .. image:: total/autogain.png :scale: 70 **Auto Gain Button** toggles automated gain compensation availability. When enabled, plugin automatically calculates compensation gain amount from current band settings. Hi-Cut and Lo-Cut bands will be excluded from compensation gain calculation. Auto gain does not affect to gain knob settings. When both controls are operated, both gains are processed independently. .. image:: total/monitor.png :scale: 70 **Monitor Channel Knob** selects monitoring channel. .. csv-table:: Monitor channel settings :header: "Plugin's channel configuration", "Available settings" "Mono", "None (grayed out)" "Stereo", "LR, L, R, M, S" "3 or more channels (surround)", "ALL, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8" .. image:: total/msbal.png :scale: 70 **MS Balance Knob** controls Mid-Side balance of output signal. This control is available only when the plugin is configured as stereo. .. image:: total/bwstyle.png :scale: 70 **Bandwidth Style Selector** controls gain-bandwidth relationship for peaking and shelving equalizers. .. image:: total/standard.png :scale: 60 .. image:: total/gentle.png :scale: 60 .. image:: total/focus.png :scale: 60 .. image:: total/hybrid.png :scale: 60 .. csv-table:: Bandwidth Style :header: "Setting", "Result" "Standard", "Gain does not affect to bandwidth." "Gentle", "Bandwidth gets increased when absolute value of decibel gain increases." "Focus", "Bandwidth gets decreased when absolute value of decibel gain increases." "Hybrid", "Bandwidth gets increased when boosting, gets decreased when cutting." .. image:: total/quality.png :scale: 70 **Quality Selector** controls internal oversampling ratio. Normal setting is appropriate for track manipulation. High and Extreme settings are nice for submix and total. .. csv-table:: Quality and Design CPU Load :header: "Setting", "Design CPU load (single thread)" "Normal", "2%" "High", "7%" "Extreme", "15%" **Algorithm Selector** button group selects internal sound processing algorithm. Spectrum Analyzers ================== tranQuilizr G2 has two different spectrum analyzers. Each analyzer can be toggled buttons on header panel. .. image:: analyzer/header_buttons.png :scale: 70 From left, there are **Graph Analyzer toggle button**, **Belt-Shaped Analyzer toggle button** and **Analyzer Settings button**. -------------------- Belt-Shaped Analyzer -------------------- .. image:: analyzer/belt.png :scale: 70 **Belt-Shaped Analyzer** represents levels of each frequency using hue and brightness. -------------- Graph Analyzer -------------- .. image:: analyzer/graph.png :scale: 70 **Graph Analyzer** represents levels of each frequency as position of graph line. ----------------- Analyzer Settings ----------------- .. image:: analyzer/settings.png :scale: 70 By clicking **Analyzer Settings button** on the header panel, analyzer settings panel appears. .. image:: analyzer/smoothness.png :scale: 70 **Smoothness selector** controls graph smoothing amount. Smaller values are nice for finding signal peak, larger values are nice for reviewing total frequency response. .. image:: analyzer/sensitivity.png :scale: 70 **Sensitivity selector** toggles auto gain control of analyzers. When Auto is selected, plugin will determine gain for display. When Manual is selected, user can adjust it. If you're mainly using belt-shaped analyzer, Auto option will be nice. For graph analyzer, Manual option mitigates graph flapping problem. .. image:: analyzer/speed.png :scale: 70 **Speed Selector** controls falldown speed. .. image:: analyzer/range.png :scale: 70 **Range Selector** controls display range of analyzer. .. image:: analyzer/color.png :scale: 70 **Color Selector** controls color scheme of belt-shaped analyzer. .. csv-table:: Analyzer color scheme :header: "Setting", "Colors" "Multi Color", "Black - Blue - Green - Yellow - Red" "Blue", "Black - Blue - White" "Green", "Black - Green" "Orange", "Black - Orange - White" "Gray", "Black - White" Plugin-Specific Menu ==================== ------------------- Mouse Configuration ------------------- See "EQ Point Operation" section. --------------- Bulk Operations --------------- .. image:: menu/bulk.png :scale: 70 Using bulk operation menu, user can change settings of all bands. ---------------------------------- Save Current Band Types as Default ---------------------------------- .. image:: menu/defaults.png :scale: 70 Plugin saves current band types as default for new plugin instance.