STW AUDIO REFLEX-PRO-X User manual
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REFLEX-PRO-X
Manual
TRUE STEREO 4 CHANNEL MULTI DELAY/FX PLUG IN
Features:
•4 in ivi ual stereo elay channels with inter fee back an input routings
•3 effect slots for each channel.
•4 elay mo es
•22 selecte customizable effects with countless combination possibilities
•Extensive mo ulation options
•10 mo ulation sources of three ifferent types
•Mo ulation source logic
•Master FX section
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Content
REGISTERING................................................................................................3
OPTIONS.......................................................................................................4
GENERAL......................................................................................................4
MAIN SECTION..............................................................................................5
MULTI DISPLAY SECTION............................................................................6
TOP DISPLAY................................................................................................7
SLOT SETTINGS............................................................................................8
MASTER EFFECT..........................................................................................8
MASTER SETTINGS.....................................................................................10
FEEDBACK MATRIX....................................................................................11
DELAY MODES............................................................................................11
TAP EDIT PAGE..........................................................................................15
DSP EFFECTS..............................................................................................17
PRE/POST EFFECTS...................................................................................17
FEEDBACK EFFECTS.................................................................................. 6
LFO.............................................................................................................. 7
ARPEGGIATOR/TRANCEGATE................................................................... 8
ENVELOPE GENERATOR............................................................................ 9
MODULATION LOGIC..................................................................................31
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REGISTERING
'DEMO MODE' DISPLAY
REFLEX-PRO-X runs in Demo Mode until it's unlocked with a valid serial number and a re istration name. While in
Demo Mode the Parameter Display shows “DEMO MODE” and the Value display “REGISTER”.
Every one minute the input will be muted and the Parameter Display shows a blinkin “INPUT MUTED”
To enter the re istration pa e click on “REGISTER”
REGISTER PAGE
To unlock REFLEX-PRO-X you have to enter a valid re istration name and a serial number into the correspondin fields.
Both are sent to you in a re istration doc after purchasin REFLEX-PRO-X.
Thou h it's not recommended you can enter the data manually. More secure and convenient is to copy and paste the
data by keyboard shortcuts or much easier, use the paste buttons alon side the input fields.
After enterin your data push the “VALIDATE” button. If the validation succeeds the red icon behind “License key
activated” chan es to reen and a license file will be saved..
A click on the “CLOSE” button brin s you back to the main REFLEX-PRO-X Interface.
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OPTIONS
The options pa e provides access to the colour-set selection. Chan e the actual colour settin s with a click on the
arrows or throu h the pop up menu which opens with a click on the colour-set name. The selected colour set will be
saved individually for every REFLEX-PRO-X instance.
Beside applyin just a visual preference, different colour settin s could come in handy to distin uish multiple instances of
REFLEX-PRO-X in the same project. A preview of the applied colours is displayed ri ht to the colour-set name.
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GENERAL
Knob operation:
Double click on a knob sets the default value. Dra in a knob while holdin the shift key allows fine value chan es.
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Modulation:
All knobs in the MULTI DISPLAY AREA with a reyed or darker center circle, as well as all MAIN SECTION parameters
provide modulation capabilities. Ri ht click - alternatively SHIFT+left double click - the center of a knob to brin up a
Drop down menu for modulation source selection. If a modulation source is active click&dra in the mouse in the center
area of the knob sets the modulation amount. Click & dra in outside the center area sets the ori inal parameter. If a
modulation source is set it will be indicated by a correspondin icon and the mod source representin color.
Slot design:
REFLEX-PRO-X contains 4 individual slots with identical parameter selections. All described parameters for the
MAIN/DELAY and EFFECT SECTIONS as well as the SLOT SETTINGS are available for each slot.
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MAIN SECTION
ON: Enable/Disable slot.
INPUT: Slot input source. All slots have the options Mono[M], Left[L], Ri ht[R], Stereo[ST],
MasterFX output[FX]. Additionally slots 2 and hi her provide inputs from sin le or combinations of
previous slots. The routin is determined by the direct out settin of the selected slots.
GAIN: Input level [-inf dB - +12dB].
PAN: Panorama [100% L – 100% R].
FEEDBACK: Delay Feedback [0% - 160%].
LEVEL: Output level [-inf dB - +12dB]
MASTER FX: Master FX send level [0% - 100%]
All Main Section parameters can be modulated by one of 14 sources. Please refer to the section Modulation.
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MULTI DISPLAY SECTION
Page selector
Click on one of the pa e titles to open the associated pa e display.
Available pa es are:
•Feedback Matrix [FB MATRIX]
•Pre Delay Effect Section [PRE-FX]
•Delay Section [DELAY]
•Delay Feedback Effect Section [FB-FX]
•Post Delay Effect Section [POST-FX]
•Slot Settin s [SLOT]
•Low Frequency Oscillators [LFO]
•Arpe iator/TranceGate [GATE]
•Envelope Generator [ENV]
•Modulation Lo ic [LOGIC]
Clickin on displayed circles activates/deactivates the correspondin
pa e objects. The horizontal pa e selector represents objects for
slot 1 – 4. The vertical pa e selector represents the available
modulation source objects.
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TOP DISPLAY
PARAMETER DISPLAY
TAP-T: The TAP-T[IME] area combines three functions:
1. If a non synced delay time is set with the delay time slider, the correspondin bpm is
displayed here.
2. Ri ht click into the area for tap-time tar et selection. [Slot 1-4 left/ri ht]. If a tar et
is selected the delay switches to non synced ( s based) time mode and is in stand
by for 5 seconds after the receivin the last tap tempo click. This is indicated by a
blinkin red dot in front of the delay channel.
3. Left click into the area after selectin a tap-tempo tar et sends tempo information to the delay
channel.
SLOT: The correspondin slot of the selected parameter.
LOC: “Hook-point” of the effect if a effect parameter is selected. Pre-Delay [PRE], Delay, Feedback [FB],
Post-Delay [POST]
PARAMETER: The name of the last chan ed parameter.
Note: This display shows „DEMO MODE“ until REFLEX-PRO-X is registered with a valid license key.
VALUE: The value of the last used parameter.
Note: This display shows „REGISTER“ until REFLEX-PRO-X is registered with a valid license key.
You can enter the registration display by clicking on 'REGISTER'. (See registering description)
PRESET DISPLAY
ARROW LEFT: Steps throu h presets downwards in alphabetical order.
ARROW RIGHT: Steps throu h presets upwards in alphabetical order.
FOLDER: Folder of actual preset. Ri ht click on the folder area opens the REFLEX-PRO-X preset directory.
PRESET: Selected Preset. Click on Preset Name opens a Drop down menu for direct preset selection.
SAVE: Saves the actual parameter settin s to a new preset file. The default location for User presets is the
“User Preset” folder which will open after hittin save. You can also add subfolders [like in the
“Factory Preset” folder] to or anize your presets. All other locations could be used to save a preset but
will be i nored in the preset listin and you'll et the warnin : “NOT SAVED IN USER FOLDER!”
OPTIONS: Opens the 'Options' pa e.
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SLOT SETTINGS
The slot settin s pa e contains some additional slot parameters which affect si nal routin and controls. The slot pa e
can be entered or left with a click on the icon
OFFSET: Fix Offset Delay of one side of the input channels. [0 - 25ms]
DIRECT/DELAY: Mix of direct and delay si nal routed to the POST FX section.
[100% DIRECT – 100% DELAY]
MODULATION: Modulation depth [see BOTTOM SETTINGS] of the main Delay Line. [0% - 100%]
DI-OUT: Source of slots Direct Out send. [PRE FX, DELAY, POST FX, OUT]
M-FX IN: Source of slots Master Effect send. [INPUT, PRE FX, DELAY, POST FX, OUT]
PANPOS: Position of the Pan Pot. [Post or Pre Width].
WIDTH: Stereo width of slots output. [0% - 100%]
OUT: Swaps or mutes the left and ri ht outputs [L-R, R–L, X-X]. Mutin the output can be a simple
way of 100% wet routin throu h the MasterFX section , e. . EQs
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MASTER EFFECT
EFFECT SELECTOR: Drop down Menu for the master effect selection.
Available Effects are:
•REFLEX: A delay based ambience effect also known from the
REFLEX+ plu in.
•REVERB: A dense reverb al orithm with decent modulations
•ROOM: A room ambience with rou her density.
•FIX EQ: 3 band EQ with fixed Lo/Hi h band and tunable mid band.
•2 BAND EQ: Two band EQ with FREQ and GAIN parameters.
•LO/HI SHELF: Shelvin filter
•DRIVE LP+HP: Lo-pass and Hi-pass with ain.
BYPASS: Dry si nal is routed to the MASTER FX output if Bypass is active.
PARAMETER 1 - 4: Each master effect holds up to 4 individual parameters. The actual
knob assi nment is displayed below the knobs. Available values
depend on the actual knob parameter.
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REFLEX:
SIZE: Delay time of the REFLEX al orithm [0% - 100%]
DECAY: Decay time of the REFLEX al orithm [0% - 100%]
MODULATION: Modulation depth of the REFLEX al orithm [0% - 100%]
DAMP: Feedback Dampin frequency [20kHz - 50Hz]
REVERB:
SIZE: Decay time of the REVERB al orithm [1s - 30s]
PREDELAY: Pre-delay time until reverb tail ets in [0ms - 500ms]
HIPASS: Cutoff frequency of the Hi-pass filter. [50Hz - 2000Hz]
DAMP: Hi frequency dampin amount. [0% - 100%]
ROOM:
SIZE: Decay time of the ROOM al orithm [1s - 4s]
PREDELAY: Pre-delay time until reverb tail ets in [0ms - 500ms]
HIPASS: Cutoff frequency of the Hi-pass filter. [50Hz - 2000Hz]
DAMP: Hi frequency dampin amount. [0% - 100%]
FIX EQ: [LO SHELF + VARIABLE MID BAND + HI SHELF]
LOSHELF: Gain of the Lo band [shelvin type] at 500Hz [-18dB - +18dB]
MID FREQ: Center Frequency of the mid band. [500Hz - 5000Hz]
MODULATION: Gain of the Mid band [-18dB - +18dB]
HISHELF: Gain of the Hi band [shelvin type] at 3000Hz [-18dB - +18dB]
2 BAND EQ: [TWO BAND PEAK FILTER]
LO GAIN: Gain of the 1s band [-18dB - +18dB]
LO FREQ: Frequency of the 1st band [50Hz - 20kHz]
HI GAIN: Gain of the 2nd band [-18dB - +18dB]
HI FREQ: Frequency of the 2nd band [50Hz - 20kHz]
LO/HI SHELF : [VARIABLE LO SHELF + HI SHELF]
LO GAIN: Gain of the 1s band [-18dB - +18dB]
LO FREQ: Frequency of the 1st band [50Hz - 1000Hz]
HI GAIN: Gain of the 2nd band [-18dB - +18dB]
HI FEEQ: Frequency of the 2nd band [250Hz – 7500kHz]
DRIVE LP+HP: : [LOPASS + HIPASS]
HI PASS: Frequency of the Hi-pass filter [50Hz -20000Hz]
LO PASS: Frequency of the Lo-pass filter [50Hz -20000Hz]
GAIN: Gain amount [0% - 100%]
MODE: Slope [12dB, 24dB, 36dB] and routin of the filters [Parallel/Serial]
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MASTER SETTINGS
WEB: Clickin the „STW au io“ lo o launches a link to the stw-audio homepa e.
KILL: All audio buffers are cleared. Use this in emer ency cases, or to abort lon delay feedbacks.
MODULATION RATE: Modulation Rate of slots main delay modulation. [0% - 100%]
MODULATION DEPTH: Maximum overall Modulation depth of slots main delay modulation. The relative ratio to that
maximum depth can be set individually for each slot at the slot settin pa e. [0% - 100%]
FEEDBACK OFFSET: Overall offset of slots feedback settin . Use this to decrease or increase the feedback amount
for all slots at once. [-50% - +50%]
DELAY TIME SCALE: Scale factor for all delay times [x0.5 – x2.0]
LIMITER MODE: Enable/Disable the master limiter. The final limiter takes the sum of all four slots as input and
sends it to the 'WET' control. Modes are['Off', 'Slow 1' (Ori inal Mode), 'Slow 2', 'Fast']
BOOST: Input Gain of the master limiter. [0 - 36dB]
SEND: Mutes the dry amount of the audio output. This should be the preferred mode if REFLEX-
PRO-X is used as send effect.
ATTENUATION: Additional attenuation of all input ains. [0dB, -3dB, -6dB, -12dB]
To keep wet/dry balance this also affects the dry output level.
NOTE: “SEND” ode and INPUT ATTENUATION are not part of the preset data but rather saved as a plugin state in
your projects.
DRY LEVEL: Amount of dry input si nal added to the plu s audio output. [0% - 100%]
WET LEVEL: Amount of wet effect si nal added to the plu s audio output. [0% - 100%]
WIDTH: Stereo amount of wet si nal. Value < 100% = decreased stereo si nal,
value > 100% = decreased mono si nal. [0% - 150%]
OUTPUT GAIN: Attenuation or ain of the plu s output si nal. [-12dB - +12dB]
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