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Page 2 Harmonics EQ On Sat On Fine Tune The Filter and Equalizer Bands Filter 1 & 2 EQ Bands 1-5 Masters The Main Display Selig ColoringEQ © 2018 Selig Audio, LLC all rights reserved, use only with permission, rinse and repeat…...
Page 3 Focused Saturation Note and Gate Control Audio I/O Included Presets & Combinators Appendix Filter Curve Illustrations EQ Curve Illustrations MIDI CC Chart: Credits Selig ColoringEQ © 2018 Selig Audio, LLC all rights reserved, use only with permission, rinse and repeat…...
Page 4: Selig Coloringeq
Selig ColoringEQ Thank you for your purchase of the Selig ColoringEQ! It is our hope you will get years of use and enjoyment from this product provided you give it the care and regular maintenance it deserves. Quick Start You can jump right in and use the ColoringEQ as you would any EQ. Turn up the drive control to 50% on any band and you will automatically add saturation along with the EQ’ed signal.
Page 5: Main Features
EQ curve. The filters can included or excluded from master control. You also control the overall saturation eﬀect, or solo all bands with a single button. Getting Selig ColoringEQ is like getting a brand new box of crayons - a world of possibilities await! Main Features •Independent saturation on every EQ band...
Page 6: Signal Indicator
Bear in mind that significant changes to either the mid or side signal may produce unexpected results due to the way M/S audio works. Spectrum Display On: Turns the Spectrum Display on. Selig ColoringEQ © 2018 Selig Audio, LLC all rights reserved, use only with permission, rinse and repeat…...
Page 7: Sequencer Control
Peak Hold Display Peak Hold Reset: Provides a manual reset of the Peak Hold meter when held down. Selig ColoringEQ © 2018 Selig Audio, LLC all rights reserved, use only with permission, rinse and repeat…...
Page 8: Harmonics
Determines whether the harmonics generated by the saturation sections are odd order harmonics, even order harmonics, or a blend of the two. Continuously variable between Odd and Even. EQ On Selig ColoringEQ © 2018 Selig Audio, LLC all rights reserved, use only with permission, rinse and repeat…...
Page 10: Eq Bands 1-5
Beyond the typical EQ types, the Selig ColoringEQ also includes unique “constant slope” shelves, Tilt/Shift and Smily/Frowny “tone controls”, and Selig ColoringEQ © 2018 Selig Audio, LLC all rights reserved, use only with permission, rinse and repeat…...
Page 11 Tilt/Shift and Smiley/Frowny types. For Shelves, the negative settings adjust slope from 6 to 12 dB/Oct continuously, while positive settings add resonance Selig ColoringEQ © 2018 Selig Audio, LLC all rights reserved, use only with permission, rinse and repeat…...
Page 12: Masters
Master Solo: Solos all EQ bands that are “on” at once. Master Saturation Level: Global control of all EQ band’s Saturation Level amount. Selig ColoringEQ © 2018 Selig Audio, LLC all rights reserved, use only with permission, rinse and repeat…...
Page 13: The Main Display
You can disable this by clicking on the last tab labeled “LOCK”, which will allow you to manually select which path is displayed. Selig ColoringEQ © 2018 Selig Audio, LLC all rights reserved, use only with permission, rinse and repeat…...
Page 14: The Back Panel
This is where the fun begins… The back panel of Selig ColoringEQ is chock full of audio I/O and CV control. For starters, each EQ/Filter band has it’s own input and output. Each EQ band also supports separate outputs for the saturated signal, or the EQ signal when saturation is oﬀ...
Page 15: Sequencer Control
This allows you to use the ColoringEQ much like a modular synth, connecting it as you see fit! Selig ColoringEQ © 2018 Selig Audio, LLC all rights reserved, use only with permission, rinse and repeat…...
Page 16: Cv Control
“soft clipping”, which is very similar to using a limiter. Guitar players already know that distorting their amps adds sustain, but it’s not always thought of Selig ColoringEQ © 2018 Selig Audio, LLC all rights reserved, use only with permission, rinse and repeat…...
Page 17: Four Ways To Add "Color" With The Coloringeq
EQ’ed signal at the final output. #2: Saturate the EQ Frequency Range by Cutting EQ (Sat - EQ) Selig ColoringEQ © 2018 Selig Audio, LLC all rights reserved, use only with permission, rinse and repeat…...
Page 18: Focused Saturation
ColoringEQ track, with the understanding that the EQ itself will have to be located in the bass Combinator (you will have to create a Combinator for the bass if there is not already one. Selig ColoringEQ © 2018 Selig Audio, LLC all rights reserved, use only with permission, rinse and repeat…...
Page 19: Audio I/O
Vocals: Airy vocals, colorizing vocals, and a few tilt EQ vocal examples. Appendix Selig ColoringEQ © 2018 Selig Audio, LLC all rights reserved, use only with permission, rinse and repeat…...
Page 20: Filter Curve Illustrations
Here are the Low Pass & High Pass filters again, this time showing the range of the continuously variable Slope control from 0 dB/Oct to 48 dB/Oct: Selig ColoringEQ © 2018 Selig Audio, LLC all rights reserved, use only with permission, rinse and repeat…...
Page 21 Here we have the incredibly surgical Band Reject filter, again showing first Q then Slope (which in this case controls the Depth of the notch): Selig ColoringEQ © 2018 Selig Audio, LLC all rights reserved, use only with permission, rinse and repeat…...
Page 22: Eq Curve Illustrations
To close out the filters, here is the Comb (resonating) filter, showing positive (green) and negative (blue) Q /Feedback (slope controls depth, like with the Band Reject filter): EQ Curve Illustrations Selig ColoringEQ © 2018 Selig Audio, LLC all rights reserved, use only with permission, rinse and repeat…...
Page 23 Now on to the EQs, starting the the low and high shelves, showing the asymmetrical Shelf 1 followed by the Symmetrical Shelf 2: Selig ColoringEQ © 2018 Selig Audio, LLC all rights reserved, use only with permission, rinse and repeat…...
Page 24 Here is an illustration of how Q is handled in all Shelf EQs, using the Low Shelf as an example and noting that the peak is always at the Tune position regardless of symmetrical vs asymmetrical, boost, or cut: Selig ColoringEQ © 2018 Selig Audio, LLC all rights reserved, use only with permission, rinse and repeat…...
Page 25 Q, full boost/cut; Parametric 1 in Red, Parametric 2 in Green, Parametric 3 in Blue, and Parametric 4 in Yellow: Parametric 1, asymmetrical: Parametric 2, asymmetrical w/compensated Q: Selig ColoringEQ © 2018 Selig Audio, LLC all rights reserved, use only with permission, rinse and repeat…...
Page 26 Parametric 3, symmetrical: Parametric 4, symmetrical w/compensated Q: And finally, we give you the Tilt Shift, and Smiley Frowny: Selig ColoringEQ © 2018 Selig Audio, LLC all rights reserved, use only with permission, rinse and repeat…...
Page 27: Midi Cc Chart
[45] = "master_drive" [46] = "master_solo" [47] = "master_level" Filters [48] = "f1_enable" [49] = "f1_type" [50] = "f1_slope" [51] = "f1_tune" [52] = "f1_q" Selig ColoringEQ © 2018 Selig Audio, LLC all rights reserved, use only with permission, rinse and repeat…...
Page 28 [160] = "eq5_enable" [161] = "eq5_type" [162] = "eq5_gain" [163] = "eq5_tune" [164] = "eq5_q" [165] = "eq5_drive" [166] = "eq5_solo" [167] = “eq5_level" Selig ColoringEQ © 2018 Selig Audio, LLC all rights reserved, use only with permission, rinse and repeat…...
Page 29: Credits
Parts of the Selig Gain are used under license: Copyright © 2018 Pitchblende Ltd, all rights reserved. Pitchblende Limited Wellington, New Zealand. Email: contact@pitchblende.co.nz Web: pitchblende.co.nz Twitter: @PitchblendeLtd Facebook: PitchblendeLtd Selig ColoringEQ © 2018 Selig Audio, LLC all rights reserved, use only with permission, rinse and repeat…...