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WesAudio HYPERION User Manual

Fully analog parametric eq with digital control through vst/aax/au plug-ins
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WESAUDIO
4/9/18
_HYPERION USER MANUAL REV1
www.WesAudio.com
_HYPERION
User manual
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Copyright 2018 by WesAudio
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  • Page 1 WESAUDIO 4/9/18 _HYPERION USER MANUAL REV1 www.WesAudio.com _HYPERION User manual Copyright 2018 by WesAudio...
  • Page 2 WESAUDIO 4/9/18 _HYPERION USER MANUAL REV1 Thank You for the purchase of _HYPERION _ HYPERION Fully analog parametric EQ with digital control through VST/AAX/AU plug-ins With kind regards Radoslaw Wesolowski and Michal Weglicki...
  • Page 3 WESAUDIO 4/9/18 _HYPERION USER MANUAL REV1 Fully analog parametric EQ with digital recall through VST/AAX/AU plug-ins. _HYPERION is fully analog parametric EQ with +24dBu of headroom. It features a lot of innovative improvements that no other processor on the market provides. Its innovative design utilizes 15 VCAs per channel to provide essentially noiseless parameter changes and very musical nature.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    WESAUDIO 4/9/18 _HYPERION USER MANUAL REV1 Contents Overview ..............................6 Installation and compatibility........................7 Front panel .............................. 10 Front panel – special functions ....................... 12 4.1. Copy channels ............................12 4.2. Copy presets (A/B) ..........................12 Specification ............................13 Curves ..............................
  • Page 5 WESAUDIO 4/9/18 _HYPERION USER MANUAL REV1 9.3.1. HW insert/External effect ........................30 9.3.2. Direct output ............................31 9.4. Memories ............................... 32 9.4.1. Synchronization upon connection ...................... 32 9.4.2. Memory synchronization between plugin and hardware ..............32 9.4.2.1. Synchronized memory enabled ..................... 33 9.4.2.2.

  • Page 6: Overview

    WESAUDIO 4/9/18 _HYPERION USER MANUAL REV1 1. Overview _HYPERION is fully analog unit with digital control, it means that whole audio processing is done ONLY through analog components. Digital side is responsible to configure device accordingly, which allows to implement digital recall and remote control of the unit.

  • Page 7: Installation And Compatibility

    An API™ 500 Series compatible rack  _TITAN or any other ng500 compatible chassis, WesAudio _ HYPERION cannot function standalone, requiring the power source supplied by the rack system. Two important NOTES:  Unit needs to warm up for about 5 minutes before usage as its temperature may affect some internal variables –...
  • Page 8 _HYPERION USER MANUAL REV1 500 series compatibility note: Each WesAudio device in ng500 (Next Generation 500 series) product line is equipped with special connector. This connector is an extension to 500 series, and allows your device to be managed/recalled through specialized GCon protocol (e.g. _Titan 500 series 10 slots frame).
  • Page 9 WESAUDIO 4/9/18 _HYPERION USER MANUAL REV1 If you are in possession of any of those 500 series racks, there are two options: 1) NG500 module won’t fit into this racks because of upper screw attached to 500 series connector. This particular screw can be removed without any side effects in most of listed racks.

  • Page 10: Front Panel

    WESAUDIO 4/9/18 _HYPERION USER MANUAL REV1 3. Front panel 1) OUTPUT – output level control. 2) HF Frequency – high filter frequency control. 3) HF gain – high filter gain control. 4) HMF Q – high-mid filter bandwidth (Q) control.
  • Page 11 WESAUDIO 4/9/18 _HYPERION USER MANUAL REV1 8) LMF Frequency – low-mid filter frequency control. 9) LMF Gain – low-mid filter gain control. 10) HPF Frequency – high pass filter frequency control. 11) LF Frequency – low filter frequency control. 12) LF Gain – low filter gain control.

  • Page 12: Front Panel - Special Functions

    WESAUDIO 4/9/18 _HYPERION USER MANUAL REV1 4. Front panel – special functions _HYPERION implements few usability features on the front panel which can help when using unit in standalone mode (without plug-in connected). 4.1. Copy channels To copy channel settings, please refer to below steps. This example will show how to copy LEFT/MID channel settings over to RIGHT/SIDE channel.

  • Page 13: Specification

    WESAUDIO 4/9/18 _HYPERION USER MANUAL REV1 5. Specification Short specification summary:  Frequency response: 10Hz-150kHz (-2dB)  THD+N all bands gain "0": 0.003% (1kHz,0dBu)  THD+N +15dB band boost: <0.15% (1kHz,0dBu)  Input impedance: 10kohm  Output impedance: <100ohm ...

  • Page 14: Curves

    WESAUDIO 4/9/18 _HYPERION USER MANUAL REV1 6. Curves This chapter presents all basic band configurations. 6.1. HF – high filter YELLOW – Frequency 10kHz, +15dB boost, Shelf mode. – Frequency 10kHz, -15dB cut, Shelf mode. MAGENTA – Frequency 10kHz, -15dB cut, Bell mode.

  • Page 15: Hmf & Lmf - High-Mid Filter & Low-Mid Filter

    WESAUDIO 4/9/18 _HYPERION USER MANUAL REV1 6.2. HMF & LMF – high-mid filter & low-mid filter HMF and LMF filters are very similar, however exist in different frequency ranges. This graph presents different Q values and Gain values for 1kHz frequency. Each curve is done either for...

  • Page 16: Lf - Low Filter

    WESAUDIO 4/9/18 _HYPERION USER MANUAL REV1 6.3. LF – low filter YELLOW – Frequency 100Hz, +15dB boost, Shelf mode. – Frequency 100Hz, +15dB boost, Bell mode. MAGENTA – Frequency 100Hz, -15dB cut, Shelf mode. BLUE – Frequency 100Hz, -15dB cut, Bell mode.

  • Page 17: Hpf - High Pass Filter

    WESAUDIO 4/9/18 _HYPERION USER MANUAL REV1 6.4. HPF – high pass filter BLUE – Frequency 150Hz, 12dB/Oct (Normal mode). CYAN - Frequency 150Hz, 6dB/Oct (Soft mode).

  • Page 18: Unit Modes

    WESAUDIO 4/9/18 _HYPERION USER MANUAL REV1 7. Unit modes _HYPERION is an equalizer which can work in following modes:  DUAL MONO – each channel works as independent units – channels are unlinked.  STEREO – channels are linked together which allows processing stereo audio signal in convenient way.

  • Page 19: Unit With A Plug-In Usage

    WESAUDIO 4/9/18 _HYPERION USER MANUAL REV1 Management modes define how unit responds to A/B buttons and Bypass button, there are following options:  Global Mode (1) – each time either A/B or Bypass is pressed, both channels are affected regardless currently selected channel.
  • Page 20 WESAUDIO 4/9/18 _HYPERION USER MANUAL REV1 This mode allows “true” dual-mono operation which is perfect for processing two mono sources (e.g. kick and snare). In fact in this mode each channel can be treated as separate hardware unit. Channels modes description: ...

  • Page 21: Stereo Mode In Standalone Mode Vs Plug-In Usage

    WESAUDIO 4/9/18 _HYPERION USER MANUAL REV1 7.3. Stereo mode in standalone mode vs plug-in usage There is slight difference in stereo operation when unit works in standalone mode versus unit connected to a plug-in. This has been described in pervious chapter, but to make it even more clear please follow description below.
  • Page 22 WESAUDIO 4/9/18 _HYPERION USER MANUAL REV1 Unfortunately 500 series small footprint and many _HYPERION parameters made it impossible to fit two channels on a front panel at a same time. Switching channels caused some usability decisions, most common applications will be very straightforward however other cases may be little bit unintuitive at first encounter.

  • Page 23: Metering

    WESAUDIO 4/9/18 _HYPERION USER MANUAL REV1 8. Metering _HYPERION implements metering system in two different ways:  Clip detection on a front panel – each time clip is detected either on IN or OUT, channel button will become red. This is momentary information, this state is kept for very short period of time.

  • Page 24: Software

     If this is FIRST installation, please unplug all WesAudio devices from your workstation.  When USB driver will be installed, application will inform that all devices should be connected –...
  • Page 25 WESAUDIO 4/9/18 _HYPERION USER MANUAL REV1 “Can’t find my device on plugin drop down menu” Unfortunately there could be dozens of root causes. On Windows machine it is very important to check if USB device is successfully connected on system level. That can be checked in “Control Panel->System- >Device Manager”:...

  • Page 26: Plug-Ins

    WESAUDIO 4/9/18 _HYPERION USER MANUAL REV1 9.2. Plug-ins _HYPERION unit can be managed through two different plugin types: Dedicated plugin (_HYPERION) and GConBlackBox. 9.2.1. Dedicated plugin - _HYPERION _HYPERION comes with two plug-in types:  Stereo – plug-in have full control over two channels of the unit, this mode supports dual mono, stereo and mid-side operation.

  • Page 27: Hyperion - Mono Plugin Structure

    WESAUDIO 4/9/18 _HYPERION USER MANUAL REV1 9.2.1.2. _HYPERION – Mono plugin structure 9.2.1.3. _HYPERION – plugin structure description 1) Select connection button: This button shows all connected devices, if “drop-down” list with element IDs is not visible, that means that no devices has been detected which support GCon protocol.
  • Page 28 HW unit is no longer connected to your Workstation. ii. HW unit was disconnected or detached by operating system for some reason. iii. Any other reason which should be consulted with support@wesaudio.com. 4) Connection ID: Unique Connection ID of connected HW unit.

  • Page 29: Gconblackbox

    WESAUDIO 4/9/18 _HYPERION USER MANUAL REV1 9.2.2. GConBlackBox GConBlackBox plugin is generic recall plugin. It doesn’t implement any controls, it was created to easily recall large amount of units. How does it work? Just start your session and create one instance of GConBlackBox plugin on any track/aux. It will automatically connect to any GCon hardware currently available and synchronize its parameters.

  • Page 30: Setup For Mixing

    9.3.1. HW insert/External effect If you would like to work with WesAudio devices inside your DAW, audio signal has to be sent to & received from the HW unit. Below you can find steps which describe that process in details.

  • Page 31: Direct Output

    3) Connect your HW with your machine using USB cable and USB 2.0+ port in your workstation (**) or _Titan rack frame. 4) Insert on your track WesAudio plugin which matches with your HW and select your device from drop down list.

  • Page 32: Memories

    WESAUDIO 4/9/18 _HYPERION USER MANUAL REV1 9.4. Memories Parameter storage could be summarized like this: _HYPERION unit has TWO separate fast presets which can be triggered via A/B buttons. _HYPERION plugin can store UNLIMITED number of configurations, when each preset can contain THREE instant configuration changes (A/B/C –...

  • Page 33: Synchronized Memory Enabled

    WESAUDIO 4/9/18 _HYPERION USER MANUAL REV1 9.4.2.1. Synchronized memory enabled This is default setting enabled through “Plugin and Hardware memory sync” option, and it causes direct link between unit and plugin memory. In this case, when plugin is connected with a hardware, all parameters including number of fast presets which unit can store (e.g.

  • Page 34: Automation

    4/9/18 _HYPERION USER MANUAL REV1 9.5. Automation WesAudio devices are capable to follow any automation triggered from your DAW. Our devices were tested against high performance peaks. 9.5.1. Automation for stereo plugin Please note that when channels are linked together using Stereo plugin (either STEREO mode, or MID-SIDE where channels are linked (OPTIONAL)), only one channel needs to be automated and second one will follow accordingly.

  • Page 35: Pro Tools Integration

    PT12+ - Commit Functionality – new Pro Tools commit functionality can be used also to print hardware inserts and it is 100% compatible with WesAudio plugins. When commit is triggered for HW Insert and WesAudio plugin, plugin will disconnect from its source and save all the settings. As a result You will get:...

  • Page 36: Gcon Manager

    GCon Manager GCon Manager is generic application which implements configuration management over compatible units. It can be found in Application folder data: - For OSX: “/Applications/WesAudio/GConManager” - For WINDOWS: folder specified during installation phase, by default in: “c:/Program Files x86/WesAudio/GConManager.exe”.

  • Page 37: How To Perform Firmware Upgrade

    WESAUDIO 4/9/18 _HYPERION USER MANUAL REV1 9.8.2. How to perform firmware upgrade. To perform firmware upgrade go to GConManager upgrade and hit “Start” button. This will trigger upgrade operation for all modules which are not up to date with your host software.

  • Page 38: Abbreviations And Terms

    All WesAudio products are built to the highest standards and should provide reliable performance for many years, subject to reasonable care, use, transportation and storage. WesAudio warrants all of our products to be free of defective parts and workmanship for a period of two years.

  • Page 39: History

    WESAUDIO 4/9/18 _HYPERION USER MANUAL REV1 12. History Editor Version Date Description Michal 09.04.2018 Document created. Weglicki...

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