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Titanium3 channelstrip plugin In order to meet its customers’ growing demands, What makes this plugin even more versatile is a switch Acustica has released a new version of TITANIUM. allowing customers to choose whichever compressor Welcome to TITANIUM3! they would like to use. The default compressor is the latest version, but if you prefer the “old”...
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(Channel strip that includes all the previous cited stan- several premium elements. Keep reading for details. dalone plugins) Titanium3 EQ standalone plugin During the modeling process we used the best con- We are confident that this plug-in will help you make verters and cables on the market, we measured the more professional mixes.
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Intel based ma- ized for your team. The Core Acqua Engine is available chines, both for Windows and OSX. The Acustica Ac- with a diverse stand-alone library, ready for inclusion qua Engine is a combination of multiple advanced in 3rd party products.
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(Super transient technology); previous CORE upgrades. What is a ZL instance for? Acustica Audio’s plug-ins come in two versions: ZL Basically both plug-in instances are identical but the (zero latency) and normal (non ZL). While the ZL ver- current Acqua engine can work with a long audio buff- sion does not introduce any latency to your system, er or without any audio buffer.
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Disclaimer We are using the term “EARLY ACCESS” (EX: NOTE: “name-product (Early Access)”) to define the intro- Titanium3 (COMMERCIAL VERSION) and Titani- ductory price of the product. It’s a “Public Beta” Pre- um3-Trial (TRIAL VERSION) are not compatible. view. RECOMMENDATION: Titanium3 (Trial) is a time-limited, fully functional ver- In other words, we provide to the customers a COM- sion of this product (Titanium 3);...
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VST format, also if you have the possibility to choose between the VST2 and VST3 formats we recommend VST3. - we also recommend to all customers to pay particular attention to product installation in particular the choice of the correct plugin format. For further information, please consult the Aquarius user’s manual available at the following link: http://www.acustica-audio.com/pages/aquarius...
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Acustica Audio, in a move that is bold even for a cut- ting-edge company like us, sampled something re- markable and we are now bringing it to you in the...
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Sampling Process The sampling process has been performed by Acus- Two sample rates are provided with Titanium3; the tica. The units were sampled with mastering quality native sample frequency was 96kHz. The 44.1kHz converters, using a method which takes considerably frequency was derived from the native one by a more time than the normal sampling standard.
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12.1 Titanium3 1B/3BComp – In use Titanium3 compressor is available as two different Titanium3’s compressors preserve the behaviour and versions: Singleband and Multiband. the tube sound of the original units bringing life and They offer an accurate reproduction of a classic op- fullness back into your mix! to-compressor unit built in Denmark.
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12.2 Titanium3 EQ – In use The Titanium3 EQ is an iconic passive, all-tube EQ The main idea of this hardware emulation is to give plug-in, based on a classic valve equalizer design and all of our customers a powerful, modern EQ that does featuring a passive EQ section.
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LF band - 20 Hz frequency - Atten:5 LF band - 20 Hz frequency - Boost:10...
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LF band - 20 Hz frequency - Atten:10 LF band - 30 Hz frequency - Boost:5...
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LF band - 30 Hz frequency - Atten:5 LF band - 30 Hz frequency - Boost:10...
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LF band - 30 Hz frequency - Atten:10 LF band - 60 Hz frequency - Boost:5...
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LF band - 60 Hz frequency - Atten:5 LF band - 60 Hz frequency - Boost:10...
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LF band - 60 Hz frequency - Atten:10 LF band - 100 Hz frequency - Boost:5...
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LF band - 100 Hz frequency - Atten:5 LF band - 100 Hz frequency - Boost:10...
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H band - 1 Hz frequency - Boost: 5 - bandwidth: 0 H band - 1 Hz frequency - Boost: 5 - bandwidth: 10...
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H band - 1 Hz frequency - Boost: 10 - bandwidth: 0 H band - 1 Hz frequency - Boost: 10 - bandwidth: 10...
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H band - 5 Hz frequency - Boost: 5 - bandwidth: 0 H band - 5 Hz frequency - Boost: 5 - bandwidth: 10...
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H band - 5 Hz frequency - Boost: 10 - bandwidth: 0 H band - 16 Hz frequency - Boost: 5 - bandwidth: 0...
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H band - 16 Hz frequency - Boost: 5 - bandwidth: 10 H band - 16 Hz frequency - Boost: 10 - bandwidth: 0...
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H band - 16 Hz frequency - Boost: 10 - bandwidth: 10...
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HA band - 5 Hz freq. - Atten: 5 HA band - 5 Hz freq. - Atten: 10...
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HA band - 10 Hz freq. - Atten: 5 HA band - 20 Hz freq. - Atten: 10...
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HA band - 20 Hz freq. - Atten: 10 12.3 Titanium3 Pre – In use The Titanium3 PRE (and channel-strip version as well) Preamps included in TITIANIUM3 PRE standalone features a couple of PRE-AMPLIFIERS capable of pro- (and relevant channel-strip plug-in): viding great sonic quality, to bring warmth to your 1) A Modern American (Mono) –...
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Preamp 1 - harmonic distortion Preamp 2 - harmonic distortion Controls Below we will describe in detail the Titanium3 stan- (NOTE: Titanium3 Channel strip is equipped by Titani- dalone plugins controls. um3 Pre, Titanium3 EQ, Titanium3 1BComp controls.)
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13.1 Titanium3 1B/ 3BComp Below is the detailed explanation of the compressor 10 - ATTACK: this knob sets the compressor’s attack controls of this suite. time, which is 0 ms for the first fifth of the knob rota- Unless expressly indicated each compressor control tion, after that it ranges from 0.5 ms (fast) to 300 ms will be available in both Titanium 3 compressor ver- (slow).
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13.2 Titanium3 EQ This will result in higher harmonic distortion levels 1 - PRE: push the Led to enable the preamp stage of and stronger compression, negative values will result the EQ. in lower internal operational level. 2 - INPUT (TRIM): this function allows for a “one Frequency control: Frequency control is stepped and knob”...
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RECOMMENDATION: simplify and automate the authorization, installation We recommend to always update Aquarius to and uninstallation process of your purchased Acustica the latest version available, in case of authoriza- products (ACQUA plug-ins etc.). tion problems with an Acqua plugin, we recom- mend to proceed with a product uninstall and re-install through Aquarius app.
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Acusticaudio s.r.l. or its con- tent suppliers, and is protected by international copy- right laws. • Acustica Audio is a trademark of Acusticaudio S.R.L. • Nebula is a trademark of Acusticaudio S.R.L. • Nebula Server is a trademark of Acusticaudio S.R.L.
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Titanium3 BASSTARD We did it again... The Acustica Audio team would like to surprise you again by bringing you a truly special gift. Celebrate this important upgrade with a brand new, useful and practical piece of dreamware for your studio, welcome the Titanium3 Basstard! What are you waiting for?...hurry up, download it...