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- Page 1 USER MANUAL...
- Page 2 Information contained in this manual is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Arturia. The software described in this manual is provided under the terms of a license agreement or non-disclosure agreement. The software license agreement specifies the terms and conditions for its lawful use.
- Page 3 This manual covers the features and operation of the Phaser BI-TRON. Be sure to register your software as soon as possible! When you purchased Phaser BI-TRON you were sent a serial number and an unlock code by e-mail. These are required during the online registration process.
- Page 4 Arturia's passion for synthesizers and sonic purity has given demanding musicians the best software instruments for professional audio production. Arturia also has a growing expertise in the audio field, and in 2017 launched the AudioFuse, a pro studio quality audio interface that features two proprietary DiscretePRO® microphone preamplifiers and a set of top-notch AD/DA converters.
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Page 5: Table Of Contents
What about the Phaser BI-TRON?..........................3 1.3. Where can we use a phaser unit like this? ......................4 ACTIVATION AND FIRST START.......................... 5 2.1. Activate the Arturia Phaser BI-TRON license ...................... 5 2.1.1. The Arturia Software Center (ASC)..................................5 2.2. Working with plug-ins ............................... 5 PHASER BI-TRON OVERVIEW .......................... -
Page 6: Welcome
No wonder they have been used extensively since they appeared. Also, they have been somehow an obligatory addition to almost any synthesizer and electronic keyboard manufactured since the eighties. Arturia - User Manual Phaser BI-TRON - WELCOME... -
Page 7: What About The Phaser Bi-Tron
1.2. What about the Phaser BI-TRON? The Arturia Phaser BI-TRON is part of a new set of effects, proposing three new iconic vintage modulation effect units. The original unit this plug-in is modeled on is one of the most popular analog phaser pedals that appeared during the seventies. -
Page 8: Where Can We Use A Phaser Unit Like This
Jean-Michel Jarre, applied to the string sounds of the Eminent (especially in the Oxygen and Equinoxe albums). From then on, string machines and phasers became a serious case of successful association. Arturia - User Manual Phaser BI-TRON - WELCOME... -
Page 9: Activation And First Start
The Arturia Phaser BI-TRON plug-in works on computers equipped with: Windows 7 or later and macOS 10.10 or later. You can use the Phaser BI-TRON plug-in as an Audio Unit, AAX, VST2 or VST3 plug-in (64-bit only). 2.1. Activate the Arturia Phaser BI-TRON license Once the software has been installed, the next step should be to activate your license, so that you can use it without limitations. -
Page 10: Phaser Bi-Tron Overview
We kept most of the original unit layout. As is usual with the effect plug-ins produced by Arturia, the Graphical User Interface (GUI) has a Main panel and an Advanced panel. But here we added a third panel, the Pedal, which also plays a very important role in controlling the unit. -
Page 11: Understanding The Phaser Bi-Tron Signal Flow
3.2. Understanding the Phaser BI-TRON Signal Flow The Phaser BI-TRON plug-in is a unit capable of quite complex routings. It is a double circuit phaser, to start with, which means that we have the signal split between two channels. These two channels may interact in several ways. The following diagrams illustrate all the... - Page 12 If the engines are routed in parallel, the cross-mix will occur. If the routing of the engines is in series, then the output of the second engine will be the final output. Arturia - User Manual Phaser BI-TRON - PHASER BI-TRON OVERVIEW...
- Page 13 This is the signal heard when we press the Power button or the Bypass button in the Lower Toolbar. This is the complete signal flow of the Phaser BI-TRON. Study the circuit, spend some time with the controls, and we're sure you'll gain a deep understanding of how this chorus processor works, and enjoy all its amazing sonic capabilities.
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Page 14: Getting Hands-On With Phaser Bi-Tron
3.3. Getting hands-on with Phaser BI-TRON 3.3.1. Phaser Basics To get an idea of the Phaser BI-TRON's capabilities, we suggest you try the following: • Load a stereo clip into an audio track in your DAW (some strings track, an electric piano lick or a melodic sequence, are the ideal for this). - Page 15 And that's pretty much it in what concerns standard controls. This unit has a lot of potential by just using the standard controls. But there's more we can do. Please read below; Arturia - User Manual Phaser BI-TRON - PHASER BI-TRON OVERVIEW...
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Page 16: Advanced Methods Of Using The Phaser
3.3.2. Advanced methods of using the phaser Now that you have a feeling for the Phaser BI-TRON basics, let's go a little deeper: • Click the double downward facing arrows to open the "Advanced" panel. Alternatively, you can simply click the PHASER BI-TRON title;... -
Page 17: Phaser Bi-Tron Control Panel
4. PHASER BI-TRON CONTROL PANEL The Phaser BI-TRON plug-in can be used in Mono, Stereo or Mono-to-Stereo configurations, independently of the source material. The Mono configuration is automatically loaded when we use the plug-in with mono tracks. When inserted in stereo tracks, the Stereo configuration is automatically loaded as well. -
Page 18: Main Control Panel
That will also open the Advanced panel. As is the case with the previous effects bundles, as well as with all current Arturia plug- ins, this GUI also has an Upper Toolbar and a Lower Toolbar. The Lower Toolbar is very... -
Page 19: Power
Pedal section takes control of the rate of the LFO, overriding the Rate knob. By default, the switch is in the Manual position (Rate knob controls the LFO rate). Arturia - User Manual Phaser BI-TRON - PHASER BI-TRON CONTROL PANEL... -
Page 20: Phasor A / Phasor B
We can look at them as effect intensity controls. The presence of two Depth controls is another new feature introduced by Arturia in this section. The original unit had each engine controlled by just one LFO. Therefore, Sweep Gen 1 controlled Phasor A while Sweep Gen 2 controlled Phasor B. - Page 21 The third (Gen + Pedal) position, which is labeled "+", will make the LFO to sweep around a center frequency controlled by the pedal. By using different Sweep Switch combinations for both engines, some interesting phase- shifting combinations can be achieved. Phasor B Sweep switches Arturia - User Manual Phaser BI-TRON - PHASER BI-TRON CONTROL PANEL...
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Page 22: Routing
In serial, the mono signal is routed through Phasor A and then through Phasor B. Arturia - User Manual Phaser BI-TRON - PHASER BI-TRON CONTROL PANEL... - Page 23 ♪: If you want the signal to be processed by just one engine, you simply need to turn Off the other engine, using the On/Off switch in each of the Phasor sections of the control panel. Arturia - User Manual Phaser BI-TRON - PHASER BI-TRON CONTROL PANEL...
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Page 24: Pedal
To make the Pedal control the sweep of the phase-shifting of each engine, the respective Sweep switch must be in the Pedal position. When the switch is in the Gen position, the sweep is controlled by the Depth knobs. Pedal signal-flow diagram Arturia - User Manual Phaser BI-TRON - PHASER BI-TRON CONTROL PANEL... -
Page 25: Manual
The manual pedal is a very simple control (like the real foot-pedal). We drag it up to increase the modulation value, drag it down to decrease the modulation value, and that's it. It can also be automated. Arturia - User Manual Phaser BI-TRON - PHASER BI-TRON CONTROL PANEL... -
Page 26: Envelope
External Sidechain selects an external signal as the source for the Envelope Follower. Please refer to your host manual to check how to configure side-chain, as each host behaves differently. Arturia - User Manual Phaser BI-TRON - PHASER BI-TRON CONTROL PANEL... - Page 27 1/32 (32nd note) up to 1 (a whole-note or a full 4/4 bar). When delay is in sync, there will always be a delay. Default is 1/4 (a quarter-note). Arturia - User Manual Phaser BI-TRON - PHASER BI-TRON CONTROL PANEL...
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Page 28: Advanced Mode Control Panel
TRON" label. This control panel contains very important additions that bring extra power and flexibility to the processor. In the case of Phaser BI-TRON, this panel features a Hi-Pass Filter, and several controls for each of the phaser units: a Poles changer control, two LFO right-channel polarity invert switches (one for each LFO), and a Mix Dry/Wet control. -
Page 29: Mix
This is true even if the original signal input is mono (by using Phaser BI-TRON in a mono-to- stereo configuration), but will not be available on the Mono version of the plug-in. -
Page 30: User Interface
The Phaser BI-TRON User Interface has a Main Control Panel, an Advanced Mode Control Panel, and toolbars in the top and bottom of the window. It is still a very simple User Interface. That will always be the main focus of every Arturia product: to unleash your creativity while remaining easy to use. -
Page 31: Save Preset As
5.1.5. Resize Window options The Phaser BI-TRON window can be resized from 50% to 200% of its original size without any visual artifacts. On a smaller screen such as a laptop, you might want to reduce the interface size so it doesn't dominate the display. -
Page 32: Help
5.2. Advanced Mode (Double Arrow) Button This button opens the Advanced Mode control panel. This is where the controls are located for the extra features Arturia added to expand the possibilities regularly found on these units. When the Advanced Mode panel is opened, the arrows point up. When the panel is closed, the arrows point down. -
Page 33: The Lower Toolbar
If it is clicked repeatedly it will revert the parameter changes in the order they were performed in the session, from the latest ones to the earliest ones. 5.3.4. History This button lists all the parameter changes performed in the current session. Arturia - User Manual Phaser BI-TRON - USER INTERFACE... -
Page 34: Redo
(the latest undone ones first). 5.3.6. Bypass This one is obvious. Activating the bypass option will completely disable the Phaser BI-TRON plug-in. This action may also be performed by the Power switch. 5.3.7. CPU meter The CPU meter is used to monitor how much of your computer’s CPU is being used by the... -
Page 35: The Preset Browser
The preset browser enables you to search, load and manage preset configurations in Phaser BI-TRON. Although this looks and is based on the usual Arturia Preset Browser, it is simpler, and even easier to work with. You access the preset browser by clicking on the library symbol next to the Arturia logo/plug-in name on the left. -
Page 36: Fine-Tuning Parameters
And that's it. We just finished describing all the controls you have at your disposal to process sound in your DAW using the Phaser BI-TRON plug-in. We hope you'll enjoy your new plug- in (and the results you get with it!) as much as we enjoyed making it. -
Page 37: Software License Agreement
The License is not a sale of the original SOFTWARE. 2. Grant of License Arturia grants you a non-exclusive license for the use of the software according to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. You may not lease, loan or sub- license the software. - Page 38 (a) return of the purchase price or (b) replacement of the disk that does not meet the Limited Warranty and which is returned to Arturia with a copy of your receipt. This limited Warranty is void if failure of the software has resulted from accident, abuse, modification, or misapplication.