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P565
Siren
User Guide
Version 1.0

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  • Page 1 P565 Siren User Guide Version 1.0...
  • Page 2 King Tubby Big Knob style and creative phase manipulation options including inversion and a wet signal delay rounds out this deep, beautiful sounding processor. P565 blurs the line between instrument and effect as it wraps itself in and around the source signal, sounding and feeling like it is part of it rather than affecting it externally.
  • Page 3 Use it for anything from subtle tonality shaping to crushing overdriven distortion or for creative modulation effects such as phasing, flanging and sweeping resonance effects. The choice is yours... or perhaps this is just what the Siren has entranced you to feel?
  • Page 4 OUTPUT OVERDRIVE POWER WET DELAY I slow, II medium, III fast. The -10 dB to 10 dB of Awesomesauce. As if Siren Bypass Creates beautiful phasing Blend the desired amount rate at which the frequency wasn’t special enough. and comb filtering effects...
  • Page 5 Grey INTEL and VINTAGE options • indicates OS off and yellow indicates OS on. With OS off, P565 384 kHz disables oversampling options operates at the host sample rate (x1). A/B allows for temporary storage of different When oversampling is on, different options are made available.
  • Page 6 The preset The HPF cutoff frequency knob sets the browser point from where the high pass filter starts allows for modification of the currently selected preset using the working. save icon to the left of the browser (direct save) or for creation of new presets using the save icon to the right of the browser (save When in continuous mode, it features a as…).
  • Page 7 The HPF RESONANCE knob adds positive Note: There are two instances of the band filter and feedback that peaks at the HPF cutoff frequency, associated controls, each having identical functionality. resulting in very rich harmonic behavior. As the knob is turned clockwise, overtones, The NOTCH/PEAK band filter frequency coloration and harmonic emphasis of the knob sets the center point of the selected...
  • Page 8 The envelope follower routing knob determines The enveloper follower extends which of the filters are affected by the envelope the filtering capabilities of either follower. the cutoff frequency, resonance and slope or the NOTCH/PEAK Point the routing knob towards the HPF/LPF cutoff band filter, turning these into filter to have the envelope follower dynamically dynamic filters.
  • Page 9 The LPF SLOPE dB selector sets the slope. The LPF RESONANCE knob adds positive feedback that peaks at the LPF cutoff frequency, The 12 dB/oct (2-pole) and 24 dB/oct (4-pole) slopes resulting in very rich harmonic behavior. are signature Pulsar Modular filters indicated by the As the knob is turned clockwise, overtones, markings under their respective labels.
  • Page 10 The POWER button allows the unaffected audio signal to pass through without being processed. The OUPUT knob features -10 dB to 10 dB of transformer coupled gain. The output of this stage feeds into the MIX knob. The MIX knob allows for blending a desired amount of dry signal in with the processed wet signal.
  • Page 11 .: Phasing and comb filtering for fun and profit… and butter :. P565 Siren can be used to create beautiful phasing and comb filtering effects using the wet signal delay trim pot and/or the wet polarity inversion button. For an effect that is more or less like melted butter, engage the wet polarity inversion button, engage a wide peak band filter option (or two), engage the enveloper follower, adjust it to get a groovy movement happening and start delaying the signal using the delay trim pot.
  • Page 12: Managing Presets

    Presets can be backed up and restored using your operating system file manager. Simply perform a copy/paste of either individual preset files or the full presets folder to a backup location of your choosing. The presets folder can be found in the following locations: FOR WINDOWS ‘C:\Users\Public\Documents\Pulsar Modular\P565 Filter Set\Presets’ FOR MAC OS X ‘/Users/Shared/Pulsar Modular/P565 Filter Set/Presets’...
  • Page 13 ● In ‘/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3’, locate the ‘P565 Filter Set.vst3’ file and delete it. ● In ‘/Users/Shared/Pulsar Modular’, locate the ‘P565 Filter Set’ folder and delete it. This folder contains the user guide and presets. If no other folders exist under ‘Pulsar Modular’, this can be deleted as well.
  • Page 14 P/N: 12822, Rev. 1.0 Pulsar Modular is a registered trademark of Pulsar Novation Ltd. P565 Siren is a plugin name owned by Pulsar Novation Ltd. AAX and Pro Tools are trademarks of Avid Technology. Names and logos are used with permission.