Antares AVOX Evo user manual

							
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The Obligatory Legal Mumbo-Jumbo
The AVOX software and this User’s Manual 
are protected by copyright law. Making copies, 
adaptations, or derivative works without 
the prior written authorization of Antares 
Audio Technologies, is prohibited by law and 
constitutes a punishable violation of the law. 
Antares Audio Technologies retains all 
ownership rights to the AVOX software and 
its documentation. Use of AVOX software is 
limited by the following license agreement.
Please carefully read all the terms and 
conditions of this license agreement. At the 
time of installation of the AVOX software 
you will be presented with a copy of the 
agreement and asked whether or not you 
agree to it. Continuing with the installation 
process beyond that point constitutes such 
agreement.
AVOX License Agreement 
Antares Audio Technologies grants you a 
non-transferable, non-exclusive license to 
use AVOX software under the terms and 
conditions stated in this agreement. Use 
of AVOX indicates your agreement to the 
following terms and conditions. 
License
You may:
1. Use AVOX software on only one computer 
at a time. (Moving your AVOX license from 
computer to computer requires authorization 
via an iLok smart key.)
You may not:
1. Make copies of AVOX software or of the  user manual in whole or in part except as  expressly provided for in this agreement. 
Your right to copy AVOX software and 
the user manual is limited by copyright 
law. Making copies, verbal or media 
translations, adaptations, derivative works, 
or telecommunication data transmission 
of AVOX software without prior written 
authorization of Antares, is prohibited by law 
and constitutes a punishable violation of the 
law.
2. Make alterations or modifications to AVOX  software (or any copy) or disassemble or 
decompile AVOX software (or any copy), 
or attempt to discover the source code of 
AVOX software. 
3. Sub-license, lease, lend, rent, or grant other  rights in all or any portion of AVOX software 
(or any copy) to others.
Term of the Agreement 
This agreement is effective until terminated 
by you or Antares. You may terminate the 
agreement at any time by notifying Antares 
and destroying all copies of the manual, and 
erasing all AVOX software from all machine-
readable media, whether on-line or on archival 
copies. 
In the event of breach of any of the terms of 
this agreement, you shall pay the attorney’s 
fees of Antares that are reasonably necessary 
to enforce the agreement plus resulting 
damages. 
Limited Warranty and Disclaimer
AVOX SOFTWARE AND ACCOMPANYING 
MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED “AS IS”  
						

							
WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, 
EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, 
BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED 
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND 
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Antares Audio Technologies does not warrant 
that the functions contained in the program 
will meet your requirements. The entire risk as 
to the use, quality, and performance of AVOX 
software is with you. 
SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW 
LIMITATIONS ON HOW LONG AN IMPLIED 
WARRANTY LASTS, SO THE ABOVE 
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TO JURISDICTION.
Limitation of Liability
IN NO EVENT WILL ANTARES BE LIABLE 
FOR ANY DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOSS 
OF DATA, LOST PROFITS OR OTHER 
SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL 
OR INDIRECT DAMAGES ARISING 
FROM THE USE OF AVOX SOFTWARE 
OR ACCOMPANYING MATERIALS. THIS 
LIMITATION WILL APPLY EVEN IF ANTARES 
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OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR 
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE 
ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO 
YOU.
Whew! Now that that’s over, let’s get on to 
the good stuff. 
						

							
Contents
    Welcome 1
  Chapter 1  Getting Started  3
  Chapter 2  Introducing AVOX  5
  Chapter 3  THROAT Physical Modeling Vocal Designer  7
  Chapter 4  DUO Vocal Modeling Auto-Doubler  17
  Chapter 5  CHOIR Vocal Multiplier  21
  Chapter 6  PUNCH Vocal Impact Enhancer  23
  Chapter 7  SYBIL Variable Frequency De-Esser  25
    Index  27 
						

							
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Welcome!
O
n behalf of everyone at Antares Audio 
Technologies, we’d like to offer both 
our thanks and congratulations on your 
decision to purchase the AVOX Antares 
Vocal Toolkit, a suite of uniquely powerful DSP 
tools for creating spectacular vocal tracks. 
As an AVOX owner, you are entitled to receive 
notification of any software updates, technical 
support, and advance announcements of 
upcoming products. But we can’t send you 
stuff unless we know who and where you are. 
So please, register.
At Antares, we are committed to excellence 
in quality, customer service, and technological 
innovation. With your purchase of AVOX, you 
have created a relationship with Antares which 
we hope will be long and gratifying. Let us know 
what you think. You can count on us to listen.
Again, thanks.
The Whole Antares CrewTechnical Support
In the unlikely event that you experience a 
problem using AVOX, try the following:
1. Make another quick scan through this  manual. Who knows? You may have 
stumbled onto some feature that you didn’t 
notice the first time through.
2. Check our web page for tips, techniques, or  any late-breaking information: 
  www.antarestech.com
3. Consult our searchable knowledgebase at: 
  http://www.antarestech.com/support/ index.html
4. Call your local Antares dealer. 
						

							
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Chapter 1: Getting Started
How To Use This 
Manual
The plug-ins that make 
up the AVOX suite 
have been designed with clear, consistent, 
friendly user-interfaces. If you come to AVOX 
with previous vocal processing experience, 
you will find that most of their functions are 
self-evident and are extraordinarily easy to 
use. However, since some of the AVOX tools 
do things that have never been done before, 
a few aspects of their user-interfaces may not 
be immediately obvious. 
Consequently, we encourage you to at least 
scan each of the individual plug-in’s chapters 
for descriptions of their various parameters. 
In particular, THROAT offers an entirely 
new approach to vocal processing, offering 
capabilities that have simply never before 
existed in a DSP plug-in. We strongly suggest 
that you read Chapter 3 in its entirety to gain an 
understanding of what THROAT can do.
If you just can’t wait to get some sound going, 
feel free to load up some vocal tracks and 
play around with the various AVOX plug-ins. 
(Be sure to check out THROAT’s collection 
of factory presets. They’ll give you a good 
idea of what THROAT is capable of as well as 
providing inspiration for your own creations.) 
Then come back and dig into the details.
The Contents Of This Manual
Chapter 1: Getting Started
The chapter you are reading. 
Chapter 2: Introducing AVOX
This chapter provides an overview of the tools 
that make up the AVOX plug-in suite.
Chapter 3: THROAT Physical Modeling Vocal 
Designer
This chapter is reference information for all of 
the controls used in the THROAT interface. 
Chapter 4: DUO Vocal Modeling  
Auto-Doubler
This chapter is reference information for all of 
the controls used in the DUO interface.
Chapter 5: CHOIR Vocal Multiplier
This chapter is reference information for all of 
the controls used in the CHOIR interface.
Chapter 6: PUNCH Vocal Impact Enhancer
We’re guessing that by this point you can 
predict what this chapter is about. 
Chapter 7: SYBIL Variable Frequency  
De-Esser
Yup.
Installing AVOX
Any unique instructions for installing AVOX for 
your specific plug-in format will be located in 
the AVOX Read Me file that accompanies the 
plug-ins. This file may also contain any last-
minute AVOX information that didn’t make it 
into this manual.
AVOX is designed to work with a wide variety 
of digital audio applications. Please refer to 
your host application’s user manual for more 
information on installing and using plug-ins. 
						

							
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Authorizing AVOX 
Authorization is the process by which the 
AVOX software is allowed to run on your 
computer. Detailed instructions covering the 
available authorization options will be found 
in the file “Authorization Read Me” which is 
included on the installation CD ROM or with 
your software download.Note: When initially installed, this 
software will run for ten days without 
authorization.
So even if you can’t authorize it right away you 
can still use your software in the meantime. 
(During this period, click the “Continue” 
button whenever you are presented with 
the Trial Period screen at launch.) But don’t 
procrastinate too long. After those ten days 
are up, you will no longer be able to launch this 
software until it’s authorized.