Antares Tube user manual

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The Obligatory Legal Mumbo-Jumbo
The Antares Tube 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 Tube
software and its documentation. Use of Tube is limited by the following
license agreement.
Please carefully read all the terms and...

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
TUBE 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...

Contents
Getting Started Chapter 1 01
Installing Tube 02
Authorizing Tube 02
Technical Support 03
Introducing Tube Chapter 2 05
Some Background 05
So What Exactly is Tube? 06
What’s the Big Deal with Tubes? 06
Tube Controls Chapter 3 07
Input and Output Controls 07
Tube Selector 08
Input Level 08
Drive Amount 09
OmniTube 10
Output Attenuation 10
Tube Tips Chapter 4 11
Index 12 

Welcome!
On behalf of everyone at Antares Audio Technologies, we’d like to offer
both our thanks and congratulations on your decision to purchase Antares
Tube, the best sounding, most easy to use analog tube modeling software
available. Before you proceed any farther, we’d like to strongly encourage
you to register and authorize your copy of Tube. (You can skip ahead to the
Authorization and Installation instructions on page 02. We’ll wait.) Also, if
you’re planning on discarding that lovely Tube box,...

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Chapter 1: Getting Started
HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL
Let’s face it. With the exception of figuring out what “OmniTube” means,
pretty much everything else about Tube should be self-evident from just
looking at it. So check out this chapter for installation and authorization
instructions, read the OmniTube section on page 11, and then start playing
with Tube. If you still have questions, come back and read Chapter 2 and
the rest of Chapter 3. Chapter 4 includes some suggestions for using Tube
in ways that...

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INSTALLING TUBE
Any special instructions for installing Tube for your specific plug-in format
are located in the Tube Read Me file that accompanies the plug-in. That file
may also contain any last-minute Tube information that didn’t make it into
this manual.
Tube is designed to work as an insert effect 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.
Keep in mind that Tube has been designed to...

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•To obtain your Response, have your registration code and Challenge
string at hand. (If you will be accessing the web from the same com-
puter that will be running your software, you can press “Copy Chal-
lenge” at the Challenge screen and then simply paste the Challenge
into the appropriate field on the web page below.)
•Point your web browser to:
https://transactions.antarestech.com/
and simply follow the directions. (Be extremely careful to enter the
registration code and Challenge string...

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