ALBOROSIE
DUB STATION
USER GUIDE
v1.0
ALBOROSIE DUB STATION..........................................................................3
INSTALLATION..................................................................................................3
REGISTRATION..................................................................................................4
PARAMETERS...............................................................................................5
INTERFACE........................................................................................................5
FEATURES.....................................................................................................6
PARAMETER LOCK............................................................................................6
EDIT VALUE.......................................................................................................6
WINDOW SIZE...................................................................................................6
PRESET COPY/PASTE........................................................................................6
ENABLE/DISABLE NOTIFICATIONS.................................................................7
SWAP MOUSE BUTTONS.................................................................................7
ENABLE/DISABLE GUI ACCELERATION..........................................................7
DARK / LIGHT THEME......................................................................................7
END...............................................................................................................8
WHERE IS EVERYTHING?..................................................................................8
CREDITS.............................................................................................................8
EULA...................................................................................................................8
THANK YOU.......................................................................................................8
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ALBOROSIE DUB STATION
Straight from the heart of Jamaica’s most prolifc music community, Waterhouse in
Kingston, we proudly introduce you the ALBOROSIE Dub Station.
We sampled, analyzed, and carefully recreated the original flter, echos, and spring
reverb pre-owned, modifed, and used by the legendary Osbourne Ruddock “King
Tubby”– producer, studio engineer, and pioneer of dub reggae from the golden era of
the 70s – from Alborosie’s personal vintage gear collection.
ECHOWUK: directly from federal studios, then King Tubby studio in Waterhouse
Kingston, the MCI 2 track tape that was used to record and also to create the echo
efect for most of the reggae classics overall and popular Tubby’s instrumental dub
mixes.
SPRING BLING: directly from King Tubby studio in Waterhouse Kingston, the modifed
Fairchild Spring Reverb used by the Maestro himself in most classic records and dub
mixes he recorded and produced.
FILTER MAN: modeled after Tubby’s so-called “Big Knob”, a passive high-pass flter
with eleven frequency steps from 70Hz to 7.5KHz. This flter defned the sound of the
entire ‘roots’ area of Jamaican music!
Special thanks to Lloyd James “King Jammy” for the continuous inspiration and
guidance.
INSTALLATION
MAC OS
• Double click on the DMG archive to extract it
• Right click on the PKG installer and click open
• Follow the instructions to install the plug-in(s)
WINDOWS
• Extract the ZIP archive
• Double click on the setup fle (.exe)
• Follow the instructions to install the plug-in(s)
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REGISTRATION
You can open the registration window by clicking on the icon next to the bypass
button, in the top-right corner.
You can choose between Online and Ofine authorization.
ONLINE
• If you haven't created an account yet, you can signup here using the same
email address used at check out.
• Just input your credentials into the text felds and click on Log In
OFFLINE
• Download the license fle from your account.
• Copy the fle to your ofine computer.
• Just drag and drop the license into the registration window or click on the
Load License File button and browse to the downloaded license.
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PARAMETERS
INTERFACE
FILTER MAN
Type Selects between two diferent sets of frequencies for the flter
Frequency Selects the flter frequency cutof
Impedance Changes the behavior of the flter adding/removing emphasis
Gain Controls the internal gain of the flter
Pre/Post Selects if the flter is the frst or the last in the signal chain
ECHOWUK
Sync Syncs the delay time to the host/DAW BPM
Send The “Dub” switch, when disabled the echo section will not receive
any input but will continue to play any repetition or self-oscillating
Time Controls the time between each repetition
Feedback Controls the amount of feedback, increasing the amount of
repetitions in the echo signal
Input Controls the amount of input signal that goes into the echo
Output Controls the output volume of the echo
Hiss Controls the amount of wire background noise
Mix Controls the balance between dry and wet signal
SPRING BLING
Min/Max Controls the amount of spring reverb
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FEATURES
PARAMETER LOCK
If you want to keep the value of one or more
parameters while changing presets, or when
using the randomizer button, you can use the
Parameter Lock feature.
Right click on a parameter and choose Parameter
Lock.
Lock/Unlock If locked, the parameter won't be updated when changing presets
Lock All No parameters will be updated
Unlock All All parameters will be updated
EDIT VALUE
You can also manually change the value for knobs and
sliders. Right click on a parameter and choose Edit Value.
You can also access this feature with a SHIFT + Click.
By clicking on the icon you can access additional features.
WINDOW SIZE
You can resize the plugin window using three predefned sizes (small, standard, big).
You can also resize the plugin window by clicking and dragging the bottom-right
corner of the interface. Double clicking will reset to the standard size.
PRESET COPY/PASTE
You can easily share presets by using this Copy/Paste feature.
Copy to Clipboard the status of all parameters will be saved to the Clipboard
Paste from Clipboard load a preset from the Clipboard
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ENABLE/DISABLE NOTIFICATIONS
You can enable or disable the notifcations for updates and news (shown by the bell
icon). This option is global and it will afect all AudioThing plugins.
SWAP MOUSE BUTTONS
If you are using the right button as your primary mouse button, the plugin might not
recognize it. Use this option to enable it internally in the plugin. This option is global
and it will afect all AudioThing plugins.
ENABLE/DISABLE GUI ACCELERATION
You can enable or disable the GUI acceleration supported by your system. The current
and default library is OpenGL.
DARK / LIGHT THEME
You can choose a dark or light appearance for menus, popup values, and windows.
This option is global and it will afect all AudioThing plugins.
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END
WHERE IS EVERYTHING?
The installer will place the plugins, presets and other data in these folders.
MAC OS
AU: /Library/Audio/Plug-ins/Components/
VST: /Library/Audio/Plug-ins/VST/
VST3: /Library/Audio/Plug-ins/VST3/
AAX: /Library/Application Support/Avid/Audio/Plug-Ins/
Data: /Users/Shared/AudioThing/
WINDOWS
VST: custom path from installer
VST3: \Program Files\Common Files\VST3\
AAX: \Program Files\Common Files\Avid\Audio\Plug-Ins\
Data: \Users\Public\Public Documents\AudioThing\
CREDITS
DSP & Code: Carlo Castellano
Idea & Concept: Alborosie
Assistant: Valter Vincenti
Design: John Gordon (vstyler)
QA Engineer: Giuseppe Marrazzo
Presets: Audilepsy, Ry Manning
EULA
Please visit www.audiothing.net/eula/ to review this product EULA.
THANK YOU
Thank you for your purchase! We hope you will have as much fun using it as we had
making this product. For help or any question, feel free to contact us.
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