audiority AAX Klirrton Grindstein User Manual

: June 9, 2024
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Table of Contents

audiority AAX Klirrton Grindstein
Klirrton Grindstein
Specifications
- System Requirements
- FILE LOCATIONS
PLUGIN ACTIVATION
- USER AREA AND REDEEM CODES
- USER PATHS SETTING
GRINDSTEIN PARAMETERS
References
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audiority AAX Klirrton Grindstein

Klirrton Grindstein

(AAX, AU, CLAP, VST2, VST3)
produced by Luca Capozzi (Audiority Srls), September 2021
Current Manual version: v1.2
Precisely modeled in collaboration with Klirrton Manufaktur and producer Kristian Kohle from Kohlekeller Studio, the Grindstein is the official analog modeled simulation suite of their ultimate death metal preamp, along with the cutting edge Schnauze noise gate and the new Fleisch equalizer.
Dirty and fuzzy death metal tones from the 90s into the modern age, from a ripping chainsaw to a more modern and tight sound with just a touch of grind. It can go from the Swedish HM2 sound all the way to 90’s Florida transistor distortion, but with modern fat lowend and thightness like never heard before!
Please, read carefully both product specifications and system requirements before purchasing any Audiority product.
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Klirrton Grindstein
produced by Audiority, September 2021.

Credits
Code & DSP: Luca Capozzi (Audiority Srls), September 2021
GUI Design: Luca Capozzi, based on the original design by Svencho from ABORTED
Published by Audiority Srls
Copyright © 2021-2022 – Audiority Srls – All rights reserved.
Klirrton, Grindstein, Schnauze and Fleisch are copyright of Carsten Pinkle t/a Klirrton Manufaktur

Specifications

Two mixable channels (Bottom shaker and Chainsaw)
Built-in boost based on Licht bringer circuit
Phase switch for out-of-phase supergrindy sound
3 band EQ on the Chainsaw channel and 2 band EQ on the Bottom shaker
Noise Gate based on Schnauzer circuit
5 band Fleischer EQ, with carefully selected boost and cut bands
Cab simulator with 7 speaker combinations selected by Kris Kohle
Pre and Post effect gain
Standalone version
Resizable interface

System Requirements

Windows 7 64bit or later
Intel i5 or equivalent
2 GB RAM
Screen resolution: 1024×768
CLAP, VST2, VST3, AU 64-bit host
PT11 or higher, AAX 64-bit host

MAC (Intel)

OSX 10.8 or later
Intel i5 or equivalent
2 GB RAM
Screen resolution: 1024×768
CLAP, VST2, VST3, AU 64-bit host
PT11 or higher, AAX 64-bit host

MAC (Silicon)

macOS 11.0 or later
M1 or higher
2 GB RAM
Screen resolution: 1024×768
CLAP, VST2, VST3, AU 64-bit host
PT11 or higher, AAX 64-bit host

FILE LOCATIONS

Mac

All presets, license, IR files and settings are located in: /Users/Shared/Auditorily/
AAX, CLAP and VST plugins will be placed in their own Audiority sub-folder located in:
AAX: /Library/Application Support/Avid/Audio/Plug-Ins/Audiority
CLAP: /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/CLAP/Auditorily
VST: /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST/Auditorily
VST3: /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3/Auditorily

All presets, license, IR files and settings are located to:
C:\Users\Public\Public Documents\Auditorily
AAX, CLAP and VST plugins will be placed in their own Audiority sub-folder, usually located in:
AAX: C:\Program Files\Avid\Audio\Plug-Ins\Audiority
CLAP: {Your CLAP Path}\Audiority
VST: {Your VST Path}\Authority
VST3: {Your VST3 Path}\Auditorily

PLUGIN ACTIVATION

Once you install and open the plugin for the first time, it will be in Demo Mode until a license file is loaded. In Demo Mode the plugin will output 3 seconds of silence every minute.
You can activate the plugin either OFFLINE or ONLINE.

OFFLINE ACTIVATION
If you purchased the plugin from our site, you should have received an email to download the installers and the license file. Save the license file you got with your purchase email (or via our User Area) anywhere on your computer.
Then, to activate the plugin, click on the Audiority logo and select “Register”. The Registration window will pop up allowing you to load the license file you got while purchasing the plugin by clicking the “Load License” button. Alternatively, you can drag and drop the license file on the registration window.
NOTE: If you purchased the plugin from one of our dealers, please check the “USER AREA AND REDEEM CODES” section below.

ONLINE ACTIVATION
If you are registered to our User Area, then you can activate the plugin online.

Insert your Username (or email address), your password and click the “Login” button. The license file will be automatically delivered in your computer and the plugin will be activated.

USER AREA AND REDEEM CODES

If you purchased from one of our dealers, then you should have received an email with a redeem code. This code is required to deposit a license in your User Area account and let you download the license file or activate the plugin online.
If you don’t have an User Area account yet, please follow these steps:

Go to https://www.audiority.com/register and fill out the signup form.
Once registered, log in to your account by clicking the User Area section of our site. Click the REDEEM section of your account and paste the code you received via email from our dealer.
After submitting the code, a license will be deposited in your account and will be shown in “MY PLUGINS” section of your User Area.
Now you can click “License File” and save the license anywhere on your computer and ready to be loaded through the plugin registration window. You can also skip this part and activate your plugin online (see previous section of this manual).

USER PATHS SETTING

By selecting “Settings” from the logo menu, you can change the path for Presets, License and IR folders. You can also disable our Newsfeed from here.
Note: Please do not move the Settings folder from its default location.

GRINDSTEIN PARAMETERS

TOOLBAR
The Toolbar allows you to manage the plugin presets, register the plugin and set some global parameters.
By clicking the AUDIORITY logo, in the top left corner of the Toolbar, you’ll be able to visit our website and social profiles, register the plugin, change the interface size and customize the paths for license and preset files.
The HQ button will enable oversampling, useful to reduce aliasing when the signal saturates. Use the Randomize and Reset buttons to experiment with random presets or restoring it to its saved version.

GENERAL PARAMETERS

MIX Mixes the Bottomshaker and Chainsaw channels
BOOST Boosts and tightens the input signal before the channels. On the BOTTOMSHAKER channel this will be disabled when FX LOOP is on.
MASTER Controls the output volume of the entire preamp
PHASE Changes the phase of the BOTTOMSHAKER channel
FX LOOP Replaces the BOTTOMSHAKER channel with the audio incoming from the SIDECHAIN channels

CHAINSAW PARAMETERS (TOP)

MIDCUT Cuts the lower “unbrootal” mids. Turning it fully counter clockwise bypasses the filter
GRIND Boosts the typical chainsaw frequency peaks
HIGH Adjusts the high end frequency response
BRIGHT / DARK Switches between two different types of Chainsaw circuits. Select BRIGHT for the original Grinstein circuit and DARK for the modified version.

BOTTOMSHAKER PARAMETERS (BOTTOM)

GAIN Adjust the gain of the preamp
BASS Adjust the bass frequency response
TREBLE Adjusts the high end frequency response

GLOBAL CONTROLS (Footer)

IN / OUT Adjust the volume of the signal before and after the chain.
GATE / GS / EQ / CAB Left click: switch to the related effect page
Right click: enable/disable the effect (same as the power switch)

RESIZING CONTROLS (Audiority logo menu)

Small / Default / Big Size Reduce, reset or increase the size of the plugin interface.
Resizing Corner You can resize from the bottom right corner of the GUI

NOISE GATE PARAMETERS

The SCHNAUZE is a natural sounding noise killer with integrated booster. The original pedal can be connected in 2-Wire or 4-Wire modes. In this plugin, the SCHNAUZE is connected using the 4-Wire mode: the clean DI guitar signal is used as a control for the noise gate, while the gating happens AFTER the GRINDSTEIN preamplifier.

SCHNAUZE PARAMETERS

BOOST Boosts the gated signal AFTER the Grinstein preamp section. This is useful when you place the plugin before another amp simulator
THRESHOLD The control knob to adjust the threshold, when the gate kicks in to get rid of noise.
BOOST / GATE SWITCH Sets the Boost / Gate sections on or off

EQ PARAMETERS

The FLEISCH is a cutting-edge EQ box devoted to brutality. The 5 carefully selected bands will help you get THAT tone without the need to use other processors.

FLEISCH PARAMETERS

INPUT / OUTPUT Adjusts the input / output level
DOZER 120Hz boost, up to 8dB
CLEANSING 400Hz cut, down to -10dB
SCOOP 700Hz cut, down to -8dB
CHAINSAW 1.4kHz boost, up to 10dB
BLADE 5kHz shelving boost, up to 10dB

CAB SELECTOR

The CAB section lets you play with an exclusive selection of speakers.

CAB PARAMETERS

SELECT Scrolls through the cab list
CAB LEDS Click on each led to instantly change the cab

FX LOOP

By engaging the FX LOOP, you will be able to replace the Bottom shaker channel with the audio coming from another track.
FX LOOP mode is useful if you want to mix another amp/pedal with the Grinstein Chainsaw channel.
In your DAW, the FX LOOP will use the “Side-Chain” channels to get the audio from another track and send it through the Grinstein. It is also very important that the track sent to the Grinstein will only output through the Grinstein and not from its own channel.
When enabled, the controls for the Bottom shaker channel will be unavailable.
An example (using Cubase Pro 11). Let say you have a track with only the GRINDSTEIN and you want to mix the output of another amp simulator:

Duplicate the GRINDSTEIN track, so that the audio tracks will be identical and with the SAME number of channels.
On the 2nd track, replace the GRINDSTEIN plugin with your favorite amp simulator.
On the GRINDSTEIN track, open the GRINDSTEIN interface and click on the Cubase cog icon ( ) to set the Side-Chain routing.
A window will pop up allowing you to add your 2nd track as Side-Chain Source.
Click on the Activate Side-Chain icon (located to the left of the cog icon) and then, enable the FX LOOP on the GRINDSTEIN plugin.
You are ready to rock

The process is pretty much the same on any other DAW.
Just remember to set your 2nd track as side chain source for your GRINDSTEIN track before enabling the FX LOOP.
Also make sure the 2nd track does NOT go through a cabinet simulation or IR player.
Both channels will be mixed into the GRINDSTEIN’s cabinet section
Please, refer to your DAW’s user manual for detailed instructions on how to use Side-Chain inputs.
IMPORTANT: The FX LOOP is not available in the standalone version.
If you need to use the FX LOOP, you must use the plugin version of the Grinstein.

CHANGELOG

v1.2 (October 2022)
- NEW: Updated Framework
- NEW: CLAP plugin format
- NEW: Persistent GUI settings (via Settings option)
- FIX: Improved Licenser error messages
- FIX: GUI not showing correct preset name when opened the first time
v1.1.1 (December 2021)
- FIX: ASIO not loaded on some configurations
v1.1 (December 2021)
- NEW: Framework update
- NEW: Standalone version
- NEW: More presets
v1.0.2 (September 2021)
- NEW: Knob values can be inserted via keyboard by SHIFT + Double Click on the desired knob
- FIX: Online activation failing on some configurations
- FIX: Minor performance improvements
v1.0.1 (September 2021)
- FIX: Audio processed on left channel only (VST3)
- FIX: Dry signal getting in mix when randomizing parameters
- FIX: Switch parameters behaving as continuous parameters
- FIX: Missing value labels for some switch parameters
v1.0 (September 2021)
- Original release

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