audiority VST2 The Abuser mkII User Manual

: June 9, 2024
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Table of Contents

audiority VST2 The Abuser mkII
Specifications
System Requirements
FILE LOCATIONS
PLUGIN ACTIVATION
USER AREA AND REDEEM CODES
USER PATHS SETTING
Plugin Parameters
Algorithms
CHANGELOG
Limited Rights to Install and Use the Software
References
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audiority VST2 The Abuser mkII

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The Abuser mkII (VST2, VST3, AU, AAX) produced by Luca Capozzi (Audiority Srls), Feb 2022
Current Manual version : v2.0

The Abuser mkII is a collection of aggressive saturation, distortion and mangling effects ideal to destroy and shape your sound in a unique way.
Please, read carefully both product specifications and system requirements before purchasing any Audiority product

Credits

Code & DSP: Luca Capozzi (Audiority Srls), Feb 2022
GUI Design: Luca Capozzi
Published by Audiority Srls
Copyright © 2014-2017 – Progsounds di Luca Capozzi – All rights reserved.
Copyright © 2018-2022 – Audiority Srls – All rights reserved

Specifications

20 Algorithms
Pre Distortion LF Cut
Input Biasing
Bipolar Feedback
Bipolar Envelope Follower
Hard / Soft clipping
Input / Output / Mix controls
Input / Output metering
Resizable interface

System Requirements

PC

Windows 7 64bit or later
Intel i5 or equivalent
2 GB RAM
Screen resolution: 1024×768
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
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
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/Audiority/
AAX and VST plugins will be placed in their own Audiority sub-folder located in:
AAX: /Library/Application Support/Avid/Audio/Plug-Ins/Audiority
VST: /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST/Audiority
VST3: /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3/Audiority

PC

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

PLUGIN ACTIVATION

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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. $audiority-VST2-The-Abuser-mkII-FIG- $4$$

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 $audiority-VST2-The-Abuser-mkII-FIG- $6$$
After submitting the code, a license will be deposited in your account and will be shown in “MY PLUGINS” section of your User Area $audiority-VST2-The-Abuser-mkII-FIG- $7$$
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 manua

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.

Plugin Parameters

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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. Press CTRL+DOUBLE CLICK on any knob to manually assign a new value.

PARAMETERS

LF CUT Cuts the low frequencies from the input signal
PARAM 1 & 2 (DRIVE and STRENGTH)
These parameter changes according to the selected algorithm.
TONE Frequency cut. Move clockwise to cut the low end or counterclockwise to cut the high end.
CLIPPING (HARD / SOFT) Switch between HARD (digital) clipping and SOFT (tube-like) clipping
ENV AMT Adjust the amount of control signal modulating PARAM 1 (DRIVE). Use this to create a dynamic distortion
ENV REL Adjust the envelope follower release time.
BIAS Adjust the input signal biasing. Change this parameter to get asymmetrical distortions
SHAPER CARD Opens the algorithm selection table.
FEEDBACK Adjust the amount of signal going back to the input. Positive feedback will increase the low end response, while negative feedback will provide a grittier sound.

PREAMPLIFIER PARAMETERS

INPUT / OUTPUT TRIM Pre/Post effect gain
INPUT/OUTPUT METER TRIM Adjust the 0VU reference level of the VU Meter. By default the meters are calibrated to -18dB, leaving plenty of headroom for further processing.
MIX Dry/wet signal mixer.

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

RIGHT-CLICK OPTIONS

PARAMETER LOCKING: Each one of the knobs and the optical card menus can be locked so it won’t change its value. This is very useful when you load the plugin on an AUX/SEND channel. To lock a knob, simply RIGHT CLICK it and select LOCK PARAMETER.

Algorithms

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CHANGELOG

v2.0 (Feb 2022)

NEW: Updated framework
NEW: Reworked GUI
NEW: Persistent GUI settings (via Settings option)
NEW: LF Cut parameter (before distortion)
NEW: Bias parameter
NEW: Input / Output / Mix controls
NEW: Vector Toolbar
NEW: Corner resizer
NEW: More algorithms
NEW: More presets
NEW: Drag and Drop license file on registration window
FIX: Improved Licenser and Online Activation
CHANGE: Envelope Amount is now bipolar
CHANGE: Feedback is now bipolar
CHANGE: Fizz renamed as Hard/Soft Clip
BREAKING CHANGE: Improved licenser requires a new activation

v1.6 (July 2021)

NEW: Universal 2 Binary for Apple Silicon Macs
CHANGE: Framework update

v1.5.2 (June 2020)

FIX: Parameters slowdown
FIX: Silence triggered randomly in some configurations

v1.5.1 (November 2019)

FIX: Plugin working only on stereo channels

v1.5 (November 2019)

NEW: Mac OSX Catalina support
NEW: VST3 plugin format
NEW: Fuzzy algorithm
NEW: Notifications system
BREAKING CHANGE: Dropped 32bit support

v1.4 (September 2018)

FIX: Noise when bypassed in some DAWs
FIX: Menus getting keyboard focus
FIX: Scrambled preset names on High Sierra
FIX: Installer issues on High Sierra
FIX: Buttons not automating
IMP: Reduced file size
IMP: Framework update

v1.3.1 (October 2016)

FIX: Env Follower not correctly recalled on preset change and sample rate change.

v1.3 (October 2016)

NEW: New Framework
NEW: HQ Mode (4x Oversampling)
NEW: 10 Waveshaping Modes
NEW: More presets
FIX: Automations now report correct values (no more 0-1)

v1.2 (February 2015)

AAX 32/64 bit support

v1.1 (December 2014)

Feature: Feedback knob

v1.0 (November 2014)

Original release

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Last updated on May 19th, 2021

Thank You
We wanna thank you for buying Audiority The Abuser mkII plugin.
We hope you will enjoy it as much as we did.
If you have any question, concerns, technical issues or even for just say ‘Hello’, get in touch with us at:
info@audiority.com or checkout our site at www.audiority.com
Cheers,
Luca

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