TBProAudio Isol8 5-Band Frequency Monitor Instruction Manual

: June 13, 2024
: TBProAudio

Isol8

5-BAND FREQUENCY MONITOR

MANUAL

TBProAudio 2022

1. Introduction

Welcome to Isol8 , an advanced mix monitoring tool. Isol8 helps you to understand and improve your mix in the frequency domain.

Isol8 divides the frequency band into 5 regions. Each band can be soloed / muted individually, so you can focus on certain frequency ranges during your mix and master session.

2. Features

Isol8 offers following features:

5 adjustable frequency bands
Solo/mute function for each band individually
Linkwitz-Riley crossover filter design
24/48dB/Oct filter slope
Multiple filter channel modes (Stereo/Left/Right/Mid/Side)
Multiple monitor modes (Stereo/Left/Right/Mid/Side)
In-place or centered monitoring
Swap left/right channel
Adjustable output level
Loudness dim function
Multi channel split
Smart plug-in bypass
Side chain monitoring
Keyboard control
Large and easy to use GUI
Scalable GUI
64-bit internal processing

3. Overview

Isol8 is an advanced mix monitoring tool. It divides the frequency range into 5 bands. These 5 bands can be soloed or muted individually. This will help you to concentrate on certain frequency ranges during the mixing and mastering process.

Isol8 is originally designed to be used on the master track, but it can also be used on individual audio track busses, if preferred.
On top you can use ISLO8 as a flexible multi-band splitter with following complex plugin chains. The split signal can finally be mixed together.

4. Controls

Frequency Crossover

4 knobs to control the crossover frequencies.
X1 : LF><LMF, X2 : LMF><MF, X3 : MF><HMF, X4 : HMF><HF

Click to type the value using your keyboard.

“ Filter Bypass ” button will bypass only the filter section.

Band Controls

10 buttons to solo or mute the 5 frequency bands. Solo buttons override mute buttons. Click with shift left mouse button on any button deactivates all other buttons. This helps to quickly click through individual bands.

Output Stage

Output knob controls the master output volume.

Attenuation will dim the output value by a pre-defined (dB) value.

Click below the knob or on the value box to enter the value using your keyboard.

Channel/Monitor

Channel mode will apply the filter only to the selected channel: Stereo, Left, Right, Mid/Sum or Side/Diff signal.

Monitor determines which signal is sent to the output stage: Stereo (no button pressed) L (left), R (right), M (mid/sum) or S (side/diff).
Click on the Monitor text to change from in-place monitoring to center/left/right monitoring.
LR Swap swaps left/right channel output.

Multi-Channel Split

If “Ch. Mode” is set to multi channel , ISOL8 copies the split band to one out of five channel pairs/buses.
In Reaper use the command “Build multi-channel routing for output of selected FX…”. It creates automatically the 5 multi-band channels and 5 corresponding sends. For other DAWs please consult the manual.

Side chain monitoring

SC enables the side chain.
Mon SC switches between main and side chain signal.
Please consult the DAW manual for proper side chain setup.

Click on the “ISLO8” icon and open the help menu:
Plugin information, online version check, manual, change log, reset GUI scale, keyboard control toggle.
Keys q to t: control mute
Keys a to g: control solo
Key p: Dim function
Keys i, o, k, l: stereo, left, right, mid and side processing
Key m: global bypass
Key n: swap left/right channel

5. Minimum System Requirements

Windows 7, OpenGL 2 GFX card
Mac OS X 10.11, Metal GFX card
SSE2 CPU
Win: 32/64 Bit VST, 32/64 Bit VST3, 32/64 Bit AAX
OS X: 64 Bit VST, 64 Bit VST3, 64 Bit AU, 64 Bit AAX
Tested with: Ableton Live 9+, Cockos Reaper 5+, Image Line FL Studio 12+, Avid
Pro Tools 2018+, Reason Studios Reason 9.5+, PreSonus Studio One 4+, Steinberg Cubase 9+/Nuendo 10+ and Wavelab 6+.
For latest information please visit www.tbproaudio.de

6. GUI Design

All credits for the GUI design goes to Crimson Merry. He did an incredible job by designing this clearly structured and easy to read user interface. Thank you!

Check out his work on Instagram or Twitter