boom UBERLOUD loudness maximizer JACKHAMMER User Manual

: June 5, 2024
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boom UBERLOUD loudness maximizer JACKHAMMER

PREFACE

WHAT IS UBERLOUD AND WHAT MAKES IT SPECIAL?

UBERLOUD is a straightforward powerhouse when it comes to beefing up audio. Incorporating custom dynamic and psychoacoustic behavior, UBERLOUD delivers results that you can feel in your guts.

Lacking that certain something? …well, here comes the BOOM!

Minimum System Requirements

WINDOWS: Windows 8 (64-bit), 8 GB RAM, Intel® CoreTM i5 (relatively recent)
MAC: macOS 10.13 (64-bit), 8 GB RAM, Apple Silicon or Intel® CoreTM i5 (relatively recent)

Installation

After downloading and opening the installer of UBERLOUD please follow the on- screen instructions to install the application.

THE MANUAL WILL BE COPIED HERE:
Windows: C:Program FilesBOOM InteractiveUberloud
Mac: /Applications/BOOM Interactive/Uberloud

iLok Registration

During the first start of UBERLOUD after installation, the iLok registration window pops up. UBERLOUD is licensed using the PACE Licensing Platform. You need to have an iLok account to use it, however setting up an iLok account is free. You will find all necessary information on how to setup your account on www.ilok.com.You can either directly authorize your computer (machine authorization) or use a 2nd or higher generation iLok hardware dongle. A second or third generation iLok (iLok2 or iLok3) is a product of PACE that can be purchased at www.ilok.com or from any participating music retailer.

Next: please download the iLok License Manager at www.ilok.com.

After your purchase, you automatically receive an order confirmation from us containing the download link for the installer plus a 30 digits long iLok activation code (e.g. 1234-1234-1234-1234-1234-1234-1234-12).

HOW TO ACTIVATE THE LICENSE

Open the iLok License Manager application.
Either select the menu: Licenses -> Redeem Activation Code or click on the small Redeem Activation Code Icon on the upper right of the application.
You should then copy paste the entire code you received from us into the entry form. Select your iLok as the activation location to immediately activate the license on this iLok and confirm the location.

Now you are ready to go!

| Upon the first launch of the application, you will be asked to register UBERLOUD with your iLok account.
A free iLok account can be created under www.ilok.com
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| Watch a step-by-step video tutorial about how to activate your iLok license:

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| The product doesn’t show up in your DAW? Not activating the software when first launching the DAW can lead to DAWs putting the plug-in into a “failed to scan” blocklist or blacklist. In such cases it is usually sufficient to:

check the DAW’s blacklist/blocklist
remove the plugin from that list
activate it in the iLok License Manager
cause a plug-in rescan or restart your DAW

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QUICK START

Once UBERLOUD has been instantiated, it will by default be set to 1-Band mode, presenting you one knob in the center of the GUI. Go ahead and turn it up to get a glimpse of what UBERLOUD is capable of.

GUI OVERVIEW

| The GUI of UBERLOUD is quite self-explanatory. The Header occupies four general functions. Mode & Character alter the behavior of the big Knob(s) in the center, which are the core controls of UBERLOUD. At the very bottom you will also find a neat looking Visualizer.
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At the very top, going from left to right you will find the following functions.

**Input Gain

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Regulate your input gain via this parameter as you would expect.

Denoise

On material with noise floor surrounding useful material – like guitar amp noise, room tone on voice overs or background noise on gun shots – this frequency dependent gate helps to reduce unwanted frequencies before they get pushed up by UBERLOUD’s dynamics.

Clipper

The Clipper gives you a general distortion control. Note that this will limit at the set output gain but does not prevent true peak clipping.

Wet Gain

Adjust the output level of the processed (wet) signal.

Dry Gain

Adjust the output level of the unprocessed (dry) signal.

Enable

The Enable switch toggles processing on and off, allowing you to quickly compare results with the original dry signal.

Mode

The initial Mode when launching UBERLOUD is set to 1-Band. You can control up to three bands by selecting the respective Mode.

1-Band

Whilst in 1-Band Mode, UBERLOUD will affect the whole of the frequency spectrum of the incoming audio signal.

2-Band

Switching to 2-Band Mode now offers the separate control over lows and highs.

3-Band

The 3-Band Mode will present an additional band that now lets you tweak lows, mids and highs independently.

Character

You can further alter the behaviour of UBERLOUD by choosing between three Character types. Nice for a subtle tone, Push to highlight and Stress to shoot through the roof. Try it and see what suits your needs.

Visualizer

The bottom section is dedicated to a visual display of what UBERLOUD is currently doing. It can help to give you a rough idea about the processing extent of each of the bands.

The filled areas of the Visualizer show the difference in gain resulting from the processing applied by UBERLOUD for each band. The visible range is mapped nonlinearly to provide a good estimate of the resulting dynamics. If you see a lot of movement in one band, alternating between low and high, it can be concluded that the signals original dynamics are strongly emphasized and increased, whereas a constant solid fill conveys that the signal is consistently being crushed. Little activity above the centerline suggests that UBERLOUDs effect is of rather subtle nature.

In case processing is turned off either by the soft-bypass feature of your host application or via the Enable switch located at the top right of the plugin UI, the visualizer renders in greyscale.

| TIP: Maximum Dynamic Result If you want to achieve a maximum dynamic result, try to adjust the Input Gain and the Push knobs in a way that leads to the filled curves responding to the input signal in the most visible way. For example, when processing a drum loop, the low bands fill should represent the kickdrum going from low to max with each kick.
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USE CASES

UBERLOUD is a great tool to quickly enhance your audio. Whether it be beefing up the low end, adding some distortion to the high end, or just pumping up everything at once. Get the job done with just a few clicks. UBERLOUD can be huge timesaver as part of your creative Sound Design or Mixing Process.

With UBERLOUD you can turn almost anything that sounds small or weak into something big and strong. To give you an idea, try and throw UBERLOUD onto a chihuahua snarl. 😉

From a mixing perspective, another approach could be to target specific areas of a given sound and improve them either gradually or drastically.

END-USER LICENSE AGREEMENT

This license agreement is a single-user license agreement. For multi-user licenses and multi-user discounts, please contact us via service@boomlibrary.com

The following End User License Agreement (“EULA”) represents the contractual conditions between you (“Licensee” or “you”) and BOOM Library. (“BOOM”, visit www.boomlibrary.com/about for the official legal company details and address) for the use of audio software plug-ins including related media, documentation (e.g. manuals) and other documents and materials (e.g. presets) manufactured by BOOM (“audio-plug-ins” or “software”). By installing and by registering the software on your computer, you declare yourself in agreement with these conditions. If you do not agree with these conditions, you are not allowed to install the software. Copyright laws and international copyright treaties, as well as other intellectual property laws and treaties protect the content. All rights not expressly granted to Licensee hereunder are reserved by BOOM.

SECTION 1 INTRODUCTION:

What You Get:
a. You get to install the software on up to two (2) computers that you, only, use. They can be your computer in an edit bay and a laptop for the field, or your computer at work (or school) and your computer at home, etc.
b. Please note that you need a sequencer software to run our audio plug-ins which is not included in this license.
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APPENDIX A: SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENTS OF THIRD PARTIES

I – Inno Setup License:
Except where otherwise noted, all of the documentation and software included in the Inno Setup package is copyrighted by Jordan Russell. Copyright (C) 1997-2013 Jordan Russell. All rights reserved. Portions Copyright (C) 2000-2013 Martijn Laan. All rights reserved.

This software is provided “as-is,” without any express or implied warranty. In no event shall the author be held liable for any damages arising from the use of this software.

Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose, including commercial applications, and to alter and redistribute it, provided that the following conditions are met:

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4.) Modified versions in source or binary form must be plainly marked as such, and must not be misrepresented as being the original software.

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II – PFFFT :a Pretty Fast FFT
Copyright (c) 2013 Julien Pommier (pommier@modartt.com )

Based on original fortran 77 code from FFTPACKv4 from NETLIB, authored by Dr Paul Swarztrauber of NCAR, in 1985. As confirmed by the NCAR fftpack software curators, the following FFTPACKv5 license applies to FFTPACKv4 sources. My changes are released under the same terms.

FFTPACK license:
http://www.cisl.ucar.edu/css/software/fftpack5/ftpk.html

Redistribution and use of the Software in source and binary forms, with or without modification, is permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

– Neither the names of NCAR’s Computational and Information Systems Laboratory, the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, nor the names of its sponsors or contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this Software without specific prior written permission.

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Copyright (c) 2017 HiFi-LoFi

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IV – Roboto Fonts
This application makes use of the Roboto fonts authored by Christian Robertson and made available through Google Fonts (fonts. google.com) under the terms of the Apache Software License v2.

Version 2.0, January 2004, http://www.apache.org/licenses/

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LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

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3.) To the extent the liability of Steinberg is excluded pursuant to the subsections of these provisions, this shall also apply to the benefit of Steinberg’s employees in the event the Licensee files any claims directly against them.

PRODUCT WARRANTY

1.) Steinberg licences the VST PlugIn Interface Technology on an “AS IS” basis. Steinberg makes no warranties, express or implied, including without limitation the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, regarding the VST PlugIn Interface Technology or operation and use in combination with the Licensee’s program. Neither the Licensee, its employees, agents or Distributors have any right to make any other representation, warranty or promise with respect to the VST PlugIn Interface Technology.

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3.) Steinberg may in its sole discretion discontinue the distribution of the current VST PlugIn SDK and/or release improved versions of the Licensed Software Developer Kit but offers no commitment whatsoever those releases will occur at any time or for anybody.

INFRINGEMENT

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