MO-TT Slate Digital Plug-in User Manual
- June 3, 2024
- MO-TT
Table of Contents
Slate Digital Plug-in
User Manual
Introduction
We are so excited for you to experience MO-TT – we think it’s one of the
coolest plugins we’ve ever made.
MO-TT aka “More Than Over The Top” provides the same exact tone and controls
of the classic OTT compressor, and adds additional controls and parameter
ranges that extends the possibilities for all music genres, while allowing the
OTT effect to be fined tuned and pushed to boundaries that were not accessible
before. It is also a great multiband compressor, whether subtle or extreme
processing is needed.
Ableton Live quickly cemented itself as the DAW of choice for many modern
producers creating electronic music, pop, and hip hop. Ableton has many cool
onboard effects,
including one called “Multiband Dynamics”, a three band downward AND upward
compressor. There was a preset on this particular plugin called “OTT” which
stood for “OVER THE TOP”, because it was an extreme setting. Producers like
Skrillex started using this preset and it became the secret sauce for all
things EDM. The OTT preset makes things sound larger than life, brighter,
more open, more spacious, more glued, and more polished… when used moderately.
Many producers only used the amount knob at 10% and it was enough to make
their mixes come alive. Soon, producers started putting OTT on everything.
Synth busses, vocals, drums, and more.
There are some problems with the classic OTT, however. First, it’s only
available in the Ableton DAW. Yes, there is a freebie OTT plugin made by Xfer
records, and while it’s great, it is not a 1:1 clone of the OTT effect.
Second, the OTT preset has a classic sound, but for hip hop artists who crave
big subs, it robs a great deal of those huge lows.
We added two tone knobs that are specially designed to work in concert with
the OTT sound, so you can further shape it with ease. In advanced mode, you
can tweak it precisely and get some amazing new tones.
MO-TT is not just for EDM anymore, it’s incredible on rock drums, all types of
vocals, mixbus on all genres, guitars, synths, samples, and anything you need
to sound OVER THE TOP!
To check out all the exclusive new features only available in MO-TT, look for
this symbol!
Requirements
macOS
- macOS 10.13,10.14, 10.15 & 11.0
- Intel Processor, 4GB RAM
- VST2, VST3, AU or AAX 64-bit host
Windows
- Windows 8 or 10
- Intel or AMD Processor, 4GB RAM
- VST2, VST3 or AAX 64-bit host
iLok
An iLok account (free!) is required to use our plugins.
All Access Pass members can use either iLok Cloud or an iLok 2 or 3 USB
dongle. Perpetual users need to have a physical iLok 2 or 3 dongle to use
Slate Digital plugins.
More information about iLok, iLok Cloud and iLok USB dongles is available
here.
Easy Mode Easy Mode is the
default mode for MO-TT, giving you instant access to the most popular and
important controls. Use this mode to tweak settings like Amount, Timings, the
Tone Knobs and more – without any clutter or fear of “breaking the preset”.
Quick Set
The Quick Set feature of MO-TT gives you three incredible sounding presets,
right at your fingertips.
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OTT
• An exact recreation of the original “OTT” Preset in Ableton Live -
HIP HOP
• An all-new preset that gives you massive, solid low end and clear high frequencies, perfect for tracks with lots of bass, 808s, etc. -
VOX
• An all-new preset that pushes an element to the front of the mix with crystalclear presence, perfect for vocals, vocal chops, vocal stacks, etc.
Amount
The primary control for adjusting how much you want to process the signal.
This allows you to adjust how much compression is applied to all bands by
scaling all of the ratios, input, and output gain.
Low / Mid / High Band Amount
MO-TT gives you even more control over the Amount with an all-new Amount Per
Band control. This allows you to set the amount on each band and sculpt your
sound uch more precisely than ever before possible. Try adjusting the amount
on only the frequency band that you want to lessen the effect of MO-TT, for
example if the highs are too hissy you could lower the High Band Amount. This
will remove the hissy sound while keeping the mids and lows tight with full
processing amounts.
Timings
Radically change the character of MO-TT with the Timings control. This scales
all the Attack and Release controls from 10% to 1000%, which can give you
wildly different results.
Tone Knobs Instantly shape
the lows and highs with the Tone Knobs. The Low Tone Knob lets you dial in
just the right amount of sub and low frequencies without getting too boomy.
The High Tone Knob lets you adjust the high and airy frequencies without
getting too harsh. Hold Shift to control these knobs together.
Output Gain
Control the overall output gain of each band of MO-TT by hovering over the
meters in the center of the GUI, and clicking + dragging up and down.
Clip, Soft / Hard Knee & RMS / Peak Toggles
Clip engages the hard clipper on each band.
Soft / Hard Knee adjusts the knee compression shape across all bands.
RMS / Peak allows you to choose whether MO-TT uses RMS or Peak detection.
Advanced Mode
MO-TT’s Advanced Mode gives you complete control over MO-TT. The resizable GUI makes it easier to spread
out your controls and affords much more space for workflow enhancing features
and graphical feedback.
The center section of the plugin allows you to precisely adjust the Low, Mid
and High bands with a gorgeous frequency display and easy-to-read meters.
MO-TT solves one of the biggest problems that OTT users know all too well –
the tweaking problem. With Ableton’s OTT, tweaking the controls is extremely
difficult and usually results in “breaking the preset”, which means that it no
longer sounds like OTT.
With the Advanced Mode of MO-TT, you have access to Global Macro Control to
the left side of the meters. This provides you the ability to tweak all of the
controls across bands quickly and easily while keeping the relationship
between the bands intact, which means no more “breaking the preset”.
Frequency Display
The Frequency Display of MO-TT provides visual feedback of the input spectrum
with a familiar interface, plus adds several controls and features that are
easiest to control when looking at the spectrum.![MO-TT Slate Digital Plug-in
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fig 3](https://manuals.plus/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/MO-TT-Slate-Digital- Plug-in-fig-3.png)Adjust the Crossover Frequencies of each band by hovering your mouse over the vertical lines, clicking + dragging left and right. You can also shift the band by clicking + dragging the curve point left and right .Adjust the Output Gain of each band by hovering your mouse over the horizontal lines, licking + dragging up and down.
Solo and Bypass each band using the “S” and “B” buttons respectively.
An all-new feature of MO-TT is the ability to add a HPF and LPF, which removes the processing on everything above and below the set frequencies, respectively. Try using this to remove the sub frequencies from being processed with the Low End Frequency, keeping them massive and solid while still achieving the classic OTT sound in the lows, mids, and highs.
Sidechain
Input:- Select EXT to use the external sidechain signal for the detection.
Filtering:
- Band: the detection signal used for compression is filtered by the crossover filters.
- Wide: the detection signal used for compression is the wideband input signal.
The little headphone allows you to listen to the detection signal used for
compression.
Input Gain
Adjust the input gain on each band, or use the global Input Gain Macro to
adjust them all together.
Stereo Link
Choose how much Stereo Link you would like on each band, or use the global
Stereo Link Macro to adjust them all together.
0% means that the left and right channels are processed independently. 100%
means that the dynamic processing will be the same for the left and right
channels. You can also push this to 200%, which crosses the left and right
channels for some unique effects.
The meters represent the input signal on which the Gain Reduction is computed.
Clip, Thresholds & Ratios
Clip allows you to set the level at which MO-TT will clip when set to “Clip
On”. This can be adjusted on each band using the yellow clip triangles on the
meters, or using the Global Clip Level Macro. Explore this all-new feature and
get a wide range of soft-clipped distortion tones.
Control the Thresholds using the horizontal threshold bars that appear when
hovering over the meters. The downward compression threshold (known as Above
in Ableton’s OTT) is set using the top horizontal bar. The upward compression
threshold (known as Below in Ableton’s OTT) is set using the bottom horizontal
bar. You can also adjust the thresholds using the Global Threshold Macros to
control all bands together.
Control the Ratios using the circular ratio controls attached to each
threshold. MO-TT gives you even more range than ever before with ratios that
go past inf:1. This can be used
for getting an even more extreme effect with MO-TT than Ableton’s OTT. You can
also adjust the ratios using the Global Ratio Macros to control all bands
together.
Attack & Release
Control the timings on each band with the Attack and Release sliders below the
meters. You can also use the Attack and Release Macros to adjust all of the
bands together.
Timing Style
The Timing Style selector gives you unprecedented control over how MO-TT
performs, specifically with regards to transients.
Classic provides an exact recreation of Ableton’s OTT timing style.
Smooth gives an extremely smooth transient response, which sounds especially
great on vocals, vocal chops, or anything that you want to sit in the front of
the mix without poking out too much. Smooth is optimized for using upward and
downward compression, but not adapted for expansion.
Smack infuses some additional punch into your transients, providing a more
intense attack for material like drums, percussive synths, and more.
Using the Preset Browser
By default, the Preset Browser is hidden. Use the “Show/Hide Presets” button
to open it.
If the name you give your Preset is long, you can increase the size of the
Preset Browser by clicking & dragging on the right side.
Create a Preset
There are two ways to create a Preset:
- The “New preset…” button. In this case a Preset is created in the root folder.
- Hovering over Preset Folder and clicking on the “+” icon. In this case a Preset is created inside the hovered folder.
Modify a Preset
To modify a Preset, use the Save button in the Top Bar:
Please note that only User Presets are editable and can be overwritten.
Factory Presets (indicated with a lock icon) cannot be overwritten but you can
edit & save them as new User Presets.
Create a Folder
To create a Folder, use the “New folder…” button.
Move a Preset
Presets are sorted alphabetically inside a Folder, but a Preset can be moved
to another Folder via drag and drop.
Delete a Preset Folde r
To delete a Preset or Folder, hover over the item you want to delete & click
the Trash button.
What the Top Bar does
Slate Digital Logo| Opens the About Panel with additional links to User Guide
and Online Support.
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Show/Hide Presets & Groups| Toggle Browser display.
Current Preset| Display the current loaded Preset.
Save Preset| Use this button to save/override the current loaded Preset.
Easy / Advanced Toggle| Switch between the two modes.
Undo/Redo| Cancel or restore any last actions inside the plugin. Limited to
last 20 actions.
Reset All| Reset every parameter.
A/B Snapshots| Toggle Browser Two slots to easily compare different settings.
The plugin is always operating on one of the two Snapshots, A or B, the
current Snapshot being ighlighted.
Clicking on the arrow between A/B will copy the current Snapshot to the other.
Show/Hide Tooltips| Toggle Tooltips display.
Keyboard Shortcuts List
Feature | macOS | Windows |
---|---|---|
Modify value | Mouse wheel | Mouse wheel |
Fine adjustments | ⌘ + Drag Or Right Click + Drag | Ctrl + Drag Or Right Click |
- Drag
Reset value to default| ⌥ + Click Or Double Click| Alt + Click Or Double Click
Edit values| Double Click then Enter| Double Click then Enter
Undo| N/A| Ctrl + Z
Redo| N/A| Ctrl + Y
Switch between Timing Styles| Right / Left Click| Right / Left Click
Inversely control Global Input and Output Gains| Shift + Drag| Shift + Drag
Control the Tone Knobs together| Shift + Drag| Shift + Drag
Enable Automation Dialog (AAX and VST3 Formats only)| Ctrl + ⌥ + ⌘ + Click on parameter| Ctrl + Win + Alt + Click on parameter
iLok Protection
If your iLok 2 or 3 iLok dongle is removed or your iLok Cloud Session is
closed while using MO-TT, the GUI will be disabled and audio will pass through
the plugin unprocessed.Reconnecting your iLok 2 or 3 iLok dongle or re-opening your iLok
Cloud session will restore the GUI and audio processing.
You can also use the “Activate” button to directly reactivate iLok Cloud or
move the correct license on your iLok 2 or 3 dongle.
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