STEREO DUAL STEREO

Left In Right In Left In Righ

Inputs Inputs

A B A B
Ch. A Ch. B Ch. A Ch
L R L R L R L

Outputs L R Outputs L

Channel A Channel B

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Contents

1 Dytronics Tri Stereo Chorus 5

Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Preset Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Manual Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Indicators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Final Words. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Credits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

2 General Settings 11
Menu Row. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Key Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
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1 Dytronics
Tri Stereo Chorus
The UAD Dytronics Tri Stereo Chorus is based on a much sought after
rack-mounted chorus effects unit from the early 80s. Originally designed for
use with Dyna-My-Piano modded Rhodes pianos, the Tri Stereo Chorus soon
became a favorite of professional guitarists for its lush and thick sound. The
lush sound of the Dytronics Tri Stereo Chorus became the signature sound of
Michael Landau as used on his tour de force album Tales from the Bulge. But
of course the Dytronics was also heavily used by other LA studio guitarists
such as Steve Lukather and Dann Huff. The Dytronics Chorus can be heard
on productions from such prominent artists as Chaka Khan, Sheena Easton,
Julio Iglesias, Stevie Nicks and Richard Marx among many others, making it
THE analog guitar chorus of the 80s.
6 |  DYTRONICS TRI STEREO CHORUS

Overview
The UAD Dytronics Tri Stereo Chorus (DTSC) is
based on the holy grail of choruses, the Dytronics
CS-5 Tri Stereo Chorus, also available as Songbird
TSC1380 and Dyno-My-Piano TSC618. As the
“Tri” part of the name indicates, the DTSC features
three bucket brigade delay channels to achieve its
lush chorus effect, Left (L), Center (C) and Right
(R). The delays in each of these three channels are
swept back and forth by an LFO (low frequency
oscillator), and then mixed with the dry signal
to create the chorus effect. Each delay channel
has its own controls for delay response and feed-
back. DTSC features two main modes, Preset and
Manual; each of which have its own LFO waveform
output and can be run separately, or in parallel.

Waveform L, C, R Chorus Output Effect

Mode Meters

Choral Enhance L, C, R Rate LFO Mode Volume

Manual and Preset
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Preset Mode
The Preset mode has a slowly sweeping sine LFO
with a swifter added sine “vibrato” part. The rate and
amount of this waveform is static, thus the name
Preset. The resulting sound is a chorus reminiscent
of many “ensemble” style choruses heard in 70s
string machines.

Manual Mode
In Manual mode, the sine LFO rate and amount
can be adjusted with the Rate and Waveform knobs.
The rate of the manual LFO ranges from 0.03 Hz
to 7.45 Hz.

Tip: The Preset and Manual modes can be

used simultaneously to create new exciting
chorus variations.
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Parameters
Effect - Activate/bypasses the effect.
Chorus Mode - Determines audio output mode:
Mono or Stereo. In Mono mode, Left, Center and
Right delay channels are all heard in both left and
right outputs. In Stereo mode, the Left and Center
delay channels are heard in left output, while the
Center and Right delay channels are heard in the
right output.
LFO Mode Preset – Activates/deactivates Preset LFO.
Both LFOs (Preset and Manual) can be engaged at
the same time and their combined output will affect
the delay channel’s sweep.
LFO Mode Manual – Activates/deactivates Manual
LFO. Both LFOs (Preset and Manual) can be en-
gaged at the same time and their combined output
will affect the delay channel’s sweep.
Waveform L, C, R – In LFO Manual mode, the Wave-
form knobs set the amount which the Manual LFO
will sweep the delay lines in each channel. When
Manual LFO is not engaged these knobs will still
affect the delay offsets of the in the channels. This is
heard momentarily as a slight “bend” when a knob
is turned while audio is fed through the chorus.
Choral Enhance L, C, R – When engaged, these buttons
add an enhanced frequency response in the delay
channel selected. This changes the sound of that
delay line and makes it slightly more pronounced.
Rate – Determines the speed of the Manual LFO,
ranging from 0.03 Hz to 7.45 Hz.
Volume – This knob will set the overall output vol-
ume of the DTSC ranging from -12 dB to +12 dB.
Tip: Shift-clicking on a Waveform knob can
be used to change all three knobs simultane-
ously. The same technique can be used on
the Choral Enhance buttons to add choral
enhancement on all three delay channels.
Indicators
Output Meters
Indicate the overall output level
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In Use/Tips & Tricks

Using the Dytronics Tri Stereo Chorus is rather straightforward, and there aren’t many secret tricks when it
comes to using it—more or less anything you do with the DTSC will sound great.

With that said, try using the DTSC Preset mode

without Choral Enhance on guitars in stereo to
capture that classic 80s sound.

By engaging Choral Enhance on one or multiple

delay channels, the chorus will get more pro-
nounced and “flangey”.

Try experimenting with the Waveform knob in

Manual mode to decide whether the chorus move-
ment will be focused in the middle or on the sides.
Here’s an example where a “flangey” chorus has a
deeper sweep on the sides:

You can also try using the DTSC Preset mode in

combination with a quite fast manual LFO to create
a ensemble chorus effect similar to that of a 70s
string machine.
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Selecting no LFO at all (both Manual and Pre-

set modes deactivated) and engaging the Choral
Enhance on one or multiple delay channel can also
be used to create “frozen” phase EQ settings. Keep-
ing both LFO modes turned off, use the Waveform
knobs to sweep the delay offset of each delay line to
enhance certain frequencies.

Final Words
Experiment is the key, there’s no right or wrong; if
it sounds good for you, trust that it IS good. Enjoy!

Credits
Björn Rödseth – modeling, Kim Larsson – mod-
eling, Kristofer Ulfves – product owner, user
manual, testing, presets, Maxus Widarson – testing,
Igor Miná – graphic design and photography, Ulf
Ekelöf – 3D rendering.
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2 General Settings

Softube plug-ins are “what you see is what you

get” products. You should be able to intuitively learn Enable Enable/Activate the plug-in.
the products within minutes, so that you can work Set to off for bypass.
fast and efficient with them. There are a couple of
things that remain the same for all of our plug-ins,
Setup Changes global options for all
such as the menu row. These will be explained in
instances of that plug-in.
this chapter. For detailed information of a particular
plug-in, please see its chapter.

Menu Row
In the bottom of the plug-in interface, you will
see a thin black row with some buttons. We’ll use
the Chandler Limiter Zener Limiter plug-in as an
example, but the same goes for all Softube plug-ins.
Enable
About Box Opens the “About” Box with When the Enable switch is set to on (I), the plug-
version info. in is active and will process audio. When set to off
(0), it will be bypassed and not process any audio.
Value Display Displays the knob value when
the mouse is hovering over a
control.

“About” Box Value Display Enable Setup

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Setup Key Commands

In the Setup window you can change settings that All numbers and labels in the plug-in are clickable.
will affect all instances of that particular plug-in. If This allows you to easily select a setting by clicking
you, for example, de-select the “Show Value Dis- on the wanted value. Hovering above a label will
play” option in the plug-in, the value display will be turn the mouse pointer into a pointing hand.
off for all instances of that plug-in on your system
until you select that option again.
Mouse
The different options vary between Windows and
Mac, and also different formats and plug-ins. The
most common options are: Up/Down or
Mouse Wheel Change a parameter, such as a
Show Value Display: Enables the parameter and knob or a switch.
value display in the bottom row of the plug-in.
Reverse Mouse Wheel Direction: (Mac OS
Only) Changes if the a knob is turned up or down
Keyboard
when the mouse wheel is turned up or down. (Mac
OS Only) Fine Adjust ⌘ (Mac) or Ctrl (Win),
while changing the parameter
You need to restart your host software (DAW) for the value.
changes to fully take effect!
Reset to Default Alt, while clicking on the
If you messed something up and manually need to knob or fader.
set these options, you’ll find them in text format in
the following locations:
Link Parameters Shift, while clicking on a
Mac OS: ~/Library/Application Support/ button or a knob.
Softube
Some plug-ins have linked
Windows: username\Application Data\ parameters, such as the two
mics in Metal Amp Room, or
the Input and Output volume
in Zener Limiter. In order to
change both knobs at once,
adjust one of the knobs while
holding shift.
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