Descriptions

There are 33 different professional quality FX Units to choose from in the Trilian plug-in.

DYNAMICS

• Tube Limiter
  Both a limiter and compressor, modeled on the warm sound of the famous Fairchild™ 670 tube limiters of the 1960s.

• Tape Slammer
  Simulates the effects of different types of analog tape compression, saturation, and age.

• Modern Compressor
  Modeled after the legendary SSL™ console compressors, with a bright, “solid-state” sound character.

• Vintage Compressor
  Modeled on vintage UA LA-2A™ and 1176™ compressors, with a warm and musical sound.

• Gate Expander
  A traditional noise gate effect that also works well as a dynamic expander.

EQUALIZERS

• Vintage 2-band EQ
  Modeled after the Pultec™ EQP2-A model tube equalizer, with a warm and musical tone.

• Vintage 3-Band EQ
  Modeled after the Pultec™ EQP series tube equalizers, renowned for their extremely musical and fat tones.

• Graphic 7-Band EQ
  Useful for tailoring a full spectrum audio source with broad control of multiple bands.

• Graphic 12-Band EQ
  Useful for tailoring a full spectrum audio source with fine control of multiple bands for precision control.

• Parametric 2-Band EQ
  Provides precision frequency control, with two fully sweepable, overlapping bands.

• Parametric 3-band EQ
  Provides precision frequency control, with three fully sweepable, overlapping bands.

FILTERS

• Wah-Wah
  Modeled after classic wah pedals of the 1970s.

• Power Filter
  Developed in cooperation with GForce Software, and based on their famous impOSCar™ filter design.

• Formant Filter
  A filter based on the characteristics of the human vocal tract.

• AMP / DISTORTION*

• Valve Radio
  A unique device that functions both as a dual filter and a distortion device.

• Flame
  An extremely versatile distortion and bit crushing unit.

• Smoke
  A guitar amplifier modeling effect, with models of a variety of amps and cabinets.

MODULATION

• Ultra Chorus
  A rich and thick chorus unit, with some unique LFO modes.

• Retro Phaser
  Classic phaser unit with a vintage, low-fi vibe and a darker tone.

• PRO Phaser
  A versatile and rich phaser design capable of going way beyond traditional phaser effects.

• EZ Phaser
  Best suited for classic phaser effects, it;s easy-to-use and understand.

• Retro Flanger
  Classic flanger unit with a warm, vintage character.

• Flanger
  Provides many traditional flanging and tuned resonance effects.

DELAYS

• Chorus Echo
  Inspired by the classic Roland Chorus-Echo units from the 1970s. Features a modulated delay line that can be synced to the host tempo and also includes a vintage chorus mode.

• BPM Delay
  A single, true-stereo delay unit that is always in-sync with the host tempo.

• BPM Delay X2
  Dual monaural delays that are always synchronized to the host tempo.

• BPM Delay X3
  Triple L-C-R mono delays that are always synchronized to the host tempo.

• Retroplex
  Modeled after the old tape echo units of the 60s and 70s such as the Echoplex™.

• Radio Delay
  A Dual mono BPM-style delay, but with the delayed signals running through a Valve Radio distortion filter.

REVERBS

• Spring Verb
  Faithfully recreates the cheesy vibe of the ancient spring reverbs of 1960s era guitar amplifiers.

• PRO Verb
  The premier, studio-quality reverb unit in the Trilian FX arsenal. Extremely versatile and rich.

• EZ Verb
  A simple-to-use, basic reverb unit that uses less CPU power.

UTILITY

• Imager
  A handy device that can be used as stereo image widener, phase corrector, and much more.
  

How many FX units can be used at one time?
It’s actually possible to have a huge number of simultaneous FX Units active at the same time in one instance of Trilian. Any of the FX Units can be put into one of the four slots in a Trilian FX Rack -and up to 29 FX Racks can be open at once!

Here’s the structure:

• 4 Effects per rack x 3 racks per part = 12 Effects/Part
• 12 Effects per Part x 8 Parts = 96 FX

PLUS:

• 4 Effects per rack x 4 Aux racks + Master rack = 20 Effects per MULTI

This equals 116 possible simultaneous FX Units (dependent on your computer’s capability).

NOTES ON USING THE FX

Each FX Unit consumes differing amounts of additional CPU power when in use, so the number of simultaneous FX Units depends of the CPU power available in your computer. Some FX, like the PRO Verb, can use different amounts of CPU power depending on their settings.

To maximize CPU performance in multi-timbral, LIVE or STACK applications, it’s recommended to bypass any Part FX Units which can be shared by other parts (especially reverbs & delays). A good approach is to copy a Part FX Unit’s settings, Bypass it and then paste the settings into a free Aux rack for shared use by the multi-timbral Parts. In other words, the signal from multiple Parts can be sent to one FX unit. Think of a hardware recording console, where the signal from multiple channels is sent through one hardware reverb.

Some FX Units have two pages. The second page parameters can be reached by clicking the arrow on the right side of the plug-in. Usually, it’s labeled “MORE” or lists the type of parameter found on the second page.

You can also use external third-party FX plug-ins with Trilian by utilizing the multiple outputs feature of Trilian with your host.