Rob Papen MasterMagic – Mix Bus Plugin (VST/AU/AAX) Rob Papen

Welcome to -MasterMagic- the plug-in that you will not want to miss anymore as part of your virtual mixer master section! Just place -MasterMagic- at the very end of the master FX chain and be surprised how much it can do for your track!  The ‘Mono/Stereo’ section, will make your low end much tighter and the ‘AIR’ function is sheer magic…even if you only use it a tiny amount.

Edit / Origin Feature

As soon as you start editing a Preset (i.e. change a MasterMagic control), the Edit button

will light up. If you the click on the Origin button it will return the Preset to its original

settings. 

HELP

Clicking on the ? HELP ICON opens PDF manual.

ECS

Click here to open the ECS menu. You can Load/Save your MIDI latched settings (External Control Settings) here.

This is handy if you want to use your own controller settings in other songs, music programs or systems.

Presets and Generic Controls

The Presets bar sits at the top of the MasterMagic window.

Preset Variations

A Preset in MasterMagic has two slots, A and B, in which to store two variations of the Preset. 

Bypass 

This bypasses the MasterMagic FX. If ‘Air’ and ‘Mono/Stereo’ are active, both are bypassed.

Air

Air works as a booster of very high frequencies with a wide bandwidth using a top-notch algorithm.

Its effect is perceived as giving the audio a more breathing space or ‘Air’.

• On/Off
  
  By clicking on the AIR icon, the Air function will become active. This is a handy feature if you also have the ‘Mono/Stereo’ function active. This way you can bypass only the ‘Air’ FX.
• Amount
  
  Amount sets the gain or amount of Air added to your channel.
• Frequency
  
  The frequency control sets the center frequency of the Air band. Its range runs from 30kHz to 40 kHz.

Mono / Stereo

The Mono / Stereo Split Filter is able to divide the audio signal into a mono and stereo part

based on a frequency. 

• On/Off 
  
  By clicking on the MONO/STEREO Icon this function will become active.
• Frequency and Range
  
  The Frequency control (FREQ) sets the frequency of the mono filter: below this frequency the sound is transformed into a mono signal. 
• Solo
  
  The Solo switch, when engaged, only lets the transformed mono signal pass.This feature is handy to seek out the correct range.
• Mode
  
  The Mode setting determines how the stereo audio signal is turned into a mono signal.
  
  The options here are: Left Channel, Right Channel, the sum of the Left and Right
  
  Channels averaged (L+R), and the signal difference between the two channels (L-R).

Back Panel

A click on the MasterMagic logo switches the plug-in to its back panel. The back panel contains

program information and a number of global settings. 

Controls are:

• Computer Keyboard On/Off
  
  The Keyboard On/Off switch activates the computer keyboard to cycle through the Presets and Banks.
  
   
• MIDI Program Change
  
  The Program Change switch enables MasterMagic to respond to MIDI Program Change commands to select Presets.
  
   
• External MIDI Control Capture Mode
  
  The Capture Mode switch, when enabled will ignore incoming MIDI controller messages that are latched to a MasterMagic control, until the value of the MIDI controller matches that of the value of the MasterMagic control. It prevents sudden jumps in parameter values that otherwise may occur as soon as you touch a latched external MIDI controller.
  
   
• MIDI Channel
  
  The MIDI Channel setting limits any MIDI control of MasterMagic to a specific MIDI Channel (1 – 16 / Omni)