Cyberdrive Manual
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Dive into a sonic realm where boundaries are shattered and creativity knows no limits. CYBERDRIVE is the ultimate distortion plugin, engineered to transform your music with unparalleled power and flexibility. From subtle warmth to crushing chaos, CYBERDRIVE offers a rich palette of sound possibilities, making it the go-to tool for any producer seeking to push the envelope.

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Dist

There are 3 identical modules that allow multiple combinations of distortion to be mixed.

MODEL - selects one of the 64 distortion types. The models are grouped into the following 8 categories:

CLASSIC - contains models of analogue hardware, such as tube, tape, transistor, diode etc

MODERN - contains complex multiband distortion, folding and companders.

PIXEL - contains various forms of bit-crushing, rate reduction, digital degradation, noise, glitches etc

SHAPE - contains wave-shapers of various types, including rectify, foldback, asymmetric clipping etc

AMP - contains models of famous guitar and bass amplifiers.

PEDAL - contains models of famous guitar pedals.

DOOM - contains extremely heavy custom distortion types.

FREAK - contains experimental distortion techniques such as ring-mod, feedback, FM, spectral etc

MIX - controls the dry/wet mix.

DRIVE - controls the amount of level going into the distortion. It works differently depending on the distortion model, but typically speaking, it drives the distortion harder, resulting in more harmonics and compression.

CONTROL - changes the character of the distortion, the behaviour is different in each model. It could be changing bit depth, the curve of a wave-shaper, a filter inside a saturated feedback, bias offset or many other things.

IN - controls the input gain for the distortion model. Negative values can starve the distortion to create a gated or splutter effect, while positive values can create an overdriven sound with plenty of compression.

OUT - controls the output gain of the distortion model. It can be used to manually compensate for changes to levels or to drive the final clipping stage.

FILTER - each distortion module contains a powerful and flexible filter system used to shape the tone and character of the distortion stage.

MODE - selects the type from:

FILTER - is a high-pass and low-pass filter, everything above and below the set frequencies will be filtered out.

MULTI - is a multiband crossover, everything above and below the set frequencies will pass through as a dry signal.

SLOPE - selects the filter or crossover type from 6dB, 12dB, 24dB, 48dB and 96dB.

HP - controls the frequency of the high-pass filter or low-band crossover (depending on the mode)

LP - controls the frequency of the low-pass filter or high-band crossover (depending on the mode)

HP PRE - selects if the high-pass filter will be positioned before the distortion.

LP PRE - selects if the low-pass filter will be positioned before the distortion.

AGC - enables automatic gain compensation. It constantly measures the input loudness and compensates the output to match; therefore, it can affect the dynamics. Making a static gain compensation manually using the "out" control is safer.

CLIP - enables a hard clipper on the output of the distortion module to prevent any peaks above 0dB.

Feed

FEED - contains the controls for the feedback module; it can be used in various ways, such as comb filtering, guitar amp feedback, delay effect, etc. Other modules can be placed inside its feedback loop to add subtle fatness or make things really scream! This module features various delay modes such as synced, milliseconds and pitched, allowing you to perfectly time your feedback.

TIME MODE - selects the type of delay used for the feedback:

FREE SHORT

FREE LONG

SYNC STRAIGHT

SYNC DOTTED

SYNC TRIPLET

SYNC SIXTEENTHS

PITCH FREE

PITCH DETECT (detects the pitch of the input signal)

PITCH MIDI (accepts MIDI on any channel)

LEVEL - controls the volume of the feedback signal.

TIME - controls the delay time before the signal is fed back into the input. The behaviour of this control will depend on the currently selected time mode.

FOLLOW - controls the depth of the level follower modulation. Negative values act as a ducker, while positive values will match the input level.

MODE - selects which signal will be filtered:

FEED - filters only the feedback signal, leaving the input for this module unfiltered.

ALL - filters the entire module.

HP - controls the frequency of the high-pass filter.

LP - controls the frequency of the low-pass filter.

CLIP - enables a clipper in the feedback circuit to prevent any peaks above 0dB.

INVERT - phase inverts the feedback sent to give a different character.

SELF - enables a mode where the feedback is sent to its own input. In other words, there will be no modules inside the feedback loop. If this is not selected then the feedback is sent to the input of the signal chain, passing through any modules on the way back to the feed module.

Effects

Dynamics

DYNAMICS contains various dynamic processors such as compression, gate, transient shaper, maximizer etc.