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Thank you forpurchasing StroboSof t2.0from Pet erson Tuners.Pleasefoll
ow thesedirect
ionsf
or
inst
all
ing,author
izi
ng,and set
ting up St
roboSoft2.0t oensurean err
or -
freeprocess.Internetaccess
wil
lbe requi red f
orregistering and unlocki
ng t he sof
tware.

Instal
ling and Unl
ocking StroboSoft2. 0
To i
nstallon PC:
1.Log i
n asan admini
str
atorand inser
tt heinstal
lati
on di
sc.
2.NavigatetotheInstal
l> Windowsf older.
3.Double-cl
icktheStr
oboSoft
. msifi
letoi nstal
lStroboSof
t2.0 on yoursyst
em.

To i
nstal lon Mac:
1.Log i
n asan admi ni
st r
atorand inserttheinst
all
ati
on disc.
2.Navigat etot heInstall> Macfolder.
3.Double- cl
ickt heStr
oboSof t.
dmg f i
letoopen.
4.Drag theSt roboSoft.app i
con t
ot her ootofyourApplicati
onsf
older
.Itwi
llbegi
ntounpackand i
nst
alli
tsel
f.

Please f ollow t he direct i

onsbel ow t o registerSt roboSoft.
1.Doubl e- cl
ickt heSt roboSof ti
con af t
eri nst
allati
on toopen theaut horizati
on dial
oguebox.
2.Clickt hebut t
on mar ked REGISTER ONLI NE.
3.Ent ert hesuppl ied ten-digitser
ial .
4.Ent eryouruseri nformat i
on and ver i
fyt heMACHI NE CODE areai sfil
led i
n.( Themachinecodeisuniqueto
everysyst em StroboSof tisinstalled upon and willneed tobeent ered along wit
ht heser
ialbef
orean
unlocking codei ssuppl i
ed.)
5.Af teruserdet ai
lsar ever if
ied,theunl ocki
ng codewi l
lbedisplayed int hebrowserand email
ed tot
headdress
provided dur ing registr
ation.
6.Hi ghli
ghtt heunl ocking codedispl ayed inthebr owserand uset he‘ copy’command t ominimizeentr
yerrors.
7.Uset he‘ paste’command t opastet heunl ocking codei nt
otheUNLOCK wi ndow.
8.ClickUNLOCK t ol aunch theappl icati
on.

Installi
ng On A Comput erW i thoutInt ernetAccess
1.Afterinstallati
on ofStroboSof t,copy-and- past etheMACHI NE CODE f
r om t
her egist
rat
ion dial
og boxon the
comput erwher et heinstall
ati
on isdesi red toat extdocumentand savei ttoar emovablemedi adr i
ve.
2.On acomput erthathasi nternetaccess,vi sitwww. strobosof t.
com and clickthebutton mar ked REGISTER
on thel eftsideoft hescr een.Ent eryourser ialnumber .
3.Insertand open t heremovabl emedi a.Open t hef il
eyou saved wi t
ht hemachi necodeand copy- and pasteit
intotheappr opriatearea.Compl etethebasi cuserdet ail
s.
4.Afterver i
ficati
on ofdet ai
ls,copyt heUNLOCK CODE t oat extdocumentt omi nimizeentr
yer r
ors.Savet he
fil
et or emovabl emedi a.
5.Open t hef i
leon thecomput erwher ei nstallation i
sdesi r
ed and copy-and-pastethecodef rom thet extfi
le
intotheUNLOCK wi ndow.
6.ClickUNLOCK t olaunch theappl icati
on.

Audi
o Sect
ion

St
roboSof
tAudi
o Opt
ions

1.Sampl e Rat e Sel ect or

Sett hi
st oyourpr ojectsettingsoraudi oi nter
f acer ate.Ifusi ng insideofaDAW,sett hi
st oyourr ecor di
ng
setti
ngs,f orex. ,48kHzor96kHz.( AUTO i sthedef aultsetting and appr opri
ateforst andar d usewith most
systems. )
2./
3.Lef tand Ri ghtInputSel ectors
When ast er eoi nputi sused,St roboSoftcan bet oggled tor eceivei nputf rom theleftorr ight
input.( Forex. ,t uning abasson t heleftinputand t uning agui taron ther ightinput.)Each i nst
rumentcan
havei tsown set t
ings.
4.Stereo Sel ector
Combi nest hesi gnalf rom bot h channel
soft heaudi ointerf
ace.Thi si sthedef aultsetti
ng.
5.LED Cl ip Indi cat ors
Ifthei nputi s‘int her ed’(tool oud),adjustyouri nstrumentoraudi ointerfaceinputvol umedownwar d.
StroboSof tmaypr ovideincor rectmeasur ement sifthei nputi scl i
pping.
6.Audi o Int erface Sel ector
Selectt hedesi red audi oint
er face(moret han one)ordesi red inputher e.Ensur ethisset t
ing isref
lectiveof
whatt hecomput er'soper at
ing system ort hesel ect
ed audi oi nterfaceissetat .Ref ertot hecomput eruser
guidef orset t
ing theaudi odevi ceinputoryourt hird-partyi nterfacemanual .

Not
e:The St roboSof
twebsi te of
fersa variety ofinteracti
ve t
utorial
s,program updates,and user
resourcesfordownl oad.Please vi
sitwww. strobosoft.
com forfurthertutori
alsorvisi
tthe
St
roboSof tFAQ section on the StroboSoftproductpage.
2
StroboSof t2.
0 can be used asa stand-alone software tunerora plug-i
n devi
ce in your
favorite DAW .The direct
ionsbel ow coverset ti
ng youraudi ointerf
ace i
nputlevelsf or
an enjoyable experi
ence using StroboSof t2.0.Install
ation i
nstruct
ionsforplug-in use
are also covered bel
ow.

Pl
ease not
e:Even though StroboSof
tisinst
all
ed asa pl
ug-i
n,itcan sti
llbe l
aunched as
a st
and-al
one from yourdeskt
op ordock f
oruse outsi
de ofyourDAW .

St
and-al
one audi
o set
tingsf
orW i
ndowsand MacOS X:
Aft
erinst
all
ation and successfulunl
ocki
ng ofStroboSof
t,pl
easemakesureyouraudi
olevelset
tingsar
e
opti
malbyr eviewing yourWi ndowsaudiosetti
ngsorMacOS X audiopr
efer
ences.

To view yourW i ndowsRecordi ng mi xerset tingsi nWi n XP:

1.Got oSt art> Set ti
ngs> Cont rolPanel> Soundsand Audi oDevi ces.
2.TheSoundsand Audi oDevi cePr oper t
iesdi al
og boxwi llopen.Sel ectt heAUDI Ot ab atthetop.
3.Got ot hesecond opt i
on,Sound Recor di
ng,and makesur et hedesi red audioi nt
er f
aceisselect
ed.You can
cli
ckthear row att her i
ghtt ovi ew additionalopt ions( ifi
nst all
ed) .
4.Cli
ckt heVOLUME but ton toopen t heRecor ding Mi xerand vi ew set ti
ngs.
5.TheRecor ding ControlMi xerwi l
lopen ( ti
tled Recor ding Contr olint op-left
).Makesur et hedesi
red inputi
s
select
ed ( MicrophoneorLi ne-in)bypl acing a‘ check’int hesel ectbox.Wi th Str
oboSof topen,adjustthe
inputvol umesl ideron t heappr opr iat
echanneland asi gnalpr esentt oview t heLED indicat
orsin
StroboSof t.(Makesur et heinputi snott oohi gh orcl i
pping wi l
lr esult.
)
6.Cli
ckt he‘ X’int het op-r
ightt ocl oset hemi xer.Cl oset heCont r
olPanel .

To view youraudi oi nputset t

ingsi n Vi
sta:
1.Got oStar t> Set t
ings> Cont rolPanel> Sound.
2.TheSound di alog boxwi llopen.Sel ectt
heRECORDI NG tab att het op.
3.You can selectt hedesi r
ed audi oi nputbyclicki
ng on it.(A green checkboxdenot esthedefaul
tdevi
ce.
)
4.Highli
ghtadevi ceand sel ectthePROPERTI ES button i
nt hel owerpar tofthewi ndow.
5.Thedevi cepr oper tiesopen.Sel ecttheLEVELS tab.Wi th StroboSoftopen,adj usttheinputvol
umeon
t
heappr opr i
atechannelbei ng carefulnottoclipthei nputgoi ng i
ntoSt r
oboSoft.
6.Cli
ckthe‘ X’i nt het op-r
ightt ocl osethedialog box.Closet heCont rolPanel
.

To view youraudi o preferenceson MacOS X:

1.Got oSyst em Preferences> Sound > I nput.
2.Selectthedesi r
ed input( Ex.,int
ernalmi cr
ophone,li
ne-i
n,et c.
).
3.Wi t
h StroboSoftopen,dr ag theI nputVolumeslidertoan appropri
atel
evel.Vi
ew t
heLED i
ndi
cat
orsi
n
StroboSoftand adj ustthei nputsot hatitisnottoohigh orcli
ppi
ng wi
llr
esult
.)
4.ClosetheSyst em Pr efer
ences.

St
roboSof
tPl
ug-i
n VST/AU i
nst
all
ati
on (Del
uxe and Sui
te onl
y):
ToenableSt roboSof
tt obeused asaplug-i
ni nsi
deanot heraudioappli
cati
on (e.g.,aDAW) ,StroboSof
t
sLINK™ technologyisused.Thisrequi
resthat"StroboSoftsLINK"beinstal
led l
ikeanyot herplug-i
n.When
sLINK i
slaunched withi
n yourDAW,sLINK wil
lactasami cro-
host,aut
omat ical
lylaunchi
ng Str
oboSoft,and
routi
ng audiointoit
.

StroboSof tVST on PC vi a sLINK™:

1.Af terinstall
ati
on and successf ulunlocking ofSt r
oboSoft,installtheincluded sLI
NK™ f il
ei ntoyourdedi cat
ed
plug-in orVSTdi rectory.Doubl e-cli
ckt he.msif i
letoinstallthesLI NK modul ein yoursyst em pl
ug- i
nfolder.
2.Ref resh yourDAW pl ug- infolder( i
fr equir
ed).Ref ertoyourDAW’ sdocument ati
on forplug- i
ninstall
ati
on.
3.St roboSof twil
lfoll
ow t hehostset t
ingsi nregardst oaudioi nputsand levels.
4.You can open an inst anceon ever yt rackor ,f
ori ncr
eased effi
ciency,load Str
oboSof tacrossabussoraux
and rout eyourdesi r
ed ‘tuning’channel saccordingl
y.Thiswi l
lconser veCPU cyclesand pr ovideal ess
‘
cluttered’on-screen wor kspace.

StroboSof tVST/AU on Macvi a sLINK™:

1.Af terinstall
ati
on and successf ulunlocking ofStroboSoft,instal
ltheincluded sLINK™ fil
ei nt
oyourdedi cat
ed
plug-in orVST/ AU direct
ory.Doubl e-cli
ckt hesLINK AU orVST. dmg toi nst
allintoyourdesired pl
ug-in
folder
.
2.Ref resh yourDAW pl ug-i
nf older(ifrequired).Refert oyourDAW’ sdocument ation f
orplug-ininst
all
ati
on.
3.St roboSof twil
lfollow thehostset ti
ngsi nr egardstoaudi oinput sand l
evels.
4.You can open an i nstanceon ever yt r
ackor ,forincreased eff
ici
ency,load StroboSoftacrossabussoraux
and rout eyourdesi red ‘
tuning’channel saccordingly.ThiswillconserveCPU cycl esand providealess
‘
cluttered’on-screen wor kspace.

>>>MacUsers:IMPORTANT<<< TheSt roboSoft

.app f
il
emustbei nst
all
ed i
ntother ootApplicat
ionsfolder
forsLI
NK t
of uncti
on pr
operl
y.Pl
easecheckt hatiti
sinstall
ed cor
rectl
yintheApplicat
ionsfolderint heevent
yourhostwil
lnotupdat et
oshow StroboSof
ti ntheplug-i
n/eff
ectslist
.Donotinstallt
heSt roboSoft.
app fi
le
i
ntoasubfolder.

NEED HELP?
Ifyou requi
re f
urtherassist
ance wi
thinstall
ati
on orhave generalusage i
nquiries,
pl
ease contactPet
erson Tunersat:info@strobosof
t.com .
Make sure t
oinclude yourseri
alnumberand registered username aspartofthe emai l
.