Acustica Titanium3 EQ - Core13 Engine Features; Understanding ZL Instances; 7. Disclaimer; 8. Performance Caution

5. Core13
6. What is a ZL instance for?
Titanium3 is based on our Core 13 engine:
NEW: Our new Core 13 engine improves on the previ-
ous versions by introducing our new VLA™ technolo-
gy (Vector Loading Acceleration), which makes the
response of the plugin much faster;
• Upgraded SASM (Symmetric & Asymmetric Sat-
uration Modeling). A high-performance saturation
algorithm;
• Introduction of new post-production sample de-nois-
ing tech for cleaner deconvolved impulses called STT
(Super transient technology);
Acustica Audio’s plug-ins come in two versions: ZL
(zero latency) and normal (non ZL). While the ZL ver-
sion does not introduce any latency to your system,
the standard version does.
This buer varies in size for each plug-in and helps to
signicantly reduce the CPU and system load of your
computer. For this reason we recommend that you
use a ZL instance whilst tracking.
Keep in mind that anything that can reduce the CPU
load on your system should be considered. For ex-
ample the track count of your session, the number
of plug-in instances used, sample rate, etc. You could
also consider the use of direct monitoring or double
the buer/hybrid audio engine in your host if availa-
ble.
• Full compatibility with Client/Server architecture in-
tegrated by default in Acqua plugins;
• Engine optimization introducing a new highly e-
cient algorithm. This innovative technique is applied
to all the deconvolved impulses for further de-noise
processing and subsequent elimination of any incor-
rect low-level behavior (including the so-called “echo
bug”).
Core 13 allows performance improvements for each
plug-in of the Acqua Eects series, while at the same
time preserving all the features already supported in
previous CORE upgrades.
Basically both plug-in instances are identical but the
current Acqua engine can work with a long audio bu-
er or without any audio buer.
The instance without audio buers, “ZL”, or zero la-
tency, do not have any audio buer pre-loaded, and
will process the audio without any delay, so at the
same time the CPU load will be higher compared to
the standard non ZL instance.
The idea behind a ZL instance is to give users the op-
tion to run Acqua Eect products with minimal laten-
cy, which is useful for direct monitoring for example.
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