PREFACE

Creating new sounds from the library you have built over the years is not always an easy task. Imagine having a tool which automatically picks a few sounds out of thousands for you, depending on the keywords and metadata you want, syncs them up and delivers suggestions for new sound design compositions. Don’t like the result? No problem – just repeat the process for a new suggestion or simply swap a few sound effects for further tweaking. Sounds amazing? Great! Because SOUNDWEAVER is that tool.

Minimum System Requirements

WINDOWS: 7 (64-bit), 8 GB RAM, Intel® Core™ i5 or AMD equivalent
MAC: OS X 10.9, 8 GB RAM, Intel® Core™ i5

Installation

After downloading and opening the installer for SOUNDWEAVER please follow the on-screen instructions to install SOUNDWEAVER and choose the installation directory. Upon first startup, you will be asked to register SOUNDWEAVER with your iLok account.

iLok Registration

SOUNDWEAVER is licensed using the iLok system. You need to have an iLok account in order to use SOUNDWEAVER, setting up an iLok account is free on www.ilok.com. You will find all necessary information on how to set up an iLok account on www.ilok.com. To use SOUNDWEAVER, you can either authorize your computer or a 2nd generation or newer iLok USB device. If you authorize SOUNDWEAVER on an iLok USB device, the iLok USB device containing the correct and activated license must be plugged into your computer during use.

Please download the iLok License Manager from www.ilok.com.

After your purchase, you automatically receive an order confirmation from us containing the download link for the installer plus a 30 numeric character long iLok activation code (e.g. 1234-1234-1234-1234-1234-1234-1234-12).

Uninstalling

To remove the plug-in from your system, including its presets and settings, follow the step-by-step guide in our FAQ: How do I uninstall BOOM plug-ins?

If you want to use the plug-in on another computer, deactivate the license in the iLok License Manager first.

Quick Start

Setting up a New Project

Upon startup you will be prompted to either start a new project or open an existing one. Choose a project name and click the button Create New Project to get going.

Afterwards you will be prompted to enter various keywords you want to be included or excluded in the sounds you search for as well as the number of individual sound files you want to layer.

Activate Match Whole Word if you only want the specifically entered term to be included in your search (e.g. if you search for “Whoosh” it will not include files including “Whooshes”). The Use Whole Path option will look for your keywords in the full file path instead of just the sound file names (e.g. if you search for “Whooshes” all files containing “Whooshes” in their path’s name will be eligible).

Specify the Search Path, which is the location on your hard drive where you want SOUNDWEAVER to search for sound effects. By clicking the star icon SOUNDWEAVER will save the specified path in your favorites for quicker use in future projects. Clicking the RANDOMIZE button below will search for sound files matching the specified parameters and add one sound effect per layer to the timeline.

Plugin Scan

On the first launch of SOUNDWEAVER you will be asked to start a plugin rescan. The search paths for VST3 plugins will be set to the default directories of your operating system. You can further add additional directories or remove them as needed. On mac, the default AU paths of your system can not be changed. To trigger the Plugin-rescan, click on Options and choose Rescan on Windows or Rescan AU/VST3 on macOS.

Editing Groups

Each group is its own composition of sound effects. All sound effects are automatically aligned at their hitpoint to ensure a playback in sync. You can edit multiple parameters, such as pitch, offset, gain or pan per individual sound. SOUNDWEAVER is fully compatible with BOOM Library sound effects including multiple variations. It will detect individual variations to let you choose your favorite — or click the shuffle button to choose one at random.

You can edit your keyword and search path specifications for a group by clicking the Keywords or Path buttons in the top right. You can re-randomize a single sound effect, a whole group or all groups by clicking the respective dice icon in track control or group bar or the large RANDOMIZE button at the bottom of the interface. It is also possible to import audio files from your file browser directly into SOUNDWEAVER via drag and drop.

Snapshots

If you like what you hear but don’t want to export it yet you can create a snapshot of your current session. On the right-hand side you will find the Snapshot menu. By clicking the + button you create a new snapshot. These will get numbered through from 01 and up, preceded by the word you specify in the Prefix text field (“Snapshot_” is standard).

Exporting Audio

SOUNDWEAVER is designed to kick off your imagination and speed up your workflow coming up with unique sound effects. Any additional mixing and mastering can be done in the DAW of your choice.

The easiest way to transfer sound files is via the drag and drop feature. Click the Prepare for Drag & Drop button to the bottom right to render the sound files. Afterwards you can drag and drop them from the big hand icon directly into the program you want to edit them — or simply your file browser.

Main Window Overview

The main window of SOUNDWEAVER is divided into the following sections: the Menu Bar, the Timeline with its Ruler, Group Bars, Track Controls and Regions, the Global Controls and Transport at the bottom, and the Snapshots and Export panels on the right.

Menu Bar

On the very top of the window (Windows) or of your screen (macOS) you will see five options in the program’s menu bar.

File

The file menu includes several options to work with new and existing projects within SOUNDWEAVER.

Edit

The edit menu contains actions applied to your currently open session. The undo and redo options are displayed beneath the menu bar as clickable arrow icons. This will also affect your Plugin instances according to Functionality and Limitations of said Plugin.

Add

This menu contains options to add content to your project.

Options

SOUNDWEAVER’s options and project preferences are in this menu.

View

Via the view menu you can select which effect rack should be displayed.

Help

Project Dashboard

Whenever you create a new project the project dashboard will be displayed first.

Create

Enter the name of your project and choose a location where the project file and audio files will be placed. You can set the export sample rate and bit depth already; however, these can always be changed later in the Export Audio window. Click on Create New Project to start.

Open

Choose either from a list of recently used projects or browse for a project on your computer to open it.

Add Groups

Define keywords which will be used to search for sound files. You can specify keywords to be excluded from your search as well. Clicking on the small + next to the group tab or hitting the tab key three times will create a new group.

Match Word

Only the full entered word(s) will be searched for (e.g. keyword “Whoosh” will not find files including “Whooshes”).

Use Whole Path

Keywords will be searched not just in file names but in the folder names of the search path as well.

Use Metadata

In addition to searching for file names, SOUNDWEAVER will also scan all of the files’ metadata if available such as it is in all BOOM Library files.

Layers

The number of tracks you want the group to have. Each track will include a different sound file.

Search Path(s)

Location(s) on your hard drive you want SOUNDWEAVER to look through. Toggle Favorite will store the specified path in the dropdown menu.

Bottom Bar

On the bottom bar you can see three buttons. Reset will clear everything you have entered so far. RANDOMIZE creates the group(s) according to your entered specifications. Cancel closes the dialog, disregarding everything entered.

Timeline

Groups are created containing their sound effects. Each sound effect will be placed on its own track, aligned at its hitpoint. You can zoom in and out by clicking and holding the + and - buttons in the bottom right or use ctrl/cmd+mousewheel.

Ruler

At the top of the timeline you see the ruler, by default reaching from -75 to 75 seconds. You can change its length in the Options menu. Alignment of the sound effects’ hitpoints is at zero, designating the negative region as before and the positive after the hitpoint. Use the scroll wheel while hovering over the ruler to zoom.

The white stripe within the ruler is the loop region. Double clicking activates and deactivates it, dragging the little white edges expands or retracts the region. Dragging the loop region with the right mouse button moves it around entirely.

Group Bar

Above every group the group bar is displayed. It includes several options affecting the audio of the full group.

Track Control

Regions

To the track control’s right, the sound effects are displayed. If a chosen sound effect — like many from BOOM Library — contains more than one variation, it will be divided into multiple regions, each representing a different variation.

To switch to a different region, you can either select the region’s track and use the left and right arrow keys or simply double click on the region you want to switch to. Hold ctrl/cmd to select multiple individual tracks. To select multiple adjacent tracks, select the first track, hold down shift and select another track. You can move your track selection up and down with the arrow keys. Hold down shift and use the up and down arrows to select multiple adjacent tracks.

The small black line inside a region is the hitpoint. This is the region’s sync point which marks the most significant impact of a sound effect. It is automatically determined from SOUNDWEAVER upon import but can be adjusted via dragging.

Dragging the whole sound effect moves its position on the timeline so it is played back earlier or later.

The four corners of a region can be dragged to apply fades. Grab and move the top corners to adjust fade in and fade out times and the lower corners for trimming the start or end of the region.

Right clicking a region opens a context menu for different region actions.

Global Controls

Below the timeline there are multiple parameters which affect all unlocked groups and tracks of the whole project.

Transport

Located in the bottom right corner is the playback navigation. Use this to listen to your current project.

FX Rack

Snapshots

Export

SOUNDWEAVER has the capability to render multiple iterations of a session at once. Furthermore, you can drag and drop rendered sound files directly into your audio editing system.

Prepare for Drag & Drop

Export Audio

Access the Export Audio dialog by choosing File → Export Audio or use the shortcut ctrl/cmd+E.

Tips & Tricks

To help you get started, here are some tips and tricks to lift off with SOUNDWEAVER and use it regularly in your future productions.

Leave Keywords Blank

If you’re not sure what keywords to look for, you do not need to specify any of them. A search without keywords will take any sound effect of your search path into consideration. Sometimes, it’s these creations which will come up with impressive new combinations and spark your inspiration for exciting new sound designs!

Extreme Global Pitch Changes

Don’t be afraid to use the Global Pitch adjusting to its extreme. Create a rim shot out of an explosion by increasing the playback rate or make a rumbling drone out of a bowed metal sound by decreasing it.

Variation Shortcuts

To work through variations quickly, you won’t even need to lift your right (or left!) hand from the keyboard to grab your mouse. If you select a track, you can switch through the variations using the left and right arrow keys or select a random variation with ctrl/cmd+T.

Huge Quantities in Barely Any Time

Just setting a small amount of a global Random Pitch and Random Position will give you a unique variation for each new export. This allows you to quickly create a huge supply of different variations of a new sound without much editing time needed.

End-User License Agreement

This license agreement is a single-user license agreement. For multi-user licenses and multi-user discounts, please contact us via service@boomlibrary.com.

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APPENDIX A: SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENTS OF THIRD PARTIES

I - Inno Setup License:

Except where otherwise noted, all of the documentation and software included in the Inno Setup package is copyrighted by Jordan Russell. Copyright (C) 1997-2013 Jordan Russell. All rights reserved. Portions Copyright (C) 2000-2013 Martijn Laan. All rights reserved.

This software is provided "as-is," without any express or implied warranty. In no event shall the author be held liable for any damages arising from the use of this software.

Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose, including commercial applications, and to alter and redistribute it, provided that the following conditions are met:

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PRODUCT WARRANTY

1. Steinberg licences the VST PlugIn Interface Technology on an "AS IS" basis. Steinberg makes no warranties, express or implied, including without limitation the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, regarding the VST PlugIn Interface Technology or operation and use in combination with the Licensee's program. Neither the Licensee, its employees, agents or Distributors have any right to make any other representation, warranty or promise with respect to the VST PlugIn Interface Technology.
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INFRINGEMENT

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