Steinberg Cubase 4 Plug In Reference Manual

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Spectrum displays
Allows you to draw a filter contour with your mouse for 
spectrum filters A & B. 
To set up the contour, click in one of the displays and 
drag the mouse to draw the desired curve. Note that this 
will produce the inverse contour in the other display, for 
maximum sonic versatility.
To set up the contour independently for the two filters, hold down [Shift] 
and click and drag the mouse in either display.
Use the Preset pop-up menu to select a preset...

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Crackle
This allows you to send noise directly into the comb filters. 
Small amounts of noise will produce a “crackling”, erratic 
effect; higher amounts will give a more pronounced noise 
sound.
Feedback
This determines the amount of signal sent back into the 
comb filters (the feedback level). 
 Setting Feedback to zero (twelve o’clock) will effectively turn 
off the comb filter sound, as no feedback tone is produced.
 Setting Feedback to a positive value will create a...

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A low frequency oscillator (LFO) is used for modulating 
parameters, for example the pitch of an oscillator (to pro-
duce vibrato), or for any parameter where cyclic modula-
tion is desired.
The two LFOs have identical parameters:
About the sync modes
The Sync modes determine how the LFO cycle affects the 
notes you play:
About the waveforms
Most standard LFO waveforms are available for LFO mod-
ulation. You use Sine and Triangle waveforms for smooth 
modulation cycles,...

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Assigning LFO velocity destinations
You can also assign LFO modulation that is velocity con-
trolled (i.e. governed by how hard or soft you strike a key). 
This is done as follows:
1.Click in the “Vel Dest” box for one of the LFOs.
A pop-up appears with all possible velocity destinations are shown. 
2.Select a destination. 
The selected velocity destination is now shown in the list. Beside the 
destination, a default value (50) has been set. The value represents the...

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Release
Release determines the time it takes for the value to fall 
back to zero after releasing the key. Range is from 0.0 mil-
liseconds to 91.1 seconds.
Punch
When Punch is activated, the start of the decay phase is 
delayed a few milliseconds (the envelope “stays” at top 
level for a moment before moving on to the decay phase). 
The result is a punchier attack similar to a compressor ef-
fect. This effect is more pronounced with short attack and 
decay times....

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The following controllers are available:
To assign any of these controllers to one or several pa-
rameters, proceed as follows:
1.Click in the “Mod Dest” box for one of the controllers.
A pop-up appears with all possible modulation destinations are shown. 
All Sound parameters as well as most LFO and Envelope parameters are 
available as destinations.
2.Select a destination.
The selected modulation destination is now shown in the list. Beside the 
destination, a default...

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Modulation
You can select between 3 modulation characteristics:
 The Phaser uses an 8-pole allpass filter to produce the classic 
phasing effect. 
 The Flanger is composed of two independent delay lines with 
feedback for the left and the right channel respectively. The 
delay time of both delays is modulated by one LFO with ad-
justable frequency. 
 Chorus produces a rich chorus effect with 4 delays modulated 
by four independent LFOs.
The parameters are as follows:
SR...

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These parameter assignments are used for many of the 
HALionOne presets, but not for all. As stated above, other 
parameters may be shown; these will be clearly labelled 
on the panel. For most of the presets there are also asso-
ciated effects – the effect parameters are usually as-
signed to the quick controls on the right and typically 
control the dry/wet mix of the effect.
Effect Bypass
This button, located at the bottom right in the box dis-
playing the preset name,...

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Embracer – Surround Pad 
Synthesizer (Cubase only)
Embracer is a simple but powerful polyphonic synthesizer 
designed entirely for producing pads and accompaniment 
sounds. With its easy-to-use envelope and tone controls, 
it gives you fast access to the sounds you need without 
having to search through thousands of presets. However, 
the most powerful feature of Embracer is its surround out-
put. With a single switch, you can turn the instrument from 
stereo to surround...

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The “Eye”
The Embracer’s unique “Eye” controller offers a creative 
new way of controlling the sound’s overall character and 
shape. This controller gives you access to several para-
meters at the same time. 
For each oscillator, there is a circle representing the tone 
and width of the sound. Click and drag the corresponding 
circle to change its shape. There are also two (numbered) 
oscillator handles. You can drag these vertically to change 
the tone or horizontally to...