Steinberg Cubase 4 Plug In Reference Manual

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Monologue – Monophonic Analog 
Modeling Synthesizer (Cubase only)
Monologue is a monophonic analog synthesizer based on 
physical modeling technology. It offers full, rich and color-
ful sounds without consuming a lot of CPU power. The 
Monologue synthesizer is the perfect tool for bass, lead 
and sequenced sounds.
The Monophonic Analog Modeling Synthesizer has the 
following properties:
 2 oscillators with sawtooth, square and triangle waveforms.
 An additional noise...

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Envelope
LFO
X/Y Pad
EffectsMaster
Parameter Description
A – (Attack) Sets the attack time.
D – (Decay) Sets the decay time.
S – (Sustain) Sets the sustain level.
R – (Release) Sets the release time.
Mod Src (A+B) Defines the envelope modulation source. You can select: 
Modwheel, Aftertouch, Pitchbend, Velocity, LFO and 
Mod Env.
Depth (A+B) Controls the envelope modulation depth for the mod 
source defined in the “mod src” field.
Parameter Description
Waveform
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Diagrams
Prologue
Mystic 

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Spector 

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Introduction
This chapter describes the included MIDI realtime effects 
and their parameters.
How to apply and handle MIDI effects is described in the 
chapter “MIDI realtime parameters and effects” in the Op-
eration Manual.
Arpache 5
A typical arpeggiator accepts a chord (a group of MIDI 
notes) as input, and plays back each note in the chord 
separately, with the playback order and speed set by the 
user. The Arpache 5 arpeggiator does just that, and more. 
Before describing the...

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Arpache SX
This is an even more versatile and advanced arpeggiator, 
capable of creating anything from traditional arpeggios to 
complex, sequencer-like patterns. The Arpache SX has 
the following parameters:
Seq mode
When Seq mode is selected in the Arp Style section, the 
Arpache SX uses an additional MIDI part as a pattern. This 
pattern then forms the basis for the arpeggio, in conjunc-
tion with the MIDI input.
To import a MIDI part into the Arpache SX, drag it from 
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Finally, the Play Mode setting affects the resulting arpeggio. 
Note also that you can choose to keep the original note tim-
ing, note length and note velocities from the dropped MIDI 
part, by selecting “Source” in the Quantize and Length 
fields, and “Seq” in the Velocity Source section.
Autopan
This plug-in works a bit like an LFO in a synthesizer, allow-
ing you to send out continuously changing MIDI controller 
messages. One typical use for this is automatic MIDI pan-
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AmpMod
This is only used for the two waveforms with “periodical 
envelopes” (see above). The period value (set in beats) 
determines the length of the envelope. In the following fig-
ure, Period is set to 4th and the AmpMod is 4 beats. This 
results in a quarter note-based curve in which the top am-
plitude decreases gradually, repeated each bar.
Controller
Determines which Continuous Controller type is sent out. 
Typical choices would include pan, volume and brightness 
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Using switches
The Switch Setup section at the bottom of the panel al-
lows you to set up variations to the defined chords. This 
works with all three modes and provides a total of eight 
variations for each assignable key (that is, a maximum of 8 
different chords in Global mode, 12 x 8 chords in Octave 
mode and 128 x 8 chords in Normal mode).
The variations can be controlled by velocity or note range. 
Here’s how you set it up:
1.Select one of the two switch modes: velocity or note....