Steinberg Cubase 7 User Manual

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Audio effectsUsing the side-chain input
6.On the Output Routing selector, locate the Side-Chain node and select the 
PingPongDelay effect that you set up for the vocal track.
This way, the signals from the second (duplicate) track are routed to the effect 
(and do not end up in the mix).
Now every time the signals on the vocal track exceed the threshold, the delay will be 
deactivated. Since the threshold for the delay effect is fixed, you may have to adjust 
the volume of track 2, in this example,...

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Audio effectsUsing external effects (Cubase only)
Side-chain and Modulation
Side-chain signals bypass the built-in LFO modulation and instead apply modulation 
according to the envelope of the side-chain signal. Since each channel will be analyzed 
and modulated separately, this allows for creating astonishing spatial modulation 
effects. Feel free to experiment with the functions to see what they have to offer!
About drag & drop
When you drag effects from one insert slot to another (on the same...

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Audio effectsEffect presets
•All effects can be edited using a simplified control panel (horizontal sliders only, no 
graphics). This generic editor is opened using the context pop-up menu in the top 
right corner of the plug-in panel.
Effect control panels may have any combination of knobs, sliders, buttons and graphic 
curves. 
ÖThe included effects and their parameters are described in detail in the separate PDF 
document “Plug-in Reference”.
•If you edit the parameters for an effect, these...

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Audio effectsEffect presets
Selecting effect presets
Most VST effect plug-ins come with a number of useful presets for instant selection.
To select an effect preset in the Presets browser, proceed as follows:
1.Load an effect, either as a channel insert or into an FX channel.
The control panel for the effect is displayed.
2.Click in the preset field at the top of the control panel.
This opens the Presets browser.
•You can also open the Presets browser from the Inspector (Inserts tab) or the 
Channel...

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Audio effectsEffect presets
•The Filters section shows the available preset attributes for the selected effect. 
This section is similar to the Filters section in the MediaBay, see “The Filters 
section” on page 406. To show the Filters section, click the “Set Up Window 
Layout” button and activate the Filters option.
•The Location Tree section allows you to specify the folder that is searched for 
preset files.
To show the Location Tree section, click the “Set Up Window Layout” button and 
activate...

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Audio effectsEffect presets
Saving a default preset
To define and save a default preset and use it e. g. in other projects, proceed as 
follows:
1.Set up the parameters to your liking.
2.Open the Preset Management pop-up menu, and select “Save as Default Preset” 
from the pop-up menu.
Your default preset is saved. 
Recalling a default preset
You can recall a default preset at any time from the Presets browser by selecting 
“Default” or by opening the plug-in context menu, and selecting “Reset to...

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Audio effectsEffect presets
3.In the file dialog that opens, locate the FXP file and click Open.
If you load a bank (.fxb), it will replace the current set of all effect programs. If you 
load a single program, it will replace the currently selected effect program only. 
Note that such files exist only if you created your own .fxp/.fxb presets with a 
previous version of Cubase (or any other VST
 2 application).
4.After importing, you can convert the current program list to VST presets by 
selecting...

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Audio effectsInstalling and managing effect plug-ins
•Note that when loading insert combination presets, any plug-ins that were 
previously loaded for the track will be removed, regardless of whether these slots 
are used in the preset.
In other words, saving an inserts preset means saving the states of all insert slots.
•You can use the Preset Management pop-up menu to save your settings as 
preset, or to rename or remove the current preset.
Extracting insert effect settings from track presets
You...

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Audio effectsInstalling and managing effect plug-ins
ÖIf an effect plug-in comes with its own installation application, you should use this. As 
a general rule, always read the documentation or readme files before installing new 
plug-ins.
Installing VST 3 plug-ins on Windows systems
On Windows systems, VST 3 plug-ins are installed by dragging the files (with the 
extension “.vst3”) into the VST3 folder in the Cubase application folder. When you 
launch Cubase again, the new effects appear on the...

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Audio effectsInstalling and managing effect plug-ins
Managing and selecting VST plug-ins
To display all available VST plug-ins, open the “VST PlugIns” tab.
•To enable a plug-in (make it available for selection), put a checkmark in the left 
column.
Only the enabled plug-ins will appear on the effect selectors.
•The Instances column indicates how many instances of the plug-in are currently 
used in Cubase.
Clicking in this column for a plug-in which is already in use produces a pop-up 
showing exactly...