Steinberg Cubase LE 4 Plug In Reference Manual

Plug-in Reference 

Manual by Anders Nordmark
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Table of Contents 

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Table of Contents
5Audio effects
6About this chapter
6Overview
7Insert effects
9Send effects
12Making settings for the effects
13Effect presets
16Installing and managing effect plug-ins
18The included effect plug-ins
19Introduction
19Delay plug-ins
19Distortion plug-ins
20Dynamics plug-ins
21Filter plug-ins
22Modulation plug-ins
25Spatial plug-ins
26Reverb plug-ins
26Earlier VST plug-ins
33HALionOne
34Introduction
34HALionOne parameters
35Index 

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Audio effects 

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Audio effects
About this chapter
Cubase LE comes with a number of effect plug-ins in-
cluded. This chapter contains general details about how 
to assign, use and organize effect plug-ins. The effects 
and their parameters are described in the chapter “The in-
cluded effect plug-ins” on page 18.
Overview
There are two ways to use audio effects in Cubase LE:
•As insert effects.
An insert effect is inserted into the signal chain of an audio channel, which 
means that the whole channel signal passes...

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Audio effects
When MIDI receive is available (or necessary) for other 
purposes than timing, the setting up and operation is de-
scribed in the documentation for the corresponding effect.
Please refer to the chapter “The included effect plug-ins” on page 18 for 
details about the included effects.
Insert effects
Background
As the name implies, insert effects are inserted into the 
audio signal path – this means that the audio will be 
routed through the effect. You can add up to eight differ-
ent...

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Audio effects
If the effect has a Dry/Wet Mix parameter you can use 
this to adjust the balance between the dry signal and the 
effect signal.
See “Making settings for the effects” on page 12 for details about editing 
effects.
When one or several insert effects are activated for a 
channel, the insert effects buttons light up in blue in the 
mixer, the Inspector and the Track list. Click the button for 
a channel to bypass (disable) all its inserts.
When the inserts are bypassed, the buttons are...

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Using group channels for insert effects
Like all other channels, group channels can have up to 
eight insert effects. This is useful if you have several audio 
tracks that you want to process through the same effect 
(e.g. different vocal tracks that all should be processed by 
the same compressor). Another special use for group 
channels and effects is the following:
If you have a mono audio track and want to process this 
through a stereo insert effect (e.g. a stereo chorus or an 
auto...

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All FX channel tracks you create will appear in a kind of 
“folder” in the Track list.
This makes it easy to manage and keep track of all your FX channel tracks, 
and also allows you to save screen space by folding the FX Channel folder.
FX channel tracks are automatically named “FX 1”, “FX 2” etc., but you 
can rename them if you wish. Just double click the name of an FX chan-
nel track in either the Track list or the Inspector and type in a new name.
Adding and setting up effects
As...