Steinberg Cubase Studio 4 Plug In Reference Studio Manual

Plug-in Reference 

Original manual by Anders Nordmark
Revision: Cristina Bachmann, Heiko Bischoff, Marion Bröer, Sabine Pfeifer
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Table of Contents 

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Table of Contents
5The included effect plug-ins
6Introduction
6Delay plug-ins
9Distortion plug-ins
10Dynamics plug-ins
19EQ plug-ins
21Filter plug-ins
25Mastering – UV 22 HR (Cubase only)
25Modulation plug-ins
32Other plug-ins
34Restoration plug-ins
34Reverb plug-ins
36Spatial plug-ins
37Surround plug-ins (Cubase only)
37Tools plug-ins
41The included VST Instruments
42Introduction
42Prologue
42Sound parameters
47Modulation and controllers
52Spector (Cubase only)
52Sound parameters
54Modulation and...

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The included effect plug-ins 

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The included effect plug-ins
Introduction
This chapter contains descriptions of the included plug-in 
effects and their parameters.
In Cubase, the plug-in effects are arranged in a number of 
different categories. This chapter is arranged in the same 
fashion, with the plug-ins listed in separate sections for 
each effect category.
ÖMost of the included effects are compatible with 
VST3, this is indicated by an icon in front of the name of 
the plug-in as displayed in plug-in selection menus (for...

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The included effect plug-ins
MonoDelay
This is a mono delay effect that can either be tempo-based 
or use freely specified delay time settings. The delay can 
also be controlled from another signal source via the Side-
Chain input.
The parameters are as follows:
Range Lo/Hi These knobs specify the range (in Hz) of the filter fre-
quency modulation. Both positive (e.g. Lo set to 50 and Hi 
set to 10000) and negative (e.g. Lo set to 5000 and Hi set 
to 500) ranges can be set. If tempo sync is off and the...

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The included effect plug-ins
PingPongDelay
This is a stereo delay effect that alternates each delay re-
peat between the left and right channels. The effect can 
either be tempo-based or use freely specified delay time 
settings.
The parameters are as follows:
StereoDelay
StereoDelay has two independent delay lines which either 
use tempo-based or freely specified delay time settings. 
The parameters are as follows:
Parameter Description
Delay This is where you specify the base note value for the delay...

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The included effect plug-ins
Distortion plug-ins
This section contains descriptions of the plug-ins in the 
“Distortion” category.
AmpSimulator
AmpSimulator is a distortion effect, emulating the sound 
of various types of guitar amp and speaker cabinet combi-
nations. A wide selection of amp and cabinet models is 
available. 
The parameters are as follows:
DaTube
This effect emulates the characteristic warm, lush sound 
of a tube amplifier.
The parameters are as follows:
Distortion
Distortion will add...

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The included effect plug-ins
SoftClipper (Cubase only)
This effect adds soft overdrive, with independent control 
over the second and third harmonic.
The parameters are as follows:
Dynamics plug-ins
This section contains descriptions of the plug-ins in the 
“Dynamics” category.
Compressor
Compressor reduces the dynamic range of the audio, 
making softer sounds louder or louder sounds softer, or 
both. Compressor features separate controls for thres-
hold, ratio, attack, hold, release and make-up gain...