Steinberg Cubase SX/SL 3 Audio Effects And VSTi Manual

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VB-1 Parameters
Parameter Description
Pick-up To change the Pick-up position, click and drag the lower end of the Pick-
up. Positioning the pick-up position towards the left produces a hollow 
sound that emphasizes the upper harmonics of the plucked string. When 
placed towards the right position, the tone is fuller and warmer. 
Pick This determines where along the length of the string the initial pluck is 
made. This controls the “roundness” of the tone,...

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LM-7 Drum Machine
The LM-7 is a 24-bit drum machine. It has the following properties:
•LM-7 is polyphonic with up to 12 voices.
•LM-7 receives MIDI in Omni mode (on all MIDI channels).
You don’t need to select a MIDI channel to direct MIDI to LM-7.
•LM-7 responds to the following MIDI messages: 
MIDI Note On/Off (velocity governs volume).
Volume and Tune faders 
(for each drum sound).This adjusts the Pan (the position in the stereo image) 
for the...

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LM-7 Parameters
Drum sounds
LM-7 comes with six sets of drum sounds. “Compressor”, “909” and 
“Percussion” are loaded as the default sets when launching LM-7. 
“Modulation”, “Fusion” and “DrumNbass” can be loaded by selecting 
“Load Bank” from the File menu and opening the lm7_second_set.fxb 
file (which is located in the Vstplugins/Drums subfolder). 
•You switch between the three loaded sets by using the pop-up menu 
(just like you switch between effect...

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MIDI note mapping
The table below shows how the drum sounds are assigned to note 
values on your MIDI keyboard. The mapping is GM compatible:
Drum sound Note  Comment
Bd C1
Rim C#1 Compressor only.
Snare D1
Clap D#1 909 only.
Hi-Hat F#1
O-Hi-Hat A#1
Tom 1 A1
Tom 2 B2
Tom 3 D2
Crash C#2
Ride D#2 Compressor only.
Tambourine F#2 Percussion only.
Cowbell G#2 Percussion only.
Hi Bongo C3 Percussion only.
Lo Bongo C3# Percussion only.
Conga Mute D3 Percussion...

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Embracer – Surround Pad Synthesizer 
(Cubase SX only)
Embracer is a simple but powerful polyphonic synthesizer designed en-
tirely 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. How-
ever, the most powerful feature of Embracer is its surround output. With 
a single switch, you can turn the instrument from...

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•Up to 32 voices of polyphony per instance.
•Dynamic width control for exciting 3D sounds.
•Unique “eye” controller for simultaneous tone and width control.
•Full MIDI control implementation.
Osc 1 and 2
Parameter Description
Wave Selects the waveform for each oscillator. Available waveforms are: 
Carpet, DigiPad, Choir, Ensemble, Metal Phaze, Phase Strings, Sing 
Sing, Soft Wave, Spit Strynx, Stepfloor, Submerged, Wave Bellz. 
Note: If you want to use...

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Envelope and Level
Master
Parameter Description
Attack Controls the attack time of each oscillator. Higher values create 
slower attacks.
Attack Vel Sets the amount of velocity control of the attack time. Higher values 
increase the velocity sensitivity.
Level Controls the oscillator output level.
Level Vel Sets the amount of velocity control of the oscillator level. Higher 
values increase the velocity sensitivity.
Parameter Description
Release Controls...

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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 parameters 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...

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Using Embracer in Surround Mode
When you want to enjoy Embracer in 3D, set it up in surround mode 
and listen to it on a surround system. Let’s assume you have a surround 
monitoring system set up with your VST mixer and your VST output 
connections are properly set up.
1.Open an instance of Embracer in the VST instruments rack and set it 
to surround mode. 
2.When you open the VST mixer you will see two separate stereo chan-
nels for the Embracer. The...

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Monologue – Monophonic Analog Modeling 
Synthesizer (Cubase SX only)
Monologue is a monophonic analog synthesizer based on physical 
modeling technology. It offers full, rich and colorful 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....