Steinberg Cubase SX/SL 3 Audio Effects And VSTi Manual

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Envelope Attack The envelope settings in RoomWorks control how the reverb will 
follow the dynamics of the input signal in a fashion similar to a 
noise gate or downward expander. Attack determines how long 
in milliseconds it takes for the reverb to reach full volume after a 
signal peak. This is similar to a predelay but the reverb is ramping 
up instead of starting all at once.
Envelope Release The release determines how long after a signal peak the...

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Surround plug-ins (Cubase SX only)
This section describes the plug-ins in the “Surround” category.
Mix6To2 (Cubase SX only)
The Mix6To2 effect allows you to control the levels of up to six surround 
channels, and to mix these down to a stereo output. The pop-up menu 
contains a number of speaker arrangement presets that correspond to 
some default surround formats. The Mix6To2 lets you quickly mix down 
your surround mix format to stereo, and to include...

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The Master bus has the following parameters:
• A Link button that links the two Master faders.
• A Normalize button. If activated, the mixed output will be normalized, i.e. the 
output level will automatically be adjusted so that the loudest signal is as loud 
as possible without clipping.
SurroundDither (Cubase SX only)
SurroundDither is not an “effect” as such. Dithering is a method for 
controlling the noise produced by quantization errors in digital...

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When should I use SurroundDither?
•Basically anytime you mix down to a lower resolution, either in real-time 
(playback) or with the Export Audio Mixdown function, you should con-
sider dithering.
•Since SurroundDither is capable of dithering up to six channels at the 
same time, it is recommended if you’re using surround channels.
If not, you may want to use the UV22 HR instead, see page 60.
The following options can be set in the SurroundDither control...

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An Example 
Say you have set up a project to record 24-bit files. After completion, 
you want to create a digital 16-bit master for CD burning. Proceed as 
follows:
1.Add SurroundDither to a post fader insert effect slot for the output bus.
I.e. in one of the last two slots.
2.Open the control panel for SurroundDither, and select the Dithering 
and Noise Shaping Type.
3.Set the Ditherbit destination to “16” for all the master mix outputs cur-
rently used,...

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SurroundPan (Cubase SX only)
The SurroundPan plug-in provides a graphical overview representing 
the speaker arrangement and the sound source, allowing you to dy-
namically position the audio in the surround field.
This plug-in is described in detail in the Operation Manual chapter 
“Surround Sound”.  

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Tools
This section describes the plug-ins in the “Tools” category.
SMPTE Generator (Cubase SX only)
This plug-in is not an effect device. It sends out SMPTE time code to 
an audio output, allowing you to synchronize other equipment to Cu-
base SX (provided that the equipment can sync directly to SMPTE 
time code). This can be very useful if you don’t have access to a MIDI-
to-time code converter.
The following items and parameters are available:
•Generate...

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•Current Time
When Link is on this shows the current position in Cubase SX. If Link is off it shows the 
current time of the SMPTE Generator in “free run” mode. This cannot be set manually.
•Framerate
This defaults to the frame rate set in the Project Setup dialog. If you wish to generate 
time code in another frame rate than the Project is currently set to (for example to 
stripe a tape), you can select another format on the Framerate pop-up (provided...

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The included VST Instruments 

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A1 Synthesizer
The A1 is a dual oscillator software synthesizer with the following 
main features:
•The A1 is polyphonic with up to 16 voices. 
•Multimode filter.
Lowpass, bandpass, highpass and notch filter types are available.
•PWM (Pulse Width Modulation).
•FM (Frequency Modulation).
•Ring Modulator.
•Built-in stereo chorus/flanger effect.
•The A1 receives MIDI in Omni mode (on all MIDI channels).
You don’t need to select a MIDI channel to direct MIDI...