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, just like on a real bass. 
Click-drag the Pick to change position.
Shape This knob selects the basic waveform used to drive the plucked string 
model. This parameter can drastically change the sound character. The 
control smoothly morphs through the waves. It is possible to create 
sounds that have no relation to a bass guitar with this control.
Volume This knob regulates the VB-1 volume.
Damper This parameter controls the length of time the string vibrates after being 
plucked.  
						

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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 individual drums. The setting is applied to the 
currently selected drum, indicated by a lit yellow LED 
over the Pad button.
This sets the 
global velocity 
sensitivity for 
LM-7.
Pad (one for each drum sound). Press to audition the drum sound 
assigned to the Pad, or to select a sound for adjusting pan.
Master Volume  
						

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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 programs).
Parameter Description
Velocity This sets the global velocity sensitivity for LM-7. The higher the value, 
the more sensitive LM-7 will be to incoming velocity data. If set to “0”, 
the sounds will play back with a fixed velocity value.
Volume sliders The volume sliders are used to adjust the volume for each individual 
drum sound.
Tune sliders The tune sliders are used to tune each individual drum sound, up or 
down 1 octave.
Pad The Pads are used for two things: To audition the individual drum 
sounds, and to select a sound for adjusting pan.
Panorama This is used to position an individual sound in the stereo image. The 
setting applies to the currently selected sound, indicated by a lit yel-
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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 only.
Conga Open D#3 Percussion only.
Conga Lo E3 Percussion only.
Timbale Lo G3 Percussion only.
Timbale Hi G#3 Percussion only.
Cabasa A3 Percussion only. 
						

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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 stereo to surround and 
the width control allows you to spread your pad sound anywhere from 
mono to stereo to full 360° surround. The unique “eye” controller gives 
you an exact idea of how the sound will be placed in a mix. 
If you’ve never worked with a surround system before, now is the time 
to start exploring these possibilities.
The Embracer Surround Pad Synthesizer has the following properties:
•Embracer is a Polyphonic surround pad synthesizer.
•2 oscillators with 12 waveforms.
•Independent envelope and tone controls.
•Stereo and surround outputs.  
						

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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 only one oscillator, set the waveform to 
OFF. In this case only one voice per key will be used.
Tone Embracer offers a high pass and low pass filter for each oscillator. 
Both filters are controlled via a single Tone knob. In the 50% center 
position, the signal will not be filtered. Reducing the tone value adds 
low pass filtering. Values above 50% add high pass filtering. This 
parameter can also be controlled by the “eye” controller.
Width Controls the spatial spread of the signal. A value of 0% puts the sig-
nal mono into the center position. In stereo mode, a value of 100% re-
sults in a maximum stereo width. In surround mode, a value of 100% 
creates a full 360° surround image. The width parameter can be con-
trolled by a variety of modulation sources, as well as by the “eye” con-
troller.
Coarse 
(Oscillator 2 only)Changes the pitch in semitones. Maximum range is +1/24 semi-
tones = 2 octaves.
Fine 
(Oscillator only)Changes the pitch in fine steps with a range of up to +/- 50 cents. 
Note: If you want to create a slight detune effect between the oscil-
lators, make sure to set the master tune parameter to a negative 
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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 the overall release time of the volume envelope. Higher 
values result in longer release times.
Mode Sets the output mode of Embracer. You can choose between “Ste-
reo” and “Surround”. In Stereo Mode, Embracer has one stereo 
output in the VST Mixer. In Surround Mode, Embracer has either a 
quadraphonic 4-channel output or two independent stereo outputs 
in the VST Mixer. See below for more details on using Embracer in 
a surround mixer setup.
Width Ctr Use this parameter to select a modulation source for the width 
parameter. Available sources are: Mod Wheel, Aftertouch, Velocity 
and Envelope. 
Both oscillators are controlled simultaneously. However, modula-
tion depth is controlled independently by the respective width pa-
rameter of each oscillator.
Max Poly Sets the total number of voices available. Each oscillator uses one 
voice per note played. Thus, a two-oscillator sound with 8 voices 
results in 4-voice polyphony. The default value for Max Poly is 16.
Fine Tune Use this to adjust the pitch of the whole instrument. Range is +/- 50 
Cents. Use Fine Tune in combination with the Fine Tune parameter 
of OSC 2 to create smooth detune effects.
Master Out Sets the overall output volume of the instrument. 
						

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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 horizontally to change the width of the 
respective oscillator. When you drag a handle, the respective Tone and 
Width knobs of the oscillator are adjusted accordingly. Play a note 
while editing to hear the effect.
The “eye” can not only be used as a controller for the tone and width 
parameters, but also works as a surround scope for monitoring the 
spatial integration of the current sound. The display represents the 
sound’s position in the stereo or surround sound field. In stereo mode, 
the sound position is shown only in the upper half of the display and 
represents the front part of the sound field. In surround mode, the 
sound position is shown in the upper and lower half of the display and 
represents the front and rear part of the sound field.
• You can use Embracer’s automation feature to record the movements of 
the mouse within the “eye” controller! 
						

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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 first is titled “Embracer” and the second 
“Embracer rear”. 
3.Assign both channel outputs to the surround output bus. 
The two channel strips will now show independent surround panners. By default, the 
first output pair is assigned to the front left and right channels and the second output 
pair to the rear left and right channels. The surround width can be controlled with the 
"width" parameter.
4.Double-click on the surround panner to open its control panel. Set the 
“Mono/Stereo” parameter to either “Y-Mirror”, “X-mirror” or “XY-mir-
ror”. You can now freely adjust the surround panning to your taste.
5.If your surround configuration includes a center or LFE channel, you 
can also add some of Embracer’s signal to the center or LFE channels. 
Feel free to experiment to find out what works best in a given project 
and mix. 
						

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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.
•Monologue has an additional noise generator for white noise.
•Monologue has two filters: a high pass filter and a versatile multimode 
filter.
•Monologue has a single LFO.
•Monologue has 4-stage ADSR mod and amp envelopes.