Steinberg Cubase VST VST Plug-ins Manual

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WunderVerb 3
WunderbVerb 3 is a reverb plug-in which provides natural sounding 
reverb effects, and still uses very little processor power.
• The WunderVerb 3 plug-in is a mono in-stereo out effect.
When using it as an insert effect for a stereo channel, only the left or right channel will 
be processed (depending on the routing settings you make for the insert slot).
Use the Program pop-up to select one of ten Reverb Types:
HallThe reverberation of a medium-sized hall.
Large HallThe reverberation of a larger hall.
Large RoomThe reverberation of a large room.
Medium RoomThe reverberation of a medium-sized room.
Small RoomThe reverberation of a very small room.
PlateThe slightly metallic effect of a plate reverb.
GatedA special effect, where the reverb is abruptly cut off.
Effect 1A special “bouncing” effect.
EchoesAn echo (delay) effect.
Effect 2A special, resonant effect, suitable for “ringing” metal sounds.  
						

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You can adjust the following three parameters:
Size
This is the size of the simulated room. Changing this will affect the 
density and character of the reverb. If you have selected a Reverb 
Type where you can hear the individual “bounces” (Effect 1, Echoes, 
etc), raising the Size will increase the time between each “bounce”, 
like the time control on a delay effect.
Decay
This is the decay time for the reverb. The higher the value, the longer 
the reverb.
Damp
Raising this value will cause the high frequency contents of the reverb 
sound to die out quicker. This results in a softer, darker reverb. 
						

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Cubase 5 VST Instruments
CS40
The CS40 is a straightforward software synthesizer with the following 
main features:
•The CS40 is polyphonic with up to 6 voices. 
•The CS40 receives MIDI in Omni mode (on all MIDI channels).
You don’t need to select a MIDI channel to direct MIDI to the CS40.
•The CS40 responds to the following MIDI messages: 
MIDI Note On/Off (velocity governs volume).
Volume.
Pan.
Pitch Bend (± 2 semitones).
Modulation (vibrato).  
						

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CS40 Parameters
Parameter Description
Oscillator 1 Range Selects an octave range for oscillator 1; 32, 16, 8 or 4 feet.
Oscillator 1 Waveform The basic waveform for oscillator 1; Triangle, Sawtooth, 
Square or Pulse.
Oscillator 1 Tune Detunes Oscillator 1 ± 7 semitones.
Oscillator 2 parameters Same as Oscillator 1.
Oscillator Blend Adjusts the relative volume mix between oscillator 1 and 2.
LFO Speed Governs the speed of the LFO. If LFO Sync is activated, this 
parameter sets the LFO speed in various beat increments to 
the sequencer tempo.
LFO Sync Syncs the LFO speed to the set sequencer tempo.
LFO Amount This governs the amount of LFO modulation applied to the 
destination parameters.
LFO Destination This sets the destination parameter(s) for the LFO. You can 
apply modulation to the VCF cutoff frequency, the VCA am-
plitude, or both.
Vibrato Speed Governs the speed of the Vibrato LFO. The Vibrato amount 
is controlled by the Mod Wheel.
VCF Cutoff The Cutoff Frequency for the filter, governing the amount of 
high frequencies in the sound. 
VCF Resonance The Resonance control for the filter. Raise this for a more 
hollow, pronounced filter effect.
Filter Mod ADSR This controls how much the VCF cutoff is affected by the 
VCF Envelope. Negative values invert the Envelope settings.
VCF Attack, Decay,
Sustain, ReleaseThe Filter Envelope. Use these parameters to determine how 
the filter should open and close with time, when a note is 
played.
VCA Attack, Decay,
Sustain, ReleaseThe Amplitude Envelope. Use these parameters to determine 
how the volume should open and close with time, when a 
note is played.
MonoMode When activated the CS40 will be monophonic.
Volume Governs the overall volume. 
						

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JX16 Synthesizer
The JX16 is a dual oscillator software synthesizer with the following 
main features:
•The JX16 is polyphonic with up to 16 voices. 
The polyphony setting for each patch is user programmable.
•Low CPU load and high quality sound (low aliasing distortion).
•Multimode Filter.
Lowpass, Bandpass and Hipass filter modes are available.
•Oscillator Lock function enables the creation of pulse and square 
waveforms with classic PWM (Pulse Width Modulation).
See page 36.
•Built-in stereo chorus effect.
•The JX16 receives MIDI in Omni mode (on all MIDI channels).
You don’t need to select a MIDI channel to direct MIDI to the JX16.
•The JX16 responds to MIDI Controller messages. 
See page 40.
All parameters can be automated as described in the Operation Manual.  
						

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Osc 1+2 Section
This section contains parameters affecting both oscillators.
The Oscillator 2 Section
This section contains parameters that affect oscillator 2 only.
About the “Oscillator Lock” parameter
JX16 features two oscillators per voice, with fixed sawtooth wave-
forms. You can, however, generate square waves and PWM (pulse 
width modulation) with the JX16, by combining the two oscillators us-
ing the “OSC lock” and Oscillator 2 “Vibrato” parameters. The follow-
ing applies:
•“OSC lock” allows the phase of Oscillator 2 to be fixed relative to 
OSC 1, producing pulse waves when Oscillator 2 has the same pitch 
and level as OSC 1. 
Parameter Description
Octave Tunes the oscillators in octave steps.
Fine Tune Tunes the oscillators in cent (100th of a semitone) steps.
Vibrato Governs how much the LFO should modulate the pitch of the oscilla-
tors (vibrato). The Vibrato parameter is also controllable via MIDI by us-
ing the Mod Wheel.
Noise This parameter produces white noise mixed with the oscillators. By us-
ing the “OSC lock” parameter you can “cancel out” the oscillators and 
use pure noise as the sound source. This is described below.
OSC lock See below.
Parameter Description
OSC Mix Controls the level of oscillator 2. 100 produces equal level to oscilla-
tor 1, which has a fixed output level.
Coarse Tuning of Oscillator 2, in semitone steps.
Fine Tune Fine tuning of Oscillator 2, in cent (=100th of a semitone) steps.
Vibrato This lets you apply vibrato on the second oscillator only. This can be 
useful for creating PWM effects - see page 36 for a further descrip-
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•If the oscillators are tuned to the same pitch and level, an “OSC lock” 
setting of 50% produces a square wave with higher and lower set-
tings producing progressively narrower pulse waveforms. 
With an “OSC lock” setting of 0% the two oscillators cancel out completely, which is 
useful if you only want to use the noise generator as a sound source.
•By applying the Oscillator 2 “Vibrato” parameter when OSC lock is 
set to around 50%, classic PWM is produced.
You can also detune Oscillator 2 for even richer modulation effects.
•In “Free” mode the oscillator phase is allowed to drift, producing a 
random timbre change.
By experimenting with these parameters, many different timbres and 
modulation effects can be produced.
The Glide/Chorus Section
This section contains Glide parameters, and also the Polyphony and 
Chorus parameters.
Parameter Description
Mode If set to “On”, the pitch will glide up or down between notes played. If 
set to “Held”, Glide will only be applied when you press a key while an-
other key is held.
Rate Controls the time it takes for the pitch to glide from one note to the next 
when using Glide. If Bend (see below) is used, this parameter controls 
the time it takes for the pitch bend to “land” at the correct pitch.
Bend Applies an initial pitch bend to the notes played. Negative values causes 
the pitch to slide up to the pitch of the note played, and vice versa.
Polyphony This sets the polyphony, i.e. the number of voices a patch can use.
Chorus This adds a stereo chorus effect. The values set different modulation 
rates and depths for the effect. 
						

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The LFO Section
This is where you set up the LFO (Low Frequency Oscillator). LFOs 
are used to modulate parameters like pitch (vibrato) or the filter cutoff. 
The VCF Section
This section contains the filter parameters:
Parameter Description
LFO Wave This sets the LFO waveform for modulating parameters: Sine pro-
duces smooth modulation suitable for vibrato, Square produces 
stepped modulation between two alternating values, Saw+/- pro-
duces ramp up/down values respectively, and Random will produce 
random stepped modulation.
LFO Sync If this is activated, the LFO rate will be synced to the sequencer 
tempo in various beat divisions that can be set with the LFO Rate 
parameter.
LFO Rate Governs the modulation rate of the LFO. 
LFO Rate 
(tempo sync on)If the “LFO Sync” parameter is activated, the LFO rate will be synced 
to the sequencer tempo, according to the different beat divisions that 
can be specified here.
LFO Velocity This allows you to control the LFO Rate parameter with velocity, i.e. 
by how hard or soft you strike a note on the keyboard. The harder you 
play the faster the LFO rate.
Parameter Description
VCF Mode Sets the filter mode to either lowpass (LP), highpass (HP), bandpass 
(BP) or off. The filter modes are described below this table.
VCF Freq 
(Cutoff)Controls the filter frequency or “cutoff”. If a lowpass filter is used, it 
could be said to control the opening and closing of the filter, produc-
ing the classic “sweeping” synthesizer sound. How this parameter 
operates is governed by the filter mode (see page 39).
Resonance The Resonance control for the filter. Raise this for a more pronounced 
filter sweep effect. If set to 100, the filter will self-oscillate and pro-
duce a pitch. See the “VCF Key” parameter below for a description of 
how this can be used.
VCF Env Controls how much the filter cutoff should be affected by the VCF 
Envelope parameters. Negative values will invert the filter envelope 
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About the filter modes
The JX16 features a multimode filter. The various filter modes are 
selected with the VCF Mode parameter, and are as follows:
• Lowpass (LP)
Lowpass filters lets low frequencies pass and cuts out the high frequencies. This is the 
most commonly used filter type in analog synthesizers.
• Bandpass (BP)
A bandpass filter cuts frequencies above and below the cutoff frequency, allowing a 
specific range of frequencies to pass while attenuating all others.
• Highpass (HP)
A highpass filter is the opposite of a lowpass filter, cutting out the lower frequencies 
and letting the high frequencies pass.
VCF Vel Determines how the filter cutoff will be affected by velocity, i.e. how 
hard or soft you strike a key. Positive values will increase the cutoff 
frequency the harder you strike a key. Negative values will invert this 
relationship.
VCF Att/Dec/
Sus/RelThe Filter Envelope Attack, Decay, Sustain and Release parameters. 
Use these parameters to determine how the filter cutoff should open 
and close with time, when a note is played.
VCF LFO This controls how much the filter cutoff is modulated by the LFO (low 
frequency oscillator).
VCF Key If this parameter is set to values over 0, the filter cutoff frequency will 
increase the further up on the keyboard you play. If set to 100, it will 
track the notes on the keyboard, enabling you to “play” the filter as an 
extra sound source, as the filter self-oscillates and produces a pitch 
when the resonance is set to 100.
VCF Touch This sets the amount the VCF cutoff parameter should be affected by 
Aftertouch. If positive values are set, the filter cutoff is raised the 
harder you press. Negative values invert this relationship.
LFO Touch This sets the amount the VCF LFO parameter should be affected by 
Aftertouch. If positive values are set, the modulation increases the 
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The VCA Section
This section contains the VCA Envelope parameters, governing the 
amplitude (volume) of the sound:
MIDI Controller Messages
The JX16 responds to the following MIDI Controller Messages:
Parameter Description
VCA Att/Dec/Sus/Rel The VCA Attack, Decay, Sustain and Release parameters. 
Use these parameters to determine how the volume should 
change with time, when a note is played.
VCA Velocity This determines whether the VCA Envelope should be af-
fected by velocity, i.e. by how hard or soft you strike a note on 
the keyboard.
Controller Parameter/Value
Pitch Bend +/- 2 Semitones
CC1 (Mod Wheel) Vibrato
Aftertouch Can control filter cutoff and filter cutoff modulation (by the LFO).
CC2 / CC3 Increases and decreases filter frequency, respectively.
CC7 Volume
CC16 Increase filter resonance
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