Steinberg Hypersonic User Manual

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Quickstart
Getting started with Hypersonic 2 is simple – this isn’t an instrument 
that takes years of study before you can start playing. If you’re impatient, 
click around and you’ll likely figure out most of it. If you need some sup-
port taking the first steps with Hypersonic 2 read the following tutorial.
Hypersonic 2 must be loaded, receiving MIDI, and outputting audio prior 
to starting the tutorial.
Loading your first patch
Suppose you get a brilliant idea for a song...

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Linking parts
In the next step you probably want to underlay the electric piano with 
a wide, soft pad. Easy:
1.Click the arrow to the left of the patch name in part 2.
Now part 2 corresponds to the MIDI channel of part 1.
2.Select part 2 – otherwise the electric piano would get replaced by 
your new selection.
Every part corresponds to the particular MIDI channel – part 2 to MIDI 
channel 2 – unless you link it to the previous part.
3.This time, we’ll select a patch directly from...

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Tweaking a sound
Let’s say you want less key-off noise, yet more phasing, in the electric 
piano, and you want the pad to fade in and out more slowly. Welcome 
to Hyperknobs!
1.Highlight part 1 (electric piano). The Hyperknob labels match the con-
trols you’d expect on an electric piano.
2.For less electric piano key-off noise, drag-click knob 1 (Note Off 
Level) a bit to the left.
3.For more phasing, turn up knob 5 (Phaser) a bit.
4.To change the pad’s fade time, highlight...

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Create a key split/crossfade
Now let’s assign the pad chords to the lower key range, and solo with 
the electric piano on the upper range.
1.Select the MIDI page.
2.Set the left key range limit for part 1 to C3 by hold-dragging the 
mouse over the value.
3.Set the right key range limit for part 2 to B2. 
4.Click on the hyphen between the two note limits of a part and choose 
crossfade range +6 for both parts from the pop-up menu. This cross-
fades notes around the split point rather...

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Adding a drumloop
Hypersonic 2’s drumloops can also serve as drum kits because they’re 
“sliced” at the various hits, and the slices are mapped across the key-
board.
1.Select part 3, use the search function to find the patch “Tite Room 
Funk”, and load it.
2.Play the note C4. The loop plays in sync with your song. If you like, 
record a bar or two as a backing groove.
Note that if you play a key between F2 and G#8, the loop changes its 
pitch but the tempo remains...

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User interface
Read the following and click around the user interface to get used to 
the most common controls in Hypersonic 2.
Changing values
Knobs and sliders
There are three types of controllers in Hypersonic 2: six virtual hard-
ware knobs (Hyperknobs) on the main interface, LCD knobs and slid-
ers in the display area. To set them:
•Clicking on a knob position sets the value to that position. To turn a knob, 
click and drag the mouse vertically or horizontally. This also...

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Selectable values
Sometimes a parameter has a selection of options rather than alpha-
numerical values. In this case: 
•Click on the value field to open a pop-up menu, and select a value.
Use of modifier keys when changing values
•[Shift]-click generally enables fine-tuning mode (slows down value changes).
•A click with the [Ctrl] (Win)/[Command] (Mac) key pressed resets the knob to 
its default value.
•[Alt]-click changes knob’s behavior from circular to linear.
Assigning...

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Editing text
There are three areas where you will want to change text: patch names 
in the Part area, Hyperknob names and patch comments in the Hyper 
display. 
•To edit text, just double-click it and edit, or enter new text.
You can copy and paste text from any text field to another.
Using the MIDI keyboard
The keyboard in Hypersonic 2 has all the obvious functions of an on-
screen keyboard, along with a couple of “under the hood” goodies.
MIDI note display
The keyboard displays...

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When the Edit page is open, right-clicking a key has an additional fea-
ture: the next element in the patch that responds to that key is displayed 
on the Edit page. Just above the keys of the keyboard, a red bar indi-
cates the key range of this element. This way, you can step through the 
individual elements of the patch quickly, making the editing of certain 
elements within a patch easier.
Using the wheels
•To turn a wheel, click-drag it. The pitch wheel (left) jumps...

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Hard disk activity display
The “2” in the Hypersonic 2 logo lights up to show hard disk activity 
when you load sample-based patches. (If your computer is reasonably 
fast, you’ll seldom see it flashing.)
Play PC Keyboard
You will find this feature by right-clicking (Win)/[Ctrl]-clicking (Mac) 
anywhere around the edge of Hypersonic. This feature allows you to 
play Hypersonic patches from your computer keyboard. The currently 
highlighted Hypersonic part (and any linked parts) will...