Steinberg Hypersonic User Manual

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Selecting elements
There are two possible ways to select an element for editing:
•Click on the element’s icon in the patch structure, or
•click into the Edit field at the Edit page’s top right. A pop-up menu 
opens where you can select elements by their names.
To get back to the Patch Settings Element, you can either click on the “P” 
icon in the structure or select the first entry in the Edit selector menu.
Drumkits
In drumkits, each drum instrument (residing on its own...

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The Patch Settings [P]
The Edit page first appears with the patch settings selected. The patch 
settings page is indicated by the “P” in the signal chain on the left hand. 
Here, you can edit a number of the patch’s most common settings. This 
page also features the powerful arpeggiator which is described in “The 
Arpeggiator” on page 64.
Mono Mode
You can change the default mono mode preset setting:
•Select “On” to force the patch to mono mode (monophonic).
•Select “Off” to disable...

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Glide Time
Sets the glide time as a percentage relative to glide time values pre-
programmed in the elements:
•-100%: short glide time
•0: uses the element’s default glide time
•+100%: long glide time
Bend Up/Down
This sets the Pitch bend range and behavior separately for the up and 
down ranges:
•Any number sets the Pitch bend range in semitones – e.g., 12 is a range of 
one octave.
•12 Q: One octave range, quantized to semitones (glissando).
•Harm: Harmonic sequence (one...

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The Arpeggiator
Arpeggiator ON/OFF
Switches the arpeggiator on or off.
Rate
Sets the arpeggio rate in note values. The arpeggiator is always 
synced to song tempo.
Mode
•Up, Down, Up+Down: Arpeggiator plays only upwards, downwards, or com-
bined (cycles back and forth between the lowest and highest note).
•As Played: Notes arpeggiate in the order played.
•Random: Notes arpeggiate in a random order.
•Step Seq/Ctrl Seq/Rand Seq/Elem Seq: These are special functions using 
the...

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Sync
This determines the way in which you can manually reset the arpeg-
giator:
•1st note: After releasing all keys, hitting a new one resets the arpeggiator.
•Retrig: Hitting a new key retriggers the arpeggio pattern.
•Beat: Like Retrig, but retriggering waits until the next song beat (often referred 
to as input quantization).
Latch
When activated, the arpeggiator continues playing even after you re-
lease the keys. You can use the sustain pedal to temporarily put the...

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Gate
Adjust the length of MIDI notes played by the Arpeggiator.
Swing
Swing allows you to adjust the feel of the Arpeggiator’s performance. 
Technically speaking, Swing allows you to move the offbeats of a bar 
earlier or later. You can get the Arpeggiator to play exact triplets by 
setting Swing to 100%.
The Arpeggiator’s programmable step sequencer
Hypersonic 2 features a programmable 16-step sequencer in the 
arpeggiator section. 
To use the step sequencer, proceed as follows:...

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Creating sequences
The Hypersonic 2 step sequencer is very easy to use and an effective 
and creative patch making tool.
To create your own step sequences for any patch, simply set a pitch 
value for each step (displayed in semitone increments) in the “Note” 
column and set a velocity amount in the neighboring “Vel” column. The 
step sequencer responds to the arpeggio Rate and Steps controls on 
the Patch Settings page, to allow you to adjust the playback speed 
and number...

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Editing synth elements
For the editing of the synth elements Sample, Virtual Analog, Wave-
table and FM, Hypersonic 2 features three sub-pages. 
Easy
This is the page to tweak general settings for a synth element, such as 
tuning, voices, levels, panning, velocity sensitivity and amp and filter 
envelopes.
Osc
This is short for Oscillators. Here you will find particular controls for 
each type of synth element explained in detail later on.
Mod
The Modulation Matrix page. This is the...

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The Easy Page
Octave/Semi/Cent
These three controls adjust the element’s pitch in octave, semitone or 
cent increments.
Max Voices
This parameter limits the number of voices (polyphony) the element 
can play.
Filter mode
Each Hypersonic 2 element features a multimode, multislope filter. 
Changing the filter mode drastically alters the sound’s timbre and 
“color”, particularly when swept. The following modes are available:
•Filter Off – Filter is bypassed.
•Lowpass 24/12 dB:...

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•Bandpass 18/12 dB: A bandpass filter rolls off frequencies both below and 
above the cutoff frequency, thus “peaking” a certain range of frequencies. 
This response is good for synthetic filter sweeps and thinning out the sound 
character.
•Highpass 12 dB: The highpass filter is a mirror image of the lowpass filter; it 
rolls off frequencies below the cutoff frequency. This type of response empha-
sizes the upper frequency ranges and thins out the overall sound.
•Peaking EQ: This...