Steinberg Sequel 2 Operation Manual

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Setting up your system
Setting up audio
Connecting audio
Exactly how to set up your system depends on many dif-
ferent factors, e.g. the kind of project you wish to create, 
the external equipment you want to use, the computer 
hardware available to you, etc. Therefore, the following 
sections can only serve as examples.
How you connect your equipment, i.e. whether you use 
digital or analog connections, also depends on your indi-
vidual setup.
Stereo input and output – the simplest connection
If you...

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Recording from a CD player
Most computers come with a CD-ROM drive that can also 
be used as a regular CD player. In some cases the CD 
player is internally connected to the audio hardware so 
that you can record the output of the CD player directly 
into Sequel (consult the audio hardware documentation if 
you are uncertain).
 All routing and level adjustments for recording from a CD (if 
available) are done in the audio hardware setup application, 
see below.
About recording...

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Under Windows, you open the control panel by clicking 
the “Setup…” button.
The control panel that appears when you click this button is provided by 
the audio hardware manufacturer and not Sequel (unless you use Di-
rectX, see below). Hence it will be different for each audio card brand 
and model.
The Control panel for the ASIO DirectX driver is an exception, as it is 
provided by Steinberg, and is described in the dialog help, opened by 
clicking the Help button in the...

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Setting up your system
Port selection and activation (Mac only)
On the settings page for your audio card, you can specify 
which input and which output port should be active. This 
allows you e.g. to use the Microphone input instead of the 
Line input or even to deactivate the audio card input or 
output completely, if required.
ÖThis function is only available for Built-In Audio, stan-
dard USB audio devices and a certain number of other au-
dio cards (e. g. Pinnacle CineWave).
About monitoring
In...

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Short response times (latency)
Another aspect of performance is response time. The term 
“latency” refers to the “buffering”, i.e. the temporary stor-
ing, of small chunks of audio data during various steps of 
the recording and playback process on a computer. The 
more and larger those chunks, the higher the latency.
High latency is most irritating when using software instru-
ments and when monitoring through the computer, i.e. 
when listening to a live audio source via the...

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Key commands 

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Key commands
Introduction
This chapter contains a list of the available key commands 
in Sequel, structured according to the different edit cate-
gories in the program.
The available key commands
File commands
Edit commandsProject commands
Navigate commands
Option Key command
New Project [Ctrl]/[Command] + [N]
Open Project [Ctrl]/[Command] + [O]
Save Project [Ctrl]/[Command] + [S]
Save As [Ctrl]/[Command] + [Shift] + [S]
Manage Projects [Ctrl]/[Command] + [Shift] + [M]
Help [F1]
Quit [Ctrl]/[Command]...

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Virtual Keyboard - Navigate commands
ÖWhen the Virtual Keyboard is active, the usual key 
commands are blocked. The only exceptions are: [*] (“mul-
tiply” on the numeric keypad) for recording, [Space] for 
start/stop and [Home]/[Command]+ [Home] to jump to 
the project start.
Zoom commands
Transport commands
Option Key command
One Octave down [Left Arrow]
One Octave up  [Right Arrow]
One Volume step up  [Up Arrow]
One Volume step down [Down Arrow]
Option Key command
Zoom In [H]
Zoom Out...

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Effects reference 

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Effects reference
Introduction
This chapter describes the effects and instruments in-
cluded with Sequel. How to use these is described in the 
section “The Track Inspector Page” on page 62.
Track/Global Effects
Delay Effects
PingPongDelay
As the name implies, PingPongdelay creates a bouncing ef-
fect. This will bounce the signal between left and right.
“SyncNote” allows you to sync the bouncing effect to the 
tempo. “Feedback” determines how long the delay will last. 
Using the “Spatial” parameter...