Steinberg Sequel 2 Operation Manual

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Splitting with Snap off
Splitting with Snap off allows you to cut the event any-
where you like, without locking to the grid.
1.Make sure that Snap is deactivated. You can now split 
the event anywhere you like.
You can press [J] on your computer keyboard to toggle Snap on and off.
2.Select the “Synth” event.
3.Hover the cursor along the bottom of the event. The 
cursor turns into the Split tool.
4.Click anywhere along the bottom of the event to split 
it. Create as many splits as...

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Muting
Muting an event stops you from hearing just that event. 
You may want to mute events on a track so that the track 
continues to play except for the muted events.
ÖNote that this is different from muting a track.
1.Hover the cursor over the event you wish to mute. The 
mute button will appear in the top right hand corner of the 
event.
2.Click on the Mute button. The event will turn gray. This 
means that the event in muted.
3.To unmute the event click on the “Mute” button...

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About the Sample Editor
The Sample Editor is used for detailed editing. It can be 
used for the following:
 Quantization

 Adding Silence
 Reversing
These features are described in the chapter “Advanced 
features” on page 79.
1.To open the Sample Editor, select an audio event and 
then select the Editor Page in the Multi Zone.
You can also double click the event in the Arrange Zone to display it in 
the Sample Editor.
2.The selected audio event is displayed in the center of 
the...

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Copying notes
Let’s copy all of the notes from the second bar into the 
first bar.
1.Lasso all the notes in bar 2.
2.Hold down [Ctrl]/[Command] and drag the notes from 
bar 2 to bar 1 to copy them.
Resizing notes
We can shorten or lengthen notes using the Key Editor. 
Let’s make all the eighth notes in the first two bars into 
quarter notes.
1.Lasso all the notes in the first two bars.
2.Put the mouse pointer at the end of any of the lassoed 
notes. It changes to look like two...

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The Controller lane
The Controller Lane allows us to add in or modify instru-
ment data such as velocity and controller information. The 
most common use for this is to edit velocity or pitch bend. 
If you find that the velocity is too strong or weak on certain 
notes, you can view and edit them at the bottom of the Key 
Editor.
1.On the pop-up menu, select the information you wish 
to view or change; in this example, choose “Velocity”.
Along the bottom, you can see the velocity...

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Tutorial 3: Mixing 

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Tutorial 3: Mixing
Introduction
In this chapter, we’ll show you how to get to a mix ready 
with proper levels, EQs and effects. Automation will be 
added and then we’ll export the audio.
ÖThe following sections make references to tutorial 
projects, located in the default Sequel project folder.
Setting levels
The first thing that we need to do is set the levels for our 
project. This helps us get a great starting point for the mix 
so we can add EQ and effects later.
1.Select the Mixer Page in the...

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Mute and Solo
For each track, there are buttons for Mute and Solo. Mute 
will prevent you from hearing the track, and Solo will only 
play that track or tracks that have Solo enabled.
ÖYou can have several tracks muted or soloed at a time.
ÖWhen you Solo a track, the other tracks become 
muted.
To disable a Solo or Mute simply click the button again.
To simultaneously mute a track that is soloed and solo an-
other track, [Ctrl]/[Command]-click on the solo button of 
the track that...

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The middle EQ is a parametric EQ. That means that the 
frequency range of this EQ can be widened or shortened. 
To do this, click on the middle width or “Q” slider and drag 
right to widen the range and left to shorten it.
You can adjust the EQs level by raising or lowering the 
bass, middle, or treble gain slider. To do this, click and 
drag up or down on the desired slider.
To bypass the EQ, click the Bypass button.
You can reset any slider by [Ctrl]/[Command]-clicking on 
it. You...

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5.Adjust the Threshold slider until the bass sounds 
smoother and there isn’t such a big difference between 
the notes that were played quieter versus the notes that 
were played a little louder.
6.Raise the “Channel Level” to compensate for the re-
duction in Gain that the compression has caused on the 
“Bass” track.
7.Next let’s add some flange to the “Synth” track to 
make it stand out a little bit more. Select the “Synth” track 
in the Arrange Zone.
8.Click on the first insert...