Steinberg Sequel 2 Operation Manual

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Show/Hide Track Pictures
When you activate this button, the track list will be ex-
panded to the right to make room for the Track Pictures. 
These are set up on the Track Inspector Page in the Multi 
Zone, see “The Pictures tab” on page 62. To hide the 
Track Picture section, click on the button again.
Resizing the Arrange Zone
The Arrange Zone can be resized by clicking on the di-
vider, i.e. the bar at the bottom of the Arrange Zone and 
dragging up or down.
The cursor will change...

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Track controls
Each track includes a set of track controls. These are de-
scribed next.
Mute
Mute will stop all output from any track that it is activated 
on.
To mute a track, you have the following possibilities:
Activate the “Mute” button.
Select the track you wish to mute and press [M] on your 
computer keyboard.
Solo
Solo will stop all output from any track other than the one 
with Solo activated on it.
To solo a track, you have the following possibilities:
Activate the “Solo”...

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puter Overload indicator lights up, you get crackling 
sounds, etc.). In this case you should consider freezing the 
instrument track. This is also useful for sounds that use a 
lot of RAM, e.g. for pre-loading samples. By freezing the 
instrument track, the RAM becomes available for other 
processes or plug-ins, etc.
This is how it works:
When you freeze an instrument track, the program ren-
ders an audio file of the instrument track output (taking into 
account all unmuted...

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Automatic Fades (audio tracks only)
Found next to the Freeze button, the “Automatic Fades” 
button applies a short fade to the edges of all the events in 
the track.
ÖThis button is only visible when the corresponding au-
dio track is selected.
This is useful for eliminating pops or clicks that can occur 
when playing over event boundaries.
Musical Keyboard Input Activity (Instrument tracks only)
The indicator lights up upon any input activities of con-
nected USB/MIDI keyboards...

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Track Pictures
If the “Show Track Pictures” button is activated above the 
track list, and track pictures are assigned, they are dis-
played to the right of the track controls. Track pictures are 
set up on the Pictures tab of the Track Inspector Page, 
see “The Pictures tab” on page 62.
Track automation
Track automation allows you to make things such as vol-
ume, panning, and various other settings be adjusted au-
tomatically while the project is playing.
An example would be if you...

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Timeline and grid
The timeline and grid serve as tools to help editing be 
more precise and to help lock events to time.
The resolution of the grid depends on how far zoomed in 
or out you are.
Zooming in the Arrange Zone
There are a couple of ways to zoom in and out in Sequel.
Click in the bottom half of the ruler, hold the mouse but-
ton and drag up to zoom out or down to zoom in.
Click the “+” or “-” buttons in the bottom right corner of 
the Arrange Zone. “+” zooms in and “-”...

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Working with the Smart Tool
The events in Sequel have a bunch of functions built right 
on to them. When you hover your mouse over an event, 
the functions appear. We refer to this behavior as the 
Smart Tool.
Changing the event name
Along the top is the event name. To change the name, 
double-click on it and type in the new name.
Muting events
In the top right corner there are two lines that look like a 
pause button. Clicking this will mute the event. The event 
will turn gray....

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Splitting events
Also notice the line going across the bottom of the event. 
When you hover the mouse over it, it changes to the Split 
tool. Just click to split the event.
Position the mouse over the line to get the Split tool
Two events after using the Split tool 

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The Multi Zone 

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Introduction
The Multi Zone is where all of your project’s mixing, effects 
processing and advanced editing will take place. The Multi 
Zone includes a media browser for finding all of the audio 
and MIDI loops and an Arranger Page for taking your 
project out to the world to play live. This is also where you 
will find all of the program preferences.
There are six buttons along the left-hand side of the Multi 
Zone. Only one button can be activated at a time. The 
Multi Zone changes...