Steinberg Sequel 2 Operation Manual

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Channels
Each track has its own channel which includes a Record 
Ready button, a Mute button and a Solo button. These 
buttons have the same functionality as the respective but-
tons in the track controls area in the Arrange Zone.
Each channel is labelled and numbered. These labels and 
numbers correspond to the ones found on the tracks in 
the Arrange Zone.
Channel Level (volume) and Pan
Each channel has a fader for controlling the track volume 
and a panner. The controls work in...

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If you are clipping the Master channel, the channel will be-
come red. Lower the fader to return the channel to normal, 
or alternatively lower all track faders by the same amount 
to reduce the level going into the Master channel. Click 
the Audio Overload button to reset the clipping indicator.
The Track Inspector Page
The Track Inspector Page is where you find the track-re-
lated settings in Sequel, including all of the effect settings. 
The Track Inspector Page has a few...

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On the Pictures tab, you can now edit the track picture in 
the following ways:
Increase the tinting of the picture in the track color, or 
reduce the tinting to zero by moving the slider up or down.
Change the size of the track picture by using the Zoom 
slider and click and drag the picture in the Track Picture 
display to show the desired part of the image.
Change the orientation by clicking on the Rotate Picture 
button.
3.If you do not like the assigned track picture, you can...

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The Event Effects tab (instrument tracks only)
The Event Effects tab only works with instrument tracks. It 
includes two effects: a Chorder and an Arpeggiator.
Adjust the effect parameters until you get the desired result.
Chorder
The Chorder automatically plays chords when you press a 
single note on your MIDI keyboard. This is great if you 
have trouble playing in keyboard parts.
Use the “Bypass Chorder” button to bypass the effect. 
You can select the type of chords you would like to...

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The Track Effects tab
Each track can have two insert effects, which are pre-
fader. That means that raising or lowering the track fader 
doesn’t affect how much audio signal is sent to the effect.
Use the “Select Effect Type” pop-up menu to select an ef-
fect and apply it to the track. Every effect also features 
presets which can be accessed by clicking in the effect 
preset field. Select a preset from the menu and click the 
Close button to close the preset window.
The Track Effects...

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Adjusting level (gain)
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.
Adjusting width
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 slider and drag right 
to widen the range, and left to shorten it.
EQ Presets and Bypass Equalizers
Sequel has built-in EQ presets which you can...

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The Output Effects tab
You can apply two custom and two fixed output effects to 
the Master channel. These effects are similar to the track 
effects in that they are pre-fader.
The two fixed effects are Maximizer and StereoEnhancer. 
Both are controllable via one fader and a Bypass button.
The “Maximizer” raises the overall volume level without 
clipping the output.
The “StereoEnhancer” spreads the stereo image out to 
give a project a larger sense of space.
For details on each effect...

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At the top left of the MediaBay Page you will find the con-
tent selection pop-up menu. Here you can decide which 
content you would like to use the MediaBay Page to 
search through.
Although Sequel comes with thousands of great loops, 
you may want to add loops from other libraries or content 
you created yourself. In order to separate factory content 
from your own libraries, Sequel has a folder structure for a 
clean organization of media files. To add a new library from 
a CD or...

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Show Family Items
When you select a loop, the “Show Family Items” button at 
the far right becomes available. Activating this button filters 
the results to only show loops that are part of the same 
family.
The Family Name menu also appears, allowing you to 
browse all of Sequel’s loop families.
Use the Go Back button in the top left hand corner to re-
turn to the previous menu.
Delete Selected Media
Next to the “Show Family Items” button there is the “De-
lete Selected Media” button....

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Changing media file attributes
You can also change the attributes that are associated 
with a file. To do this, click on the corresponding Loop, 
Sound or Track file in the MediaBay Page and do one of 
the following:
 To change the rating, click in the corresponding field to high-
light it, then drag with the mouse in the rating field to the de-
sired value.
 To change the Name, Tempo, or Bars & Beats attributes click 
in the corresponding field to highlight it, then click again and...