Steinberg Sequel 3 Operation Manual

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The Multi Zone
Introduction
The Multi Zone is where all of your project’s mixing, effects processing, and advanced 
editing takes place. Furthermore, the Multi Zone includes a Performance Page for 
taking your project out to the world to play live. The Settings Page contains global 
options for configuring Sequel according to your needs.
There are six buttons at the bottom left of the Multi Zone that open the corresponding 
pages:
- Track Inspector Page
- Editor Page
- Track Picture Page
-Mixer Page
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The Multi ZoneThe Track Inspector Page
The Track Inspector Page
The Track Inspector Page allows you to add effects and instruments to your project. It 
features several buttons for showing and hiding different panels with settings for the 
selected track. The selected track’s channel strip is shown on the left.
•To show or hide a panel, click the corresponding button at the top of the Track 
Inspector page. 
Global Panel Controls
The panels for effects, instruments, and the equalizer share most of the...

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Handling Presets
•To select a preset, open the preset browser by clicking in the Effect or Instrument 
Preset field.
In the preset browser, you have the following options:
•To find a suitable preset, use the Category and Sub Category filters. 
•To apply a preset, double-click it.
•To go back to the last selected preset, click the Restore Preset button at the 
bottom left of the preset browser.
Panels for Instrument Tracks
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Instrument
The Instrument panel contains eight controls that are provided by the selected preset.
Insert Effects Panel
Each track can have three pre-fader insert effects. Pre-fader means that raising or 
lowering the track fader does not affect how much of the audio signal is sent to the 
effect.
Insert Effect 3 is positioned in the signal chain after the equalizer. That means that any 
changes to the equalizer settings affect the signal that is sent to the...

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The Multi ZoneThe Editor Page
•The Resonance slider determines the frequency range of the middle EQ band.
Drag the slider to the left or right to widen or shorten the range.
•To reset the EQ settings, open the presets pop-up menu and select RESET.
The EQ Curve Display
You can also activate EQ modules and make settings using the EQ curve display.
•To adjust the gain, drag a curve point up or down.
•To adjust the frequency, drag a curve point to the left or right.
•To adjust the resonance, click the...

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The Sample Editor
The Sample Editor allows you to edit the selected audio file. The main area of the 
Sample Editor shows a detailed waveform rendering of your audio file.
•Zoom in and out using the “+” and “-” buttons in the bottom right corner or by 
clicking in the ruler at the top of the Sample Editor and dragging up or down. 
•Use the scrollbar at the bottom to scroll left or right.
The Sample Editor contains two additional sections for editing step envelopes and...

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Reverse selected Audio
You can reverse the event or a selected region by clicking the Reverse button. All 
warp tabs are deleted when reversing the audio. 
Edit Audio – Transpose
You can change the key of the event by clicking in the Transpose field and dragging 
up or down. Alternatively, you can double-click in the Transpose field and enter a 
value.
To the left of the Transpose field, the root key (A, Bb, C#, etc.) of the event is shown. 
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At the top and on the left of the Key Editor, the following parameters are available:
Rename Part
You can rename the part by clicking in this field and entering a new name.
Draw Tool
Clicking this button activates the Draw tool that allows you to draw in notes in the Key 
Editor.
Step Input
This function allows you to enter instrument data note by note and beat by beat, using 
a MIDI keyboard or controller. It is useful for quick entry of instrument parts.
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Edit MIDI – Swing
Swing allows you to add a more human feel to an instrument part. You can apply swing 
by clicking in the value field and dragging up or down. Alternatively, you can double-
click in the field and enter a value. Which notes are affected depends on the grid 
resolution. If the quantize value is set to eighth notes, only eighth notes are affected.
Edit MIDI – Legato
This option increases or decreases the amount of legato in the selected instrument 
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Pattern Functions
Click the Pattern button to open the “Pattern Functions” pop-up menu. The following 
functions are available: 
The Pattern Selector Buttons
•Click a pattern selector button to select a pattern. 
If you select a pattern while another pattern is playing back, playback switches to 
the new pattern at the next bar position.
- A play icon on the pattern selector button indicates that the pattern is playing.
- A blinking pattern selector button indicates that...