Steinberg Sequel User Manual
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61 The Multi Zone EQ Presets and Bypass Equalizers Sequel has built-in EQ presets which you can access by clicking in the presets field and selecting a preset from the pop-up menu. Select Reset to clear all EQ settings. To bypass the EQ, click the “Bypass Equalizers” button. The Global Effects tab Each project can have two send effects. These are re- ferred to as “Global Effects”. You can change these ef- fects to whatever you would like. Using global effects can help reduce CPU load on your...
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62 The Multi Zone The Media Bay page The Media Bay page is a browser for audio and instrument loops, instrument presets, and track presets. This page is extremely useful because not only can you manually enter a name to search along the top of the page, you can also define so called tags, i. e. attributes for each of your media files to narrow the search. Searching for media files The tags predefined for the included media files include items like category/sub category, style/sub style, charac-...
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63 The Multi Zone Beside that is the rating filter setting. You can use this to automatically get rid of loops and patches that you have given a low rating to. Any files with a lower rating than the one you specify here will be filtered out. Showing Loops, Sounds and Tracks Using the Show Loops, Sounds, and Tracks buttons you can decide what kind of files you want to search for. The “Show Loops” button will only search for audio and in- strument loops. The “Show Sounds” button will only search for...
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64 The Multi Zone Reset Filters To reset all of the filters, click the “Reset Filters” button in the top left hand corner of the page. Adding Media to the project Once you have found the media you are looking for you can click on one of the results and either drag and drop it directly into the Arrange Zone or preview it to hear it first (see below). Previewing media In the top right hand corner of the Media Bay page is the “Preview Mode” button and the “Preview Volume” slider. If Preview Mode is...
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65 The Multi Zone Here you can apply meta data to the loop based on the at- tributes listed along the left hand side of the pop- up win- dow. Click beside the attribute and select a value from the pop-up menu that appears. Setting these attributes will make it easier for you to organize and find the files later. You can name the loop at the bottom of the window. Click “OK” to add it to your user content. The Editor page The Editor page allows you to do advanced editing of your audio events and...
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66 The Multi Zone Volume You can adjust the event volume. This is not connected to the track volume in anyway. To adjust the volume, click and drag up or down. You can also double-click and enter a value from -64 to 24. Zero is the default. Mute You can mute the event by activating the “Mute” button. Deactivate it to unmute the event. Transpose You can change the key of the event by adjusting the transpose value. To change the key click and drag up or down. You can also double-click and enter a...
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67 The Multi Zone Warp Beats (“Song Tempo” mode) Warp Beats will auto quantize the audio event to the project tempo based on the “Quantize” value. See the chapter “Advanced features” on page 73 for more infor- mation. Swing (“Song Tempo” mode) Swing appears when “Warp Beats” has been activated. Swing allows you to add a more human feel to an audio event. Click and drag the slider left or right to add or re- move swing. The effect of using swing is dependent on the “Quantize” value. If the “Quantize”...
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68 The Multi Zone The Key Editor The Key Editor allows you make various changes to the In- strument part. The Instrument part selected in the Arrange Zone is displayed in the center of the Key editor. Here you can move, edit, and even draw in data. You can zoom in and out using the plus and minus buttons in the bottom right corner. You can also click in the ruler along the top of the Editor page and drag up to zoom out and down to zoom in. Once you are zoomed in, you can use the scroll bar along...
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69 The Multi Zone Swing Swing allows you to add a more human feel to Instrument data. Click and drag the slider left or right to move the notes. The notes that are effected is dependant on the “Quantize” value. If the “Quantize” value is set to eighth notes, then only eighth notes will be effected by changing the swing amount. Legato Slider This slider increases or decreases the amount of legato in the selected Instrument part. Legato is defined as a smooth, even style without any noticeable break...
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70 The Multi Zone The Arranger page The Arranger page allows you to change up the project by creating different arrangements. This allows you to play back the project in a non-linear way and is great for live performance. In order to do this you first need to create arrangement parts. Make sure that the “Show Arranger Track” button in the Arrange Zone is activated, see “Show Arranger Track” on page 43. Press and hold [Alt]/[Option] while the mouse is hovered in the Arranger track. The mouse will...