Steinberg V-Stack Operation Manual

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•You can return to this saved configuration at any time, by clicking the 
Channel View Sets button and selecting it from the pop-up menu.
•To remove a stored Channel View Set, select it from pop-up so that 
the View Set is active, pull down the pop-up again and select 
Remove.
❐Some remote control devices (such as Steinberg’s Houston) feature this 
function, which means that you can use the remote device to switch be-
tween the Channel View Sets. 

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Basic mixing procedures
Setting volume in the Mixer
In the Mixer, each channel strip has a fader for volume control. 
•The fader settings are displayed numerically below the faders, in dB.
You can click in the fader value fields and enter a volume setting by typing.
•To make fine volume adjustments, hold down [Shift] when you move 
the faders.
•If you hold down [Ctrl]/[Command] and click on a fader, it will auto-
matically be set to position 0.0 dB.
About the level meters for...

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Using Solo and Mute
The Mute (top) and Solo buttons.
You can use the Mute and Solo buttons to silence one or several 
channels. The following applies:
• The Mute button silences the selected channel.
Clicking the Mute button again un-mutes the channel. Several channels can be muted 
simultaneously. A muted channel is indicated by a lit Mute button, and also by the lit 
Global Mute indicator on the common panel. 
• Clicking the Solo button for a channel mutes all other channels.
A...

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Setting pan in the Mixer
The pan control
The Pan controls in the Mixer are used to position a channel between 
the left and right side of the stereo spectrum. For stereo channels they 
control the balance between the left and right channels.
•To make fine pan adjustments, hold down [Shift] when you move the 
pan control.
•To select center pan position, hold down [Ctrl]/[Command] and click 
on the pan control.
Note also that the faders in the VST Outputs window determine the...

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Making EQ settings
Each channel has a built-in parametric equalizer with four bands or 
“modules”. You make settings for this in the upper area of the channel 
strips (extended mode) or in the Channel Settings window. The pa-
rameters are the same in both cases, but only the Channel Settings 
window gives you access to EQ presets and the Reset function.
To make equalizer settings, activate as many EQ modules you need 
(up to four) by clicking their power buttons and adjust the...

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Here’s an overview of how the EQ parameters are laid out in the differ-
ent panels:
The EQ in the extended mixer panel, “EQ+” mode (left) and “EQs” mode (right).
The EQ in the Channel Settings window.
You can also click in the value fields and type exact parameter values.
The outer ring of 
the dial controls 
the frequency, 
while the inner 
controls gain.
The small dial sets 
the Q parameter.
The top value slider 
controls the gain, 
the middle controls 
frequency and the 
lower...

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Using the EQ curve display
In the Channel Settings window you can also make EQ settings in the 
graphic EQ curve display above the parameter section.
•Double-click (or click and drag) in the display to add a new “EQ point” 
(activate an EQ module).
Each point in the curve corresponds to an EQ module, as indicated by the number next 
to the point. Up to four points can be added, one for each module.
•Click a point and drag it to change the EQ curve.
This allows you to change the...

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EQ reset
The Reset button in the lower left corner of the EQ section in the 
Channel Settings window will reset all EQ parameters to their default 
values and turn off all EQ modules.
Using EQ presets
Some useful basic presets are included with the program. You can use 
them as they are, or as a starting point for further “tweaking”. To call up 
a preset, pull down the presets pop-up menu at the bottom of the EQ 
section in the Channel Settings window, and select one of the...

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Routing
Using group channels
You can route the outputs from multiple VST Instrument channels to a 
group channel. This enables you to control the channel levels using 
one fader, apply the same effects and equalization to all of them etc. 
There are four group channels in V-STACK. Proceed as follows:
1.Pull down the Output routing pop-up menu for the VST Instrument 
channel you want to route to a group.
This is the pop-up menu at the very bottom of the channel strip.
2.Select one...

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Activating and routing buses
The number of buses shown in the VST Outputs window depends on 
the number of physical outputs you have on your audio hardware. As 
with inputs, you need to activate the buses you want to use, and as-
sign each bus to an output pair on your audio hardware. This is done 
in the VST Outputs window:
1.Pull down the Devices Menu and select VST Outputs.
The window will contain a number of stereo “channel strips”, one for each bus:
2.Activate the buses you...