Plug-in Reference

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The included effect plug-ins
Surround plug-ins (Cubase only)
This section describes the plug-ins in the “Surround”
category.
Mix6To2 (Cubase only)
The Mix6To2 effect allows you to control the levels of up to
six surround channels, and to mix these down to a stereo
output. The pop-up menu contains a number of speaker ar-
rangement presets that correspond to some default sur-
round formats. The Mix6To2 lets you quickly mix down your
surround mix format to stereo, and to include parts of the
surround channels in the resulting mix.
• Note that Mix6To2 does not simulate a surround mix or
add any psycho-acoustical artifacts to the resulting output
– it is simply a mixer. Also note that the Mix6To 2 should
be placed in one of the post fader insert effect slots for the
output bus.
Each of the surround channels has the following para-
meters:
• Two volume faders that govern the levels of the surround bus
to the left and right side of the (master) bus.
• A Link button that links the two volume faders.
• Two Invert buttons allow you to invert the phase of the left and
right side of the surround bus.
The Master bus has the following parameters:
• A Link button that links the two Master faders.
• A Normalize button. If activated, the mixed output will be nor-
malized, i.e. the output level will automatically be adjusted so
that the loudest signal is as loud as possible without clipping.
Tools plug-ins
This section describes the plug-ins in the “Tools” category.
MultiScope (Cubase only)
The MultiScope can be used for viewing the waveform,
phase linearity or frequency content of a signal. There are
three different modes:
• Oscilloscope (Ampl.)
• Phase Correlator (Scope)
• Frequency Spectrum analyzer (Freq.)
Ampl (Oscilloscope) mode
• To view a signal waveform, open the MultiScope control
panel and make sure that the button “Ampl.” in the lower
left corner is lit.
• If the source signal is stereo you can now select either
the Left or Right channel for viewing, or Stereo for both
channels to be shown in the window. If it is a Mono signal,
this won’t matter.
• If the MultiScope is used with a multi-channel track or
output bus, you can select any speaker channel for view-
ing, or All Channels to view them all at once.
• You can now adjust the Amplitude knob to increase/
decrease the vertical size of the waveform, and the fre-
quency knob to select the frequency area for viewing.