Plug-in Reference

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The included effect plug-ins
StereoEnhancer
This plug-in will expand the stereo width of (stereo) audio
material. It cannot be used with mono files.
The parameters are as follows:
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.
SurroundPan (Cubase only)
For a description of the SurroundPan plug-in, see the
chapter “Surround Sound (Cubase only)” in the Operation
Manual.
Parameter Description
Width This controls the width or depth of the stereo enhance-
ment. Turn clockwise to increase the enhancement.
Delay This parameter increases the amount of differences be-
tween the left and right channels to further increase the
stereo effect.
Color This parameter also generates differences between the
channels to increase the stereo enhancement.
Mono This switches the output to mono, to check for possible
unwanted coloring of the sound which sometimes can
occur when enhancing the stereo image.