Plug-in Reference

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The included effect plug-ins
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.
• The “Freeze” button can be used to freeze the display
for all three Scope modes.
Click it again to exit freeze mode.
Phase Correlator mode
To select the phase correlator, click the “Scope” button
so that it lights up. The phase correlator indicates the
phase and amplitude relationship between channels in a
stereo pair or a surround configuration.
For stereo pairs, the indications work in the following way:
• A vertical line indicates a perfect mono signal (the left and
right channels are the same).
• A horizontal line indicates that the left channel is the same as
the right, but with an inverse phase.
• A random but fairly round shape indicates a well balanced ste-
reo signal. If the shape “leans” to the left, there is more energy
in the left channel and vice versa (the extreme case of this is if
one side is muted, in which case the Phase Meter will show a
straight line, angled 90° to the other side).
• A perfect circle indicates a sine wave on one channel, and the
same sine wave shifted by 90° on the other.
• Generally, the more you can see a “thread”, the more bass in
the signal, and the more “spray-like” the display, the more high
frequencies in the signal.