Plug-in Reference

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The included VST Instruments
Osc 1 and 2
Envelope and Level
Master
The “Eye”
The Embracer’s unique “Eye” controller offers a creative
new way of controlling the sound’s overall character and
shape. This controller gives you access to several para-
meters at the same time.
For each oscillator, there is a circle representing the tone
and width of the sound. Click and drag the corresponding
circle to change its shape. There are also two (numbered)
oscillator handles. You can drag these vertically to change
the tone or horizontally to change the width of the respec-
tive oscillator. When you drag a handle, the respective
Tone and Width knobs of the oscillator are adjusted ac-
cordingly. Play a note while editing to hear the effect.
The “eye” cannot only be used as a controller for the tone
and width parameters, but also works as a surround
scope for monitoring the spatial integration of the current
sound. The display represents the sound’s position in the
stereo or surround sound field. In stereo mode, the sound
position is shown only in the upper half of the display and
represents the front part of the sound field. In surround
mode, the sound position is shown in the upper and lower
half of the display and represents the front and rear part of
the sound field.
• You can use Embracer’s automation feature to record
the movements of the mouse within the “eye” controller!
Parameter Description
Wave Selects the waveform for each oscillator. Available wave-
forms are: Carpet, DigiPad, Choir, Ensemble, Metal
Phaze, Phase Strings, Sing Sing, Soft Wave, Spit Strynx,
Stepfloor, Submerged, Wave Bellz.
Note: If you want to use only one oscillator, set the wave-
form to OFF. In this case only one voice per key will be
used.
Tone Embracer offers a high pass and low pass filter for each
oscillator. Both filters are controlled via a single Tone
knob. In the 50% center position, the signal will not be fil-
tered. Reducing the tone value adds low pass filtering.
Values above 50% add high pass filtering. This parame-
ter can also be controlled by the “eye” controller.
Width Controls the spatial spread of the signal. A value of 0%
puts the signal mono into the center position. In stereo
mode, a value of 100% results in a maximum stereo
width. In surround mode, a value of 100% creates a full
360° surround image. The width parameter can be con-
trolled by a variety of modulation sources, as well as by
the “eye” controller.
Coarse
(Oscillator 2
only)
Changes the pitch in semitones. Maximum range is +1/24
semitones = 2 octaves.
Fine (Oscillator
2 only)
Changes the pitch in fine steps with a range of up to
+/- 50 cents.
Note: If you want to create a slight detune effect between
the oscillators, make sure to set the master tune parame-
ter to a negative value of the same amount to keep the in-
strument in tune.
Parameter Description
Attack Controls the attack time of each oscillator. Higher values
create slower attacks.
Attack Vel Sets the amount of velocity control of the attack time.
Higher values increase the velocity sensitivity.
Level Controls the oscillator output level.
Level Vel Sets the amount of velocity control of the oscillator level.
Higher values increase the velocity sensitivity.
Parameter Description
Release Controls the overall release time of the volume envelope.
Higher values result in longer release times.
Mode Sets the output mode of Embracer. You can choose be-
tween “Stereo” and “Surround”. In Stereo Mode, Em-
bracer has one stereo output in the VST Mixer. In Surround
Mode, Embracer has either a quadraphonic 4-channel out-
put or two independent stereo outputs in the Mixer. See
below for more details on using Embracer in a surround
mixer setup.
Width Ctr Use this parameter to select a modulation source for the
width parameter. Available sources are: Mod Wheel, Af-
tertouch, Velocity and Envelope.
Both oscillators are controlled simultaneously. However,
modulation depth is controlled independently by the re-
spective width parameter of each oscillator.
Max Poly Sets the total number of voices available. Each oscillator
uses one voice per note played. Thus, a two-oscillator
sound with 8 voices results in 4-voice polyphony. The de-
fault value for Max Poly is 16.
Fine Tune Use this to adjust the pitch of the whole instrument.
Range is +/- 50 cents. Use Fine Tune in combination
with the Fine Tune parameter of OSC 2 to create smooth
detune effects.
Master Out Sets the overall output volume of the instrument.
Parameter Description