Plug-in Reference

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The included VST instruments
Introduction
This chapter contains descriptions of the included VST in-
struments and their parameters.
Ö Most of the included instruments are compatible with
VST3, this is indicated by an icon in front of the name (for
further information, see the section “About VST 3” in the
chapter “Audio effects” in the Operation Manual).
Embracer – Surround Pad
Synthesizer (Cubase only)
Embracer is a simple but powerful polyphonic synthesizer
designed entirely for producing pads and accompaniment
sounds. With its easy-to-use envelope and tone controls,
it gives you fast access to the sounds you need without
having to search through thousands of presets. However,
the most powerful feature of Embracer is its surround out
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put. With a single switch, you can turn the instrument from
stereo to surround and the width control allows you to
spread your pad sound anywhere from mono to stereo to
full 360° surround. The unique “eye” controller gives you
an exact idea of how the sound is placed in a mix.
If you have never worked with a surround system before,
now is the time to start exploring these possibilities.
The Embracer Surround Pad Synthesizer has the follow-
ing properties:
• Embracer is a Polyphonic surround pad synthesizer.
• 2 oscillators with 12 waveforms.
• Independent envelope and tone controls.
• Stereo and surround outputs.
• Up to 32 voices of polyphony per instance.
• Dynamic width control for exciting 3D sounds.
• “Eye” controller for simultaneous tone and width control.
• Full MIDI control implementation.
Osc 1 and 2
Envelope and Level
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, Step
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floor, 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 is 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 is not filtered.
Reducing the tone value adds low pass filtering. Values
above 50
% add high pass filtering. This parameter 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
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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
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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.