Effect Plug-ins
Designed to put a fully-fledged virtual studio at your fingertips, Cubase Studio 4 features a complete set of first-rate effect plug-ins for mixing, mastering and creating imaginative sound effects. In addition, many reputable audio software vendors offer effects in the renowned VST format that plug right into Cubase.
Cubase Studio 4 compensates for delays throughout the signal path to ensure proper synchronization and timing regardless of the employed plug-ins’ latency.
VST3 Plug-in Set
The new effects plug-ins in Cubase Studio 4 come with a huge range of great-sounding presets, which allow you to experience the excellent quality of these effects from the first moment on.
Here is a complete overview:
| Group | Plug-in | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Delay | Mono Delay | Monophonic delay processor with filter stage and tempo sync. The Steve Reich of delays. |
| Stereo Delay | Dual-channel delay with separate and independent left and right delay stages. Features variable filters and tempo sync for each channel. | |
| Ping Pong Delay | A mono delay with automatic L/R bounce for the classic ping-pong delay effect. Also features a filter stage and tempo sync. | |
| Distortion | Tone Booster | Simple volume booster with a variable filter stage for tone control. Simulates classic stomp boxes like Range Booster. Very useful in combination with AmpSimulator to adjust output volume from low-level output instruments. |
| Distortion | Great-sounding but simple to use distortion effect with Drive, Feedback, and Tone controls. | |
| Amp Simulator | Guitar amp simulation with speaker simulation. Features various amp and cabinet models to chose from. Additional controls resemble a classic guitar combo. Also suitable for bass. May be used in combination with the "ToneBooster" if the guitar lacks output gain. | |
| Dynamics | Limiter | Straight-forward low-distortion limiter with auto-release; puts a "hard ceiling" on any signal. Also suitable for the master stage. |
| Gate | Flexible gate with independent attack and release controls, auto-release, a sidechain input filter for ducking effects, as well as a "live" mode for low-latency use. | |
| VST Dynamics | This is the VST3 version of the classic VST Dynamics multi-effect plug-in. Combines Compressor, Gate, Limiter and Soft Clipper with flexible routing capabilities. | |
| Filter | WahWah | Typical wah-wah pedal modeling effect - lets you emulate your favorite wah-wah pedals. Features parameters for frequency-range, filter-width, and gain range. |
| DualFilter | This unique effect combines low-pass and high-pass filters with single Cutoff and Resonance controls – great for DJ-style filter effects. | |
| Modulation | Studio Chorus | Powerful dual-stage chorus with two identical stages running in serial; each stage also features a filter stage and a spacial parameter which creates modulation offsets between channels, also in surround configurations. |
| Chorus | This single-stage Chorus is identical to the Studio Chorus, but with a single modulation stage only | |
| Flanger | Powerful flanger with editable Lo/Hi Range, a filter stage, manual mode and a "spacial" parameter for multi-channel modulation offsets. | |
| Phaser | Classic phaser with variable filter stage, manual mode, tempo sync and a "spacial" parameter for multi-channel modulation offsets. | |
| Tremolo | Classic tremolo effect with optional tempo sync and a "spacial" parameter to add multichannel modulation offsets. | |
| Vibrato | Classic vibrato effect with optional tempo sync and a "spacial" parameter to add multichannel modulation offsets. | |
| Rotary | Rotor speaker cabinet effect with very powerful editing capabilities. Features independent Lo/Hi cabinet control, overdrive, slow/fast/stop modes. | |
| Spacial | MonoToStereo | Can create a pseudo-stereo signal from any mono source. Also includes controls for "color" and "delay". |
| Stereo Enhancer | Can enhance the stereo width of a stereo input signal. Features controls for "color" and "delay" to further enhance the effect. | |
| Reverb | Roomworks | Steinberg!s acclaimed DSP reverb provides programmable input filters, room size and width controls. |
| Roomworks SE | A new “light” version of Steinberg's appraised Roomworks reverb. Great sound – low on CPU load. | |
| Other | Octaver | Sub-octave pitch shifter creates two additional signals, one and two octaves below the input signal, each with variable level. |
| Tuner | Instrument tuner plug-in. | |
| UV22 HR | Dithering plug-in featuring a dither algorithm developed by Apogee. |
In addition to these new plug-ins, the following original Cubase SL plug-ins have been updated for Cubase Studio 4:
- MIDI Gate
- DaTube
- StepFilter
- Tranceformer
- Metalizer
- RingModulator
- Chopper
- Bitcrusher
- Grungelizer