Virtual Instruments and Effects
Designed to put a full-fledged virtual studio at your fingertips, Cubase SE3 features a variety of virtual instruments and a complete set of effect plug-ins for mixing, mastering and creating imaginative sound effects.
VST Instruments
Cubase SE3 ships with three virtual instruments: the virtual bass synthesizer VB-1, the virtual drum machine LM7, and the handy GM sound generator USM (Universal Sound Module).
Reverb Plug-ins
Reverb A and Reverb B offer typical reverb effects, replete with warm tone at low processor loads
Delay Plug-ins
DoubleDelay generates two separate delays that can be synched up to the song tempo on demand, while the ModDelay plug-in lets you modulate these delays.
Distortion Plug-ins
Distortion plug-ins put a wide range of distortion effects at your fingertips. DaTube conjures the typical warm, fat sound of a tube amplifier, while Overdrive emulates a guitar amp.
Dynamics Plug-ins
The Dynamics plug-in is a highly advanced dynamics effect comprising three separate processors - Autogate, Compressor and Limiter. These offer a vast range of dynamic editing functions.
Filter Plug-ins
For purposes of creative sound-shaping, you have the StepFilter at your disposal. This pattern-driven filter serves to generate rhythmic, pulsating filter effects.
Modulation Plug-ins
Complementing the classic Chorus, the Symphonic plug-in combines a chorus effect with a stereo spread and an auto-panner that synchronizes with the song tempo. The Flanger and Phaser are on board to provide further classic modulation effects.
The Rotary plug-in simulates the archetypal effect of one or more rotating speakers as frequently used for organ sounds. Steinberg's powerful variant offers a separately variable woofer and tweeter with a variable crossover frequency and adjustable microphone positions to boot.
Alongside the conventional Ringmodulator plug-in, which lets you shape a signal using amplitude modulations, you have Tranceformer at your disposal. This ring modulator effect modulates the amplitude of incoming audio material via an internal variable frequency oscillator, thereby generating complex distortion of the harmonic spectrum.
Other Effect Plug-ins
If you’re looking for hip lo-fi effects, look no further than the Bitcrusher and Grungelizer plug-ins. Bitcrusher reduces an audio signal’s bit rate, while Grungelizer adds hiss and ambient noise to recordings. The UV22 is a plug-in featuring a dither algorithm developed by Apogee. Rounding out its effects arsenal, Cubase SE3 offers a classic Vocoder as well as Chopper, a combination tremolo and auto-pan effect.