Steinberg Sample Fuel Poly User Guide

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Table of Contents

4 … Introduction
4 … Loading the VST Sound Instrument Set
4 … Loading and Saving Presets
5 … Plug-in Controls
5 … Plug-in Functions Section
5 … Quick Controls
5 … Sphere
6 … Trigger Pads
8 … Macro Page Parameters
8 … Automating Parameters
9 ... SIMPLE/ADVANCED
9 ... Simple Page
11 ... Advanced Pages
12 … The Master Section
13 … The Synth Section
14 … The FX Section
15 … The Motion Section
16 … The Arp Section
17 … The Midi Player Section
18 … The XY Section
19 … The About Section
20 … Factory Presets
21 … The Browser Tab
21 … Naming Scheme
22 … Additional Resources

iNTRODUCTION

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Introduction

POLY is the first instrument in a series of instruments that utilizes our simple and intuitive CRE8 Engine
powered by Steinberg's FREE HALion Sonic SE platform. Furthermore, you can load the instrument set
as a program in HALion, HALion Sonic, and HALion Sonic SE. For further instructions on how to use
HALion Sonic SE, HALion Sonic and HALion, follow the links below to their respective manuals:

• HALion Sonic SE

• HALion Sonic

• HALion

Intuitive and flexible with the focus on quick and easy workflow is the concept behind
our CRE8 Engine. Poly is a Modern Classic 3 oscillator synth with up to 8 de-tunable voices and includes
Sub, Noise Oscillators and Ring Modulator. Presets have up to 2 Layers and you can load patches in up
to 16 slots that can be used multi-timbral or layered by assigning patches to the same midi channel. The
main concept behind its design is to provide you with a "SIMPLE Page" that provides all the functionality
you would reach for during composing or performing. Of course, there is an incredible amount of
functionality and sound design capabilities contained in the additional pages we provide all with the
same concept of being simple and intuitive.

Loading the VST Sound Instrument Set

To load the instrument set in HALion, HALion Sonic, or HALion Sonic SE, load any
of the presets that come with the POLY CRE8 library.

Loading and Saving Presets

When you are working with a Steinberg DAW, the Load and Save dialogs contain
MediaBay functionality, allowing you to make use of tags, for example.

• To load a preset, click the name field in the plug-in functions section and select the

preset in the dialog.

• When a preset is loaded, you can step through the available presets using the left

and right arrow buttons to the left of the preset name field.

• To save a preset, click the floppy disk icon to the right of the preset name and

enter a name for the preset.

• In a non-Steinberg DAW, you can only save presets in the predefined folder or a

subfolder of this folder. If you save presets using the preset manager of the DAW
that you are using, these presets are only accessible within this DAW and not in
other host applications.

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Plug-In Controls

Performance Control Section

The performance control section in the lower part of the plug-in panel contains additional
elements that can quickly modify the instrument playback: Quick Controls, Sphere and
Trigger Pads.

Quick Controls

The eight potentiometer controls at the bottom are called quick controls. They allow you
to remote-control the most important sound parameters for the preset. The quick control
assignments cannot be modified in the VST Sound Instrument Set. You can modify the
assignments in HALion or HALion Sonic.

In POLY CRE8, these 8 pre-assigned controls are assigned to both layers allowing you to
control for example the cutoff filter offset for both layers at the same time with one knob.

The Motion knob can control all the motion and pulsing of a patch. It defaults to full
motion but can dial the motion all the way down to no movement at all. A very creative
way to control many LFO's, Step Filters, and User Envelopes all with one simple knob.

* PAN LFO, OSC LFOs and the ARP is excluded from the Motion Quick control knob.

Sphere

The sphere is the ball on the bottom right of the HALion products. It is a two-dimensional
control, which allows you to adjust two quick controls simultaneously by dragging the
mouse horizontally and vertically within the sphere. The Sphere assignments cannot be
modified in the VST Sound Instrument Set. You can modify the assignments in HALion or
HALion Sonic.

In POLY CRE8, the Sphere controls are pre-assigned to Hi Pass Filter Cutoff and Resonance
for both layers.

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Ö The small triangles for indicating the horizontal and the vertical axis are only available if
parameters are assigned to Sphere H and V.

Center Horizontal/Center Vertical

You can set up the sphere to stay where you move it to or return to the center
automatically. This can be defined for each axis separately.

To do so, right click the Sphere and activate or deactivate the “Center Horizontal” or
“Center Vertical” options on the context menu for the sphere.

Trigger Pads

You can use the trigger pads on the left to remotely trigger single notes or whole chords.
Many of the presets make use of the trigger pads.

• Pads with a colored frame have single notes or whole chords assigned.

• The line above a pad lights up when the pad switches between FlexPhraser

variations.

• To trigger a pad with your mouse, simply click the corresponding pad.

In POLY CRE8, these 8 Trigger pads are assigned to the Arpeggiater's 8 possible
patterns. These can be triggered "on the fly" all without losing sync in real time. This
allows you to perform pattern switches in real time creating almost endless pattern
possibilities from the 8 available "live" patterns. Once you play around with this feature it
becomes a very powerful creative tool.

The pads can also be assigned to the 8 patterns on the Midi Player page as well. Patterns
are set via drag and drop from the number 1-8 buttons on the Arp or Midi Player
page. All patches that utilize the Arp or Midi Player are pre-configured to trigger from
these pads by default.

In the upper left corner of the trigger pad window is a pull-down that contains 2
presets. One configures the pads to trigger via the bottom 8 keys of an 88-key
controller. The second will trigger notes below the keyboard range (C#-2 thru G#-2). The
pre-configured Touchosc and Liine Lemur templates included will trigger these notes from
the Tablet preset.

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Assigning Trigger Notes to Pads

You can assign a MIDI note to a pad and trigger the pad by playing this note. Proceed as
follows:

1. Right-click the pad.

2. From the menu, select “Assign Trigger Note”.

3. From the submenus, select the octave and note that you want to assign.

Or:

1. Right-click the pad.

2. From the context menu, select “Learn Trigger Note”.

3. Play the note on your MIDI keyboard or click the note on the virtual keyboard.

The name of the MIDI note that you assigned as trigger note is displayed in the
top left corner of the pad.

Ö Keys that serve as trigger notes light up in blue on the virtual keyboard. These keys no
longer play sounds, but trigger the corresponding pads.

Removing Trigger Note Assignments

To remove a trigger note from a pad, proceed as follows:

1. Right-click the pad.

2. From the context menu, select “Forget Trigger Note”.