Micrologue
Micrologue is a virtual synthesizer for Cubasis, based on the award-winning Retrologue VST instrument. Its key features include
- two carefully modeled oscillators + noise oscillator.
- a filter and amplifier.
- modulation LFO.
- modulation wheel integration.
- smooth chorus and delay effects.
To load Micrologue, tap the instrument icon in a MIDI track, open the Micro Sonic instrument browser and choose an instrument in the Micrologue category. Now that Micrologue is assigned to the track, it will open every time you tap the instrument icon in the track.
First, let's focus on the top panel:
Instrument Browser
Tap this button to open a list of all available Micrologue instruments. Tap an instrument to load it. You can also switch to the next / previous instrument by tapping the arrow icons on the left / right on the instrument display.
Save Preset
Tap and enter a name if you want to save your current configuration as a new micrologue instrument (preset), making it available in the instrument browser. Pressing Save Preset again overwrites your current preset. To save it under a different name, tap the instrument name on the display.
Compare / Edit
Tap this button to temporarily reset any changes you made to listen to the original preset. Tap it again to reload your custom configuration. Once you have saved a preset, it becomes the original (compare) version.
Page selection
Micrologue's interface consists of three control sets which are explained in detail in the next three chapters:
- Voices / Oscillators
- Filter / Amplifier
- Modulation / FX
Automation
- Read: When enabled, all automation data on this instrument is read and applied during playback.
- Write: Activate this button to record automation data live during playback / recording.
- Automation: Tap this button to open the Automation Editor with the first Micrologue parameter selected.