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{{Infobox module
| name = Steinberg Universal Sound Module
| image = [[File:usm.png|340px]]
| type = GM software VSTi synthesizer
| manufacturer = Steinberg
| releasedate = 2000
| standards = [[General MIDI]]
| maxpoly = 96 <ref name=manualspecs>Cubase VST "Included VST Instruments" Manual, pg. 22</ref>
| numparts = 16 <ref name=manualspecs />
| numpresets = 128 <ref name=manualspecs />
| drumpresets = 1
}}
'''Steinberg Universal Sound Module''' is a General MIDI synthesizer VSTi that was introduced in Cubase VST 5 in 2000. It's a very basic implementation of a General MIDI synthesizer, and is exclusive to Cubase (will not legitimately work in other DAWs)<ref>''"Fourteen new plug‑ins are provided with Cubase 5.0, though sadly Steinberg have followed Emagic by making these compatible only with Cubase. They get installed in a separate 'vstplugins' folder inside the Cubase application folder. If you drag them into your main 'vstplugins' folder and try to use them in another application a 'Sorry, XXX requires Cubase 5.0!' message pops up. "'' - SoundOnSound Article; Steinberg Cubase VST5.0, September 2000 by Martin Walker</ref>.

Universal Sound Module was introduced in Cubase as a General MIDI solution for the DAW, to ensure playback of MIDIs had a consistent sound between Cubase users, because the implementation of General MIDI, regardless of the same type of sounds assigned to program numbers, still varied sound-wise on different modules and sound cards.

It features 70MBs of wave samples, 4 stereo outputs<ref name=manualspecs />, and has only 3 editable front panel parameters (Master Volume, Pitch Bend Range & LFO Speed), and nothing more - program changes and other MIDI messages will have to be sent exclusively over MIDI.

== Oddities ==
* Universal Sound Module responds to very few types of MIDI messsages. It only responds to the following:<ref name=manualspecs />
**Note On/Off (with Velocity)
**Volume
**Pan
**Pitch Bend (up to 12 semitones)
**Modulation

== References ==
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==External Links==
* [ftp://ftp.steinberg.net/Archives/Cubase_VST/Documentation/Eng Cubase VST 5 "Included VST Instruments" Manual via Steinberg ftp server], [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Jentu8_N33kkqLyTTmGCUC9JrmdyftbV/view?usp=sharing Google Drive mirror]
* [ftp://ftp.steinberg.net/Download/Legacy_Plugins/PC/VSTi_Universal%20Sound%20Module Download via Steinberg ftp server]
* [https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/steinberg-cubase-vst50 Cubase VST 5 SoundOnSound Article]

[[Category:General MIDI devices]]
[[Category:Software_Synthesizers]]

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