Menu Reference

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Menu Reference
Audio menu
Process
Basically, you apply audio processing by making a selec-
tion and selecting a function from the Process submenu.
For details about the functions and parameters in the vari-
ous processing dialogs, use the Help button in the corre-
sponding dialog.
Plug-ins (Cubase only)
All installed effect plug-ins are available separately on the
Audio menu. This allows you to apply effects processing
to one or several selected events.
Spectrum Analyzer (Cubase only)
This function analyzes the selected audio, computes the
average “spectrum” (level distribution over the frequency
range) and displays this as a two-dimensional graph, with
frequency on the x-axis and level on the y-axis.
Statistics (Cubase only)
The Statistics function analyzes the selected audio (events,
clips or range selections) and displays a window with vari-
ous information. Use the Help button in the dialog for
details.
Option Description
Envelope The Envelope function allows you to apply a volume en-
velope to the selected audio.
Fade In/Out Allows you to set fade-ins and fade-outs.
Gain Allows you to change the gain (level) of the selected au-
dio.
Merge
Clipboard
This function mixes the audio from the clipboard into the
audio selected for processing, starting at the beginning
of the selection.
For this function to be available, you need to have cut or
copied a range of audio in the Sample Editor first.
Noise Gate Scans the audio for sections weaker than a specified
threshold level, and silences them.
Normalize The Normalize function allows you to specify the desired
maximum level of the audio. It then analyzes the selected
audio and finds the current maximum level. Finally it sub-
tracts the current maximum level from the specified level,
and raises the gain of the audio by the resulting amount
(if the specified maximum level is lower than the current
maximum, the gain will be lowered instead). A common
use for normalizing is to raise the level of audio that was
recorded at too low an input level.
Phase
Reverse
Reverses the phase of the selected audio, turning the
waveform “upside down”.
Pitch Shift This function allows you to change the pitch of the audio
with or without affecting its length. You can also create
“harmonies” by specifying several pitches, or apply pitch
shift based on a user specified envelope curve.
Remove
DC Offset
This function will remove any DC offset in the audio se-
lection. A DC offset is when there is too large a DC (di-
rect current) component in the signal, sometimes visible
as the signal not being visually centered around the “zero
level axis”. DC offsets do not affect what you actually
hear, but they affect zero crossing detection and certain
processing, and it is recommended that you remove
them.
It is recommended that this function is applied to com-
plete audio clips, since the DC offset (if any) is normally
present throughout the entire recording.
Resample This function changes the length, tempo and pitch of the
audio by resampling it to a higher or lower sample rate.
Reverse Reverses the audio selection, as when playing a tape
backwards.
Silence Replaces the selection with silence.
Stereo Flip This function works with stereo audio selections only. It
allows you to manipulate the left and right channel in var-
ious ways.
Time Stretch This function allows you to change the length and
“tempo” of the selected audio, without affecting the pitch.
Option Description