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The Sample Editor
Applying editing, offline processes and
VariAudio
The following offline processes and edits that affect the
length of the audio file, may lead to the re-analysis of the
audio material:
• Options on the Select Process menu in the Process tab
of the Sample Editor Inspector or in the Process submenu
on the Audio menu that can be applied to selections
• Effect processing using the options on the Select Plug-
in menu in the Process tab of the Sample Editor Inspector
or in the Plug-ins submenu on the Audio menu (see the
chapter “Audio processing and functions” on page 204)
• Cut, paste and delete (see “Editing selection ranges”
on page 227) or drawing notes (see “Drawing in the Sam-
ple Editor” on page 230)
This in turn may render any already existing VariAudio data
invalid, and such data may be discarded automatically.
If you apply editing that affects the audio itself (like reverse,
cut, etc.) to a file containing VariAudio data, the following
warning message will be displayed:
• When you click Proceed, your edits will be applied, and
you will loose your VariAudio data.
Click Cancel to return to your audio file without applying any changes.
If you apply offline processing to a file containing VariAudio
data, the following warning message will be displayed:
• When you click Proceed, your edits will be applied, and
you will loose your VariAudio data.
• When you click Proceed and Keep, your edits will be
applied. Any VariAudio data in the audio file will be kept.
Offline processes that may not affect existing VarioAudio data are Enve-
lope, Fade In/Out, Normalize or Silence.
• Click Cancel to return to your audio file without applying
any changes.
• When you activate the option “Do not display this warn-
ing again” in one of these warning dialogs before pro-
ceeding, Cubase will no longer display these messages,
and always proceed with the option you last selected.
You can reactivate these warning messages by activating the options “In-
hibit warning when changing the Sample Data” or “Inhibit warning when
applying Offline Processes” option in the Preferences (VariAudio page).
Segments mode
If you activate Segments mode in the VariAudio tab, your
audio file will be analyzed and split into separate seg-
ments.
When you want to change the pitch of audio that includes
non-tonal portions, e.g. consonants or effect sounds like re-
verberation, you may have to edit the segmentation in order
to include the non-tonal portions in the segments. Other-
wise, pitch modifications will only affect the tonal portions
and not the non-tonal portions.
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Therefore, you should always apply offline process-
ing or edits before using the VariAudio features.
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Please note that due to the data gained during this
process the audio and thus the size of your project
can increase.
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Please note that the analysis of audio files longer
than 3 minutes might take some time. A dialog with a
progress bar is displayed while the audio file is ana-
lyzed. You can click the Abort button to abort the op-
eration.