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About this manual
Welcome!
This is the Operation Manual for Steinberg’s Cubase.
Here you will find detailed information about all the fea-
tures and functions in the program.
About the program versions
The documentation covers two program versions, Cubase
and Cubase Artist, for two different operating systems or
“platforms”, Windows and Mac OS X.
Some features described in the documentation are only
applicable to the Cubase version. Whenever this is the
case this will be clearly indicated in the heading of the re
-
lated subject.
Some features and settings are also specific to one of the
platforms. This is clearly stated in the applicable cases. If
nothing else is said, all descriptions and procedures in the
documentation are valid for all Cubase versions for both
Windows and Mac OS
X.
The screenshots are taken from the Windows version of
Cubase.
Key command conventions
Many of the default key commands in Cubase use modifier
keys, some of which are different depending on the oper
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ating system. For example, the default key command for
Undo is [Ctrl]-[Z] under Windows and [Command]-[Z] un-
der Mac OS X.
When key commands with modifier keys are described in
this manual, they are shown with the Windows modifier
key first, in the following way:
[Win modifier key]/[Mac modifier key]-[key]
For example, [Ctrl]/[Command]-[Z] means “press [Ctrl]
under Windows or [Command] under Mac OS X, then
press [Z]”.
Similarly, [Alt]/[Option]-[X] means “press [Alt] under Win-
dows or [Option] under Mac OS X, then press [X]”.
Ö This manual often refers to right-clicking, for example, to
open context menus. If you are using a Mac with a single-
button mouse, hold down [Ctrl] and click.