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The arranger track
• You can stop Live mode by clicking the Stop button or
go back to “normal” playback in Arranger mode by clicking
on any arranger event in the upper list.
In the latter case, playback will be continued from the arranger event
where you clicked.
Arranging your music to video
The relative time of your arranger track can be taken as a
reference instead of the project time. This is useful, if you
want to use the arranger track to compose music for video
and fill a specific video section with music, by repeating
the corresponding number of arranger events.
If you position your external sync master device to a posi-
tion that does not match the Project Start time, Cubase
will jump automatically to the right position in the arranger
track and will start playback from there, i.
e. the correct rel-
ative position and not the absolute project time will be
found. The reference for the external timecode can be
MIDI or any other timecode that can be interpreted/read
by Cubase.
An example:
1. Set up a project with a MIDI track and three MIDI
parts. The first part should start at position 00:00:00:00
and end at position 00:01:00:00, the second should start
at position 00:01:00:00 and end at position 00:02:00:00
and the third should start at position 00:02:00:00 and end
at position 00:03:00:00.
2. Activate the Sync button on the Transport panel.
3. Add an arranger track and create arranger events that
match the MIDI parts.
4. Set up the arranger chain “A-A-B-B-C-C”, activate
the Arranger mode and play back your project.
5. Start external timecode at position 00:00:10:00
(within the range of “A”).
In your project, the position 00:00:10:00 will be located and you will hear
“A” playing. Nothing special!
Now, let’s see what happens if your external sync master
device starts at a position that does not match the Project
Start time:
6. Start at 00:01:10:00 (within the range of what origi-
nally was “B”).
In your project, the position 00:01:10:00 will be located and you will hear
“A” playing, because it plays twice in the arranger track.
7. Start external timecode at position 00:02:10:00
(within the range of what originally was “C”).
In your project, the position 00:02:10:00 will be located and you will hear
“B” playing, because it plays “later” in the arranger track.
Ö If the Arranger mode is not activated or no arranger
track exists, Cubase will work as usual.
1 beat Jumps to the next section at the next beat.
End Plays the current section to the end, then jumps to the next
section.
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