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Menu Reference
Introduction
This manual lists all main menu items in Cubase AI for
quick reference. For any further information, please refer
to the Operation Manual.
Cubase AI menu (Mac OS X only)
About Cubase AI
This opens a window with information about the Cubase AI
version number etc.
Preferences…
The Preferences dialog contains various settings and op-
tions. The dialog has several pages that you access by se-
lecting items in the Finder-like list on the left. To make
settings without closing the dialog use the Apply button.
Use the Help button in the dialog for information about the
items on the selected page.
Quit
This quits the program. If there are any unsaved changes
in an open project, you will have the option of keeping
these or discarding them before the program quits.
File menu
New Project
This item allows you to create a new untitled project. A list
appears allowing you to select an empty project or a
project template. The factory templates are preconfigured
setups to suit various types of projects. A project can be
saved as a template, and will then appear on this list.
After making a selection, a project file dialog appears al-
lowing you to specify a folder where all files relating to the
new project will be stored. Select an existing folder or
click the Create button to create a new folder.
Open…
This opens a file dialog allowing you to locate and open
saved project files. Cubase AI Project files have the exten-
sion “.cpr”. Several projects can be open at the same time,
but only one can be active. The active project is indicated
by a blue button at the top left corner of the Project window.
Close
This closes the active window. If the Project window is ac-
tive, the corresponding project will be closed.
Save
This saves any changes made to the project since you last
saved. The Save command stores the project under its
current name and location.
Save As…
Save As allows you to specify a new name and a new
project folder for the project.
Save Project to New Folder…
This item allows you to save the project into a new empty
folder. It has some additional features that can be used for
archiving purposes.
When a new empty folder has been selected, a dialog ap-
pears where you can change the name of the project and
set the following options:
• You can choose to minimize audio files.
This will crop files based on the audio clips referenced in the project. As
the clips used in the project may be references to much larger audio files,
this can reduce the project size significantly.
• You can apply Freeze Edits.
This will make all processing and applied effects permanent for clips.
• You can choose to remove all unused files.
When you save a project to a new folder, all files relating
to the project based on the options set will be saved in the
new project folder. The contents of the original project
folder will be left untouched. If you are absolutely certain
that you do not have any further need for the original
project files, you can delete them.
Save as Template…
You can save any project as a template. When you create
a new project, the available templates are listed, allowing
you to base the new project on the selected template.
Saved templates will contain everything that was in the
original project, including clips and events.