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Table Of Contents

Table of Contents
About this manual
- Welcome!
VST Connections: Setting up input and output busses
- About this chapter
- Setting up busses
- Using the busses
- About monitoring
The Project window
- Background
- Window Overview
- Operations
- Options
Playback and the Transport panel
- Background
- Operations
- Options and Settings
- The Virtual Keyboard
Recording
- Background
- Basic recording methods
- Audio recording specifics
- MIDI recording specifics
- Options and Settings
- Recovery of audio recordings after system failure
Fades, crossfades and envelopes
- Creating fades
- The Fade dialogs
- Creating crossfades
- The Crossfade dialog
- Auto Fades and Crossfades
The mixer
- About this chapter
- Overview
- Configuring the mixer
- The audio-related channel strips
- The MIDI channel strips
- The output channels
- Basic mixing procedures
- Audio-specific procedures
- MIDI-specific procedures
- Utilities
Audio effects
- About this chapter
- Overview
- Insert effects
- Send effects
- Editing effects
- Effect presets
- Installing and managing effect plug-ins
VST Instruments and Instrument tracks
- Introduction
- VST Instrument channels vs. instrument tracks
- VST Instrument channels
- Instrument tracks
- What do I need? Instrument channel or Instrument track?
- VST instruments and processor load
- Using presets for VSTi configuration
- About latency
Automation
- Introduction
- Enabling and disabling the writing of automation data
- What can be automated?
- Hints and further options
- Automation track operations
- Working with automation curves
- MIDI Part Data vs Track Automation
Audio processing and functions
- Background
- Audio processing
- Freeze Edits
The Sample Editor
- Background
- Window overview
- General Operations
- Options and settings
- AudioWarp: Tempo matching audio
- Working with hitpoints and slices
The Audio Part Editor
- Background
- Opening the Audio Part Editor
- Window overview
- Operations
- Common methods
- Options and Settings
The Pool
- Background
- Window overview
- Operations
Working with Track Presets
- Introduction
- Types of track presets
- Applying track presets
- Creating a track preset
- Creating tracks from track presets or VST presets
- Previewing MIDI, instrument and VST presets independently of tracks
Remote controlling Cubase AI
- Introduction
- Setting Up
- Operations
- The Generic Remote device
- Apple Remote (Macintosh only)
MIDI realtime parameters
- Introduction
- The Inspector - General handling
- The Inspector sections
MIDI processing and quantizing
- Introduction
- The Quantizing functions
- Permanent settings with Freeze MIDI Modifiers
- Dissolve Part
- Other MIDI functions
The MIDI editors
- Introduction
- Opening a MIDI editor
- The Key Editor - Overview
- Key Editor operations
- The Drum Editor - Overview
- Drum Editor operations
- Working with drum maps
- Using drum name lists
- The List Editor - Overview
- List Editor operations
- Working with System Exclusive messages
- Recording System Exclusive parameter changes
- Editing System Exclusive messages
- The Score Editor - Overview
- Score Editor operations
Editing tempo and signature
- Background
- Tempo and signature display
- Editing tempo and signature
Export Audio Mixdown
- Introduction
- Mixing down to audio files
- The available file formats
Synchronization
- Background
- Synchronization signals
- Synchronizing the transport vs. synchronizing audio
- Making basic settings and connections
- Synchronization settings
- Sync Options
- Working with VST System Link
- Preparations
- Activating VST System Link
- Application examples
Video
- Background
- Before you start
- Operations
File handling
- Working with Projects
- Importing audio
- Exporting and importing standard MIDI files
Customizing
- Background
- Using the Setup options
- Customizing track controls
- Appearance
- Applying track and event colors
- Where are the settings stored?
Key commands
- Introduction
- Setting up key commands
- Setting up tool modifier keys
- The default key commands
Index

The Project window

Window Overview

The Track list

The Track list displays all the tracks used in a project. It

contains name fields and settings for the tracks. Different

track types have different controls in the Track list. To see

all the controls you may have to resize the track in the Track

list (see “Resizing tracks in the Track list” on page 23).

• The Track list area for an audio track:

• The Track list area for an automation track (opened by

clicking the Show/Hide Automation button on a track):

• The Track list area for a MIDI track:

Inspector

Ruler

Info line

Toolbar

The Track list with various track types

The event display, showing audio parts and events, MIDI parts, automation, markers, etc.

Mute &

Solo

Record Enable &

Monitor

Track

name

Show/hide

automation

Indicate whether effect sends, EQ

or insert effects are activated for the

track. Click to bypass.

Automation

Read/Write

Track activity

indicator

Edit channel

settings

Automation Read/Write

Automation parameter (click to select parameter)

Mute

Record Enable &

Monitor

Track

name

MIDI Output

Bank Patch

MIDI channel

Drum map

Automation

Read/Write

Edit

channel

settings

Mute & Solo

Track activity

indicator