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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

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Index

Drag&drop Inserts

Automation 114

Draw

Hitpoints 135

In Sample Editor 131

Markers 39

MIDI controllers 195

MIDI notes 188

Parts 28

Drop Out Frames 240

Drum Editor

Creating and editing notes 200

Muting drum sounds 201

Selecting drum maps 204

Drum maps

About 202

Making settings 202

MIDI channel and output 203

Selecting 204

Setup dialog 204

Drum name lists 205

Drum Sound Solo 201

Drumstick tool 200

Duplicate

Events and parts 30

MIDI notes 190

Duplicate tracks 26

Edit Active Part Only 182

Edit button

Audio channel strips 76

Audio track Inspector 18

MIDI channel strips 81

MIDI track Inspector 167

Editing via MIDI 192

Edits folder 118

Elements

Sample Editor 126

Enable Record on Selected Track 49

Enable Solo on Selected Track 34

Enable Track 45

Enharmonic Shift 219

Enlarge Selected Track 24

Envelope

Process 119

Bypassing 78

Presets 79

Setting 77

Erase Tool 34

Events

Audio 15

Color 26

Duplicating 30

Moving 30

Muting 34

Overlapping in audio part 140

Overlapping in Project window 30

Removing 34

Renaming 31

Renaming all on track 26

Resizing 32

Resizing with time stretch 33

Selecting 29

Sliding contents 33

Splitting 31

Events (Snap mode) 40

Events to Part 28

Export Audio Mixdown 227

Export MIDI files 259

Export Options (MIDI files) 259

Extract MIDI Automation 180

Fade handles 63

Fade In/Out functions 64

Faders 74

Fades

Auto Fades 68

Creating 63

Editing in dialog 65

Presets 65

Processing 64

Removing 64

Fill Loop 31

Filter (MIDI) 59

Filter bar 208

Find missing files 150

Find Selected in Pool 148

FireWire 251

Fixed Lengths 178

Fixed tempo 222

Fixed Velocity 180

Flip Stems 219

Folder parts 37

Folder tracks

Moving tracks into 37

Muting and soloing 37

Frame rates 235

Freeze Edits 123

Freeze Quantize 175

FX channel tracks

About 90

Adding effects for 91

Mixing down to file 227

Routing sends to 92

Setting up 91

Soloing 93

Gain 119

Generic Remote Device 163

Glue Tool

MIDI editors 191

Project window 32

Glue Tube tool

Score Editor 219

Grid (Snap mode) 40

Grid Relative (Snap mode) 40

Group channel tracks

About 15

Routing audio to 80

Using effects 90

Hitpoints

About 134

Editing manually 135

Use pop-up menu 134

Horizontal Zooming Only 22

Import

Audio files 27

Medium in Pool 151

MIDI files 259

MPEG files 258

REX 258

Video files 27

WMA files 258