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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

Phase Reverse 121

Piano keyboard display

Virtual Keyboard 47

Pitchbend

Deleting 197

Editing 195

Recording 57

Virtual Keyboard 47

Play tool

Project window 28

Plug-in delay compensation 87

Plug-in Information window

VST plug-ins 97

Plug-ins

Automating 114

Getting info 97

Installing VST 2.x 96

Organizing 97

Poly Pressure events 198

Polyphony (Restricting) 179

Pool

About 144

Audition icon 150

Auditioning 150

Convert Files 153

Duplicating clips 146

Handling audio clips 146

Import Medium 151

Locate missing files 150

Record folder 152

Search Filters 149

Search Functionality 148

Status column icons 145

Post-roll 59

Pre/Post-CrossFade 119

Precount 60

Pre-fader sends 93

Preferences

About 37

Transferring 267

Prepare Archive 153

Pre-roll 59

Printing

From the Score Editor 220

Printing Scores 220

Processing

About 118

Settings and functions 118

Project

Activating 255

Creating 21

Opening 255

Saving 255

Saving templates 256

Template 256

Project Assistant dialog

254

Project cursor

Autoscroll 41

Moving 44

Selecting events with 29

Snapping to 41

Project Setup dialog 22

Projects

Backup 256

Punch In

Automatic 50

Manual 49

Punch Out 50

Q-points 136

Quantize

About 172

Applying 174

Automatic during recording 57

Ends 175

Lengths 175

Setting on toolbar 173

Setup dialog 173

Undo 175

Quick Zoom 23

Random (MIDI Modifier) 169

Random Quantize setting 174

Range (MIDI Modifier) 169

Range Selection tool 34

Reconstruct 150

Record Catch Range 59

Record enable 49

Record file type 51

Record format 51

Record Mode (Linear)

Audio 54

MIDI 56

Recording in MIDI editors 59

Recovering recordings 61

ReCycle files 258

Relative snapping 40

Remote control

Key commands 163

Setting up 161

Writing automation 162

Remove DC Offset 121

Remove missing files 150

Remove Parameter 116

Removing crossfades 66

Removing fades 64

Repeat

Events and parts 31

MIDI notes 190

Replace Record Mode

Audio 54

MIDI 56

Reset 58

Reset Mixer 80

Resolution (Recording) 51

Resolving 234

Restrict Polyphony 179

Retrospective Record 58

Return To Start Position on Stop 45

Reverse 121

Reverse (MIDI function) 180

Revert 257

REX files 258

Right locator 45

Routing

Audio to and from busses 12

Effect sends 92

Ruler

About 21