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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

System Exclusive

About 210

Bulk Dumps 210

Editing 211

Recording parameter changes 211

T button (Score Editor) 213

Templates 256

Tempo

About 222

Editing 223

Setting in Fixed mode 224

Thin Out Data 180

Time display 44

Time format 21

Time Linear

MIDI editors 185

Time Signature

About 222

Editing 225

Time Stretch 122

Timecode

About 233

Frame rates 235

Synchronizing to 237

Tool modifier keys 271

Toolbar

Audio Part Editor 139

Customizing 262

Drum Editor 199

Key Editor 184

List Editor 206

Pool 144

Project window 20

Sample Editor 126

Score Editor 213

Track Controls Settings 263

Track list

About 17

Customizing 263

Track presets

Extracting sound from 106

Removing 157

Track types 15

Tracks

Adding 26

Audio channel configuration 51

Changing the height 23

Color 26

Disabling/Enabling 45

Removing 26

Renaming 26

Selecting 26

Transferring

Projects and settings 267

Transparent events 25

Transport menu

Functions 43

Playback options 46

Transport panel

Customizing 262

Display format 44

Hiding and showing 43

Key commands 44

Overview 43

Transpose

Info line 20

MIDI function 176

MIDI Modifier 168

Triangle mode

Automation 115

MIDI editing 196

Trim buttons 33

Trim tool 186

Tuplet

Quantize Setup 173

Undo

Quantize 175

Recording 54

Update Display 229

Use File Extension in File Dialog 255

Use Selected ASIO Ports for Data

only 244

Velocity

Editing 194

Editing via MIDI 192

Info line 20

MIDI function 179

Virtual Keyboard 47

Velocity Compression 168

Velocity Shift

MIDI Modifier 168

Video

Generating thumbnail cache

files 252

Import preferences 251

Importing files 251

Playing back 250

Playing back via FireWire 251

Preparations (Windows) 249

Setting up 249

Video Cache Size 250

Video track

Showing thumbnails 250

Virtual Keyboard

About 47

Computer keyboard display 47

Description 47

Modulation 47

Note velocity level 47

Octave Offset 47

Piano keyboard display 47

Pitchbend 47

Volume (Info line) 74

Volume handle 64

VST 3

Suspend VST3 plug-in processing

when no audio signals are

received 86, 103

VST Channel Settings 76

VST Connections 11

Presets 12

VST Instrument channel

Setting up 100