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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
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Index

VST Instruments

Activating 101

Browsing for sounds 103

Channels 101

Presets for instruments 103

Saving Presets 105

Using VST System Link 246

VST Performance window 84

VST plug-ins

Getting info 97

Installing 96

VST Ports 10

VST presets

Removing 157

VST System Link

About 239

Activating 243

Connections 241

Latency 242

MIDI 244

Putting computers online 244

Requirements 240

Setting up sync 241

Settings 242

Wave files 229

Wave Image Style 25

Waveform zooming 23

Windows Media Audio files

Exporting 230

Importing 230, 258

WMA files

Importing 258

Word Clock

About 234

Selecting for sync 239

Setting up 235

Wrap Controls (Track list) 23

Zero Crossings 41

Zoom

About 22

Presets 24

Sample Editor 128

Track height 23

Waveforms 23

Zoom N Tracks 23

Zoom Tool Standard Mode 22

Zoom while Locating in Time

Scale 23