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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

Playback and the Transport panel

Background

This chapter describes the various methods available for

controlling Playback and Transport functions in Cubase AI.

The Transport panel

Below you can find a brief description of each item on the

Transport panel.

The pictures below show the Transport panel with all con-

trols visible. The Transport panel is divided into the follow-

ing sections, from left to right.

Ö Note that the Output Activity and Clipping indicator as

well as the Output Level Control refer to the Main Mix

Output bus as defined on the Outputs tab in the VST

Connections window.

• The main Transport functions (Cycle/Stop/Play/Record)

can also be shown on the toolbar.

In addition, various play options are available on the Trans-

port menu.

Hiding and showing the Transport Panel

The Transport panel is shown automatically when you

launch a new project. To hide or show it, select “Transport

Panel” on the Transport menu (or use a key command – by

default [F2]).

About Pre-roll and Post-roll

These items are described in the chapter “Recording”,

see “About Pre-roll and Post-roll” on page 59.

Changing the Transport panel setup

You can customize the appearance of the Transport panel

by right-clicking anywhere on the panel and selecting/de-

selecting the corresponding options on the context menu.

This is described in detail in the section “The setup con-

text menus” on page 262.

Octave Offset

Note Velocity Level

Change Virtual Keyboard

Display Type

Activates Auto

Quantize

Record mode

pop-up menu

Cycle Record mode

pop-up menu

CPU load and

Disk Cache

meters

Right locator

Punch In

Left locator

Postroll: value and on/off

Preroll: value and on/off

Punch Out

Position

slider

Record

Play

Fast

forward

Go to next marker/ project end

Nudge position

right/left

Go to

marker/

project

start

Cycle

on/off

Stop

Rewind

Tempo track

on/off

Synchronization

on/off

The tempo and time

signature display

Metronome

click on/off

Show Markers (opens

Marker window)

Jump to Marker

Precount on/off

MIDI In/Out

activity

(left/right)

Output Level

Control

Clipping indicators

Audio input/output activity