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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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