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Customizing
Saving and resetting color settings
• To return to your project colors, click the “Reset To Cur-
rent Project Defaults” button.
• To save the current set as default, click the “Save Cur-
rent Set as Program Defaults” button.
• To apply the default set, click the “Load Program De-
faults to Current Set” button.
• To return to Cubase’s standard color palette, click the
“Reset Current Set to Factory Settings” button.
Where are the settings stored?
As you have seen, there are a large number of ways in
which you can customize Cubase. While some of the set-
tings you make are stored with each project, others are
stored in separate preference files.
If you need to transfer your projects to another computer
(e. g. in another studio), you can bring all your settings
along by copying the desired preference files and install-
ing them on the other computer.
Ö It is a good idea to make a backup copy of your prefer-
ence files once you have set things up the way you want!
This way, if another Cubase user wants to use his or her
personal settings when working on your computer, you
can restore your own preferences afterwards.
• Under Windows, preference files are stored in the fol-
lowing location: “\Users\<user name>\AppData\Roam-
ing\Steinberg\<program name>\”.
On the Start menu, you will find a shortcut to this folder for easy access.
• Under Mac OS X, preference files are stored in the fol-
lowing location: “/Library/Preferences/<program name>/
” under your home directory.
The full path is: “/Users/<user name>/Library/Preferences/<program
name>/”.
Ö The RAMpresets.xml file, which contains various
presets settings (see below), is saved when exiting the
program.
Ö Program functions (e. g. crossfade) or configurations
(e.
g. panels) not used in the project will not be stored.
Some of the preferences are not stored in the default pref-
erences folder. A list can be found in the article “Files for
the program settings and preferences” in the Steinberg
Knowledge Base.
To open the Knowledge Base, browse to the Steinberg
web site, click “Support” and choose “Knowledge Base”
in the list on the left.
Reset Current Set to
Factory Settings
Save Current Set as Program
Defaults
Load Program Defaults to Current Set