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Table Of Contents

Table of Contents
About this manual
- Welcome!
Setting up your system
- Setting up audio
- Setting up MIDI
- Connecting a synchronizer
- Setting up video
- Optimizing audio performance
VST Connections
- About this chapter
- The VST Connections window
- Setting up busses
- Routing
- About monitoring
- Editing operations
The Project window
- Window Overview
- The track list
- The Inspector
- The toolbar
- The status line
- The info line
- The overview line
- The ruler
- The Snap function
- Auto-Scroll
Working with projects
- Creating new projects
- Opening projects
- Closing projects
- Saving projects
- The Archive and Backup functions
- Startup Options
- The Project Setup dialog
- Zoom and view options
- Audio handling
- Auditioning audio parts and events
- Scrubbing audio
- Editing parts and events
- Range editing
- Region operations
- The Edit History dialog
- The Preferences dialog
Working with tracks
- Setting up tracks
- Editing tracks
- Organizing tracks in folder tracks
- Dividing the track list
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
Quantizing MIDI and audio
- Introduction
- Quantize functions
- Advanced Quantize functions
- The Quantize Panel
Fades and crossfades
- Creating fades
- The Fade dialogs
- Creating crossfades
- The Crossfade dialog
- Auto fades and crossfades
The arranger track (Cubase Elements only)
- Introduction
- Setting up the arranger track
- Working with arranger events
- Flattening the arranger chain
- Live mode
- Arranging your music to video
Using markers
- Introduction
- The Marker window
- The marker track
- Marker key commands
- Exporting and importing markers
The Mixer
- Overview
- Configuring the Mixer
- Basic mixing procedures
- Audio-specific procedures
- Routing
- 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 (not in Cubase LE)
- Instrument tracks
- What do I need? Instrument channel or instrument track?
- Instrument Freeze
- VST instruments and processor load
- Using presets for VSTi configuration
- About latency
Automation
- Introduction
- Working with automation curves
- Enabling and disabling the writing of automation data
- Writing automation data
- Editing automation events
- Automation track operations
- MIDI part data vs. track automation
- Hints and further options
Audio processing and functions
- Background
- Audio processing
- Freeze Edits
- Detect Silence
- The Spectrum Analyzer
- Statistics
- About time stretch and pitch shift algorithms
The Sample Editor
- Window overview
- General functions
- Warping audio
- Working with hitpoints and slices
The Audio Part Editor
- Background
- Opening the Audio Part Editor
- Window overview
- Operations
- Options and Settings
The Pool
- Background
- Window overview
- Operations
The MediaBay
- Introduction
- Working with the MediaBay
- The Define Locations section
- The Locations section
- The Results list
- Previewing files
- The Filters section
- The Loop Browser and Sound Browser windows
- Preferences
- Key commands
- Working with MediaBay-related windows
- Working with Volume databases
Working with track presets
- Introduction
- Types of track presets
- Applying track presets
- Creating a track preset
- Creating tracks from track presets or VST presets
Remote controlling Cubase
- Introduction
- Setting Up
- Operations
- The Generic Remote device
- Apple Remote (Macintosh only)
MIDI realtime parameters
- Introduction
- The Inspector – general handling
- The Inspector sections
Using MIDI devices
- Background
- MIDI devices – general settings and patch handling
- About Studio Connections
MIDI processing
- Introduction
- Making your settings permanent
- Dissolve Part
- Repeat Loop
- 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
- Working with SysEx messages
- Recording SysEx parameter changes
- Editing SysEx messages
- The Score Editor – Overview
- Score Editor operations
Editing tempo and signature
- Background
- Tempo and signature display
- Editing tempo and signature
- The Beat Calculator
- Adjusting the audio to the project tempo
Export Audio Mixdown
- Introduction
- Mixing down to audio files
- The Export Audio Mixdown dialog
- The available file formats
Synchronization
- Background
- Timecode (positional references)
- Clock sources (speed references)
- The Project Synchronization Setup dialog
- Synchronized operation
- Working with VST System Link
- Activating VST System Link
Video
- Before you start
- Preparing a video project in Cubase
- Video files in the Project window
- Playing back video
- Editing video
- Extracting audio from a video file
- Replacing the audio in a video file
ReWire (not in Cubase LE)
- Introduction
- Launching and quitting
- Activating ReWire channels
- Using the transport and tempo controls
- How the ReWire channels are handled in Cubase
- Routing MIDI via ReWire2
- Considerations and limitations
File handling
- Importing audio
- Exporting and importing standard MIDI files
- Exporting and importing MIDI loops
Customizing
- Background
- Using the Setup options
- Customizing track controls
- Appearance
- Applying colors in the Project window
- 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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Key commands

Edit category

Editors category

File category

Media category

MIDI category

Option Key command

Autoscroll [F]

Copy [Ctrl]/[Command]-[C]

Cut [Ctrl]/[Command]-[X]

Cut Time [Ctrl]/[Command]-[Shift]-[X]

Delete [Delete] or [Backspace]

Delete Time [Shift]-[Backspace]

Duplicate [Ctrl]/[Command]-[D]

Insert Silence [Ctrl]/[Command]-[Shift]-[E]

Left Selection Side to Cursor [E]

Move to Cursor [Ctrl]/[Command]-[L]

Move to Front (Uncover) [U]

Mute [M]

Mute Events [Shift]-[M]

Mute/Unmute Objects [Alt]/[Option]-[M]

Open Default Editor [Ctrl]/[Command]-[E]

Open Score Editor [Ctrl]/[Command]-[R]

Open/Close Editor [Return]

Paste [Ctrl]/[Command]-[V]

Paste at Origin [Alt]/[Option]-[V]

Paste Time [Ctrl]/[Command]-[Shift]-[V]

Record Enable [R]

Redo [Ctrl]/[Command]-[Shift]-[Z]

Repeat [Ctrl]/[Command]-[K]

Right Selection Side to Cursor [D]

Select All [Ctrl]/[Command]-[A]

Select None [Ctrl]/[Command]-[Shift]-[A]

Snap On/Off [J]

Solo [S]

Split At Cursor [Alt]/[Option]-[X]

Split Range [Shift]-[X]

Undo [Ctrl]/[Command]-[Z]

Unmute Events [Shift]-[U]

Option Key command

Show/Hide Infoview [Ctrl]/[Command]-[I]

Show/Hide Inspector [Alt]/[Option]-[I]

Show/Hide Overview [Alt]/[Option]-[O]

Option Key command

Close [Ctrl]/[Command]-[W]

New [Ctrl]/[Command]-[N]

Open [Ctrl]/[Command]-[O]

Quit [Ctrl]/[Command]-[Q]

Save [Ctrl]/[Command]-[S]

Save As [Ctrl]/[Command]-[Shift]-[S]

Save New Version [Ctrl]/[Command]-[Alt]/[Option]-[S]

Option Key command

Open MediaBay [F5]

Open Mini Browser [F7]

Preview Cycle On/Off [Shift]-Num [/]

Preview Start [Shift]-[Enter]

Preview Stop [Shift]-Num [0]

Search MediaBay [Shift]-[F5]

Toggle Filters [Ctrl]/[Command]-[Alt]/[Option]-Num

[5]

Toggle Location Tree [Ctrl]/[Command]-[Alt]/[Option]-Num

[4]

Toggle Locations [Ctrl]/[Command]-[Alt]/[Option]-Num

[8]

Toggle Previewer [Ctrl]/[Command]-[Alt]/[Option]-Num

[2]

Option Key command

Show/Hide Controller Lanes [Alt]/[Option]-[L]