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About this manual
Welcome!
This is the Operation Manual for Steinberg’s Cubase.
Here you will find detailed information about all the fea-
tures and functions in the program.
About the program versions
The documentation covers three program versions, Cu-
base Elements, Cubase AI, and Cubase LE, for two differ-
ent operating systems or “platforms”, Windows and Mac
OS X. Whenever the program is only called “Cubase” in
this document, this refers to all three program versions.
Some features described in the documentation are not
applicable to all three Cubase versions. Whenever this is
the case, it is clearly indicated in the heading of the related
subject. For example, if a heading is followed by “ (Cubase
Elements only)”, the corresponding feature is not available
in Cubase AI and Cubase LE. Likewise, if you see “ (not in
LE)”, the corresponding feature is only available in Cu
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base Elements and Cubase AI.
Some features and settings are also specific to one of the
platforms. This is clearly stated in the applicable cases. If
nothing else is said, all descriptions and procedures in the
documentation are valid for all Cubase versions for both
Windows and Mac OS
X.
The screenshots are taken from the Windows version of
Cubase Elements.
Key command conventions
Many of the default key commands in Cubase use modifier
keys, some of which are different depending on the oper
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ating system. For example, the default key command for
Undo is [Ctrl]-[Z] under Windows and [Command]-[Z] un
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der Mac OS X.
When key commands with modifier keys are described in
this manual, they are shown with the Windows modifier
key first, in the following way:
[Win modifier key]/[Mac modifier key]-[key]
For example, [Ctrl]/[Command]-[Z] means “press [Ctrl]
under Windows or [Command] under Mac OS X, then
press [Z]”.
Similarly, [Alt]/[Option]-[X] means “press [Alt] under Win-
dows or [Option] under Mac OS X, then press [X]”.
Ö This manual often refers to right-clicking, for example, to
open context menus. If you are using a Mac with a single-
button mouse, hold down [Ctrl] and click.