12.0

Pre-Roll and Post-Roll
You can activate pre-roll and post-roll with the corresponding buttons in the Pre-roll & Post-
roll section on the Transport panel or by selecting Transport> Pre-roll & Post-roll> Use
Pre-roll/Use Post-roll.
NOTE
To show the Pre-roll & Post-roll section, right-click anywhere in the Transport panel or in the
Transport Bar and activate Pre-roll & Post-roll.
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By setting a pre-roll value, you instruct Cubase to roll back a short section whenever
playback is activated.
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By setting a post-roll value, you instruct Cubase to play back a short section after automatic
punch out before stopping.
NOTE
This only works if Punch Out is activated on the Transport panel, and if Stop after
Automatic Punch Out is activated in the Preferences dialog (Record page).
Using Pre-Roll and Post-Roll
You can set up a pre-roll and a post-roll value for recording.
PREREQUISITE
PROCEDURE
1. Set the locators to where you want to start and end recording.
2. On the Transport panel or in the Transport Bar, activate Punch In and Punch Out.
3. In the Preferences dialog, select Record.
4. Activate Stop after Automatic Punch Out.
5. Right-click anywhere on the Transport panel or in the Transport Bar and activate Pre-roll &
Post-roll.
6. In the Pre-roll & Post-roll section, activate Pre-roll and Post-roll .
7.
In the Pre-roll Amount and Post-roll Amount elds, enter the pre-roll and post-roll values.
8.
Activate Record.
RESULT
The project cursor rolls back by the specied pre-roll value, and playback starts. When the cursor
reaches the left locator, recording is automatically activated. When the cursor reaches the right
locator, recording is deactivated, but playback continues for the
specied post-roll value before
stopping.
Playback and Transport
Pre-Roll and Post-Roll
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Cubase AI 12.0.20