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Hitpoints
Hitpoints mark musically relevant positions in audio les. Cubase can detect these positions and
create hitpoints automatically by analyzing onsets and melodic changes of the audio.
NOTE
All hitpoint operations can be performed in the Sample Editor window and in the lower zone
editor.
When you add an audio le to your project by recording or by importing, Cubase automatically
detects hitpoints if
Enable Automatic Hitpoint Detection is activated in the Preferences dialog
(Editing—Audio page).
In the Project window, hitpoints are shown for the selected event, provided that the zoom factor
is high enough.
The hitpoint functions are available in the Hitpoints section of the Sample Editor.
You can use hitpoints for the following purposes:
Create slices of the audio
Slices allow you to change the tempo and the timing of the audio without affecting its pitch
and quality, or to replace or extract individual sounds from loops.
Quantize audio
Extract the groove from the audio
The timing is extracted from the audio, and a groove quantize preset is created. You can use
this to quantize other events.
Create markers from the audio
Create regions from the audio
Create events from the audio
Create MIDI notes from the audio
NOTE
Hitpoints work best with drums, rhythmic recordings, or loops.
If the automatic hitpoint detection does not meet your expectations, you can edit hitpoints
manually or add additional hitpoints. The following editing operations are available in the
Sample Editor:
Locking hitpoints prevents them from being ltered out, regardless of the settings in the
Hitpoints section. You can lock a hitpoint by pointing at the triangle that represents the
hitpoint and clicking on it.
Disabling hitpoints excludes them from further operations. You can disable a hitpoint that
you do not need by pressing Shift and clicking on the line that represents the hitpoint.
You can insert an additional hitpoint by pressing Alt/Opt and clicking at the position where
you want to insert the hitpoint.
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