Menu Reference
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1 Menu Reference
Introduction File menu This manual lists all main menu items in Cubase AI for quick reference. For any further information, please refer to the Operation Manual. New Project… About Cubase AI This item opens the Project Assistant dialog, where you can create a new project, which can either be empty or based on a template. Templates are preconfigured setups to suit various types of projects. You can also access any other project on your system or open a project from a list of recently opened projects.
Save as Template… Export You can save any project as a template. When you create a new project, the available templates are listed, allowing you to base the new project on the selected template. Option Description MIDI File… Allows you to export MIDI tracks as standard MIDI files. Audio Mixdown… Allows you to mix down and export an output bus. The resulting mixes are saved as files on your hard disk in one of several file formats, complete with effects, automation EQ, etc.
Edit menu Split at Cursor Undo/Redo This splits selected events at the cursor position. If no events are selected, all events on all tracks intersected by the cursor will be split. Cubase AI offers wide-ranging, multiple Undo, allowing you to undo virtually any action you perform. Split Loop • To undo the last performed action, select Undo from the Edit menu, or use the corresponding key command (by default [Ctrl]/[Command]-[Z]). This splits all events at the left and right locator positions.
Select • Selecting “Repeat…” from the Edit menu opens a dialog, allowing you to create a number of copies (regular or shared) of the selected event(s). The items on this submenu have different functions, depending on whether the regular event selection tool (Arrow tool) or the Range Selection tool is selected: This works just like the Duplicate function, except that you can specify the number of copies. Event selection Fill Loop Option Description All Selects all events in the window.
Project menu an event or part on a track that contains automation for them. This means that the automation events that affect an event will be moved along with it rather than remain in a specific position in the project. Add Track Select a track type from the Add Track submenu to add a new track. The “Browse Sounds…” option opens a dialog in which you can search for track presets or VST presets. Auto Select Events under Cursor This option can also be activated in the Preferences (Editing page).
Audio menu Hitpoints Basically, you apply audio processing by making a selection and selecting a function from the Process submenu. For details about the functions and parameters in the various processing dialogs, use the Help button in the corresponding dialog. This submenu relates to Cubase AI’s special Hitpoint detection functions. This is a special feature that detects transient attacks in audio material and adds a type of marker, a “hitpoint” at each attack.
Dissolve Part MIDI menu This menu item dissolves a selected audio part and makes any audio events it contains appear as independent objects on the track. Open Key Editor Bounce Selection This opens the Key Editor for the selected MIDI part(s) or track(s). This editor consists of a piano-roll type graphic interface, with the notes shown as boxes in a grid. This allows you to create either a new clip or a new audio file from a selection.
Advanced Quantize Functions Option Description Option Description Quantize Lengths This will quantize the length of the notes without changing their start positions. At its most basic level, this function will set the length of the notes to the Length Quantize value on the toolbar of the MIDI editors. Legato Extends each selected note so that it reaches the next note. You can specify the desired gap or overlap with the “Legato Overlap” setting in the Preferences dialog (Editing–MIDI page).
Media menu Option Description Extract MIDI Automation This option allows you to automatically convert continuous controller data of a MIDI part into MIDI track automation data. Reverse This inverts the order of the selected events (or of all events in the selected parts), causing the MIDI music to play backwards. Note though, that the effect is different from reversing an audio recording.
Conform Files… New Version This will change all selected files that have different file attributes to what is specified for the project, to conform to this standard. This allows you to create a new version of a selected clip. The new version appears in the same Pool folder, with the same name but with a “version number” after it, to indicate that the new clip is a duplicate. The first copy made of a clip will logically get the version number “2” and so on.
Transport menu Play until Next Marker Transport Panel This will activate playback from the current project cursor position to the next marker and stop. This opens the Transport panel. Play Selection Range Locators to Selection This will play back the current selection range and stop at the end. This will set the locators to encompass the current selection or selection range. Loop Selection Locate Selection This will loop playback of the current selection range.
Use External Sync VST Performance Activates synchronization. This window indicates the current CPU load and disk transfer rate. Retrospective Record Video Performs retrospective MIDI recording. If the Retrospective Record function is enabled in the Preferences (Record– MIDI page), and a MIDI track is record enabled, any MIDI notes you play in stop mode or during playback are captured in buffer memory. If you then select Retrospective Record, the MIDI notes you played – i.e.
Window menu Minimize Minimizes the active window. Maximize Option Description Remote Control Devices Opens the separate pdf document describing the MIDI remote control devices supported by Cubase AI. Plug-in Reference Opens the separate pdf document containing descriptions of the included plug-in audio effects, the VST instrument HALionOne, and their parameters. Menu Reference Opens the Menu Reference (the document you have in front of you) in Adobe pdf format. Maximizes the active window.
