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Tutorial 1: Recording audio
Creating a new project
In this section we are going to explain how to create a new
project, save a project and open a saved project.
When you first open Cubase AI, the Project Assistant dia-
log is opened which allows you to create a new, empty
project, or a new project based on a project template, and
to open an existing project.
Ö By default, the Project Assistant dialog opens when you
launch the program for the first time. You can change this
behaviour using the On Startup setting in the Preferences
dialog (General page). For more information about this and
the Project Assistant dialog, see the chapter “File Handling”
in the Operation Manual.
To create a new project
In the following description we assume that the Project
Assistant dialog is already open. If that is not the case, you
need to select the “New Project…” command from the
File menu first.
Proceed as follows:
1. Make sure that “Use default location” is activated.
In Cubase AI you can set a default location for all your projects, i.e. spec-
ify a path where all your projects will be stored, each in its own subfolder.
2. In the “Project folder” field, enter a name that will be
used for the project folder. Let’s use “My first project”.
We recommend to enter a name here. Otherwise your project will be
saved in a folder named “Untitled”.
3. To create a blank new project that is not based on a
preconfigured template, simply click Create.
An empty project is created automatically if you do not select a recent
project or a project template in the Project Assistant dialog.
Ö You are not saving the project at this point! You are
creating a folder on the hard drive that your project will get
saved into later. This will be explained very shortly.
4. You should be looking at your very first project in Cu-
base AI now. Congratulations!
If you look at the top of the window in Cubase AI (called the Project win-
dow) you’ll see the name of this project is “Untitled1”.
To save a project
1. Select “Save” from the File menu.
If you select the Save command for a project that has not been saved be-
fore, this opens the Save As dialog, where you can change the project
path and name, if needed. The difference between Save and Save As is
discussed in the chapter “File Handling” in the Operation Manual.
2. You will notice that Cubase AI is in the “My First
Project” folder that you created earlier. This is where you
want to save your project. Type in a name for your project
– you can use “My First Cubase AI Project” for example.
3. Click “Save” – and that’s it!
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You’re not done yet!
So far we’ve created a blank Cubase AI project. We
have a folder sitting on the hard drive but we haven’t
saved the actual Cubase AI project yet.
The name of the project