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Introduction
Welcome
Congratulations and thank you for your purchase of Stein-
berg Cubase AI. 2009 marks the 25th anniversary of
Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH and our key mes-
sage “Creativity First” has never had more meaning than
today. Over many years and many product generations
Cubase has grown from a classic MIDI sequencer to pos-
sibly the most powerful music production software money
can buy. And as a Cubase AI user, you have now become
a member of the largest community of music software us-
ers on the planet!
With Cubase AI you have chosen a music production sys-
tem which will take you from the very first idea to the final
mix. Whether you’re a keyboard player, a songwriter, an
instrumentalist or a mixing engineer – Cubase AI has it all
covered and gives you the tools you need to record, edit,
mix and master your music. The introduction of industry
standards like VST and ASIO are good examples for how
Steinberg technology has always driven music technology
and paved ways for others to follow.
Designed by the software engineers at Steinberg and the
hardware experts at Yamaha, Steinberg Advanced Inte-
gration hardware is the ideal choice for you as a valued
Cubase AI customer. Full plug&play connectivity and True
Integrated Monitoring™ are only two of the many advan-
tages that come with hardware and software that have
been made for each other.
Don’t forget to register at MySteinberg and get access to
online support offers and additional exclusive services.
We also welcome you to the Cubase community at our
online forum cubase.net.
See you around! Your Steinberg Cubase AI Team
About the manuals and the help
The Cubase AI documentation is divided into several sec-
tions, as listed below. Some of the documents are in Adobe
Acrobat format (extension “.pdf”) – these can be accessed
in the following ways:
• You can open the pdf documents from the Documentation
submenu on the Help menu in the program.
• Under Windows you can also open these documents from the
Cubase AI Documentation subfolder on the Start menu.
• Under Mac OS X the pdf documents are located in the folder
“/Library/Documentation/Steinberg/Cubase AI 5”.
Ö To read the pdf documents, you need to have a suit-
able pdf reader application installed on your computer.
An installer for Adobe Reader is provided on the program DVD.
The Getting Started manual
This is the manual you are reading now. It covers the fol-
lowing areas:
• Computer requirements.
• Installation issues.
• Setting up your system for audio, MIDI and/or video work.
• Tutorials describing the most common procedures for record-
ing, playing back, mixing and editing in Cubase AI.
In other words, this manual does not go into detail on any
Cubase AI windows, functions or procedures.
The Operation Manual
The Operation Manual is the main Cubase AI reference
documentation, with detailed descriptions of Cubase AI op-
erations, parameters, functions and techniques. You should
be familiar with the concepts and methods described in the
Getting Started manual before moving on to the Operation
Manual.
Plug-in Reference
This manual describes the features and parameters of the
included VST plug-ins, realtime audio effects and the VST
Instrument HALionOne.
Remote Control Devices
This pdf document lists the supported MIDI remote control
devices.
Menu Reference
This pdf document provides a list of all menus and their
options with a brief description, for quick reference.
The dialog help
To get information about the active dialog, click its Help
button.