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Table Of Contents

Table of Contents
Introduction
- About the Program Versions
- Typographical Conventions
Setting Up Your System
- Setting Up Audio
- Setting Up MIDI
- Connecting a Synchronizer
- Setting Up Video
VST Connections
- VST Connections Window
- Renaming the Hardware Inputs and Outputs
- Adding Input and Output Busses
- Presets for Input and Output Busses
- About Monitoring
- Editing the Bus Configurations
Project Window
- Toolbar
- Status Line
- Info Line
- Overview Line
- Ruler
- Inspector
- Global Track Controls
- Track List
- Event Display
- Racks
- Zooming in the Project Window
- Snap Function
- Cross-Hair Cursor
- Edit History Dialog
Project Handling
- Creating New Projects
- Steinberg Hub
- Project Assistant
- About Project Files
- About Template Files
- Project Setup Dialog
- Opening Project Files
- Saving Project Files
- Reverting to the Last Saved Version
- Choosing a Project Location
- Removing Unused Audio Files
- Creating Self-Contained Projects
Tracks
- Audio Tracks
- Instrument Tracks
- MIDI Tracks
- Arranger Track
- Chord Track
- FX Channel Tracks
- Folder Tracks
- Group Channel Tracks
- Marker Track
- Ruler Track
- Video Track
- Customizing Track Controls
Track Handling
- Adding Tracks
- Removing Tracks
- Moving Tracks in the Track List
- Renaming Tracks
- Coloring Tracks
- Showing Track Pictures
- Setting the Track Height
- Selecting Tracks
- Duplicating Tracks
- Disabling Audio Tracks (Cubase Elements only)
- Organizing Tracks in Folder Tracks
- Handling Overlapping Audio
- How Events are Displayed on Folder Tracks
- Modifying Event Display on Folder Tracks
- Track Presets
Parts and Events
- Audio Handling
- Parts
- Auditioning Audio Parts and Events
- Adding Events to a Track
- Scrubbing
- Folder Parts
- Editing Parts and Events
Range Editing
- Creating a Selection Range
- Editing Selection Ranges
Playback and Transport
- Transport Panel
- Transport Menu
- Setting the Project Cursor Position
- Left and Right Locators
- Auto-Scroll
- Time Formats
- Locating to Specific Time Positions
- Metronome
- Chase
Virtual Keyboard
- Recording MIDI With the Virtual Keyboard
- Virtual Keyboard Options
Recording
- Basic Recording Methods
- Monitoring
- Audio Recording Specifics
- MIDI Recording Specifics
- Remaining Record Time
- Lock Record
Quantizing MIDI and Audio
- Quantizing Audio Event Starts
- Quantizing MIDI Event Starts
- Quantizing MIDI Event Lengths
- Quantizing MIDI Event Ends
- Quantize Panel
- Additional Quantizing Functions
Fades and crossfades
- Creating fades
- The Fade dialogs
- Creating crossfades
- The Crossfade dialog
- Auto fades and crossfades
Arranger Track (Cubase Elements only)
- Introduction
- Setting up the arranger track
- Working with arranger events
- Flattening the arranger chain
- Live mode
- Arranging your music to video
Markers
- Position Markers
- Cycle Markers
- Markers Window
- Marker Track
- Importing and Exporting Markers
MixConsole
- Setting Up the MixConsole
- MixConsole Toolbar
- Configuring the MixConsole
- Linking Channels
- Input Levels
- Copying and Moving Rack and Channel Settings
- Fader Section
- Working with Channel Racks
- Using Channel Settings
- Adding Notes to a MixConsole Channel
- Keyboard Navigation
Audio Effects
- Overview
- Insert Effects
- Send Effects
- Effect Control Panel
- Comparing Effect Settings
- Effect Presets
- Plug-In Information Window
Audio processing and functions
- Background
- Audio processing
- Freeze Edits
- Detect Silence
- The Spectrum Analyzer
- Statistics
- Time stretch algorithm
Sample Editor
- Window overview
- General Functions
- Warping audio
- Working with hitpoints and slices
Audio Part Editor
- Window Overview
- Opening the Audio Part Editor
- Operations
- Options and Settings
Pool
- Pool Window
- Working with the Pool
MediaBay
- Working With the MediaBay
- Setting Up the MediaBay
- Define Locations Section
- Scanning Your Content
- Updating the MediaBay
- Locations Section
- Results Section
- Previewer Section
- Filters Section
- Sound Browser and Mini Browser
- MediaBay Preferences
- MediaBay Key Commands
- Working with MediaBay-Related Windows
- Working With Volume Databases
Automation
- Recording your Actions
- Automation Curves
- Static Value Line
- Write/Read Automation
- MIDI Part Data vs. Track Automation
- Writing Automation Data
- Editing Automation Data
- Automation Tracks
VST Instruments
- VST Instruments Window
- Adding VST Instruments
- Presets for Instruments
- VST Quick Controls
- Playing Back VST Instruments
- About Latency
- Import and Export Options
Installing and Managing Plug-ins
- Installing VST plug-ins
- Plug-in Manager
- Compiling a New Effects Collection
Remote controlling Cubase
- Setting Up
- Operations
- The Generic Remote device
- The Remote Control Editor (Cubase Elements only)
- Apple Remote (Macintosh only)
MIDI realtime parameters
- The Inspector – general handling
- The Inspector sections
Using MIDI devices
- MIDI devices – general settings and patch handling
MIDI Processing
- MIDI functions vs. MIDI modifiers
- What is affected by the MIDI functions?
- Transpose
- Making your settings permanent
- Dissolve Part
- Repeat Loop
- Other MIDI functions
MIDI Editors
- Opening MIDI editors
- Changing the Default MIDI Editor
- Common MIDI Editor Functions
- Key Editor
- Key Editor Operations
- Score Editor
- Score Editor Operations
- Drum Editor
- Drum Editor Operations
- SysEx Messages
Chord Functions
- Chord Track
- Chord Events
- Scale Events
- Voicings
- Converting Chord Events to MIDI
- Controlling MIDI Playback using the Chord Track
- Assigning Voices to Notes
- Extracting Chord Events from MIDI
- Recording Chord Events with a MIDI Keyboard
Chord Pads
- Chord Pads Zone
- Functions Menu
- Preparations
- Chord Assistant
- Assigning Chords to Chord Pads
- Moving and Copying Chord Pads
- Playing Back and Recording Chords
- Chord Pad Settings – Remote Control
- Chord Pad Settings – Players
- Chord Pad Settings – Pad Layout
- Chord Pads Presets
- Creating Events from Chord Pads
Editing tempo and signature
- Background
- Tempo and signature display
- Editing tempo and signature
- The Beat Calculator
- Adjusting the audio to the project tempo
Export Audio Mixdown
- Introduction
- Mixing down to audio files
- The Export Audio Mixdown dialog
- The available file formats
Synchronization
- Background
- Timecode (positional references)
- Clock sources (speed references)
- The Project Synchronization Setup dialog
- Synchronized operation
- Working with VST System Link
- Activating VST System Link
Video
- Before You Start
- Preparing a Video Project
- Playing Back Video
- Editing Video
- Extracting Audio From a Video File
- Replacing the Audio in a Video File
ReWire (not in Cubase LE)
- Introduction
- Launching and quitting
- Activating ReWire channels
- Using the transport and tempo controls
- How the ReWire channels are handled
- Routing MIDI via ReWire
- Considerations and limitations
Key Commands
- Introduction
- Setting up key commands
- Setting up tool modifier keys
- The default key commands
File handling
- Importing audio
- Exporting and importing standard MIDI files
- Exporting and importing MIDI loops
Customizing
- Using the Setup options
- Appearance
- Applying colors in the Project window
- Where are the settings stored?
Optimizing
- Optimizing Audio Performance
Preferences
- Preferences Dialog
- Appearance
- Editing
- Event Display
- General
- MIDI
- MediaBay
- Metering
- Record
- Transport
- VST
- Video
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Chord Functions

The chord functions provide you with many possibilities for working with chords.

The chord functions allow you to:

• Build chord progressions by adding chord events to the chord track.

• Convert chord events to MIDI.

• Use the chord track to control MIDI playback.

• Use the chord track voicing to change the pitches of your MIDI.

• Extract chord events from MIDI data to get an overview of the harmonic

structure of a MIDI file.

• Record chord events with a MIDI keyboard.