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Customizing
Where are the settings stored?
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Where are the settings stored?
As you have seen, there are a large number of ways in which you can customize
Cubase. While some of the settings you make are stored with each project, others
are stored in separate preference files.
If you need to transfer your projects to another computer (e. g. in another studio),
you can bring all your settings along by copying the desired preference files and
installing them on the other computer.
NOTE
It is a good idea to make a backup copy of your preference files once you have set
things up the way you want! This way, if another Cubase user wants to use his or
her personal settings when working on your computer, you can restore your own
preferences afterwards.
• On Windows systems, preference files are stored in the following location:
“\Users\<user name>\AppData\Roaming\Steinberg\<program name>\”.
On the Start menu, you will find a shortcut to this folder for easy access.
• On Mac OS X systems, preference files are stored in the following location:
“/Library/Preferences/<program name>/” under your home directory.
The full path is: “/Users/<user name>/Library/Preferences/<program
name>/”.
NOTE
The RAMpresets.xml file, which contains various presets settings (see below), is
saved when exiting the program.
NOTE
Program functions (e. g. crossfade) or configurations (e. g. panels) not used in the
project will not be stored.
Some of the preferences are not stored in the default preferences folder. A list can
be found in the Steinberg Knowledge Base.
To open the Knowledge Base, browse to the Steinberg web site, click “Support”
and choose “Knowledge Base” in the list on the left.
Updating from a Previous Version of Cubase
When you are updating from Cubase 6 or higher, the customized settings of your
previous installation are used for the new Cubase version.
When your previous Cubase version is older than Cubase 6, its settings are
discarded, and the default settings of the new version of Cubase are used.