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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
Index

Index

683

ReCycle files 620

Reducing the project size

Pool 331

Reference file

Pool 313

Regions

About 123, 293

Auditioning 294

Creating 293

Creating from hitpoints 294,

305

Creating with Detect

Silence

275

Editing 294

Event or Range as Region 123

Events from Regions 123

Exporting as audio files 295

Removing 293

Remote control

Key commands 391

Setting up 388

Writing automation 391

Remote Controllers

Connecting with Quick

Controls

374

Remove Empty Tracks 92

Remove Regions/Hitpoints on all

Offline Processes

650

Remove Selected Tracks 92

Rename object 116

Renaming events 116

Renaming tracks 93

Repeat

Loop 427

Repeat events 120

Replace Recording in Editors 668

Re-Record

Activating 149

Common Record Modes 148,

149

Reset

Quantize 168, 172

Reset on Stop 661

Resizing events 116

Retrospective Record 668

MIDI 164

Return to Start Position on

Stop

669

Reverse (audio processing) 269

Reverse (MIDI function) 432

ReWire

About 597

Activating 599

Channels 600

Routing MIDI 601

REX files 620

Routing

Group channels 222

Input busses 221

MixConsole 221

Output busses 222

Routing through insert effects 243

Ruler

Display format 29

Sample Editor 285

Timeline 434

Ruler track 86

Run Setup on Create New

Project

659

Sample Editor

Audio clip information 283

Audition 287

Auto-Scroll 282

Info line 283

Inspector 284

Musical Mode 296

Opening 282

Overview line 284

Regions 293

Ruler 285

Show Audio Event 282

Snap function 282

Tempo matching audio 297

Toolbar 282

Zooming 286

Samplerate

Externally clocked 11

Saturation

Strip module 228

Save As Template 48

Save partial preferences

settings

646

Save Track Preset 105

Scale events

About 511

Adding 511

Auditioning 511

Automatic scales 511

Changing 511

Follow Chord Track 518

Showing 511

Scan Folders only when MediaBay

is open

665

Scan unknown File Types 665

Score

Displaying 474

Score display 474

Score Ed itor

Toolbar 471

Score Editor 470

Info line 473

Staff settings 475

Status line 472

Score texts 482

Adding 481

Changing fonts 482

Changing sizes 482

Changing styles 482

Editing 481

Scores

Printing 483

Scroll to selected Track 654

Scrolling during playback 436

Scrub Volume 671

Scrubbing 110

Events in Sample Editor 288

Project 132

Scrub tool 110

Select Channel/Track on Edit

Settings

654

Select Channel/Track on Solo 654

Select Controllers in Note Range -

Use Extended Note Context

652

Select Tool - Show Extra Info 655

Select Track for Auditioning 510

Select Track on Background

Click

648

Selecting tracks 97

Selection Ranges

Creating 124

Editing 126

Selection ranges

Editing in controller lane

editor

468

Send effects 240

About 247

Adding FX channel tracks 248

Sends

MixConsole 236

Set up Window Layout

MixConsole 208

Shared Copies

Convert to Real Copy 120

Creating 120

Shifting

Note display 480

Show Automation Track in Project

on Writing Parameter

648

Show Controllers 658

Show Event Names 656

Show Event Volume Curves

Always

657

Show File Extensions in Results

List

665

Show Hitpoints on Selected

Events

657