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8 — Introduction
About the documentation and the help
The Cubase documentation is divided into several sections, as listed below.
The documents are available in Adobe Acrobat format (extension .pdf) and can
be accessed as follows:
• 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 Doc-
umentation subfolder on the Windows Start menu.
• Under Mac OS X the PDF documents are located in the folder “/Library/
Documentation/Steinberg/Cubase 6”.
Ö To read the PDF documents, you need to have a suitable PDF reader appli-
cation installed on your computer.
The Quick Start Guide
This is the document you are reading. It covers the following areas without
going into details:
• Computer requirements, installation procedure, and license activation.
• Setting up your system for audio and MIDI work.
• Creating a project, recording, and mixing.
The Operation Manual
The Operation Manual is the main Cubase reference documentation, with
detailed descriptions of operations, parameters, functions, and techniques.
Plug-in Reference
This document describes the features and parameters of the included VST
plug-ins and VST instruments.
HALion Sonic SE
This document describes the features and parameters of the included VST
instrument HALion Sonic SE.