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Table Of Contents

Table of Contents
Introduction
- Platform-Independent Documentation
- About the Documentation
- Conventions
  - Typographical Elements
  - Markup
- Key Commands
Setting Up Your System
- Setting Up Audio
- Setting Up MIDI
  - MIDI Connections
- Connecting a Synchronizer
Audio Connections
- Audio Connections Window
- Renaming the Hardware Inputs and Outputs
  - Hiding Ports
  - Activating and Deactivating Ports (macOS only)
- Adding Input and Output Busses
  - Setting the Default Output Bus (Main Mix)
- Presets for Input and Output Busses
  - Saving a Bus Configuration Preset
  - Deleting a Bus Configuration Preset
- About Monitoring
- Editing the Bus Configurations
Project Window
- Showing/Hiding Zones
- Project Zone
- Left Zone
  - Inspector
- Lower Zone
- Right Zone
  - Opening the VSTi Rack in the Right Zone (not in Cubase LE)
    - VSTi Rack in the Right Zone
  - Opening the Media Rack in the Right Zone
    - Media Rack in the Right Zone
- Keyboard Focus in the Project Window
  - Activating Keyboard Focus for a Zone
- Zooming in the Project Window
- Snap Function
- Cross-Hair Cursor
- Edit History Dialog
  - Setting the Number of Maximum Undo Steps
Project Handling
- Creating New Projects
- Hub
  - Deactivating the Hub
- Project Assistant
- About Project Files
- About Template Files
  - Saving a Project Template File
  - Renaming Templates
- Project Setup Dialog
- Opening Project Files
- Saving Project Files
  - About the Auto Save Option
  - Saving Project Files As a New Version
- Reverting to the Last Saved Version
- Choosing a Project Location
- Creating Self-Contained Projects
  - Preparing Archives
  - Backing Up Projects
    - Back up Project Options Dialog
Tracks
- Track Inspector Settings
- Track Control Settings
- Audio Tracks
  - Audio Track Inspector
  - Audio Track Controls
- Instrument Tracks
  - Instrument Track Inspector
  - Instrument Track Controls
- MIDI Tracks
  - MIDI Track Inspector
  - MIDI Track Controls
- Sampler Tracks (Cubase Elements only)
  - Sampler Track Inspector
  - Sampler Track Controls
- Arranger Track
  - Arranger Track Inspector
  - Arranger Track Controls
- Chord Track
  - Chord Track Inspector
  - Chord Track Controls
- FX Channel Tracks
  - FX Channel Track Inspector
  - FX Channel Track Controls
- Folder Tracks
  - Folder Track Inspector
  - Folder Track Controls
- Group Channel Tracks
  - Group Channel Track Inspector
  - Group Channel Track Controls
- Marker Track
  - Marker Track Inspector
  - Marker Track Controls
- Ruler Track
  - Ruler Track Controls
- Video Track
  - Video Track Inspector
  - Video Track Controls
Track Handling
- Adding Tracks
- Exporting MIDI Tracks as Standard MIDI File
  - Export Options for MIDI Files
- Removing Tracks
- Moving Tracks in the Track List
- Renaming Tracks
- Coloring Tracks
- Showing Track Pictures
  - Track Pictures Browser
- Setting the Track Height
  - Track Zoom Menu
- Selecting Tracks
  - Selecting Tracks with Arrow Keys
- Duplicating Tracks
- Disabling 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
- Events
  - Audio Events
  - MIDI Events
    - Creating MIDI Events
- Parts
- Editing Techniques for Parts and Events
Range Editing
- Creating a Selection Range
  - Selection Range Options
  - Selecting Ranges for Several Tracks
- Editing Selection Ranges
Playback and Transport
- Transport Panel
  - Transport Panel Sections
- Transport Menu
- Transport
  - Transport Sections
- Transport Pop-Up Window
- Time Display Window
- Left and Right Locators
  - Setting Locator Ranges
  - Setting Locator Positions
- Setting the Project Cursor Position
- Auto-Scroll
  - Suspend Auto-Scroll When Editing
- Time Formats
  - Selecting the Primary Time Format
  - Independent Time Displays (Cubase Elements only)
- Pre-Roll and Post-Roll
  - Using Pre-Roll and Post-Roll
- Punch In and Punch Out
- Metronome Click
  - Metronome Setup
    - General Page
    - Click Sounds Page
      - Setting Up a Custom Audio Click Sound
- Chase
On-Screen Keyboard
- Recording MIDI With the On-Screen Keyboard
- On-Screen Keyboard Options
Recording
- Basic Recording Methods
- Monitoring
- Audio Recording Specifics
- MIDI Recording Specifics
- Remaining Record Time
- Lock Record
Importing Audio and MIDI Files
- Importing Audio Files
- Importing MIDI Files
Quantizing MIDI and Audio
- Quantize Functions
- Quantizing MIDI Event Starts
- Quantizing MIDI Event Lengths
- Quantizing MIDI Event Ends
- Quantizing Audio Event Starts
- Quantize Panel
Fades and Crossfades
- Event-Based Fades
- Creating Clip-Based Fades
  - On Processing Shared Clips
- Crossfades
- Auto Fades and Crossfades
  - Auto Fades Dialog
    - Making Global Auto Fade Settings
    - Making Auto Fade Settings for Individual Tracks
Arranger Track (Cubase Elements only)
- Adding Arranger Events on the Arranger Track
  - Renaming Arranger Events
- Arranger Editor
- Setting up an Arranger Chain and Adding Events
- Jump Mode
  - Jump Mode Options
- Arranging Music to Video
Markers
- Position Markers
- Cycle Markers
  - Setting the Locators Using Cycle Markers
  - Editing Cycle Markers
- Markers Window
- Marker Track
- Importing and Exporting Markers
  - Importing Markers via MIDI
  - Exporting Markers via MIDI
MixConsole
- MixConsole in Lower Zone
- MixConsole Window
Audio Effects
- Insert Effects and Send Effects
- Insert Effects
- Send Effects
- Dither Effects (Cubase Elements only)
  - Applying Dither Effects
- Effect Control Panel
  - Fine-Tuning Effect Settings
- Effect Presets
- System Component Information Window
  - Managing System Components in the System Component Information Window
  - Exporting System Component Information Files
Direct Offline Processing
- Direct Offline Processing Workflow
- Direct Offline Processing Window
- Built-In Audio Processes
- Applying Direct Offline Processing Using Key Commands
  - Key Commands for Direct Offline Processing
Time Stretch Algorithms
- Standard
- Limitations
Audio Functions
- Detect Silence
  - Removing Silent Sections
- Spectrum Analyzer
  - Analyzing the Audio Spectrum
- Statistics
Sample Editor
- Toolbar
  - Locating Positions with the Scrub Tool
  - Editing Audio Samples with the Draw Tool
- Info Line
- Overview Line
- Sample Editor Inspector
  - Hitpoints
- Ruler
- Waveform Display
  - Zooming in the Waveform
  - Zoom Submenu
- Range Editing
- Regions List
- Snap Point
  - Adjusting the Snap Point
Hitpoints
- Calculating Hitpoints
  - Hitpoint Filters
  - Editing Hitpoints Manually
- Locating to Hitpoints in the Project Window
- Slices
  - Slicing Audio
  - Slices and the Project Tempo
- Creating a Groove Quantize Map
- Creating Markers
- Creating Regions
- Creating Events
- Creating MIDI Notes
  - Convert Hitpoints to MIDI Notes
Tempo Matching Audio
- Algorithm Presets
- Stretching Audio Events to the Project Tempo
- Musical Mode
Audio Part Editor
- Toolbar
- Info Line
- The Ruler
- About Lanes
- Operations
Controlling Sample Playback with Sampler Tracks (Cubase Elements only)
- Loading Audio Samples into Sampler Control
- Loading MIDI Parts into Sampler Control
- Creating Sampler Tracks
- Sampler Control
- Sample Editing and Playback Functions
- Transferring Samples from Sampler Control to VST Instruments
  - Transferring a Sample
Pool
- Pool Window
  - Customizing the View
- Working with the Pool
MediaBay
- Media Rack in Right Zone (not in Cubase LE)
- MediaBay Window
- Working with MediaBay-Related Windows
  - Applying Track Presets
  - Applying Instrument Presets
    - Instrument Presets Results Browser
- Working with Volume Databases
  - Creating a Volume Database
  - Removing a Volume Database
    - Mounting and Unmounting Volume Databases
- MediaBay Settings
- MediaBay Key Commands
Automation
- Recording your Actions
- Automation Curves
- Static Value Line
- Write/Read Automation
- MIDI Part Data vs. Track Automation
- Writing Automation Data
  - Automatic Writing of Automation Data
  - Manual Writing of Automation Data
    - Tools for Drawing Automation Data
- Editing Automation Events
- Automation Tracks
VST Instruments
- Adding VST Instruments (not in Cubase LE)
- Creating Instrument Tracks
- VST Instruments in the Right Zone (not in Cubase LE)
- VST Instruments Window (not in Cubase LE)
- VST Instruments Toolbar (not in Cubase LE)
- VST Instrument Controls (not in Cubase LE)
  - VST Instrument Context Menu
- Presets for Instruments
- Playing Back VST Instruments
  - VST Instruments and Processor Load
    - Freezing Instruments
      - Freeze Instrument Options
- Latency
  - Delay Compensation
    - Constrain Delay Compensation
- Import and Export Options
- VST Quick Controls (not in Cubase LE)
  - Connecting Quick Controls with Remote Controllers
  - Activating Pick-up Mode for Hardware Controls
Installing and Managing Plug-Ins
- Installing VST Plug-Ins
- VST Plug-In Manager
  - VST Plug-In Manager Window
- Compiling a New Effects Collection
Remote Controlling Cubase
- Setting Up
  - Connecting the remote device
  - Selecting a remote device
- Operations
- The Generic Remote Device
  - Importing and exporting remote setups
- The Remote Control Editor (Cubase Elements only)
- Apple Remote (macOS only)
MIDI Realtime Parameters
- MIDI Track Parameters
- MIDI Modifiers
  - MIDI Modifiers Section
  - Freezing MIDI Modifiers
- Transpose and Velocity on the Info Line
Using MIDI devices
- MIDI devices – general settings and patch handling
MIDI Functions
- Transpose Setup
- Merging MIDI Events into a New Part
  - MIDI Merge Options Dialog
  - Applying Effects to a Single Part
- Dissolve Part
  - Dissolving Parts into Separate Channels
    - MIDI Channel Setting
  - Dissolving Parts into Separate Pitches
- Repeating MIDI Events of Independent Track Loops
- Extending MIDI Notes
- Fixing MIDI Note Lengths
- Fixing MIDI Note Velocities
- Rendering Sustain Pedal Data to Note Lengths
- Deleting Overlaps
- Editing Velocity
  - Velocity
- Deleting Double Notes
- Deleting Controller Data
- Deleting Continuous Controller Data
- Restricting Polyphonic Voices
- Thinning Out Controller Data
- Extracting MIDI Automation
- Reversing the Playback Order of MIDI Events
- Inverting the Order of Selected MIDI Events
MIDI Editors
- Common MIDI Editor Functions
- Key Editor
- Key Editor Operations
- Score Editor
- Score Editor Operations
- Drum Editor
- Drum Editor Operations
- Drum Maps
Chord Functions
- Chord Track
  - Adding the Chord Track
- Chord Events
- Scale Events
  - Editing Scale Events
- Voicings
  - Setting up Voicings
- Converting Chord Events to MIDI
  - Assigning Chord Events to HALion Sonic SE Pads
- Controlling MIDI Playback Using the Chord Track
- Assigning Voices to Notes
- Extracting Chord Events from MIDI
  - Create Chord Symbols Dialog
- Recording Chord Events with a MIDI Keyboard
Chord Pads
- Chord Pads
  - Chord Pad Controls
  - Chord Pad Context Menu
- Functions Menu
- Preparations
- Chord Assistant
  - Chord Assistant – Circle of Fifths Mode
- 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
  - Saving Chord Pads Presets
- Creating Events from Chord Pads
Editing Tempo and Time Signature
- Project Tempo Modes
- Tempo Track Editor
  - Toolbar
- Setting up Tempo Changes for Projects
- Setting up a Fixed Project Tempo
- Beat Calculator
- Set Definition From Tempo
  - Adjusting the Audio Tempo to the Project Tempo
- Time Signature Events
  - Adding Time Signature Events in the Tempo Track Editor
Export Audio Mixdown
- Mixing Down to Audio Files
- Available Channels for Export
  - Channel Selection
- File Location
  - Naming Scheme Dialog
    - Defining Naming Schemes
  - Resolve File Name Conflicts
- File Format
- Audio Engine Output
- Import Into Project
- Post Process
Synchronization
- Background
- Timecode (positional references)
  - Timecode standards
- Clock sources (speed references)
- The Project Synchronization Setup dialog
- Synchronized operation
  - Sync mode
- Working with VST System Link
- Activating VST System Link
Video
- Video File Compatibility
  - Video Container Formats
  - Codecs
- Frame Rates
  - Non-Supported Frame Rates
- Video Output Devices
  - Dedicated Video Cards
- Preparations for Creating Video Projects
- Preparations for Video Playback
- Editing Video
  - Extract Audio from Video
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
  - Sample rates
  - ASIO drivers
Key Commands
- Adding Key Commands
- Searching for Key Commands
- Removing Key Commands
- Saving Key Commands Presets
- Loading Key Command Presets
- Importing Key Command Settings
- Resetting Key Commands
- The Default Key Commands
- Setting Up Tool Modifier Keys
Customizing
- Using the Setup Options
  - Setup Context Menus
  - Setup Dialogs
- Customizing the Meter Colors
- Customizing the User Interface Colors
- Color Selector Pane
- Coloring Tracks, Parts, or Events Manually
  - Resetting the Default Track Color
- Auto Track Color Mode
- Colorizing Track Controls
  - Colorizing Folder Track Controls Only
- Project Colors Dialog
  - Adding and Editing Individual Colors
- Where are the Settings Stored?
  - Updating from a Previous Version of Cubase
  - Disabling the Preferences
Optimizing
- Optimizing Audio Performance
Preferences
- Preferences Dialog
  - Saving a Preference Preset
  - Saving Partial Preferences Settings
- Editing
- Editors
- Event Display
- General
  - General - Personalization
- MIDI
  - MIDI - MIDI File
    - Export Options
    - Import Options for MIDI Files
  - MIDI - MIDI Filter
- MediaBay
- Metering
  - Metering - Appearance
- Record
  - Record - Audio
    - Record - Audio - Broadcast Wave
  - Record - MIDI
- Transport
  - Transport - Scrub
- User Interface
- VST
  - VST - Plug-ins
- Video
Index

Sample Editor

Snap Point

NOTE

You can also adjust the snap point by setting the project cursor at the desired position and

selecting Audio> Snap Point To Cursor.

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