10.0
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Setting up Your System
- Audio Connections
- Project Window
- Project Handling
- Tracks
- Track Handling
- Adding Tracks via the Add Track Dialog
- Adding Other Tracks
- Adding Tracks Using Track Presets
- Adding Tracks by Dragging Files from the MediaBay
- Exporting MIDI Tracks as Standard MIDI Files
- Removing Selected Tracks
- Removing Empty Tracks
- Moving Tracks in the Track List
- Renaming Tracks
- Automatically Assigning Colors to New Tracks
- Showing Track Pictures
- Setting the Track Height
- Selecting Tracks
- Deselecting Tracks
- Duplicating Tracks
- Disabling Tracks (Cubase Elements only)
- Organizing Tracks in Folder Tracks
- Handling Overlapping Audio
- Events Display on Folder Tracks
- Modifying Event Display on Folder Tracks
- Track Presets
- Audio Track Presets
- MIDI Track Presets
- Creating a Track Preset
- Loading Presets for Tracks
- Loading Presets for VST Instruments
- Instrument Track Presets
- VST Presets
- Extracting the Sound from an Instrument Track or VST Preset
- Multi-Track Presets
- Loading Multi-Track Presets
- Sampler Track Presets
- Creating a Sampler Track Preset (Cubase Elements only)
- Loading Track, VST, or Sampler Track Presets
- Parts and Events
- Events
- Parts
- Editing Techniques for Parts and Events
- Range Editing
- Playback and Transport
- On-Screen Keyboard
- Recording
- Importing Audio and MIDI Files
- Quantizing MIDI and Audio
- Fades and Crossfades
- Arranger Track (Cubase Elements only)
- Markers
- MixConsole
- MixConsole in Lower Zone
- MixConsole Window
- MixConsole Inspector (Left Zone)
- MixConsole Toolbar
- Fader Section
- Channel Racks
- Adding Notes to a MixConsole Channel
- Channel Latency Overview
- Channel Settings
- Keyboard Focus in the MixConsole
- Audio Effects
- Direct Offline Processing
- Time Stretch Algorithms
- Audio Functions
- Sample Editor
- Hitpoints
- Tempo Matching Audio
- Audio Part Editor
- Sampler Tracks (Cubase Elements only)
- Pool
- Pool Window
- Working with the Pool
- Renaming Clips or Regions in the Pool
- Duplicating Clips in the Pool
- Inserting Clips into a Project
- Deleting Clips from the Pool
- Locating Events and Clips
- Searching for Audio Files
- Missing Files
- Auditioning Clips in the Pool
- Opening Clips in the Sample Editor
- Importing Media
- Exporting Regions as Audio Files
- Changing the Pool Record Folder
- Organizing Clips and Folders
- Applying Processing to Clips in the Pool
- Minimizing Files
- Converting Files
- Conforming Files
- Extracting Audio from Video File
- MediaBay and Media Rack
- Media Rack in Right Zone (not in Cubase LE)
- MediaBay Window
- Working with Volume Databases
- MediaBay Settings
- Automation
- VST Instruments
- Adding VST Instruments (not in Cubase LE)
- VST Instrument Control Panel (not in Cubase LE)
- VST Instrument Selector
- Creating Instrument Tracks
- VST Instruments in the Right Zone (not in Cubase LE)
- VST Instruments Window (not in Cubase LE)
- VST Instruments Window Toolbar (not in Cubase LE)
- VST Instrument Controls (not in Cubase LE)
- Presets for Instruments
- Playing Back VST Instruments
- Latency
- Import and Export Options
- VST Quick Controls (not in Cubase LE)
- Installing and Managing VST Plug-ins
- Remote Controlling Cubase
- MIDI Realtime Parameters
- Using MIDI Devices
- MIDI Functions
- Transpose Setup Dialog
- Merging MIDI Events into a New Part
- Dissolve Part Dialog
- 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
- 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
- Changing the Ruler Display Format
- Zooming in MIDI Editors
- Using Cut and Paste
- Handling Note Events
- Handling Several MIDI Parts
- Using the Controller Display
- Selecting Controllers within the Note Range
- Key Editor
- Key Editor Operations
- Inserting Note Events with the Object Selection Tool
- Drawing Note Events with the Draw Tool
- Modifying Note Values while Inserting Notes
- Drawing Note Events with the Line Tool
- Moving and Transposing Note Events
- Resizing Note Events
- Using the Trim Tool
- Splitting Note Events
- Gluing Note Events
- Changing the Pitch of Chords (Cubase Elements only)
- Changing the Voicing of Chords (Cubase Elements only)
- Chord Editing Section (Cubase Elements only)
- Inserting Chords (Cubase Elements only)
- Applying Chord Events to Note Events
- Drum Map Handling
- Editing Note Events via MIDI Input
- Step Input
- Score Editor
- Score Editor Operations
- Drum Editor
- Drum Editor Operations
- Drum Maps
- Common MIDI Editor Functions
- Chord Functions
- Chord Pads
- Editing Tempo and Time Signature
- Export Audio Mixdown
- Synchronization
- VST System Link
- Video
- ReWire (not in Cubase LE)
- 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
- Default Key Commands
- Add Track Category
- Audio Category
- Automation Category
- Chords Category
- Devices (Studio) Category
- Direct Offline Processing Category
- Edit Category
- Editors Category
- File Category
- Media Category
- MIDI Category
- Navigate Category
- Nudge Category
- Project Category
- Quantize Category
- Set Insert Length Category
- Tool Category
- Transport Category
- Window Zones Category
- Windows Category
- Zoom Category
- Setting up Tool Modifier Keys
- Customizing
- Optimizing
- Preferences
- Index
3. Make your settings in the Import Options dialog.
NOTE
If Use Settings is activated in the Preferences dialog (Editing—Audio page), the
corresponding import settings are used instead.
RESULT
In the Project window, an event referencing the audio le is inserted on the selected track at the
project cursor position. If no track was selected, a new track is created.
A new audio clip is created and added to the Pool.
If you chose a compressed audio le other than FLAC, Cubase copies the original compressed le
and converts it to wave format (Windows) or AIFF format (macOS).
NOTE
The resulting Wave/AIFF le is signicantly larger than the original compressed le.
The imported le is placed in the Audio folder of the project.
RELATED LINKS
Setting up Audio File Import Options on page 206
Supported Compressed Audio File Formats
The following compressed audio le formats are supported:
FLAC File
This is an open source format that reduces the size of audio les by 50 % to 60 %
compared to regular Wave
les. The les have the extension .flac.
MPEG 1 Layer 3 File
This is a family of standards used for encoding audio-visual information such as
movies, video, and music in a digital compressed format.
Cubase can read MPEG
Layer 2 and MPEG Layer 3. MP3 les are highly compressed les that still provide
good audio quality. The les have the extension .mp3.
Ogg Vorbis File
This is an open source, patent-free audio encoding and streaming technology. The
Ogg Vorbis encoder uses variable bit rate encoding. It offers compressed audio les
of small size, but with comparatively high audio quality. The les have the
extension .ogg.
Windows Media Audio File (Windows only)
This is an audio le format dened by Microsoft Inc. WMA les can be decreased in
size with no loss of audio quality. The les have the extension .wma.
Importing Audio CD Tracks
You can import audio from audio CDs into Cubase projects.
PROCEDURE
1. Select File > Import > Audio CD to import the CD tracks into the Project window.
2. Activate every audio le that you want to import in the Copy column.
3. Optional: Set a Default Name and a Destination Folder for the imported audio les.
Importing Audio and MIDI Files
Audio File Import
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