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Table Of Contents

Table of Contents
Introduction
- Platform-Independent Documentation
- PDF Documents and Online Documentation
- Conventions
  - Typographical Elements
  - Markup
- Key Commands
Setting up Your System
- Setting up Audio
- Setting up MIDI
  - MIDI Connections
- Synchronizers
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
- Monitoring Bus
- Bus Configurations
Project Window
- Showing/Hiding Zones
- Project Zone
- Left Zone
  - Inspector
- Lower Zone
- Right Zone (not in Cubase LE)
  - Opening the VSTi Rack in the Right Zone (not in Cubase LE)
    - VSTi Rack in the Right Zone (not in Cubase LE)
  - Opening the Media Rack in the Right Zone (not in Cubase LE)
    - Media Rack in the Right Zone (not in Cubase LE)
- 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
- Color Handling
Project Handling
- Creating New Projects
- Hub
  - Deactivating the Hub
- Project Assistant Dialog
- Project Files
- Template Files
  - Saving a Project Template File
  - Renaming Templates
- Project Setup Dialog
- Opening Project Files
- Saving Project Files
  - Auto Save
  - Saving Project Files As a New Version
- Reverting to the Last Saved Version
- Choosing a Project Location
- Self-Contained Projects
  - Preparing Archives
  - Backing up Projects
    - Back up Project Options Dialog
Tracks
- Track Inspector Settings Dialog
- Track Control Settings Dialog
- Audio Tracks
- Instrument Tracks
- Sampler Tracks (Cubase Elements only)
- MIDI Tracks
- FX Channel Tracks
- Group Channel Tracks
- Ruler Track
  - Add Track Dialog – Ruler
  - Ruler Track Controls
- Folder Tracks
- Other 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
  - Import Options Dialog
- Exporting MIDI Tracks as Standard MIDI Files
  - Export Options Dialog for 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
  - Track Pictures Browser
- Setting the Track Height
  - Track Zoom Menu
- Selecting Tracks
  - Selecting Tracks with Arrow Keys
- 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
  - Audio Events
  - MIDI Events
    - Creating MIDI Events
- Parts
- Editing Techniques for Parts and Events
Range Editing
- Creating a Selection Range
  - Select Menu for Selection Ranges
  - Selecting Ranges for Several Tracks
- Editing Selection Ranges
Playback and Transport
- Transport Panel
  - Transport Panel Sections
- Transport Menu
- Transport Bar
  - Transport Bar 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 Settings Menu
  - 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 Dialog
    - General Tab
    - Click Sounds Tab
      - 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
- Audio File Import
- MIDI File Import
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
- VST Effect Selector
- Send Effects
- Dither Effects (Cubase Elements only)
  - Applying Dither Effects
- Effect Control Panel
- 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
- Direct Offline Processing Key Commands
  - Key Commands for Direct Offline Processing
Time Stretch Algorithms
- Standard
- Limitations
Audio Functions
- Detect Silence Dialog
  - Removing Silent Sections
- Spectrum Analyzer Window
  - Analyzing the Audio Spectrum
  - Comparing Level Values
- Statistics Window
Sample Editor
- Sample Editor Toolbar
  - Locating Positions with the Scrub Tool
  - Editing Audio Samples with the Draw Tool
- Info Line
- Overview Line
- Sample Editor Inspector
  - Hitpoints Section
- Ruler
- Waveform Display
- Range Editing
- Regions List
- Snap Point
  - Adjusting the Snap Point
Hitpoints
- Calculating Hitpoints
  - Hitpoint Filters in the Hitpoint Section
  - Editing Hitpoints Manually
- Locating to Hitpoints in the Project Window
- Slices
  - Slicing Audio
  - Slices and the Project Tempo
    - Closing Gaps
    - Deleting Overlaps
- Creating a Groove Quantize Map
- Creating Markers
- Creating Regions
- Creating Events
- Creating MIDI Notes
  - Convert Hitpoints to MIDI Notes Dialog
Tempo Matching Audio
- Algorithm Presets
- Stretching Audio Events to the Project Tempo
- Musical Mode
Audio Part Editor
- Audio Part Editor Toolbar
- Info Line
- Ruler
- Lanes
- Operations
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
- Working with the Pool
MediaBay and Media Rack
- Media Rack in Right Zone (not in Cubase LE)
- MediaBay Window
- Working with Volume Databases
  - Creating a Volume Database
  - Removing a Volume Database
    - Mounting and Unmounting Volume Databases
- MediaBay Settings
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)
- VST Instrument Control Panel (not in Cubase LE)
  - Hiding/Showing VST Instrument Control Panels
  - Closing All Control Panels
- 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)
  - VST Instrument Context Menu
- Presets for Instruments
- Playing Back VST Instruments
  - VST Instruments and Processor Load
    - Freezing Instruments
      - Freeze Instrument Options Dialog
- Latency
  - Delay Compensation
    - Constrain Delay Compensation
- Import and Export Options
- VST Quick Controls (not in Cubase LE)
  - Connecting VST Quick Controls with Remote Controllers
Installing and Managing VST Plug-ins
- Plug-ins and Collections
  - VST Plug-in Manager Window
    - VST Plug-in Manager Toolbar
    - VST 2 Plug-in Path Settings
- Adding New Plug-in Collections
- Hiding Plug-ins
- Reactivating Plug-ins from the Blacklist
Remote Controlling Cubase
- Connecting Remote Devices
- Removing the Remote Input from All MIDI Inputs
- Setting up Remote Devices
  - Resetting Remote Devices
  - Global Options for Remote Controllers
- Remote Devices and Automation
- Assigning Commands to Remote Devices
- Generic Remote Page
- Remote Control Editor (Cubase Elements only)
- Apple Remote (macOS only)
- VST Quick Controls (not in Cubase LE)
MIDI Realtime Parameters
- MIDI Track Parameters
- MIDI Modifiers
  - MIDI Modifiers Section
  - Freezing MIDI Modifiers
- Transpose and Velocity on the Info Line
Using MIDI Devices
- Program Change Messages and Bank Select Messages
- Patch Banks
- MIDI Device Manager
MIDI Functions
- Transpose Setup Dialog
- Merging MIDI Events into a New Part
  - MIDI Merge Options Dialog
  - Applying Effects to a Single Part
- Dissolve Part Dialog
  - 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 Dialog
- 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
  - Inspector Settings for 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 Zone
  - Chord Pad Controls
  - Chord Pad Context Menu
- Functions Menu
- Chord Assistant
  - Chord Assistant – Circle of Fifths Mode
- Chord Assignment
- Swapping Chord Assignments
- Copying Chord Assignments
- Playing Back and Recording Chords
- Player Setup
- Chord Pads Setup Dialog
  - Pad Remote Control Tab
    - Changing the Pads Remote Range
  - Pad Layout Tab
- Chord Pads Presets
  - Saving Chord Pads Presets
- Creating Chord Events from Chord Pads
- Creating MIDI Parts from Chord Pads
Editing Tempo and Time Signature
- Project Tempo Modes
- Tempo Track Editor
  - Tempo Track Editor Toolbar
- Tempo Changes for Projects
- Setting up a Fixed Project Tempo
- Beat Calculator
- Set Definition from Tempo Dialog
  - Adjusting the Audio Tempo to the Project Tempo
- Time Signature Events
  - Adding Time Signature Events in the Tempo Track Editor
Export Audio Mixdown
- Export Audio Mixdown Dialog
  - Naming Scheme Dialog
  - Defining Naming Schemes
- Mixing Down to Audio Files
- File Formats
Synchronization
- Master and Slave
- Timecode Formats
  - Timecode Standards
- Clock Sources
- Project Synchronization Setup Dialog
  - Sources Page
  - Destinations Page
- External Synchronization
VST System Link
- Setting up VST System Link
- Activating VST System Link
  - Putting Network Computers Online
  - Activating MIDI Ports for VST System Link
- Application Examples
Video
- Video File Compatibility
  - Video Container Formats
  - Codecs
- Frame Rates
- Video Output Devices
  - Dedicated Video Cards
- Preparations for Creating Video Projects
- Preparations for Video Playback
- Editing Video
  - Extracting Audio from Video
ReWire (not in Cubase LE)
- Introduction
- Enabling ReWire Applications
- 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
- Default Key Commands
- Setting up Tool Modifier Keys
Customizing
- Setup Options
  - Setup Context Menus
  - Setup Dialogs
- Where are the Settings Stored?
  - Updating from a Previous Version of Cubase
  - Disabling the Preferences
Optimizing
- Optimizing Audio Performance
Preferences
- Preferences Dialog
  - Saving Preference Presets
  - Saving Partial Preference Settings
- Editing
- Editors
- Event Display
- General
  - General - Personalization
- MIDI
  - MIDI - MIDI File
    - Export Options
    - Import Options
  - MIDI - MIDI Filter
- MediaBay
- Metering
  - Metering - Appearance
- Record
  - Record - Audio
    - Record - Audio - Broadcast Wave
  - Record - MIDI
- Transport
  - Transport - Scrub
- User Interface
  - Customizing the User Interface Colors
- VST
  - VST - Plug-ins
- Video
Index

Snap

Snap to Zero Crossing

Restricts editing to zero crossings, that is, positions where the amplitude is zero.

Snap On/Off

Restricts horizontal movement and positioning to the positions specied by the Snap

Type.

Snap Type

Allows you to specify to what positions you want events to snap.

Grid

Grid Type

Allows you to specify a grid type for the Snap function. This setting only has effect if

Snap Type is set to one of the grid options.

Quantize

Iterative Quantize On/Off

Activates/Deactivates iterative quantize.

Quantize Presets

Allows you to select a quantize preset.

Apply Quantize

Applies the quantize settings.

Open Quantize Panel

Opens the Quantize Panel.

System Performance Meter

Shows the meters for average audio processing load and the disk cache load.

Right Divider

Tools that are placed to the right of the divider are always shown.

Project Window

Project Zone