User manual
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Part I: Getting into the details
- Setting up your system
- VST Connections
- The Project window
- Working with projects
- Creating new projects
- Opening projects
- Closing projects
- Saving projects
- The Archive and Backup functions
- The Project Setup dialog
- Zoom and view options
- Audio handling
- Auditioning audio parts and events
- Scrubbing audio
- Editing parts and events
- Range editing
- Region operations
- The Edit History dialog
- The Preferences dialog
- Working with tracks and lanes
- Playback and the Transport panel
- Recording
- Quantizing MIDI and Audio
- Introduction
- Quantizing Audio Event Starts
- AudioWarp Quantize (Cubase Only)
- Quantizing MIDI Event Starts
- Quantizing MIDI Event Lengths
- Quantizing MIDI Event Ends
- Quantizing Multiple Audio Tracks (Cubase Only)
- AudioWarp Quantizing Multiple Audio Tracks (Cubase Only)
- The Quantize Panel
- Additional Quantizing Functions
- Fades, crossfades, and envelopes
- The arranger track
- The transpose functions
- Using markers
- The MixConsole
- Overview
- Configuring the MixConsole
- Keyboard Navigation in the MixConsole
- Working with the Fader Section
- Working with the Channel Racks
- Linking Channels (Cubase only)
- Metering (Cubase only)
- Using Channel Settings
- Saving and Loading Selected Channel Settings
- Resetting MixConsole Channels
- Adding Pictures
- Adding Notes
- The Control Room (Cubase only)
- Audio effects
- VST instruments and instrument tracks
- Surround sound (Cubase only)
- Automation
- Audio processing and functions
- The Sample Editor
- The Audio Part Editor
- The Pool
- The MediaBay
- Introduction
- Working with the MediaBay
- The Define Locations section
- The Locations section
- The Results list
- Previewing files
- The Filters section
- The Attribute Inspector
- The Loop Browser, Sound Browser, and Mini Browser windows
- Preferences
- Key commands
- Working with MediaBay-related windows
- Working with Volume databases
- Working with track presets
- Track Quick Controls
- Remote controlling Cubase
- MIDI realtime parameters and effects
- Using MIDI devices
- MIDI processing
- The MIDI editors
- Introduction
- Opening a MIDI editor
- The Key Editor – Overview
- Key Editor operations
- The In-Place Editor
- The Drum Editor – Overview
- Drum Editor operations
- Working with drum maps
- Using drum name lists
- The List Editor – Overview
- List Editor operations
- Working with SysEx messages
- Recording SysEx parameter changes
- Editing SysEx messages
- The basic Score Editor – Overview
- Score Editor operations
- Working with the Chord Functions
- Introduction
- The Chord Track
- The Chord Track Inspector Section
- The Chord Editor
- The Chord Assistant (Cubase only)
- Creating a Chord Progression from Scratch (Chords to MIDI)
- Extracting Chords from MIDI (Make Chords)
- Controlling MIDI or Audio Playback with the Chord Track (Follow Chords)
- Assigning Chord Events to MIDI Effects or VST Instruments
- Expression maps (Cubase only)
- Note Expression
- The Logical Editor, Transformer, and Input Transformer
- The Project Logical Editor (Cubase only)
- Editing tempo and signature
- The Project Browser (Cubase only)
- Export Audio Mixdown
- Synchronization
- Video
- ReWire
- File handling
- Customizing
- Key commands
- Part II: Score layout and printing (Cubase only)
- How the Score Editor works
- The basics
- About this chapter
- Preparations
- Opening the Score Editor
- The project cursor
- Playing back and recording
- Page Mode
- Changing the zoom factor
- The active staff
- Making page setup settings
- Designing your work space
- About the Score Editor context menus
- About dialogs in the Score Editor
- Setting clef, key, and time signature
- Transposing instruments
- Printing from the Score Editor
- Exporting pages as image files
- Working order
- Force update
- Transcribing MIDI recordings
- Entering and editing notes
- About this chapter
- Score settings
- Note values and positions
- Adding and editing notes
- Selecting notes
- Moving notes
- Duplicating notes
- Cut, copy, and paste
- Editing pitches of individual notes
- Changing the length of notes
- Splitting a note in two
- Working with the Display Quantize tool
- Split (piano) staves
- Strategies: Multiple staves
- Inserting and editing clefs, keys, or time signatures
- Deleting notes
- Staff settings
- Polyphonic voicing
- About this chapter
- Background: Polyphonic voicing
- Setting up the voices
- Strategies: How many voices do I need?
- Entering notes into voices
- Checking which voice a note belongs to
- Moving notes between voices
- Handling rests
- Voices and Display Quantize
- Creating crossed voicings
- Automatic polyphonic voicing – Merge All Staves
- Converting voices to tracks – Extract Voices
- Additional note and rest formatting
- Working with symbols
- Working with chords
- Working with text
- Working with layouts
- Working with MusicXML
- Designing your score: additional techniques
- About this chapter
- Layout settings
- Staff size
- Hiding/showing objects
- Coloring notes
- Multiple rests
- Editing existing bar lines
- Creating upbeats
- Setting the number of bars across the page
- Moving bar lines
- Dragging staves
- Adding brackets and braces
- Displaying the Chord Symbols from the Chord Track
- Auto Layout
- Reset Layout
- Breaking bar lines
- Scoring for drums
- Creating tablature
- The score and MIDI playback
- Tips and Tricks
- Index
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Index
Q
Project cursor 731
Moving 102
Selecting events with 72
Snapping to 53
Project Logical Editor
About 597
Actions 605
Filter conditions 598
Functions 607
Macros 608
Opening 598
Overview 598
Presets 608
Project overview line 50
Project scrubbing 105
Project Setup (dialog) 62
Projects
Activating 57
Archiving 60
Auto Save (command) 59
Backup 60
Creating 55
Opening 57
Reverting to last version 59
Save as Template
(command) 58
Saving 58
Template 59
Punch In 111
Punch Out 112
Q
Quantize
Automatic during recording 127
Pitch (VariAudio) 359
Selecting values 755
Tool 729
Quantize Panel
About 136
Common settings 137
Quantizing to a grid 138
Quantizing to a groove 139
Quantizing
About 134
Audio event starts 134
Auto Apply 137
Catch Range 138
Crossfades section 141
Freeze 142
MIDI event ends 135
MIDI event lengths 135
MIDI event starts 135
Multiple audio tracks 135
Non-Quantize 137
Original position 139
Pre-Quantize 139
Quantize presets 137
Randomize 137
Reset Quantize 138, 142
Swing 138
Tuplets 138
Using groove presets 142
Quick Zoom 65
R
Rack settings 181
Copying 200
Racks
MixConsole 190
RAM 22
Range Selection tool 80
Creating fades 144
Realtime algorithm
About 323
Realtime export 640
Reconstruct 385
Record file type 113
Record folder
Selecting 116
Record format 113
Record modes
Audio 120
MIDI 126
Record Time Max display 133
Record-enabling 110
Recording
From busses 115
Levels 14
RAM limitation 22, 114
Starting at left locator 111
Tempo changes 615
Recovering recordings 123
ReCycle files 688
Regions
About 338
Auditioning 339
Creating 338
Creating from events 83
Creating from hitpoints 338,
352
Creating with Detect
Silence 319
Editing 339
Exporting as audio files 339
Removing 338
Rehearsal Marks 836
Remote control
Accessing device panels 438
Key commands 437
Setting up 435
Writing automation 437
Repeat
Events and parts 74
Loop 476
MIDI notes 496
Reset
Layout 881
MIDI 128
MixConsole 208
Quantize
138, 142
VariAudio 365
Rests
Consolidating 775
Creating multi-rests 870
In polyphonic voices 781, 785
Retrospective Record 128
Reverse (audio processing) 311
Reverse (MIDI function) 480
ReWire
About 680
Activating 681
Channels 682
Routing MIDI 683
REX files 688
Ritardando 799
RMS display
Meters 203
Root key
Setting for unassigned
events 163
Roots
Follow Chord Track 546
Routing
Effect sends 237
Effect sends (Panning) 239
For surround setup 268
Group channels 192
Input busses 191
MixConsole 190
Output busses 192
Ruler 736, 827
About 50
Additional time scales 51
Ruler tracks 51
Sample Editor 331
S
Sample Editor
Audio clip information 328
Audition 333
Auto Adjust 342
Auto-Scroll 327
Free Warp 345
Info line 328
Inspector 328
Manual Adjust 343
MIDI Input function 362
Musical Mode 340
Opening 326
Overview line 330
Regions 338
Ruler 331
Show Audio Event 326
Snap function 327
Tempo matching audio 341
Toolbar 326
Zooming 332
Samplerate 64
Externally clocked 17
Saturation
Strip module 198
Saving
Project as new version 58
Projects 58
Scale assistant 545