Menu Reference
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1 Menu Reference
Introduction Close This closes the active window. If the Project window is active, the corresponding project will be closed. This manual lists all main menu items in Cubase LE for quick reference. For any further information, please refer to the Operation Manual. Save This saves any changes made to the project since you last saved. The Save command stores the project under its current name and location.
Revert Preferences… This menu item allows you revert to the last saved version of a project. If any new audio files have been recorded since you last saved, you have the option of keeping or deleting these. Ö Under Mac OS X, the Preferences dialog is accessed from the Cubase LE menu. The Preferences dialog contains various settings and options. The dialog has several pages that you access by selecting items in the Explorer-like list on the left.
Edit menu Split at Cursor Undo/Redo This splits selected events at the cursor position. If no events are selected, all events on all tracks intersected by the cursor will be split. Cubase LE offers wide-ranging, multiple Undo, allowing you to undo virtually any action you perform. Split Loop • To undo the last performed action, select Undo from the Edit menu, or use the corresponding key command (by default [Ctrl]/[Command]+[Z]). This splits all events at the left and right locator positions.
Option Description Move to In Loop Selects all events that are partly or wholly between the left and right locator. The following functions are available from this submenu: From Start to Cursor Selects all events that begin to the left of the project cursor. Option Description Cursor Moves the selected event to the project cursor position.
Project menu Enlarge Selected Track This option can also be activated in the Preferences dialog (Editing – Project & Mixer page). When activated, the selected tracks in the Project window are automatically enlarged in height. Add Track Select a track type from the Add Track submenu to add a new track. Zoom Duplicate Track The following options are available on the Zoom submenu on the Edit menu: This will create a duplicate (copy) of the selected track.
Audio menu Remove DC Offset This function will remove any DC offset in the audio selection. A DC offset is when there is too large a DC (direct current) component in the signal, sometimes visible as the signal not being visually centered around the “zero level axis”. DC offsets do not affect what you actually hear, but they affect zero crossing detection and certain processing, and it is recommended that you remove them.
Option Description Dissolve Part Divide Audio Events at Hitpoints Splits the event into several events, according to the hitpoints. Remove Hitpoints This removes all hitpoints. This menu item dissolves a selected audio part and makes any audio events it contains appear as independent objects on the track. Bounce Selection Realtime Processing This allows you to create either a new clip or a new audio file from a selection.
MIDI menu Advanced Quantize Quantize Lengths Open Key Editor This opens the Key Editor for the selected MIDI part(s) or track(s). This editor consists of a piano-roll type graphic interface, with the notes shown as boxes in a grid. This will quantize the length of the notes without changing their start positions. At its most basic level, this function will set the length of the notes to the Length Quantize value on the toolbar of the MIDI editors.
Functions Pedals to Note Length Legato This function scans for sustain pedal on/off events, lengthens the affected notes to match the sustain pedal off position, and then removes the Sustain Controller on/ off events. Extends each selected note so that it reaches the next note. You can specify the desired gap or overlap with the “Legato Overlap” setting in the Preferences (Editing page).
Logical Presets Media menu This submenu contains various presets that let you perform advanced “search and replace” operations on MIDI data. Open Pool Window Opens the Pool. Drum Map Setup… Import Medium… This is where you load, create, modify and save drum maps. The list to the left shows the currently loaded drum maps; selecting a drum map in the list displays its sounds and settings to the right. The Import Medium dialog is used for importing files directly into the Pool.
Conform Files… New Version This will change all selected files that have different file attributes to what is specified for the project, to conform to this standard. This allows you to create a new version of a selected clip. The new version appears in the same Pool folder, with the same name but with a “version number” after it, to indicate that the new clip is a duplicate. The first copy made of a clip will logically get the version number “2” and so on.
Locate Next Marker Start Record at Left Locator This moves the project cursor to the next marker position. If this is activated, the project cursor will jump to the left locator position and begin recording when you hit the Record button. If this is deactivated, recording will start directly from the current project cursor position. Locate Previous Marker This moves the project cursor to the previous marker position.
Devices menu Window menu MIDI Device Manager Close The MIDI Device manager allows you to install MIDI devices. You can either select pre-configured MIDI devices from a list, or define a device from scratch. This closes the currently active window. If the active window is a Project window, the project will be closed. Close All Mixer This closes all windows including all open projects. This opens the Mixer.
Help menu Documentation (Acrobat PDF format) Ö To be able to read these documents, you need to have the Acrobat Reader installed (included with Cubase LE). Getting Started Opens a separate pdf document that provides installation information, useful tipps on how to set up your computer for audio work, and a number of tutorials as a quick introduction to Cubase LE. Operation Manual Opens the Operation Manual in Acrobat pdf format.
