Steinberg Cubase 4 Getting Started Manual

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Setting up a surround mix
We have our inputs and outputs set up in the “VST Con-
nections” window, now we need to set up the tracks in Cu-
base so that they’ll be properly named, have the right inputs 
and will output the audio correctly to our audio card.
Setting up the track inputs
1.Close the “VST Connections” window and create 6 
mono audio tracks.
2.Rename the tracks “Left”, “Right”, “Center”, “LFE”, 
“Left Surround” and “Right Surround”.
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Alternatively you can select the “5.1” output for each of 
the tracks.
In this case you could have a surround panner for each 
track.
Make sure you look up the chapter “Surround Sound” in the Operation 
Manual for more detailed information on the surround panner.
We now have all the inputs and outputs set up. Move on 
to the next section for information on surround recording.
Recording in surround
We are now ready to record in surround sound. This 
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2.Make sure “Cycle” is turned off (not highlighted) and 
that you are starting recording at bar 1.
3.Click the “Record” button to record.
4.Click the “Stop” button when you are finished record-
ing.
5.Turn off the “Record Enable” and “Monitor” buttons for 
all the tracks so that we don’t hear the inputs or record on 
the tracks any more.
Congratulations! You have just recorded a 5.1 mix in Cu-
base. Move ahead to the next section to learn how to ex-
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3.The “Export Audio Mixdown” dialog opens.
This is described in detail in the chapter “Export Audio Mixdown” in the 
“Operation Manual”. Please refer to this for more complete information.
4.“File Name” is for naming the file for export. Let’s name 
ours “Surround Tutorial Export”.
5.The “Path” is where you wish to save the exported file 
on your computer. Use the “Choose” button to navigate to 
the folder you wish to save to. For convenience, there is...

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Tutorial 8: Editing audio II - tempo and
groove 

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Tutorial 8: Editing audio II - tempo and groove
Background
In this section we’ll walk you through various examples of 
audio files that have no tempo information and will show 
you how they can follow the project tempo of Cubase in a 
few simple steps.
Example 1: Drum loop, tempo 
known
In this example we have imported a drum loop and we 
know its tempo. This is one of the quickest ways to match 
the tempo of the drum loop with the project tempo.
Here we have a drum loop and we know its tempo, 100...

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5.Activate Preview.
The drum loop is now matched to the tempo of the project.
6.Close the Sample Editor.
7.Select the drum loop in the project window and select 
Loop Selection from the Transport menu.
You can also use the corresponding key command [Shift]+[G].
You can now hear that the drum loop is in perfect time 
with the project tempo. Feel free to change the tempo on 
the Transport panel by deactivating the Tempo Track. The 
drum loop will follow....

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6.Select the first bar of the loop (the first 16 hits, up to 
the 17th). Activate Audition Loop and click the Audition 
button.
7.As you listen back you may need to tweak the end of 
the loop to get it to loop smoothly.
8.Zoom out and click Auto Adjust on the Definition tab.
9.Close the Sample Editor and listen to the loop play in 
time!Example 3: Drum loop, Manual 
Adjust
This builds on what we have learned already in the previ-
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7.Activate Manual Adjust.
This allows us to manually adjust the Timing Grid to correct any timing 
variations.
8.Zoom in to the bars of the drum loop. In our case it will 
be bars 2, 3 and 4.9.Hold down [Alt]/[Option] and move the bar Grid lines 
close to the beginning of the attacks of the waveform dis-
play. Make sure you are only moving the Grid lines that are 
on Bars 2, 3 and 4. You should see the flag “Stretch Pre-
vious - Move Next” appear....

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12.Click on the drum loop and select Loop Selection from 
the Transport menu.
You can now hear that the drum loop is in perfect time 
with the project’s tempo. Feel free to change the tempo 
on the Transport by first deactivating the Tempo Track and 
notice that the drum loop will follow.
Example 4: Working with selections
In this example we have an audio file with unknown tempo. 
We only want to use a small section of the audio file to 
create a drum...