Steinberg Cubase 4 User Manual

New Features in Cubase 4.5 

Cristina Bachmann, Heiko Bischoff, Marion Bröer, Sabine Pfeifer
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Table of Contents 

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Table of Contents
5Introduction
6Welcome!
7Working with the new features
8VST Sound
8Plug and Play support for ASIO devices
8Automatically generated VST Connection presets
9Monitoring improvements (Cubase only)
9Mac OS X improvements
9Remote Devices
10Key Commands for MediaBay options
10Importing OMF files (Cubase only)
10Routing the metronome click to a VST Instrument
10Suspending Autoscroll
11New option in the Project Synchronization Setup 
dialog
12Index 

Introduction 

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Introduction
Welcome!
Welcome to Cubase 4.5! This version adds support for the 
Advanced Integration Controller CC121 and the Advanced 
Integration FireWire Interfaces MR816 X/MR816 CSX  to-
gether with new features for every Cubase user.
This document lists and describes the features that have 
been added to or modified in the program since version 4.1.
About the program versions
The documentation covers two different operating sys-
tems or “platforms”; Windows and Mac OS X. 
Some features and...

Working with the new features 

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Working with the new features
VST Sound
With version 4.5, Steinberg introduced VST Sound, a new 
version of the SoundFrame media management system that 
is directly integrated into VST3. VST Sound allows direct 
integration into the MediaBay to third party manufacturers 
of plug-ins and instruments, and encompasses all formats 
and file types previously supported by SoundFrame such as 
audio, loops, VSTi presets, video, MIDI files and track pre-
sets. VST Sound has now replaced SoundFrame, which 
was...

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Working with the new features
Monitoring improvements (Cubase 
only)
Regarding ASIO Direct Monitoring, some improvements 
have been made for this version of Cubase.
Depending on the audio hardware, you can now control 
the monitoring level and panning from the mixer (including 
the Control Room section) by adjusting the volume faders, 
the input gain controls and the Control Room’s studio 
send levels.
When using Steinberg hardware (MR816 series) in com-
bination with ASIO Direct Monitoring, monitoring...

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Working with the new features
Key Commands for MediaBay 
options
Several commands relating to the MediaBay can now be 
performed using keyboard shortcuts. These are set up in 
the Key Commands dialog (opened via the File menu). 
New key commands are available for the following actions: 
you can step through presets, open the Presets browser, 
and use the arrow keys on your keyboard to navigate in the 
MediaBay windows. Furthermore, you can reset the search 
criteria or revert to the MediaBay as it was...