Steinberg Cubase 5.5 New Features Manual
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New Features in Cubase 5.5
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Cristina Bachmann, Heiko Bischoff, Marion Bröer, Sabine Pfeifer, Heike Schilling The information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH. The software described by this document is subject to a License Agreement and may not be copied to other media except as specifically allowed in the License Agreement. No part of this publica- tion may be copied, reproduced or otherwise transmitted or recorded, for any...
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Table of Contents
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4 5Introduction 6Welcome! 7Working with the new features 8The Project Assistant dialog 9Handling project templates 9General editing improvements 9User interface improvements 10Enhanced editing in the VST Connections window 12New and improved automation features 14Project Synchronization Setup dialog improvements 14Export Audio Mixdown improvements 15Gain inverse for channel EQ 15Support for HD frame rates 16Redesign of the Marker window 17Control Room improvements 17Support for the Yamaha XF data...
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1 Introduction
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6 Introduction Welcome! Welcome to Cubase 5.5! This free update to Cubase 5 is packed with new features and improvements across sev- eral application areas. Most of these are direct results of the Nuendo 5 development that we do not want to withhold from Cubase 5 – the introduction of a completely rede- signed MediaBay or the new Video Engine with OpenGL support to name a few. This document lists and describes features that have been added or changed since the re- lease of Cubase 5.0. Some chapters...
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2 Working with the new features
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8 Working with the new features The Project Assistant dialog The Project Assistant dialog is opened by selecting the “New Project…” command on the File menu. In this dialog you can access recently opened projects and create new projects, which can either be empty or based on a template. The Project Assistant dialog will also open in the following cases: •If you launch Cubase with the option “Show Project As- sistant” selected on the “On Startup” pop-up menu in the Preferences (General page). •If you...
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9 Working with the new features Handling project templates Saving templates The “Save as Template” dialog now has an Attribute In- spector section, where you can assign the template to one of the template categories shown in the Project Assistant dialog and/or enter a description for the template. This de- scription will also be visible in the Project Assistant dialog. •Simply select a category value from the Template Cate- gory pop-up menu and/or enter a description in the Con- tent Summary field. ÖIf...
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10 Working with the new features When you click the “Set up Window Layout” button, a transparent pane appears, covering the window. In the center of it is a gray area containing checkboxes for the different elements. In this pane, activate or deactivate the elements that you want to see or hide (respectively). ÖIn the Key Editor and Drum Editor, this button is named “Show Info Line”. Use it to directly hide or show the info line. The Select Color pop-up menu The Color Selector and the small color...