Steinberg Cubase 5 Operation Manual

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The mixer
If Stereo Dual Panner is selected, there will be two pan 
controls with the upper controlling pan for the left channel, 
and the lower controlling pan for the right channel.
This allows you set pan independently for the left and right channels. 
Note that it is possible to reverse the left and right channels, i.e. the left 
channel can be panned to the right and vice versa. You can also “sum” 
two channels by setting them to the same pan position (i.e. mono) – note 
that this will increase...

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The mixer
The EQ section, either with value sliders (“EQs”) or as 
numerical settings with a curve display (“EQs curve”).
These two views have exactly the same controls but different graphic lay-
outs. The EQ section is also available in the Channel Settings window. 
For EQ parameter descriptions, see “Making EQ settings” on page 123.
The SurroundPanner section (where applicable).
If the channel is routed to a surround bus you can view a compact ver-
sion of the SurroundPanner in the extended panel –...

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The mixer
Changing channels in the Channel Settings window
You can view any channel’s settings from a single window. 
If the option “Sync Project and Mixer Selection” is acti-
vated in the Preferences (Editing–Project & Mixer page), 
this can be done “automatically”:
Open the Channel Settings window for a track and po-
sition it so that you can see both the Project window and 
the Channel Settings window.
Selecting a track in the Project window automatically se-
lects the corresponding channel in the...

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The mixer
The Equalizers + Curve pane in the Channel Settings win-
dow consists of four EQ modules with parameter sliders, an 
EQ curve display and some additional functions at the top.
Using the parameter controls
1.Activate an EQ module by clicking its on/off button.
Although the modules have different default frequency values and differ-
ent Q names, they all have the same frequency range (20Hz to 20kHz). 
The only difference between the modules is that you can specify different 
filter types for...

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The mixer
In the Inspector (Equalizers tab) and in the Channel 
Settings window, click the Bypass button (next to the EQ 
button) so that it turns yellow.
Click again to deactivate EQ Bypass mode.
EQ bypass in the mixer, the Channel Settings window and the Inspector
EQ reset
On the Presets pop-up menu in the Channel Settings win-
dow and in the Inspector, you will find the Reset command. 
Select this to turn off all EQ modules and reset all EQ pa-
rameters to their default values.
Using EQ presets...

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The mixer
Proceed as follows:
1.In the mixer, select the channel you want to copy set-
tings from.
2.Click the “Copy First Selected Channel’s Settings” 
button on the common panel.
3.Select the channel(s) you want to copy the settings to 
and click the “Paste Settings to Selected Channels” but-
ton (below the “Copy First Selected Channel Settings” 
button).
The settings are applied to the selected channel(s).
You can copy channel settings between different types of 
channels, but only those channels...

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The mixer
Using group channels
You can route the outputs from multiple audio channels to 
a group. This enables you to control the channel levels us-
ing one fader, apply the same effects and equalization to all 
of them etc. To create a group channel, proceed as follows:
1.Select Add Track from the Project menu and select 
“Group Channel” from the submenu that appears.
2.Select the desired channel configuration and click OK.
A group channel track is added to the Track list and a corresponding 
group...

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The mixer
You can also make routing settings in the Inspector.
For details on routing surround channels (Cubase only), 
see “Surround in the mixer” on page 182.
Viewing the output busses in the mixer
Output busses are shown as output channels in a sepa-
rate pane to the right in the mixer. You show or hide this 
pane by clicking the Hide Output Channels button in the 
mixer’s common panel.
Each output channel resembles a regular audio channel 
strip. Here you can do the following:
 Adjust master...

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The mixer
Every MIDI channel has its own channel settings window.
The MIDI Channel Settings window
Utilities
Link/Unlink channels
This function is used to “link” selected channels in the 
mixer so that any change applied to one channel will be 
mirrored by all channels in that group. You can link as 
many channels as you like, and you can also create as 
many groups of linked channels as you like. To link chan-
nels in the mixer, proceed as follows:
1.Press [Ctrl]/[Command] and click on all the...

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The mixer
ÖLinked channels have individual automation tracks. 
These are completely independent, and are not affected 
by the Link function.
The Window submenu
The Mixer context menu, opened by right-clicking anywhere 
on the Mixer window background, provides the Window 
submenu. Its options are handy for quickly switching to an-
other open mixer window, showing/hiding the different 
mixer panes etc. It contains the following options:
Show Routing View
Allows you to show/hide the topmost section of...