Steinberg Cubase 5 Operation Manual

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The Control Room Mixer
The Control Room Mixer is where you access all the fea-
tures of the Control Room. The Control Room Mixer can 
be resized to accommodate more channels and to display 
more controls.
It has a variety of controls, some that are similar to the Pro-
ject Mixer and some that are unique to Control Room op-
erations. The following diagrams show every control, 
followed by a brief description of what each control does.1.Input Phase
Each external input and...

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3.Channel inserts
Each channel in the Control Room Mixer has inserts available. While most 
channels have six pre-fader and two post-fader inserts, the external inputs 
and Monitors only have six pre-fader inserts.
4.Channel configuration
This displays the current configuration of audio paths in the channel, e. g. 
Stereo, or 5.1.
5.Channel labels
This displays the name of the channel as defined in the VST Connections 
window.
6.Expansion controls
There are several arrow...

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25.Metronome Level and Pan
The Level and Pan controls determine how the Metronome will be heard 
in each channel. These controls are independent for each channel.
26.Activate Metronome Click
This determines whether click signals are sent to each channel. When lit, 
click signals will be heard in that output.
27.Channel Level control
This is the main volume for each Control Room output. These faders do not 
affect recording input levels or the Main Mix level for exporting...

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The different Control Room Mixer panels are handled in 
the same way as the Project Mixer panels, see “Configu-
ring the mixer” on page 112.
Control Room inserts and meters
In the extended view of the Control Room Mixer the meters 
are visible. They function the same way as the ones in the 
Project Mixer.
When you click on the Show Meters/Inserts button to the 
right of the meters/inserts display, the view changes to 
show inserts instead of meters. Alternatively, these can...

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Just below the configuration display, all settings for auto-
matic downmixing of multi-channel sources are shown. 
There are four downmix presets. Some will automatically be 
configured for the sets of monitors you have defined. Each 
preset is adjustable with the MixConvert plug-in, which you 
access by clicking the small arrow icon above the Downmix 
Presets section.
The Downmix Presets section
The Main Mix and the Control Room channel
The channel configuration of the...

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Control Room preferences
There are several preferences for the Control Room Mixer. 
These are found in the Preferences dialog (VST–Control 
Room page).
The Control Room Preferences
Most of these preferences deal with what options are visi-
ble in the Control Room Mixer. This allows you to custom-
ize the layout of the Mixer and only have the controls 
visible that you use the most.
The other preferences have the following functionality:
Show Control Room Volume in Transport...

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In the Inspector, a Studio Sends tab can be found. This 
displays all Studio Sends for the selected track.
Please note that not all Inspector sections are available by default. To 
show/hide a section, right-click on an Inspector section and select/dese-
lect the corresponding option on the context menu.
The Studio Sends tab in the Inspector
Each Studio can have a unique name in order to help 
identify what it is being used for. For example, the four 
Studios could be...

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4.Choose the “Use Current Pan Settings” option to 
copy pan information from the main mix to the Studio 
Sends on selected tracks.
Studio Sends are either mono or stereo. If the Send is mono, the pan 
setting will still be copied. However, the output of the Studio Send will 
be a sum of the left and right channels.
5.Choose the “Enable Studio Sends” option to activate 
the Sends on selected channels.
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2.In the Studio Channel mixer strip right-click to open 
the context menu. In the Studio submenu, select the “Re-
set Studio Sends” command.
If you open the context menu in other areas of the Control Room Mixer 
besides the Studio mixer strips, the context menu commands will affect 
all Studios at the same time.
3.Selecting the “Reset Studio Sends” option changes 
the Send level of all selected channels to -6 dB and sets 
the signal source to post-fader.
The -6 dB level is...

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