Steinberg Cubase 6 Manual

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The Mixer 

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Virtual Control Room – The concept
The concept behind the Control Room features in Cubase 
is to divide the studio environment into the performing area 
(studio) and the engineer/producer area (control room) 
common to traditional studios. Previously, an analog con
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sole or some method of speaker control and monitor rout-
ing was necessary to provide this functionality to the DAW 
environment.
With its Control Room Mixer and Control Room Overview 
features, Cubase provides...

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VST Connections – Studio tab
The Studio tab of the VST Connections window is where 
you configure the inputs and outputs for the Control Room 
Mixer. You can also enable or disable the Control Room 
and open the Control Room Mixer. The channel width of 
the Control Room channel is shown in the Configuration 
field on the top right of the tab. For more information about 
the VST Connections window, see the chapter 
“VST Con-
nections” on page 25. 
The Studio tab of the VST...

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Talkback
The Talkback is a mono input used for a communications 
system between the control room and performers in the 
studio. Only one mono Talkback channel is available.
The Talkback channel can be routed to each Studio chan-
nel with variable levels in order to optimize communication 
between the control room and performers.
ÖAdditionally, the Talkback is available as a possible in-
put source for audio tracks. You can record from the Talk-
back just like any other...

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Output click enabling
There may be a situation when you want the click to be 
routed always to a specific output bus, regardless of the 
actual Control Room settings, or indeed when the Control 
Room is disabled. In these cases, enable the click on spe
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cific outputs using the Click column on the Outputs tab in 
the VST Connections window.
The Outputs tab showing the Main Mix and a second surround output 
that is click enabled. 
Disabling the Control Room
Once you have...

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The Control Room Mixer
The Control Room Mixer is where you can access all the features of the Control Room. It is designed to display informa-
tion and controls only for the channels you have defined in the VST Connections window. For example, if you have not 
defined any Studio channels, they will not appear in the Control Room Mixer. If you want to see all possible channels, use 
the Control Room Overview instead (see 
“The Control Room Overview” on page 185).
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The Control Room Mixer has a variety of controls, some 
that are similar to the Project Mixer and some that are 
unique to Control Room operations. In the following each 
control is briefly described:
1.Input Phase
Each external input and Monitor speaker output has an Input Phase re-versal switch. When lit, all audio paths within the channel have their 
phase reversed.
2.Input Gain
Each external input, Monitor speaker output and the Talkback input has 
an Input Gain...

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21.Channel labels
These labels reflect the names entered in the VST Connections window.
22.Talkback Enable to Studio and talkback amount
In order for Talkback signals to be routed to a Studio, the Talkback En-
able to Studio button must be lit. Clicking on it turns it on or off. When 
Talkback Enable is deactivated, the Talkback DIM setting has no effect 
on this output.
 
The value below the button controls the amount of Talkback signal fed to 
the output of each Studio....

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36.Downmix Preset Selection
With these buttons you can select the downmix preset for the current 
Monitor. Automatic configuration of the downmix settings follows a logi
-cal path. For example, if you have defined one set of 5.1 monitors and an-
other set of stereo monitors, Cubase will create a 5.1 to stereo downmix 
preset and another downmix to mono. 
37.Downmix labels
This area displays the names of the four downmix presets. You can click 
on a name to change it. A “?”...