Steinberg Cubase 6 Manual

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Inserts for the Talkback channel
The Talkback channel has a separate set of eight inserts. 
In order to view and adjust them, the Talkback must be en
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abled via the TALK button located in the bottom right sec-
tion of the Control Room Mixer. Click once on the TALK 
button to activate the Talkback system. The inserts for ex
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ternal inputs are now replaced with the Talkback inserts. 
Once the Talkback is disabled, the view reverts to external 
input inserts.
Monitor...

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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).
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 Panel
This option makes the...

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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
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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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Control Room (Cubase only) The Control Room Mixer’s context menu
3.Choose the “Use Current Mix Levels” option to copy 
the fader levels on the selected tracks to the Studio 
Sends.
This option sets all Studio Send levels for the selected tracks to the 
same level as the main channel fader. It also changes the Studio Send 
status to pre-fader so that changes in the main mix do not affect the Stu
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dio Sends.
4.Choose the “Use Current Pan Settings” option to 
copy pan information from the main mix to...

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Using Studio Sends from outputs
Each output also has Studio Sends. Studio Sends from 
the Main Mix output can be used to route the main mix in
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stantly to the Studio output. 
Any level changes made to the main mix are reflected in 
the signal sent by the Studio Send. Setting the level lower 
than 0
 dB can leave headroom for “more me” signals in the 
Studio channel output.
Post-Fader Studio Sends
It is also possible to use the Studio Sends as post-fader 
aux sends. This is...

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Direct Monitoring and latency
The Control Room and Studio Sends functions use the in-
ternal processing power of the host computer system for 
all routing and processing, which means they are subject 
to the computer’s latency.
When recording with several performers at once, a system 
capable of running at very low ASIO buffer settings will be 
necessary to take full advantage of all the Studio Send 
features. 
Studio Sends are not capable of controlling the Direct...

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Audio effects 

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Audio effects
About this chapter
Cubase comes with a number of effect plug-ins included. 
This chapter contains general details about how to assign, 
use and organize effect plug-ins. The effects and their pa
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rameters are described in the separate PDF document 
“Plug-in Reference”.
Overview
Audio effects can be used in Cubase as follows:
•As insert effects.
An insert effect is inserted into the signal chain of an audio channel, which 
means that the whole channel signal passes through the effect....

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However, be aware that this can lead to a situation where 
you added more plug-ins on “transport stop” than the sys
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tem can handle on playback. Therefore, you should always 
find the passage with the largest number of events playing 
simultaneously to make sure that your system offers the 
required performance.
ÖActivating this option can increase your system perfor-
mance a lot in certain projects, but it also makes it more 
unpredictable whether the project can play back fine on...

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As you can see, the last two insert slots (for any channel) 
are post-EQ and post-fader. Post-fader slots are best 
suited for insert effects where you do not want the level to 
be changed after the effect, such as dithering (see 
“Dith-
ering” on page 193) and maximizers – both typically used 
as insert effects for output busses.
ÖApplying several effects on several channels may be 
too much for your CPU to handle! If you want to use the 
same effect with the same settings on several...