Steinberg Cubase 6 Manual

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VST instruments and instrument tracks
Exporting instrument tracks as MIDI file
You can also export instrument tracks as standard MIDI 
files, see 
“Exporting MIDI files” on page 527.
Please note the following: 
•As there is no MIDI patch information in an instrument 
track, this information is missing in the resulting MIDI file.
•If you activate “Export Inspector Volume/Pan”, volume 
and pan information of the VST instrument will be con
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verted and written into the MIDI file as controller data.
What...

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The Freeze Instrument Options dialog opens with the fol-
lowing options for the Freeze operation:
•Select “Freeze Instrument Only” if you do not want to 
freeze any insert effects for the VST instrument channels.
Use this if you are using insert effects on the VST instrument channel(s) 
and want to be able to edit, replace, or remove these after freezing the 
VST instrument.
•Select “Freeze Instrument and Channels” if you want to 
freeze all pre-fader insert...

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As described in the chapter “Audio effects” on page 187, 
there are two types of VST presets that can be used: the 
VST 2 standard FXB/FXP files and the VST 3 preset stan
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dard with the extension “.vstpreset”. Some of the included 
VST instruments use the VST 2 preset standard, and oth
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ers use the VST 3 standard. 
All VST 2 instruments can import FXB/FXP files and also 
convert them to the VST 3 standard. Once converted, you 
can use all VST 3 features, see...

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Using the “Choose Track Preset” dialog
1.Right-click the track list to open the context menu and 
on the Add Track submenu select “Add Track Using Track 
Preset…”.
The Choose Track Preset dialog opens. It contains the same sections as 
the Presets browser.
2.Select a preset from the Results list.
The Results section of the Choose Track Preset dialog displays all pre-set sounds for all track types and VST instruments.
3.To preview the presets, you have to play...

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Saving VST instrument presets
You can save your settings as presets for further use (e. g. 
in other projects):
1.In the VST instrument panel, click the button to the 
right of the preset name and select “Save Preset…”.
This opens a dialog where you can save the current settings as a preset.
2.In the New Preset section, enter a name for the preset.
•If you want to save attributes for the preset, click the 
button below the “New Preset” section at the bottom...

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Constrain Delay Compensation
Cubase features full delay compensation throughout the 
entire audio path. This means that any delay inherent in the 
VST plug-ins you use will automatically be compensated 
for during playback, so that all channels are kept in perfect 
sync (see 
“About plug-in delay compensation” on page 
189).
However, when you play a VST instrument in realtime or 
record live audio (with monitoring through Cubase acti
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vated), this delay...

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Surround sound (Cubase only) 

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Surround sound (Cubase only)
Introduction
Cubase has integrated surround sound features with sup-
port for several formats. This support goes all the way 
through the audio path: all audio-related channels (i.
 e. au-
dio and instrument tracks as well as group channels) and 
busses can handle multi-channel speaker configurations. A 
channel in the Mixer can either carry complete surround 
mixes, or an individual speaker channel which is part of a 
surround setup.
Cubase offers the following...

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Preparations
Output bus configuration
Before you can start working with surround sound, you 
have to configure a surround output bus, through which all 
the speaker channels of the selected surround format are 
routed. How to add and set up busses in the VST Con
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nections window is described in detail in the section “Set-
ting up busses” on page 26. 
Child busses
A child bus is a bus within a (wider) bus. The most obvious 
application of a child bus is to create stereo...

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Using the SurroundPanner V5
Cubase has a special feature for graphically positioning a 
sound source in the surround field or modifying existing 
premixes: the SurroundPanner V5. This plug-in distributes 
the audio from the input channels in various proportions to 
the output surround channels.
Whether the SurroundPanner V5 can be used for a spe-
cific input/output configuration, depends on whether this 
configuration can be mapped by the panner. The plug-in 
supports...