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• External Files – the number of files in the Pool that do not re-
side in the project folder (e. g. video files)
The Pool window columns
Various information about the clips and regions can be 
viewed in the Pool window columns. The columns contain 
the following information:
About the Status column symbols
The Status column can display various symbols that relate 
to the clips status. The following symbols can be shown:
Sorting the Pool contents
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•You can rearrange the order of the columns by clicking 
on a column heading and dragging the column to the left 
or right.
The mouse pointer changes to a hand when you place it on the column 
heading.
•The width of a column can also be adjusted by placing 
the pointer between two column headers and dragging 
left or right.
The pointer changes to a divider when you place it between two column 
headers.
Operations
ÖMost of the Pool-related main menu functions are also 
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Deleting clips
Removing clips from the Pool
To remove a clip from the Pool without deleting it from the 
hard disk, proceed as follows:
1.Select the clip(s) and select “Delete” from the Edit 
menu (or press [Backspace] or [Delete]).
A prompt asks whether you want to move the clip to the Trash or remove 
it from the Pool.
•If you try to delete a clip that is used by one or more 
events, the program will ask you whether to remove these 
events from the project.
If you cancel, neither the clip...

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Searching for audio files
The search functions can help you locate audio files in the 
Pool, on your hard disk or on other media. This works much 
like the regular file search, but with a couple of extra fea
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tures:
1.Click the Search button on the toolbar.
A search pane appears at the bottom of the window, displaying the 
search functions.
By default, the search parameters available in the search 
pane are “Name” and “Location”. For using other filter cri
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5.If you want to display more search options, select the 
desired element from the “Add filter” submenu.
This allows you, for example, to add the Size or the Sample Rate parame-
ters to the already displayed Name and Location parameters.
•You can save presets of your search filter settings. To 
do this, click Save Preset on the Presets submenu and 
enter a name for the preset.
Existing presets can be found at the bottom of the list. To remove a pre-
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Proceed as follows:
1.Open the Pool and locate the clip(s) for which files are 
missing.
2.Check the Status column – if it says “Reconstructible”, 
the file can be reconstructed by Cubase.
3.Select the reconstructible clips and select “Recon-
struct” from the Media menu.
The editing is performed and the edit files are recreated.
Removing missing files from the Pool
If the Pool contains audio files that cannot be found or re-
constructed, you may want to remove these. For this, select...

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They may have the following characteristics:
• Stereo or mono
• Any sample rate (although files with another sample rate than 
the one used in the project will play back at the wrong speed 
and pitch – see below).
• 8, 16, 24 bit or 32 bit float resolution.
Various video formats can be imported. For information 
about the supported video formats, see 
“Video file com-
patibility” on page 510.
ÖIt is also possible to use the commands on the Import 
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Changing the Pool Record folder
All audio clips that you record in the project will end up in 
the Pool Record folder. The Pool Record folder is indi
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cated by the text “Record” in the Status column and by a 
red dot on the folder itself. 
By default, this is the main Audio folder. However, you can 
create a new Audio subfolder at any time and designate 
this as your Pool Record folder:
1.Select the Audio folder or any audio clip.
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3.After the minimizing is finished, another alert appears, 
because the file references in the stored project have be
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come invalid. 
Click Save Now to save the updated project or click Later to proceed 
with the unsaved project. 
Only the audio portions actually used in the project remain 
in the corresponding audio file(s) in the Pool Record folder.
Prepare Archive
The “Prepare Archive” option on the Media menu is useful 
if you want to archive a project. For detailed information 
about...

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Conform Files
By using this command, you will change all selected files 
that have different file attributes than what is specified for 
the project, to conform to this standard.
Proceed as follows:
1.Select the clips in the Pool.
2.Select “Conform Files…” on the Media menu.
A dialog opens allowing you to choose between keeping or replacing the 
original unconverted files in the Pool. 
The following applies:
• Clip/event references in the Pool are always redirected to the 
conformed files.
•...