Steinberg Cubase 6 Manual

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Importing audio
In Cubase audio can be imported in a variety of different 
formats. For example, you can import tracks from audio 
CDs, or import audio files saved in different formats (com
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pressed and uncompressed). 
For information on how to import audio files into the Pool 
and import options, see 
“About the Import Medium dialog” 
on page 306.
Audio file import options
When you are importing audio files, there are a number of 
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Selecting one of the Import Audio CD menu items brings 
up the following dialog:
To import one or more tracks, proceed as follows:
1.If you have more than one CD drive, select the correct 
one from the Drives pop-up menu at the top left.
On opening the CD, the program tries to retrieve the track names from 
CDDB (a CD database). If no connection to CDDB can be established 
or the CD track names are not found, you can manually change the ge
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•If you want to copy and import a section of an audio CD 
track only, select the track in the list and specify the start 
and end of the selection to be copied by dragging the 
handles in the copy selection ruler.
ÖNote that you can import sections of several audio CD 
tracks by selecting them in turn and adjusting the selec
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tion. The start and end settings for each track are dis-
played in the list.
•You can audition the selected audio CD track by click-
ing the Play button.
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ÖYou can achieve similar results by using Cubase’s 
own loop slicing features, see 
“Working with hitpoints and 
slices” on page 276.
Importing compressed audio files
Cubase can import (and export, see “Mixing down to audio 
files” on page 485) several common audio compression 
formats. The procedure is the same as when importing any 
non-compressed audio file, with one important thing to 
note:
•When you import a compressed audio file, Cubase cre-
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•When referencing media files (see below), you can set 
the referenced output path by entering it in the “Media 
Destination Path” field or by clicking on “Browser…” and 
choosing it in the file dialog that opens.
All file references will be set to this path. You can create references to 
media destinations that do not exist on the system you are currently 
working with, making it easy to prepare files for use in projects on an
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other system or in a network environment.
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Exporting and importing standard 
MIDI files
Cubase can import and export standard MIDI files, which 
makes it possible to transfer MIDI material to and from virtu
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ally any MIDI application on any platform. When you import 
and export MIDI files, you can also specify whether certain 
settings associated with the tracks are included in the files 
(automation tracks, volume and pan settings, etc.). 
Exporting MIDI files
To export your MIDI tracks as a standard MIDI file, pull 
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ÖThe MIDI file will include the tempo information of the 
project (i.
 e. it will include the tempo and time signature 
events of the Tempo Track Editor or, if the tempo track is 
deactivated on the Transport panel, the current tempo and 
time signature).
ÖInspector settings other than those specified in the 
Export options are not included in the MIDI file! To include 
these, you need to convert the settings to “real” MIDI events 
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Support for the Yamaha XF data format
Cubase supports the Yamaha XF format. XF is an exten-
sion of the standard MIDI file format that allows you to 
save song-specific data with a MIDI file of type 0.
When importing a MIDI file containing XF data, this data is 
placed in parts on separate tracks called “XF Data”, “Chord 
Data”, or “SysEx Data”. You can edit such a part in the List 
Editor (e.
 g. to add or change lyrics).
Cubase can also export XF data as part of a MIDI file of 
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3.Click in the Import column on the left to select the de-
sired track(s) or click “Select all Tracks”.
A checkmark is shown for all selected tracks.
4.Choose which media files to use. 
•Select “Use Media Files From Archive” if you want to 
import the track without copying the media files into your 
project folder.
•Select “Copy Media To Project Folder” if you want to 
import the media files into your project folder. 
For the “Perform Sample Rate Conversion” option, see below.
5.Click...