Steinberg Cubase 7 User Manual
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Operation Manual
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Cristina Bachmann, Heiko Bischoff, Marion Bröer, Christina Kaboth, Insa Mingers, Sabine Pfeifer, Benjamin Schütte This PDF provides improved access for vision-impaired users. Please note that due to the complexity and number of images in this document, it is not possible to include text descriptions of images. The information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH. The software described by this...
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3 Table of Contents 10Introduction 10About the Program Versions 10Key Command Conventions 11Part I: Getting into the details 12Setting up your system 12Setting up audio 19Setting up MIDI 21Connecting a synchronizer 21Setting up video 22Optimizing audio performance 24The VST Performance Window 25The ASIO-Guard Option 26VST Connections 26About this chapter 26The VST Connections window 27Setting up busses 31Setting up group and FX channels 31About monitoring 32External instruments/effects (Cubase only)...
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4 134Quantizing MIDI and Audio 134Introduction 134Quantizing Audio Event Starts 134AudioWarp Quantize (Cubase Only) 135Quantizing MIDI Event Starts 135Quantizing MIDI Event Lengths 135Quantizing MIDI Event Ends 135Quantizing Multiple Audio Tracks (Cubase Only) 136AudioWarp Quantizing Multiple Audio Tracks (Cubase Only) 136The Quantize Panel 142Additional Quantizing Functions 143Fades, crossfades, and envelopes 143Creating fades 145The Fade dialogs 147Creating crossfades 148The Crossfade dialog 149Auto...
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5 302Audio processing and functions 302Background 302Audio processing 313Applying plug-ins (Cubase only) 315The Offline Process History dialog 316Freeze Edits 317Detect Silence 319The Spectrum Analyzer 321Statistics 322About time stretch and pitch shift algorithms 325The Sample Editor 325Window overview 332General functions 341Warping audio 347Working with hitpoints and slices 353VariAudio (Cubase only) 367Generating Harmony Voices for Monophonic Audio 368Flattening realtime processing 371The Audio...
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6 542Working with the Chord Functions 542Introduction 542The Chord Track 545The Chord Track Inspector Section 548The Chord Editor 549The Chord Assistant (Cubase only) 551Creating a Chord Progression from Scratch (Chords to MIDI) 552Extracting Chords from MIDI (Make Chords) 553Controlling MIDI or Audio Playback with the Chord Track (Follow Chords) 554Assigning Chord Events to MIDI Effects or VST Instruments 555Expression maps (Cubase only) 555Introduction 556Using expression maps in Cubase 560Creating...
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7 684File handling 684Importing audio 690Exporting and importing OMF files (Cubase only) 692 Exporting and importing standard MIDI files 695Exporting and importing MIDI loops 696Exporting and importing track archives (Cubase only) 698Customizing 698Background 698Workspaces 700Using the Setup options 702Customizing track controls 704Appearance 706Applying colors in the Project window 709Where are the settings stored? 711Key commands 711Introduction 712Setting up key commands 716Setting up tool modifier...
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8 779Polyphonic voicing 779About this chapter 779Background: Polyphonic voicing 781Setting up the voices 783Strategies: How many voices do I need? 783Entering notes into voices 784Checking which voice a note belongs to 784Moving notes between voices 785Handling rests 786Voices and Display Quantize 787Creating crossed voicings 788Automatic polyphonic voicing – Merge All Staves 789Converting voices to tracks – Extract Voices 790Additional note and rest formatting 790About this chapter 790Background: Note...
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9 895Tips and Tricks 895Overview 895Useful editing techniques 897Frequently asked questions 900If you wish you had a faster computer 901Index
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10 Introduction About the Program Versions The documentation covers two different operating systems or “platforms”, Windows and Mac OS X. Some features and settings are specific to one of the platforms. This is clearly stated in the applicable cases. If nothing else is said, all descriptions and procedures in the documentation are valid for both Windows and Mac OS X. The screenshots are taken from the Windows version of Cubase. Key Command Conventions Many of the default key commands in Cubase use...