Steinberg Cubase 7 User Manual

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The Sample EditorWorking with hitpoints and slices
Also consider activating auto fades for the corresponding audio track – fade-outs set 
to about 10
 ms will help eliminate any clicks between the slices when you play back 
the part. See 
“Making Auto Fade settings for individual tracks” on page 150 for 
details.
If the project tempo is higher than the tempo of the original audio event, the slice 
events are overlapping. Activate auto crossfades for the track to smooth out the 
sound (see “Making...

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The Sample EditorWorking with hitpoints and slices
Create Regions
If your audio event contains calculated hitpoints, you can click the Create Regions 
button on the Hitpoints tab to automatically create regions from hitpoints. This can be 
useful to isolate recorded sounds.
Create Events
If your audio event contains calculated hitpoints, you can click the Create Events 
button on the Hitpoints tab to automatically create separate events based on the 
hitpoints.
Create Warp Markers
If you want to...

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The Sample EditorVariAudio (Cubase only)
VariAudio (Cubase only)
With the AudioWarp features, editing audio in the time domain has become 
significantly easier. However, editing pitch was limited to having just one single 
numeric “transpose” value per event or part.
VariAudio offers completely integrated vocal editing and pitch alteration of individual 
notes in monophonic vocal recordings and can solve intonation and timing problems 
with only a few mouse clicks. It was developed and optimized...

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The Sample EditorVariAudio (Cubase only)
In between the different segments you may find gaps where non-tonal portions have 
been detected, e.
 g. caused by breath sounds.
At the beginning of the waveform, you can see a gap where no segment is shown. 
ÖThe audio waveform displayed on the VariAudio tab is always shown as mono, even if 
you have opened a stereo or multi-channel file.
The piano keyboard to the left of the waveform indicates the pitch positions. By 
moving a segment vertically, you can...

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The Sample EditorVariAudio (Cubase only)
You can zoom in on the segments that you want to edit by holding down [Alt]/[Option] 
while drawing a selection rectangle. To zoom out, hold down [Alt]/[Option] and click in 
an empty area of the waveform. If you hold down [Alt]/[Option] and double click in an 
empty area, the display will be zoomed out to show all segments.
Applying editing, offline processes, and VariAudio
The following offline processes and edits that affect the length of the audio file may...

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The Sample EditorVariAudio (Cubase only)
Segments mode
If you activate Segments mode on the VariAudio tab, your audio file is analyzed and 
split into separate segments.
When you want to change the pitch of audio that includes non-tonal portions, e. g. 
consonants or effect sounds like reverberation, you may have to edit the segmentation 
in order to include the non-tonal portions in the segments. Otherwise, pitch 
modifications will only affect the tonal portions. 
Editing the segmentation includes...

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The Sample EditorVariAudio (Cubase only)
Cutting a segment
If you notice that a segment includes more than one note, proceed as follows:
1.On the VariAudio tab activate Segments mode.
2.Move the mouse pointer over the lower border of the segment that you would like 
to cut.
The mouse pointer becomes a scissor.
3.Click at the desired position to cut the segment.
The segment is cut accordingly taking Snap into account.
ÖThere is a minimum size for a segment. Very short segments cannot be cut.
Gluing...

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The Sample EditorVariAudio (Cubase only)
Moving segments horizontally
After cutting a segment it may be necessary to move segments horizontally, for 
example, if you notice that a note is at the wrong position. Proceed as follows:
1.On the VariAudio tab activate Segments mode.
2.Move the mouse pointer over the upper border of the segment.
The mouse pointer becomes a double arrow.
3.Click and drag the whole segment to the left or right.
The segment is moved accordingly. If several segments are...

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Changing the pitch 
If you want to edit the pitch of a segment, proceed as follows:
1.On the VariAudio tab activate the Pitch & Warp tool.
2.Move the mouse pointer over the segment.
The mouse pointer becomes a hand symbol to indicate that you can change the 
pitch of the segment. If the zoom factor is high enough, a tooltip indicates the 
found note pitch and the segment’s deviation from this pitch in percent. 
There are three different modes that affect the...

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The Sample EditorVariAudio (Cubase only)
Proceed as follows:
1.Select the segments that you want to quantize.
2.Move the Quantize Pitch slider to the right.
The selected segments are quantized iteratively. 
You can set up a key command for Quantize Pitch in the Sample Editor category of the 
Key Commands dialog (see 
“Key commands” on page 711). When using the key 
command, the segments are directly quantized to the next semitone position.
Tilting the micro-pitch curve
Sometimes changing the pitch of...