Steinberg Cubase 7 User Manual

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The Audio Part Editor
Background
The Audio Part Editor allows you to view and edit the events inside audio parts. 
Essentially, this is the same type of editing that you do in the Project window, which 
means that this chapter contains a lot of references to the chapter 
“Working with 
projects” on page 55.
Audio parts are created in the Project window in one of the following ways:
•By selecting one or several audio events on the same track, and selecting “Events 
to Part” from the Audio menu.
•By...

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The Audio Part EditorOpening the Audio Part Editor
- Part List controls for handling several parts: activating parts for editing, restricting 
editing to active parts only and showing part borders (see 
“Handling several parts” 
on page 374).
ÖYou can customize the toolbar by hiding or reordering its items, see “Using the Setup 
options” on page 700.
The ruler and info line
These have the same functionality and appearance as their counterparts in the Project 
window.
•You can select a separate...

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The Audio Part EditorOperations
Operations
Zooming, selecting and editing in the Audio Part Editor are done just as in the Project 
window (see the chapter 
“Working with projects” on page 55).
ÖIf a part is a shared copy (i. e. you have previously copied the part by [Alt]/[Option]-
[Shift] and dragging), any editing you perform will affect all shared copies of this part.
Auditioning
There are several ways to listen to the events in the Audio Part Editor:
By using the Speaker tool
If you click...

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The Audio Part EditorOperations
The independent track loop function
The independent track loop is a sort of “mini-cycle”, affecting only the edited part. 
When the loop is activated, the events in the parts that are within the loop will be 
repeated continuously and completely independent – other events (on other tracks) 
are played back as usual. The only “interaction” between the loop and the “regular 
playback” is that the loop starts every time the cycle starts over again.
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The Audio Part EditorOptions and Settings
•The “Edit Active Part Only” button lets you restrict editing operations to the active 
part only.
If you for example select “All” from the Select submenu of the Edit menu with this 
option activated, all events in the active part will be selected but not the events in 
other parts.
•You can zoom in on an active part so that it spreads to full dialog width by 
selecting “Zoom to Event” from the Zoom submenu of the Edit menu.
•The “Show Part Borders” button...

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The Pool
Background
Every time you record on an audio track, a file is created on your hard disk. A 
reference to this file – a clip – is also added to the Pool. Two general rules apply to the 
Pool:
•All audio and video clips that belong to a project are listed in the Pool.
•There is a separate Pool for every project.
The way the Pool displays folders and their contents is similar to the way the 
Mac
 OS X Finder and the Windows Explorer display folders and lists of files.
In the Pool you can, among...

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The PoolWindow overview
•The Video folder
This contains all video clips currently in the project.
•The Trash folder 
Unused clips can be moved into the Trash folder for later permanent removal from 
the hard disk.
These folders cannot be renamed or deleted from the Pool, but any number of 
subfolders can be added (see 
“Organizing clips and folders” on page 389).
Window overview
Toolbar overview
The info line
Click the “Show Info” button on the toolbar to show or hide the info line at the bottom 
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The PoolWindow overview
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:
ColumnDescription
MediaThis column contains the Audio, Video and Trash folders. If the 
folders are opened, the clip or region names are shown and can be 
edited. This column is always shown.
UsedThis column displays the number of times a clip is used in the project. 
If there is no entry in this column, the...

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The PoolWindow overview
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
You can sort the clips in the Pool by name, date, etc. This is done by clicking on the 
corresponding column heading. Clicking again on the same heading switches 
between ascending and descending sort order.
Customizing the view
•You can specify which of the columns are shown or hidden by opening the...

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The PoolOperations
•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
Most of the Pool-related main menu functions are also available on the Pool context 
menu (opened by right-clicking in the Pool window).
Renaming clips or regions in the Pool 
To rename a clip or a region in the Pool, select it and click on the existing name, type 
in a...