Steinberg Cubase 7 User Manual

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The Project Logical Editor (Cubase only)Setting up filter conditions
Combining Media Type and Container Type
The combination of the filter targets Media Type and Container Type represents a 
versatile tool for logical operations:
Here, the Project Logical Editor will find all MIDI and instrument parts in the project.
Here, the Project Logical Editor will find all automation tracks (not events) in the project 
whose name contains vol.
Here, the Project Logical Editor will find all MIDI and instrument...

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The Project Logical Editor (Cubase only)Setting up filter conditions
Searching for elements at certain positions
1.Select “Position” in the Filter Target pop-up menu.
This allows you to find elements starting at certain positions, either relative to the 
start of the project or within each bar.
2.Open the pop-up menu in the Condition column and select the desired condition. 
For positions, the following options are available: 
•If you select any condition other than the Range, Bar Range, Cursor, Loop...

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The Project Logical Editor (Cubase only)Setting up filter conditions
•If you select one of the Bar Range options in the Condition column, the Bar 
Range/Time Base column will show a graphic bar display. You specify the range 
within the bar by clicking and dragging in the bar display (the specified Bar Range 
is indicated in blue).
The Project Logical Editor will then find all elements starting inside or outside this 
Bar Range, in all bars (within the current selection).
Here, the Project Logical...

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The Project Logical Editor (Cubase only)Setting up filter conditions
ÖNote that “event” in this context refers to all the Project window elements that can be 
modified, e.
 g. MIDI parts, audio events and parts, or transpose, arranger, and 
automation events.
Three examples:
Here, the Project Logical Editor will find all muted MIDI and instrument parts.
Here, the Project Logical Editor will find all elements that are selected but not muted.
Here, the Project Logical Editor will find all selected...

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The Project Logical Editor (Cubase only)Specifying actions
•Without brackets, the conditional expressions are evaluated according to their 
order in the list.
Here, the Project Logical Editor will find all audio parts and events whose name contains perc 
as well as other parts and events (e. g. MIDI parts) whose name contains drums.
Maybe you want to find all audio parts and events that either contain the name perc or 
the name drums, but no other parts or events that contain the name drums? Then you...

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The Project Logical Editor (Cubase only)Specifying actions
Length
Lets you resize the elements. This parameter is interpreted via the time base setting in 
the Bar Range/Time Base column, with the exception of the Random setting, which 
uses the time base of the affected events:
Track Operation
This lets you change the track status.
Round byThis “rounds” the Position value using the value specified in the 
Parameter 1 column. In other words, the Position value is changed to the 
closest value that...

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The Project Logical Editor (Cubase only)Selecting a function
Name
This lets you rename the found elements. 
Trim
This Action Target is used for automation only and lets you trim the found elements.
Set Color
This lets you set the color for an element. For this Action Target the only Operation 
available is “Set to fixed value”. To use this, insert the name of a track color in the 
Parameter 1 column, e.
 g. “Color 7” to use dark green as track color.
Selecting a function
The left pop-up menu at the...

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The Project Logical Editor (Cubase only)Applying Macros
Select 
This will simply select all found elements, highlighting them for further work in the 
Project window.
Applying Macros
In the Macro pop-up menu you can select a macro that will be executed automatically 
after completing the actions defined using the Filter and Action lists. This is useful if 
you would like to extend the already powerful Project Logical Editor features even 
further.
To use this, you set up the macro that you need in...

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The Project Logical Editor (Cubase only)Working with presets
Organizing and sharing presets
The Project Logical Editor presets are stored within the application folder in the 
Presets\Logical Edit Project subfolder. While these files cannot be edited manually, 
you can reorganize them (e.
 g. putting them in subfolders) like any files.
This also makes it easy to share presets with other Cubase users, by transferring the 
individual preset files.
ÖThe list of presets is read each time the Project...

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Editing tempo and signature
Background
Whenever you create a new project, Cubase will automatically set the tempo and time 
signature for this project. The tempo and signature settings can be displayed in two 
ways: either on dedicated tracks in the Project window or in the Tempo Track Editor.
Tempo modes
Before we go into detail about tempo and signature settings, you should understand 
the different tempo modes.
For each track in Cubase that can make use of this function, you can specify whether...