Steinberg Cubase 7 User Manual

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Editing tempo and signatureThe Time Warp tool (Cubase only)
Viewing and adjusting tempo events
When you select the Time Warp tool, the ruler of the active window is shown in 
brown. Existing tempo events are shown in the ruler as “flags” with the tempo values 
displayed.
This helps you see what’s going on, but you can also use this for editing the tempo 
track:
•If you press the create/erase modifier key (by default [Shift]) and click on a tempo 
event in the ruler, it is deleted.
[Shift] is the...

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Editing tempo and signatureThe Time Warp tool (Cubase only)
3.Make sure that the correct tracks are set to linear time base or musical time base, 
respectively.
In our example, we want the video track and the audio track with a commentary 
voice-over to be linear time-based (as well as the marker track, if used). All other 
tracks should be set to musical time base. You change this by clicking the time 
base button in the track list or Inspector.
4.Set up the Grid Type pop-up menu as desired.
When...

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Editing tempo and signatureThe Time Warp tool (Cubase only)
Let’s say you need to match another cue to another position later on in the video. If 
you simply repeat this procedure, you will find that the first cue gets out of sync – 
since you are still changing the first (and only) tempo event on the tempo track!
You need to create a “lock point” – a tempo event at the first cue position:
10.Press [Shift] and click with the Time Warp tool in the event display at the cue 
position.
In our case, this...

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Editing tempo and signatureThe Time Warp tool (Cubase only)
4.Select the Time Warp tool.
You have already matched the first downbeat with the start of a bar. However, if the 
recording starts before the first downbeat (with a fill, some silence, etc.), you want to 
“lock” the first downbeat so that it stays in position:
5.Press [Shift] and click in the event at the position of the first downbeat (the start of 
the bar).
When you press [Shift], the pointer turns into a pencil. Clicking adds a tempo...

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Editing tempo and signatureTempo Detection (Cubase only)
Using the Time Warp tool in a MIDI editor
This is very similar to using the tool in an audio editor:
- When you use the Time Warp tool, a tempo event is automatically inserted at the 
beginning of the edited part – this tempo event will be adjusted when you warp the 
tempo grid with the tool. Material before the edited part will not be affected.
- Only the default mode for the Time Warp tool is available. So when you use the 
tool, the edited...

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Editing tempo and signatureTempo Detection (Cubase only)
The arrow buttons at the bottom right let you change the direction in which the 
algorithm will analyze the audio material during a manual correction operation. To work 
backwards, i.
 e. to reanalyze the beginning of the tempo curve, activate the left arrow 
button (see 
“The beginning of the tempo curve needs to be corrected” on page 627).
With the Reset button at the bottom left you can delete the complete analysis data 
and start again from...

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Editing tempo and signatureTempo Detection (Cubase only)
•To retrigger the tempo analysis based on the assumption that the event has a 
steady tempo, click the “Smooth Tempo” button.
Irregular spikes or tempo changes are removed during this analysis.
The detected tempo is off by half a beat
In some cases, the offbeat of a rhythm might be dominant enough to confuse the beat 
detection algorithm resulting in an offset. In that case it is necessary to shift the tempo 
events.
•To shift the detected...

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Editing tempo and signatureAdjusting the audio to the project tempo
Finishing
Once the tempo map is correct, close the Tempo Detection Panel. You can now set 
up signature events with the correct time signature.
Adjusting the audio to the project tempo
If you want freely recorded audio to follow a fixed tempo or a different project tempo, 
you can use the Set Definition From Tempo dialog to save the tempo information from 
the tempo track in the corresponding audio clips.
Proceed as follows:
1.Select...

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The Project Browser (Cubase only)
Window Overview
The Project Browser window provides a list based representation of the project. This 
allows you to view and edit all events on all tracks by using regular value editing in a 
list.
Opening the Project Browser
You open the Project Browser by selecting “Browser” from the Project menu. The 
Browser window can be open while you are working in other windows; any changes 
made in the Project window or an editor are immediately reflected in the Project...

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The Project Browser (Cubase only)Editing tracks
•Items with hierarchical substructures can be folded out by clicking the “+” 
symbols or the “closed folder” symbols in the Project Structure list.
When the substructure of an item is revealed, a “-” symbol or an “open folder” 
symbol is shown instead – click this to hide the substructure.
•To reveal or hide all substructures in the Project Structure list, use the buttons “(+) 
All” and “(–) All” above the list.
•The actual editing is done in the event...