Steinberg Cubase 7 User Manual

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ReWireActivating ReWire channels
Quitting a ReWire session
When you are finished, you also need to quit the applications in a special order:
1.First quit the synthesizer application.
2.Then quit Cubase.
Launching both programs without using ReWire
We cannot think of any scenario, in which you would need to run Cubase and the 
synthesizer application simultaneously on the same computer, without using ReWire, 
but you can:
1.First launch the synthesizer application.
2.Then launch Cubase.
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ReWireUsing the transport and tempo controls
Using the transport and tempo controls
Basic transport controls
When you run ReWire, the transports in the two programs are completely linked. It 
does not matter in which program you play, stop, fast forward or rewind. However, 
recording (if applicable) is still completely separate in the two applications.
Loop settings
If there is a loop or cycle facility in the synthesizer application, that loop will be 
completely linked to the cycle in Cubase. This...

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ReWireRouting MIDI via ReWire2
Routing MIDI via ReWire2
When using Cubase with a ReWire2-compatible application, additional MIDI outputs 
will automatically appear on the MIDI Output pop-up menus for MIDI tracks. This 
allows you to play the synthesizer application via MIDI from Cubase, using it as one or 
several separate MIDI sound sources.
The MIDI outputs for a Reason song. Here, each output goes directly to a device in the Rea-
son rack.
•The number and configuration of MIDI outputs depends on...

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File handling
Importing audio
In Cubase audio can be imported in a variety of different formats. For example, you 
can import tracks from audio CDs, or import audio files saved in different formats 
(compressed and uncompressed).
For information on how to import audio files into the Pool and import options, see 
“About the Import Medium dialog” on page 386.
Audio file import options
When you are importing audio files, there are a number of options concerning how the 
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File handlingImporting audio
Use Settings
No Options dialog will appear when you import. Instead, you can select standard 
actions from the list below the pop-up menu that are performed automatically each 
time you import audio files:
Importing audio CD tracks
You can import audio from audio CDs into Cubase projects in two ways:
•To import the CD tracks directly into project tracks, choose the “Audio CD…” 
option from the Import submenu of the File menu.
The imported audio CD track(s) are inserted on...

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File handlingImporting audio
Selecting one of the Import Audio CD menu items brings up the following dialog:
To import one or more tracks, proceed as follows:
1.If you have more than one CD drive, select the correct one from the Drives pop-up 
menu at the top left.
On opening the CD, the program tries to retrieve the track names from CDDB (a 
CD database). If no connection to CDDB can be established or the CD track 
names are not found, you can manually change the generic track name in the 
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File handlingImporting audio
6.Click OK to import the copied audio files into the project, or click Cancel to stop 
the import and discard the copied files.
•If you import more than one audio file into project tracks, a dialog opens in which 
you have to choose whether to insert the tracks on one track or on different ones. 
The new track(s) are displayed in the Project window. New audio clips are created 
and added to the Pool.
The columns in the “Import from Audio CD” dialog have the following...

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File handlingImporting audio
Importing Audio from video files
While you can automatically extract the audio when importing a video file (see 
“Extracting audio from a video file” on page 678), it is also possible to import the 
audio from a video file without importing the video itself:
1.Open the File menu, open the Import submenu and select “Audio from Video 
File…”.
2.In the file dialog that opens, locate and select the video file and click Open.
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File handlingImporting audio
Importing compressed audio files
Cubase can import several common audio compression formats. The procedure is the 
same as when importing any non-compressed audio file, with one important thing to 
note:
•For most compressed file formats, Cubase creates a copy of the file and converts 
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original compressed file will not be used in the project. 
The...

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File handlingExporting and importing OMF files (Cubase only)
Exporting and importing OMF files (Cubase only)
Open Media Framework Interchange (OMFI) is a platform independent file format 
intended for the transfer of digital media between different applications. Cubase can 
import and export OMF files (file extension “.omf”), allowing you to use Cubase in 
conjunction with other audio and video applications.
Exporting OMF files
When exporting tracks and files as OMF, you should consider setting up...