Steinberg Cubase 7 User Manual

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•Use the Select submenu on the Edit menu.
The following options are available:
•Select all events on a track by right-clicking on it in the track list and selecting 
“Select All Events” from the context menu.
•It is also possible to select ranges, regardless of the event and track boundaries.
This is done using the Range Selection tool (see “Range editing” on page 80).
•Use the arrow keys on the computer keyboard to select the closest event to the 
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- When this option is activated, the up/down arrow keys are only used to change the 
track selection – the current event/part selection in the Project window will not be 
altered.
•If the “Auto Select Events under Cursor” option is activated in the Preferences 
dialog (Editing page), all events on the selected track(s) that are “touched” by the 
project cursor are automatically selected.
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•Use the Nudge buttons on the toolbar.
These move the selected events to the left or right. The amount of movement 
depends on the selected display format (see 
“The Project Setup dialog” on page 
62) and the value set on the Grid pop-up menu.
ÖThe Nudge buttons are not visible on the toolbar by default. You can decide which 
items are visible by right-clicking on the toolbar and activating the corresponding 
option on the context menu (see 
“The setup...

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•Audio and MIDI parts can also be duplicated by clicking on the part, pressing 
[Alt]/[Option]-[Shift], and dragging.
This creates a shared copy of the part. If you edit the contents of a shared copy, all 
other shared copies of the same part are automatically edited in the same way.
Shared copies are indicated by an equal sign (=) in the top right corner. 
Note:
•When you duplicate audio events, the copies are always shared. This means that 
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Using Cut, Copy and, Paste
You can cut or copy selected events, and paste them in again, using the functions on 
the Edit menu.
•When you paste an audio event, it is inserted on the selected track, positioned so 
that its snap point is aligned with the cursor position.
If the selected track is of the wrong type, the event will be inserted on its original 
track. See 
“The Snap function” on page 52 for information about the snap point.
•If you use the...

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•When you hold down [Alt]/[Option] while clicking on an event with the Glue tool, 
this event will be glued together with all following events on this track.
You can change the default key command for this in the Preferences dialog 
(Editing–Tool Modifiers page).
Resizing events
Resizing events means to move their start or end positions individually. In Cubase, 
there are three modes for resizing:
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ÖNote that the Nudge palette is not visible on the toolbar by default. See “The setup 
context menus” on page 700 for instructions on how to show and hide items on the 
toolbar.
•You can also resize events with the Scrub tool.
For further information on the Scrub tool, see “Scrubbing audio” on page 70.
ÖWhen resizing events, any automation data will not be taken into account.
Resizing events using time stretch
If you want to resize a part and make its...

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Grouping events
Sometimes it is useful to treat several events as one unit. This can be done by 
grouping them: Select the events (on the same or different tracks) and select “Group” 
from the Edit menu.
Grouped events are indicated by a group icon on the right.
If you edit one of the grouped events in the Project window, all other events in the 
same group are affected too (if applicable). 
Group editing operations include:
- Selecting events.
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•You can adjust the lock options for a locked event by selecting it and selecting 
“Lock…” from the Edit menu again.
This opens a dialog in which you can activate or deactivate the desired lock 
options.
•To unlock an event (turn off all lock options), select it and select “Unlock” from the 
Edit menu.
•It is also possible to lock a whole track, by clicking the padlock symbol in the track 
list or in the Inspector.
This disables all editing of all events...

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Creating new files from events
An audio event plays a section of an audio clip, which in turn refers to one or more 
audio files on the hard disk. However, in some situations you may want to create a 
new file that consists only of the section played by the event. This is done with the 
function “Bounce Selection” on the Audio menu:
1.Select one or several audio events.
2.Set up fade in, fade out and event volume (on the info line or using the volume 
handle) as...