Steinberg Cubase 8 Manual
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Operation Manual
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Cristina Bachmann, Heiko Bischoff, Christina Kaboth, Insa Mingers, Matthias Obrecht, Sabine Pfeifer, Kevin Quarshie, Benjamin Schütte This PDF provides improved access for vision-impaired users. Please note that due to the complexity and number of images in this document, it is not possible to include text descriptions of images. The information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH. The software...
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3 Table of Contents 11Introduction 11About the Program Versions 11Typographical Conventions 12Part I - Getting into the Details 13Setting Up Your System 13Setting Up Audio 19Setting Up MIDI 20Connecting a Synchronizer 21Setting Up Video 22VST Connections 22VST Connections Window 29Renaming the Hardware Inputs and Outputs 30Adding Input and Output Busses 31Adding Child Busses (Cubase Pro only) 32Presets for Input and Output Busses 33Adding Group and FX Channels 33About Monitoring 33External Instruments...
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4 134Track Handling 134Adding Tracks 135Removing Tracks 135Moving Tracks in the Track List 136Renaming Tracks 136Coloring Tracks 137Showing Track Pictures 139Setting the Track Height 140Selecting Tracks 141Duplicating Tracks 141Disabling Audio Tracks 142Organizing Tracks in Folder Tracks 143Handling Overlapping Audio 143Track Folding 144How Events are Displayed on Folder Tracks 145Modifying Event Display on Folder Tracks 145Working with Lanes 149Defining the Track Time Base 150TrackVersions 160Track...
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5 291MixConsole 293Setting Up the MixConsole 293MixConsole Toolbar 295Functions Menu 297Configuring the MixConsole 304Synchronizing Channel and Track Visibility 305Finding Channels 305Linking Channels 308VCA Faders (Cubase Pro only) 314Metering (Cubase Pro only) 318Input Levels 319Copying and Moving Rack and Channel Settings 320Fader Section 325Working with Channel Racks 348Using Channel Settings 350Adding Notes to a MixConsole Channel 350Keyboard Navigation 352Control Room (Cubase Pro only) 352Adding...
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6 576Automation 576Automation Curves 576Static Value Line 577Write/Read Automation 577Writing Automation Data 580Editing Automation Data 582Automation Tracks 584Virgin Territory vs. Initial Value (Cubase Pro only) 585Automation Panel 595MIDI Controller Automation 599VST Instruments 599VST Instruments Window 602Adding VST Instruments 603Presets for Instruments 605VST Quick Controls 607Playing Back VST Instruments 609About Latency 610Import and Export Options 612External Instruments (Cubase Pro only)...
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7 836Chord Pads 836Chord Pads Zone 840Functions Menu 841Preparations 841Chord Assistant 844Assigning Chords to Chord Pads 848Moving and Copying Chord Pads 848Playing Back and Recording Chords 850Chord Pad Settings – Remote Control 853Chord Pad Settings – Players 856Chord Pad Settings – Pad Layout 857Chord Pads Presets 858Creating Events from Chord Pads 859The Logical Editor, Transformer, and Input Transformer 859Introduction 860Opening the Logical Editor 861Window overview 861Setting up filter...
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8 1051Preferences 1051Preferences Dialog 1053Appearance 1054Editing 1063Event Display 1067General 1068MIDI 1073MediaBay 1074Metering 1075Record 1077Scores (Cubase Pro only) 1080Transport 1082VST 1086VariAudio (Cubase Pro only) 1087Video 1088Part II - Score Layout and Printing (Cubase Pro only) 1089How the Score Editor works 1089About this chapter 1089Welcome! 1089How the Score Editor operates 1090MIDI notes vs. score notes 1090Display Quantize 1094Entering notes by hand vs. recording notes 1095The...
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9 1163Polyphonic voicing 1163About this chapter 1163Background: Polyphonic voicing 1165Setting up the voices 1168Strategies: How many voices do I need? 1168Entering notes into voices 1169Checking which voice a note belongs to 1169Moving notes between voices 1172Handling rests 1172Voices and Display Quantize 1173Creating crossed voicings 1175Automatic polyphonic voicing – Merge All Staves 1176Converting voices to tracks – Extract Voices 1177Additional note and rest formatting 1177About this chapter...
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10 1314The score and MIDI playback 1314About this chapter 1314Scores and the Arranger mode 1315Working with mapped dynamics 1319Tips and Tricks 1319Overview 1319Useful editing techniques 1322Frequently asked questions 1327If you wish you had a faster computer 1328Index