Steinberg Cubase 8 Manual

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Workspaces
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3. On the Workspaces menu, select one of the following:
• To update your current workspace, click Update Workspace.
• To save your workspace as a different workspace or workspace type, click Add 
Workspace.
RELATED LINKS
Creating Workspaces on page 1030
Workspaces Organizer
The Workspaces Organizer allows you to manage the existing workspaces.
To open the Workspaces Organizer, click Workspaces > Organize.
The Workspaces Organizer displays the global workspaces and the project...

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Using the Setup options
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NOTE
• You can also click and drag a workspace to another position within a list.
• You can move workspaces only within a list. For a global workspace to 
become a project workspace and vice versa, you must save it as a different 
type of workspace.
• To rename a workspace, you can double-click the workspace name.
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ELATED LINKS
Workspaces category on page 1010
Using the Setup options
You can customize the appearance of the following elements:
• Transport panel
•...

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Using the Setup options
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The info line setup context menu
The Setup dialogs
If you select “Setup…” from the setup context menus, the Setup dialog opens. This 
allows you to specify which elements are visible/hidden and to set the order of the 
elements. You can also save and recall setup presets in this dialog.
The dialog is divided into two sections. The left section displays the currently visible 
items and the right section displays the currently hidden items.
• You can change the...

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Appearance
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• By selecting items in the “Visible Items” list and using the Move Up and Move 
Down buttons, you can reorder the items list.
Changes are applied directly. To undo all changes and revert to the standard 
layout, select “Default” on the setup context menu.
• If you click the Save button (disk icon) in the Presets section, a dialog opens, 
allowing you to name the current configuration and save it as a preset.
• To remove a preset, select it on the presets pop-up menu and click...

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Appearance
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Appearance–Colors
The Appearance–Colors page features several subpages that allow you to change 
the default color of the Cubase desktop, the track types, the Project, Editor 
elements, and MixConsole elements.
To change a color, proceed as follows:
PROCEDURE
1. Select a subpage and click the color field of the element to which you want 
to assign a new color.
A color selector pane opens.
2. Use the tools in the color selector pane to select a new color.
The current and the...

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• To copy a color and paste it on another element, even on another subpage, 
open the context menu in the color selector pane and select “Copy Color” and 
“Paste Color”.
You can also copy colors on the same subpage using drag and drop.
• To edit the colors numerically, open the context menu in the color selector 
pane, and select “Show Color Values”.
• To select any color in Cubase as new color, open the color selector pane, hold 
down [Alt]/[Option], and click anywhere in the...

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Appearance
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Metering–Appearance
Cubase allows for precise color assignment of level meter values. On the 
Metering–Appearance page you can specify colors for quick identification of what 
levels are being reached.
You can adjust the colors for the Channel Meter or the Master Meter. For the Master 
Meter you can only make changes for the Digital Scale scaling mode. Changes take 
effect when you click Apply or OK.
To adjust the levels and colors, activate the Channel Meter or Master Meter...

Customizing
Applying colors in the Project window
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Applying colors in the Project window
You can use color scheming for an easier overview of tracks and events in the 
Project window. Colors can be applied individually to tracks and events/parts. If you 
color a track, the corresponding events and parts are displayed in the same color. 
However, you can also color events and parts differently, “overriding” the applied 
track color.
In the following sections you will learn how to set up preferences to...

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Applying colors in the Project window
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This offers you several options for automatically assigning colors to tracks that are 
added to the project. The following options are available:
Use Default Track Color
The default color (gray) is assigned.
Use Previous Track Color
Analyzes the color of the selected track and uses the same color for the new 
track.
Use Previous Track Color +1
Analyzes the color of the selected track and uses the color that comes next in 
the color palette for the...

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Applying colors in the Project window
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2. On the toolbar, select the Color tool, click again, and select a color from the 
pop-up menu.
RESULT 
The color is applied to the selected item. If you change the color of a track, the new 
color is used for all events on the track and for the corresponding channel in the 
MixConsole.
NOTE
If you assign a different color to individual parts or events, they no longer follow color 
changes of the track.
Resetting the Default Color
You can reset the...