Steinberg Cubase 8 Manual

MixConsole
Keyboard Navigation
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Navigating in a Section
Once you have activated a section, you can use the computer keyboard as 
described below. In the channel racks section and in the fader section, controls that 
are selected for keyboard control are indicated by a red frame.
• To navigate through the controls, use the arrow keys.
• To activate or deactivate a switch, press [Return].
• To expand or collapse an active rack, to open or close a value field in a slot, 
or to open the plug-in panel for...

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Control Room (Cubase Pro 
only)
The Control Room allows you to divide the studio environment into the performing 
area (studio) and the engineer/producer area (control room).
To open the Control Room Mixer you have the following options:
• To open the Control Room in a separate window, select Devices > Control 
Room Mixer.
• To open Control Room section in the MixConsole, select Devices > 
MixConsole > Set up Window Layout > Control Room/Meter and activate 
the Control Room View button.
The Control...

Control Room (Cubase Pro only)
Output Routing
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5. Click the Audio Device column to set an audio device for the channel type.
6. Click the Device Port column to assign a port for the channel.
IMPORTANT
You cannot assign the same device port to a bus or channel and a Control Room 
channel at the same time.
RESULT 
The Control Room functions are available for use. If you disable the Control Room, the 
configuration is saved and will be restored when you reenable the Control Room.
Output Routing
For the...

Control Room (Cubase Pro only)
Control Room Channels
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Monitor Channels
A monitor channel represents a set of outputs that are connected to monitor 
speakers in the Control Room.
You can create up to 4 monitor channels for a mono, stereo, or surround speaker 
configuration. Each monitor can have its own custom downmix settings, input gain, 
and input phase settings.
NOTE
Monitor channels can share hardware inputs or outputs with another bus or 
channel. When you create the connections for the monitor...

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Control Room Channels
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External Inputs
You can use external inputs for monitoring external devices, such as CD players, 
multi-channel recorders, or any other audio source.
You can create up to 6 external inputs for a mono, stereo, or surround speaker 
configuration.
NOTE
If you select external inputs as input source of an audio channel, you can record 
them. In this case, you do not need to assign the device ports to the input channel.
Talkback Channels
You can use...

Control Room (Cubase Pro only)
Control Room Mixer
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Control Room Mixer
The Control Room Mixer displays information and controls for the channels that 
you define on the Studio tab in the VST Connections window.
The Control Room Mixer is divided into a number of sections that you open by 
clicking their header. To open several sections simultaneously, use 
[Ctrl]/[Command]-click.
External
The External section allows you to use external inputs for monitoring external 
devices. It is only shown if you...

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To switch to another external input, click the input name and select a new external 
input from the pop-up menu.
Cue Channel
The Cue Channel section allows you to set up cue channels for sending cue mixes.
1)Activate Cue Channel
Allows you to activate/deactivate the cue channel.
2)Source Selectors
Allow you to select the source for the cue channel: monitor mix (Mix), external 
inputs (Ext), or the cue sends (Cues). The signal presence indicators in...

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1)Solo Left and Right Channels
Allows you to solo the left and right channels.
2)Solo Front Channels
Allows you to solo the front channels.
3)Solo Surround Channels
Allows you to solo the surround channels.
4)Listen to Solo Channels on Center Channel
Allows you to listen to all soloed speakers in the center channel. If the center 
channel is not available, the channels are distributed equally to the left and 
right.
5)Listen to Surround Channels on...

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Downmix Presets
The Downmix Presets section allows you to configure downmix presets.
1)Assign Downmix Preset
Allows you to configure a downmix preset for the monitor that is selected in 
the Monitors section.
2)Select Output Configuration
Allows you to select an output channel configuration.
Phones
The Phones section allows you to use the phones channel in the Control Room to 
listen to cue mixes.
1)Activate Phones Channel
Allows you to...

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Control Room Mixer
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5)Click Level and Click Pan
Use the Click Level and Click Pan controls to set the volume and the pan 
position of the metronome click.
6)Enable Listen for Output
Enables the listen bus function.
7)Listen Level
Allows you to set the listen level.
Control Room Channel
The Control Room channel is the representation of the bus that is set up as the Main 
Mix bus on the Outputs tab in the VST Connections window.
The following section contains a description...