Steinberg Cubase 8 Manual

Control Room (Cubase Pro only)
Control Room Mixer
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1)Source Selectors
Allow you to select the source for the Control Room channel. The available 
sources depend on the channels that you added to the Control Room. The 
signal presence indicators in the upper left corner light up when the source 
channel is sending data to the Control Room channel.
2)Dim Signal
Activate this to lower the Control Room level by a fixed amount. This allows a 
quick reduction in monitor volume without disturbing the current...

Control Room (Cubase Pro only)
Control Room Setup
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2)AFL/PFL
Allows you to determine whether the signal of a listen-enabled channel is 
routed to the Control Room channel after applying the fader and pan settings 
(AFL) or before applying the fader and pan settings (PFL).
3)Enable Listen for Output
Enables the listen bus function for the Control Room output.
4)Listen Level
Allows you to adjust the volume of listen bus signals that are routed to the 
Control Room output.
5)Listen Dim
Allows you to...

Control Room (Cubase Pro only)
Control Room Setup
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Input Gain
Setting up the input gain can be useful in the following situations: 

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Control Room Setup
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• To balance the level of external inputs, for example, CD players and other 
sources to the Main Mix level, for A/B comparisons.
• To balance the level of your monitor systems, so that switching between sets 
of speakers does not change the playback volume.
Input Phase
Reversing the input phase can be useful for external inputs and monitor speaker 
outputs.
Insert Effects
Each Control Room channel has a set of insert effect slots.
• Use the inserts...

Control Room (Cubase Pro only)
Setting Up a Cue Mix
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Setting Up a Cue Mix
You can create a cue mix from the fader and pan levels that are used in the 
MixConsole and change them to meet the needs of the individual performers.
PROCEDURE
1. In the MixConsole, select the channels from which you want to copy the 
settings.
2. In the Control Room, do one of the following:
• To apply the function only to this cue channel, right-click on a cue channel to 
open the context menu.
• To apply the function to all...

Control Room (Cubase Pro only)
Adjusting the Overall Cue Send Level
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Reset Cue Sends
Allows you to deactivate the cue sends, to change the send level of all 
selected channels to 0
 dB, and to set the signal source to post-fader. This 
way, any changes to the main mix also change the cue mix. To raise the level 
of individual cue channels, raise the level on that channel.
Adjusting the Overall Cue Send Level
You can adjust multiple send levels at the same time for the cue send mix, keeping 
the blend...

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Metering
Loudness
Cubase allows you to measure the loudness in compliance with the loudness 
recommendation R
 128 of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Measurements 
that correspond to this recommendation consider loudness, loudness range, and 
maximum true peak level values.
Loudness Measurement
The following measurements are performed:
•Integrated Loudness
Average loudness that is measured over the whole track in LUFS (Loudness 
Unit, referenced to Full Scale).
According to the loudness...

Metering
Loudness
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True Peaks
When a digital signal is converted to an analog signal, EBU R 128 recommends that 
you rather measure an estimation of the real peaks instead of relying on digital 
peaks. This avoids clipping and distortion.
Naming and Units
The EBU R 128 proposes the following naming and units conventions:
• A relative measurement, such as a value that is relative to a reference level, LU 
as Loudness Unit (1
 LU is 1  dB).
• An absolute measurement, LUFS as loudness unit referenced to...

Metering
Loudness
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The following parameters are available:
1)Measure Loudness
Allows you to activate the loudness measurement.
2)Switch between LU and LUFS
Allows you to switch the meter scale between LU (relative values) and LUFS 
(absolute values).
3)Configure Loudness Settings
Opens a dialog with further loudness settings.
4)Reset Loudness
Allows you to reset the loudness measurement.
5)Momentary Max.
Shows the maximum of all measured momentary loudness values.
6)Short-Term
Shows the loudness that...

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Loudness
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9)True Peak
Shows the true peak level of the audio. The maximum permitted true peak level 
in production is -1
 dB.
10)Time
Shows the duration of the integrated loudness measurement.
Loudness Settings
• To open the Loudness Settings dialog, select Devices > Control Room 
Mixer > Meter > Loudness > Configure Loudness Settings.
The following parameters are available:
1)Select Preset
Allows you to create, load, and remove loudness presets.
2)Momentary Max.
Allows you to specify a...