Home > Steinberg > Music Production System > Steinberg Cubase 8 Manual

Steinberg Cubase 8 Manual

Here you can view all the pages of manual Steinberg Cubase 8 Manual. The Steinberg manuals for Music Production System are available online for free. You can easily download all the documents as PDF.

Page 471

Sample Editor
VariAudio (Cubase Pro only)
471
Applying editing, offline processes, and VariAudio
The following offline processes and edits that affect the length of the audio file may 
lead to the reanalysis of the audio material:
• Options on the Select Process menu, on the Process tab of the Sample Editor 
Inspector, or in the Process submenu of the Audio menu that can be applied 
to selections.
• Effect processing using the options on the Select Plug-in menu on the 
Process tab of the Sample Editor...

Page 472

Sample Editor
VariAudio (Cubase Pro only)
472
• If you activate the “Please don’t display this warning again” option in one of 
these warning dialogs before proceeding, Cubase will always proceed with 
the selected option.
You can reactivate the warning messages by deactivating the “Inhibit warning 
when changing the Sample Data” or “Inhibit warning when applying Offline 
Processes” options in the Preferences dialog (VariAudio page).
RELATED LINKS
Audio processing and functions on page 401
Editing...

Page 473

Sample Editor
VariAudio (Cubase Pro only)
473
Changing the note start or end point
If you find that a note starts or ends too early or too late, e. g. when the reverb of a 
note or a consonant is not included in the segment, proceed as follows:
PROCEDURE
1. On the VariAudio tab activate Segments mode.
2. To change the length of a segment, move the mouse pointer over the 
start/end of the segment.
The mouse pointer becomes a double arrow.
3. Click and drag the segment start/end to the left or right....

Page 474

Sample Editor
VariAudio (Cubase Pro only)
474
RESULT 
The segment is cut accordingly taking Snap into account.
IMPORTANTIMPORTANTIMPORTANTIMPORTANT
When the resulting segment pitch cannot be calculated because of an increase in 
non-tonal data, the segment will be deleted.
NOTE
There is a minimum size for a segment. Very short segments cannot be cut.
Gluing segments
IMPORTANTIMPORTANTIMPORTANTIMPORTANT
We recommend to correct the segmentation before pitching. If you glue together 
segments after changing...

Page 475

Sample Editor
VariAudio (Cubase Pro only)
475
Moving segments horizontally
After cutting a segment it may be necessary to move segments horizontally, for 
example, if you notice that a note is at the wrong position.
PROCEDURE
1. On the VariAudio tab activate Segments mode.
2. Move the mouse pointer over the upper border of the segment.
The mouse pointer becomes a double arrow.
3. Click and drag the whole segment to the left or right.
RESULT 
The segment is moved accordingly. If several segments are...

Page 476

Sample Editor
VariAudio (Cubase Pro only)
476
Pitch & Warp tool
If you activate the Pitch & Warp tool on the VariAudio tab, you can change the pitch 
and the timing of your audio.
IMPORTANTIMPORTANTIMPORTANTIMPORTANT
Before changing the pitch or timing of your segments, make sure that the segments 
you want to change are correct
You can edit the pitch and timing of audio segments for corrective purposes but 
also creatively. VariAudio allows you to experiment freely with note pitches in order 
to change...

Page 477

Sample Editor
VariAudio (Cubase Pro only)
477
There are three different modes that affect the way in which a note will snap to a 
certain pitch that can be accessed using the following modifier keys:
NOTE
The default modifier key can be changed in the Preferences dialog (Editing–Tool 
Modifier page).
3. Drag the segment up or down to the desired pitch and release the mouse.
However, be careful: The more the pitch deviates from the original pitch, the less likely 
it is that your audio sounds natural....

Page 478

Sample Editor
VariAudio (Cubase Pro only)
478
Quantize Pitch
You can also quantize the audio pitch upwards or downwards to iteratively reduce 
the deviation from the nearest semitone position.
PROCEDURE
1. Select the segments that you want to quantize.
2. Move the Quantize Pitch slider to the right.
RESULT 
The selected segments are quantized iteratively.
NOTE
You can set up a key command for Quantize Pitch in the Sample Editor category of 
the Key Commands dialog. When using the key command, the...

Page 479

Sample Editor
VariAudio (Cubase Pro only)
479
3. Drag upwards/downwards with the mouse to change the micro-pitch curve.
If the pitch falls at the end of the segment…
…activate the Pitch & Warp tool, point at the top right corner and drag upwards.
Changing the Pitch-Curve for Segment Start or End
If you want to change the pitch modulation only for the segment start or end, you 
can set an “anchor point” to specify which part of the segment is affected.
PROCEDURE
1. Move the mouse pointer over the top...

Page 480

Sample Editor
VariAudio (Cubase Pro only)
480
If you set a tilt anchor…
…and press [Alt]/[Option], the mouse pointer becomes a diagonal arrow…
…to indicate that you can rotate the micro-pitch curve.
4. Repeat the steps above to set anchors and tilt the micro-pitch curve until you 
are satisfied with the result.
If you want to remove a tilt anchor from a segment, hold down [Alt]/[Option], position 
the mouse pointer at the top border of the segment until it turns to a glue tube, and 
click.
The tilt...
Start reading Steinberg Cubase 8 Manual

Related Manuals for Steinberg Cubase 8 Manual

All Steinberg manuals