Steinberg Cubase 8 Manual
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...