Steinberg Cubase 8 Manual

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…the micro-pitch curve is straightened.
The pitch of the selected segments is straightened.
Muting Segments
You can mute or unmute individual segments using the Pitch & Warp tool.
PROCEDURE
1. Move the mouse pointer over the bottom center of a segment.
An x symbol appears.
2. Click the x symbol to mute the segment.
The segment is grayed out to indicate that it is muted.
3. To unmute the segment, click the x symbol again.
MIDI Input
You can change the pitch on...

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4. When you are done, deactivate the MIDI Input button.
NOTE
MIDI controller data like pitchbend or modulation are ignored.
RELATED LINKS
Virtual Keyboard on page 210
Warping segments
Time correction, i. e. warping at segment level, is useful if you want to align a musical 
accent to a certain position, or change or quantize the timing of single segments in 
monophonic vocal recordings. When warping audio segments, warp markers will 
be created. These are...

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• You can change the insert position of a warp marker in the audio by clicking 
and dragging the warp marker handle in the ruler. This will change the warping.
• Hold down [Shift] (by default) to delete warp markers. To delete a warp marker, 
hold down the tool modifier so that the pointer becomes an eraser and click on 
the warp handle.
• If you are not satisfied with your changes, you can revert the timing of the 
selected segments by choosing the “Warp...

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2. Move the mouse pointer over the start of the segment so that it becomes a 
double arrow and drag the segment start to the beginning of the bar.
The segment border snaps to the grid at the exact bar position.
Now the beginning of the segment matches the beginning of the bar, but we want the 
beginning of the waveform to match the beginning of the bar:
3. Point at the warp handle displayed in the ruler so that it turns into a double 
arrow and drag it to the...

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Reset
This pop-up menu at the bottom of the VariAudio tab allows you to reset the 
modifications you performed with the Pitch & Warp tool. It also lets you reset the 
changes you made in Segments mode by reanalyzing the audio and returning to the 
original segmentation. The following options are available:
Pitch Changes
If you select this option, pitch changes including micro-pitch modifications 
with the Tilt Micro Pitches tool are reset either for the...

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If you want to compare the original to the modified audio (i. e. hear the audio without 
pitch or warp modifications), you have the following possibilities:
• You can disable your pitch modifications by clicking the Disable Pitch 
Changes button on the VariAudio tab or by setting up and using the 
“VariAudio - Disable Pitch Changes” key command in the Key Commands 
dialog, Sample Editor category.
• You can disable your warp modifications by clicking the...

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5. On the Pitch Mode pop-up menu, specify which data should be included 
when extracting the MIDI part. The following options are available:
6. On the Volume Mode pop-up menu, specify how volume information from the 
audio is extracted to MIDI. The following options are available:
7. On the Destination pop-up menu, specify where the MIDI part will be placed. 
The following options are available:
Option Description
Just Notes and No 
Pitchbend DataOnly notes...

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NOTE
If you have opened the Sample Editor from the Pool and the audio file is not part of 
your project, the MIDI part will be inserted at the beginning of the project.
8. Click OK.
RESULT 
A MIDI part is created according to the specified settings.
You can also use a key command to extract a MID I  p ar t  f r o m  y o u r  au d i o .  I n  th i s c a s e  
no dialog opens and the settings that were used for the previous...

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3. On the Audio menu, select “Generate Harmony Voices…”.
4. Specify the number of voices that you want to create and enter a value for the 
vibrato reduction.
RESULT 
The new voices follow the soprano, alto, tenor, and bass voices from the chord track 
voicing.
To open all voices in the Sample Editor, activate the “Open Sample Editor After 
Completion” option.
This allows you to view and edit the different voices.
NOTE
If you generate harmony voices...

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PROCEDURE
1. Select the audio events that you want to process.
2. On the Audio menu, open the Realtime Processing submenu and select the 
Flatten command.
Provided that the time stretching factor is not outside the range of 0.5 and 2, a dialog 
opens where you can select an algorithm for the processing.
If the audio has been transposed, the dialog also contains the “Formant Correction” 
option. You can activate this, for example, if you want to avoid a...