Steinberg Cubase 8 Manual

Automation
Automation Panel
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Activating To Punch
PROCEDURE
1. On the Automation Panel, activate Touch, and activate To Punch as Fill 
option.
2. Start playback.
3. Move the fader until you have found the volume setting that you need and 
release the fader to punch out.
The volume curve is set from the point of punch out back to where you punched in. 
The values written while moving the fader to find the right value are deleted, and the 
volume jumps at exactly the right moment from the value set in...

Automation
Automation Panel
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Activating Loop
PREREQUISITE 
You have set up a loop range with the left and right locators.
PROCEDURE
1. On the Automation Panel, activate Touch, and activate Loop to activate it as 
Fill option.
2. Start playback.
3. Move the fader until you have found the volume setting that you need and 
release the fader to punch out.
The found value is set within the range that is defined by the left and right locators.
One Shot vs Continuous Fill
You can use the Fill options in two...

Automation
Automation Panel
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Suspend Options
This section on the Automation Panel allows you to exclude specific parameters 
from the reading or writing of automation data. This way, you have full manual control 
of these parameters.
Suspend Read
Suspending Read for a specific parameter during automation gives you full manual 
control of it.
• To suspend the reading of automation data for a specific parameter, click the 
corresponding parameter.
• To suspend the reading of automation data for all...

Automation
Automation Panel
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EXAMPLE
Imagine the following situation: To help you concentrate while working on a 
particular track, you mute several other tracks. However, because write automations 
are active on these tracks, this mute state is also automated during the next 
automation pass – a classic situation in mixing.
To avoid inadvertently excluding whole tracks from your mix in this way, you can 
exclude Mute from all automation writing. Simply click Mute in the Suspend Write 
category on the...

Automation
MIDI Controller Automation
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Continue Writing
If you activate this option, the recording of automation will not be blocked 
when locating to a new position. This can be used to perform multiple 
automation passes in Cycle mode or if you are using the arranger functions.
If this option is deactivated and you write automation data and locate to 
another position in the project, the writing will be stopped until the mouse 
button is released or until a Stop command is received.
Reveal Parameter...

Automation
MIDI Controller Automation
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Automation Merge Modes
This pop-up menu is only available for controllers that can be recorded both for a 
part and a track. The settings that you make for a controller are applied to all MIDI 
tracks that use this controller.
Use Global Settings
When this is selected, the automation track uses the global Automation 
Merge Mode that is specified in the MIDI Controller Automation Setup 
dialog.
Replace 1 - Part Range
When this option is selected, the part data has...

Automation
MIDI Controller Automation
597
MIDI Controller Automation Setup
In the MIDI Controller Automation Setup dialog, you can specify how existing 
MIDI automation is handled on playback and new automation data is recorded in a 
MIDI part or as track automation. All settings that you make in this dialog are saved 
with the project.
Record Destination on conflict (global)
Allows you to determine which destination is used if MIDI controller data is 
received by Cubase and both the Record and the Write...

Automation
MIDI Controller Automation
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Record Destination
Click in the Record Destination column for a MIDI controller to open the 
pop-up menu where you can choose where you want recorded data of this 
particular MIDI Controller to end up.
Automation Merge Mode
Click in the Automation Merge Mode column for a MIDI controller to specify 
what happens with data for this specific controller on playback.
Save As Default
Allows you to save the current settings as default settings. When you create 
a new...

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VST Instruments
VST instruments are software synthesizers or other sound sources that are 
contained within Cubase. They are played internally via MIDI. You can add effects 
or EQ to VST instruments.
Cubase allows you to make use of VST instruments in the following ways:
• By adding an instrument in the VST Instruments window.
This creates a VST instrument channel, which can be played by one or several 
MIDI tracks routed to it.
• By creating an instrument track.
This is a combination of a VST...

VST Instruments
VST Instruments Window
600
The following controls can be found in the VST Instruments window:
1)Add Track Instrument
Opens the Add Instrument Track dialog that allows you to select an 
instrument and add an instrument track that is associated to this instrument.
2)Find Instruments
Opens a selector that allows you to find an instrument in the VST 
Instruments window.
3)Set Remote-Control Focus for VST Quick Controls to Previous/Next 
Instrument
Shows and activates the quick controls for...