Steinberg Cubase 8 Manual
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•Increment/Decrement on Left/Right-Click
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please double-click. Under Mac OS X, right-clicking is the same as
[Ctrl]/[Command]-clicking. We recommend that you use a two-button
mouse and set up the right button to generate a [Ctrl]/[Command]-click.
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•Increment/Decrement on Left/Right-Click
In this mode, you can click with the left or right mouse button to
decrease or increase the value. To edit values by typing in this mode,
please double-click. Under Mac OS X, right-clicking is the same as
[Ctrl]/[Command]-clicking. We recommend that you use a two-button
mouse and set up the right button to generate a [Ctrl]/[Command]-click.
•Increment/Decrement on Left-Click and Drag
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Preferences Editing 1061 NOTE If you just split a part and play back the result, it will sound the same regardless of this setting. However, if you split a part and delete the first half or move the second half to a different position in the project, you may want to activate Split MIDI Controllers to make sure all controllers have the correct value at the beginning of the second part. Editing - Project & MixConsole Select Channel/Track on Solo When you activate this option, a track in the track list or a channel in the MixConsole automatically gets selected when the Solo button is activated. Deactivating this option always keeps the current selection status, regardless of the solo setting for the tracks. Select Channel/Track on Edit Settings When you activate this option, a track in the track list or a channel in the MixConsole automatically gets selected when you click the respective edit button (e). Deactivating this option always keeps the current track/channel selection. Scroll To selected Track If you activate this option, selecting a MixConsole channel automatically scrolls the track list to display the respective track. Sync Selection in Project Window and MixConsole If this is activated, and you select a track in the Project window, the corresponding channel is automatically selected in the MixConsole and vice versa. This can be a very handy feature when making detailed settings for audio and MIDI channels: open the Channel Settings window for a track by clicking its edit “e” button, and position it so that it can remain open without obstructing the view. Then you can simply select the track for which you want to make settings in the Project window. The Channel Settings window will automatically change to show the settings for the selected track. Enable Record on Selected Audio Track When this is activated, selected audio tracks are automatically record enabled. Enable Record on Selected MIDI Track When this is activated, the selected MIDI tracks are automatically record enabled. Enable Solo on Selected Track When this is activated, the selected tracks are automatically soloed.
Preferences Editing 1062 Deep Track Folding If this option is activated, any folding settings that you make on the Track Folding submenu of the Project menu also affect the subelements of the tracks. For example, if you fold in a folder track that contains 10 audio tracks, of which 5 have several open automation tracks, all these audio tracks within the folder track will also be folded in. Enlarge Selected Track Activate this option to enter a mode where the selected track in the Project window will be enlarged. You can adjust the size directly in the track list if the default enlargement factor does not suit you. When you select another track in the track list, this track is automatically enlarged, and the previously selected track is displayed in its previous size. Editing - Tool Modifiers On this page you can specify which modifier keys are used for additional functionality when using tools. PROCEDURE 1. Select an option in the Categories list. 2. Select the action for which you want to edit the modifier key in the Action list. 3. On your computer keyboard, hold down the modifier keys and click Assign. RESULT The current modifier key(s) for the action is replaced. If this tool already has assigned modifier key(s), you will be asked whether you want to replace them. Editing - Chords ‘X’ Chords Mute Notes on Tracks That are in Follow Chord Track Mode This determines what happens when you play back a track that follows the chord track and the cursor reaches an undefined chord event (X chord). Activate this option to mute playback. Deactivate this option to continue playback of the last defined chord event. Disable ‘Acoustic Feedback’ during Playback If you activate this option, Acoustic Feedback is automatically disabled on playback. This ensures that chord events are not triggered twice. Hide muted Notes in Editors If you set up a MIDI track to follow the chord track by activating one of the Follow Chord Track options, some of the original MIDI notes may be muted. Activate this option to hide these notes in the editors.
Preferences Event Display 1063 Editing - Tools Select Tool: Show Extra Info Activate this to show a tooltip for the Object Selection tool in the Project window event display. This tooltip indicates the current pointer position and the name of the track and event at which you are pointing. Warn before switching Display Domain (Timewarp Tool) (Cubase Pro only) If this is activated, a warning opens if you select the Timewarp tool and the ruler is not set to Bars and Beats. Zoom Tool Standard Mode: Horizontal Zooming Only This affects the result when using the Zoom tool (magnifying glass). If this is activated and you drag a selection rectangle with the Zoom tool, the window is only zoomed horizontally and the track height does not change. If this option is deactivated, the window is zoomed both horizontally and vertically. Pop-up Toolbox on Right-Click If this is activated, the toolbox opens on right-click in the event display and editors. You can change the number of rows in which the tools are arranged on the toolbox. Keep the right mouse button pressed until the mouse pointer changes to a double arrow and drag to the bottom or right. • To open the context menu instead of the toolbox, press any modifier key when right-clicking. Cross-Hair Cursor This allows you to set up a cross-hair cursor when working in the event display and editors, facilitating navigation and editing, especially when arranging in large projects. You can set up the colors for the line and the mask of the cross-hair cursor, and define its width. The cross-hair cursor works as follows: •If the Selection tool (or one of its subtools) is selected, the cross-hair cursor appears when you start moving or copying a part/event or when you use the event trim handles. •If the Draw tool, the Cut tool, or any other tool that makes use of this function is selected, the cross-hair cursor appears as soon as you move the mouse over the event display. • The cross-hair cursor is only available for tools where such a function is of any use. Event Display The Event Display section contains several settings for customizing the display in the Project window.
Preferences Event Display 1064 Show Event Names Determines whether the names of parts and events are shown. Hide Truncated Event Names When zooming or resizing elements, the events can become very small so that the name is no longer completely visible. The name gets truncated. If this option is activated, event names are hidden if they do not fit into the event. Show Overlaps When events overlap, this setting allows you to specify when the overlapping areas are displayed. Grid Overlay Intensity Increases or decreases the overlay intensity of the displayed grid lines. Event Handling Opacity Increases or decreases the opacity of an overlying event background when you move it. Smallest Track Height To Show Data Specifies from which track height the track contents are displayed. Smallest Track Height To Show Name Specifies from which track height the track names are displayed. Event Display - Audio Interpolate Audio Waveforms If you have zoomed in to one sample per pixel or less, the appearance of the samples depends on this setting. If the option is deactivated, single sample values are drawn as steps. If the option is activated, the sample values are interpolated to form curves. Show Event Volume Curves Always If activated, event volume curves, as created by the fade and volume handles, are shown for all events, regardless of whether they are selected or not. When the option is deactivated, volume curves are only shown for selected events. However, note that you can still adjust fades and volumes for events that are not selected, by clicking and dragging the top left, middle, or right edge respectively. Show Waveforms If activated, audio waveforms are displayed for audio events. Show Hitpoints on Selected Events If activated, hitpoints are displayed for audio events. Waveform Brightness Increases or decreases the brightness of the displayed waveforms.
Preferences Event Display 1065 Waveform Outline Intensity Increases or decreases the intensity of the waveform outline. Fade Handle Brightness Increases or decreases the brightness of the set fade lines within audio events. Background Color Modulation When this is activated, the backgrounds of audio waveforms reflect the waveform dynamics. This is especially useful to get an overview when working with small track heights. Event Display - Folders Show Event Details If this option is activated, event details are displayed. If deactivated, data blocks are displayed. This setting depends on the Show Data on Folder Tracks setting. Show Data on Folder Tracks Determines in which case data blocks or event details are displayed on folder tracks. •Always Show Data If this option is activated, data blocks or event details are always displayed. •Never Show Data If this option is activated, nothing is displayed. •Hide Data When Expanded If this option is activated, the display of events is hidden when you open folder tracks. Event Display - MIDI Default Edit Action Determines which editor is opened when you double-click a MIDI part or when you select it and press [Ctrl]/[Command]-[E]. Note that this setting is overwritten for tracks with drum maps if the Edit as Drums when Drum Map is assigned option is activated. Part Data Mode Determines if and how events in MIDI parts are shown: not shown, as lines, as score notes, as drum notes, or as blocks. Note that this setting is overwritten for tracks with drum maps if the Edit as Drums when Drum Map is assigned option is activated.
Preferences Event Display 1066 Show Controllers Governs whether non-note events such as controllers, etc. are shown in MIDI parts. Note Brightness Increases or decreases the brightness of note events. Controller Brightness Increases or decreases the brightness of controller events. Edit as Drums when Drum Map is assigned If this is activated, parts on MIDI tracks to which drum maps are assigned are shown with drum note symbols. The parts will automatically open in the Drum Editor on double-click. This overwrites the Default Edit Action setting. Event Display - Chords Pitch Notation • The Note Name pop-up menu lets you select between three ways of displaying chords. • The Naming Format pop-up menu lets you determine how MIDI note names (pitches) are displayed in editors, etc. • The options Display ‘Bb’ as ‘B’ and Display ‘B’ as ‘H’ allow you to change the corresponding pitch names. Chord Font Allows you to specify a font for all chord symbols. Chord Symbols There are several ways of indicating chord types, for example, major and minor chords. These options allow you to select your preferred display method for major 7th chords, minor chords, half-diminished chords, diminished chords, and augmented chords. Event Display - Tracks Colorize Track Controls This slider allows you apply the track color to the track controls. Drag the slider to the right to intensify the color. Colorize Only Folder Track Controls Activate this to restrict the effect of the Colorize Track Control function to folder tracks only. This is useful in projects with a large number of tracks and folder tracks.
Preferences General 1067 Default Track Name Width Allows you to determine the default name width for all track types. Auto Track Color Mode This offers you several options for automatically assigning colors to tracks that are added to the project: •Use Default Track Color New tracks get the default event color. •Use Previous Track Color New tracks get the same color as the track above them in the track list. •Use Previous Track Color + 1 This is similar to the Use Previous Track Color option, except that the new tracks get the next color in the color palette. •Use Last Applied Color New tracks get the color that you last applied to an event/part. •Use Random Track Color Inserted tracks get random track colors. General The General page contains general settings that affect the program user interface. Set these according to your preferred work methods. Language Allows you to select which language is used in the program. After switching the language, you must restart the program for the change to take effect. Auto Save If this is activated, Cubase automatically saves backup copies of all open projects with unsaved changes. These are named Name.bak, where name is the name of the project, and are saved in the project folder. Backup copies of unsaved projects are named #UntitledX.bak where X is an incremental number, to allow multiple backup copies in the same project folder. Auto Save Interval Allows you to specify how often a backup copy is created. Maximum Backup Files Allows you to specify how many backup files will be created with the Auto Save function. When the maximum number of backup files is reached, the existing files will be overwritten (starting with the oldest file). Show Tips If this is activated and you position the pointer over an icon or button in Cubase, an explanatory tooltip is displayed after a second.
Preferences MIDI 1068 Maximum Undo Steps Allows you to specify the number of undo levels. Run Setup on Create New Project If this is activated, Cubase automatically displays the Project Setup dialog every time you create a new project. This allows you to specify the basic project configuration. Open External Projects in Last Used View If this option is activated and you open a project that has been created on a different computer, the window and dialog settings that you last used on your computer is applied to the project. This can either be the last used view that was saved on your computer or one of your specified global workspaces. If you deactivate this setting, external projects are always opened in their original layout. Use Steinberg Hub Activate this option to open Steinberg Hub when you start Cubase or create a new project using the File menu. General - Personalization Default Author Name Allows you to specify an author name that is used by default for new projects. This will be included as metadata when exporting audio files with an iXML chunk. Default Company Name Allows you to specify a company name that is used by default for new projects. This will be included as metadata when exporting audio files with an iXML chunk. MIDI This page contains settings that affect MIDI recording and playback. MIDI Thru Active If this is activated, all MIDI tracks that are record enabled or have monitoring activated will “echo” incoming MIDI data, sending it back out on their respective MIDI outputs and channels. This allows you to hear the correct sound from your MIDI instrument during recording. NOTE If you use MIDI Thru, select Local Off mode on your MIDI instrument to prevent each note from sounding twice.
Preferences MIDI 1069 Reset on Stop If this is activated, Cubase sends out MIDI Reset messages (including noteoff and controller resets) on stop. Never Reset Chased Controllers If this is activated, controllers are not reset to 0 when you stop playback or move to a new position in the project. Length Adjustment This allows you to enter a length adjustment value in ticks by which the notes that have the same pitch and MIDI channel are adjusted. This ensures that there is always a short time between the end of one note and the start of another. By default, there are 120 ticks per 1/16 note, but you can adjust this with the MIDI Display Resolution setting. Chase Events Event types for which an option is activated are chased when you locate to a new position and start playback. This makes your MIDI instruments sound as they should when you locate to a new position and start playback. If Chase not limited to Part Boundaries is activated, MIDI controllers are also chased outside the part boundaries, and the chase is performed on the part touched by the cursor as well as on all the parts to the left of it. Deactivate this for very large projects, as it slows down processes such as positioning and soloing. MIDI Display Resolution This allows you to set the display resolution for viewing and editing MIDI data. This only affects how MIDI events are displayed and not how they are recorded. Insert Reset Events after Record If this is activated, a reset event is inserted at the end of each recorded part. This resets controller data, such as Sustain, Aftertouch, Pitchbend, Modulation, Breath Control. This is useful if you stop recording before the note off command is sent, for example. Audition through MIDI Inserts/Sends If this is activated, the layering of MIDI instruments (by MIDI sends) is also active within the MIDI editors. This way, the acoustic feedback of the editors sends the MIDI data not only to the output selected for the track, but additionally through any MIDI inserts and MIDI sends assigned to it. Note, however, that this also means that MIDI events will be sent through any MIDI plug-ins assigned to this track. MIDI Max. Feedback in ms This allows you to set the maximum length of the notes when using Acoustic Feedback in MIDI editors.
Preferences MIDI 1070 MIDI - MIDI File Export Options These options allow you to specify what data is included in exported MIDI files. Export Inspector Patch If this is activated, the MIDI patch settings in the Inspector - Bank Select and Program Select (used for selecting sounds in the connected MIDI instrument) are included as MIDI Bank Select and Program Change events in the MIDI file. Export Inspector Volume/Pan If this is activated, Volume and Pan settings made in the Inspector are included as MIDI Volume and Pan events in the MIDI file. Export Automation If this is activated, the automation data (just as it is heard during playback) is converted to MIDI controller events and included in the MIDI file. This also includes automation recorded with the MIDI Control plug-in. Note that if a continuous controller (e. g. CC7) has been recorded but the Read button is deactivated for the automation track (i. e. the automation is effectively switched off for this parameter), only the part data for this controller will be exported. If this option is deactivated and the Read Automation button is activated, no continuous controllers will be exported. If the Read button is deactivated, the controller data of the MIDI part are exported (these will now be handled like “regular” part data). It is recommended to activate the “Export Automation” option. Export Inserts If this is activated and you are using MIDI modifiers or any MIDI plug-ins as insert effects, the modifications to the original MIDI notes that occur as a result of the effect(s) will be included in the MIDI file. A MIDI delay, for example, will produce a number of repeats to a MIDI note by actually adding additional, “echoing” notes at rhythmic intervals - these notes will be included in the MIDI file if the option is activated. Export Sends If this is activated and you are using any MIDI plug-ins as send effects, the modifications to the original MIDI notes that occur as a result of the effect(s) will be included in the MIDI file. Export Markers If this is activated, any markers you have added will be included in the MIDI file as Standard MIDI File Marker events.