Steinberg Cubase 8 Manual
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881 Project Logical Editor (Cubase Pro only) On the Edit menu you will find the function “Project Logical Editor…”. This opens a Project Logical Editor for the entire project. It works similar to the Logical Editor on the MIDI menu. The most important difference is that the Logical Editor for MIDI works at the event level, whereas the Project Logical Editor works at the project level and is therefore a very powerful tool for “search and replace” functions in your entire project. NOTE The MIDI events in the MIDI parts will not be affected by the Project Logical Editor operations. If you want to change MIDI notes or controller data, you have to use the Logical Editor. With the Project Logical Editor, you can combine filter conditions with actions to create complex procedures, e. g. for special track type operations on tracks that are named identically. You can use its functions to delete all muted MIDI parts or to toggle the open state of all folder tracks in your project, etc. Included with the Project Logical Editor are a number of presets that give you an impression of the great possibilities that this feature offers. Many of them can also be used as starting points when you set up your own editing operations. The principle for the Project Logical Editor is this: • You set up filter conditions to find certain elements. This can be elements of a certain type, with certain attributes or values or on certain positions, in any combination. You can combine any number of filter conditions and make composite conditions using AND/OR operators. • You select the basic function to be performed. The options are Transform (changing properties of the found elements), Delete (removing the elements) and Select (selecting the found elements). • You set up a list of actions, which specify exactly what is done. This is not necessary for all functions. For example, the Delete function does not require any additional action specifications – it simply removes all found elements. • In the Macro pop-up menu you can choose an additional macro that will be executed after the actions you defined. Use this to extend the possibilities offered by combining the filter conditions and actions specified in the Project Logical Editor even further.
Project Logical Editor (Cubase Pro only) Opening the Project Logical Editor 882 By combining filter conditions, functions, the specific actions, and additional macros, you can perform very powerful processing. IMPORTANTIMPORTANTIMPORTANTIMPORTANT The Project Logical Editor allows all kinds of settings that may not always make sense. Experiment a bit before applying your edits to important projects. You can undo the operations by using the Undo command on the Edit menu. RELATED LINKS Working with presets on page 898 The Logical Editor, Transformer, and Input Transformer on page 859 Opening the Project Logical Editor PROCEDURE 1. Open the desired project. All elements in the project will be affected, you do not have to make any selection. 2. Select “Project Logical Editor…” from the Edit menu. Window overview To understand the Project Logical Editor, it might be a good idea to start by exploring the included presets. These are found on the Presets pop-up menu at the top of the window.
Project Logical Editor (Cubase Pro only) Setting up filter conditions 883 1) List of filter conditions 2) Action List 3) Function and Macro pop-up menus 4) Apply button RELATED LINKS Working with presets on page 898 Setting up filter conditions General procedure The upper list is where you set up the filter conditions, determining which elements to find. The list contains one or several conditions, each on a separate line. • To add a new condition, click the “+” button below the list. The new line is added at the bottom of the list. If there are many lines, you may need to use the scrollbar to the right to view them. • To remove a condition, select it and click the Delete button (-) below the list. NOTE If you have already defined filter conditions and/or applied a preset, but want to start again from scratch, you can initialize the settings by selecting the Init option from the Presets pop-up menu. You set up a filter condition line by clicking in the columns and selecting options from the pop-up menus that appear. Here is a brief description of the columns: Left bracket This is used for “bracketing” several lines together when creating conditions with multiple lines and the boolean operators And/Or. Filter Target Here you select which property to look for when finding elements. Your choice here affects the available options in the other columns as well, see below! Condition This determines how the Project Logical Editor compares the property in the Filter Target column to the values in the Parameter columns. The available options depend on the Filter Target setting.
Project Logical Editor (Cubase Pro only) Setting up filter conditions 884 Parameter 1 Here you set which value the element properties are compared to (depending on the Filter Target). For example, if the Filter Target is “Position” and Condition is “Equal”, the Project Logical Editor will look for all elements starting at the position you specify in the Parameter 1 column. Parameter 2 This column is only used if you have selected one of the “Range” options in the Condition column. Typically, this allows you to find all elements with values inside (or outside) the range between Parameter 1 and Parameter 2. Bar Range/Time Base This column is only used if the Filter Target is set to “Position”. If one of the “Bar Range” options is selected in the Condition column, you use the Bar Range/Time Base column to specify “zones” within each bar (allowing you to find all elements on or around the first beat of every bar, for example). If any of the other Condition options is selected, you can use the Bar Range/Time Base column to specify the time base (PPQ, Seconds, etc.). Right bracket This is used for “bracketing” several lines together. bool This allows you to insert the boolean operators And/Or, when creating conditions with multiple lines. Below, the different Filter Targets (and their corresponding Condition and Parameter options) are described in more detail. RELATED LINKS Searching for elements at certain positions on page 888 Combining multiple condition lines on page 892 Searching for Media types PROCEDURE 1. Select “Media Type” in the Filter Target pop-up menu. This allows you to find elements of certain types of media only. 2. Open the pop-up menu in the Parameter 1 column and select the desired option. 3. Open the pop-up menu in the Condition column and select the desired condition. For example, if you have set up the Project Logical Editor like this… …it will find all marker events and tracks in the project.
Project Logical Editor (Cubase Pro only) Setting up filter conditions 885 Media type filter When the Filter Target is set to Media Type, the pop-up menu lists the available media types. Audio If no container type is specified, this finds audio events, audio parts and audio tracks. MIDI If no container type is specified, this finds MIDI parts and MIDI tracks. Automation If no container type is specified, this finds automation events and automation tracks. Marker If no container type is specified, this finds marker events and marker tracks. Transpose If no container type is specified, this finds transpose events and transpose tracks. Arranger If no container type is specified, this finds arranger events and arranger tracks. Tempo If no container type is specified, this finds tempo events and tempo tracks. Signature If no container type is specified, this finds signature events and signature tracks. Chord If no container type is specified, this finds chord events and chord tracks. Scale Event If no container type is specified, this finds scale events. Video If no container type is specified, this finds video events. Group If no container type is specified, this finds group tracks. Effect If no container type is specified, this finds FX channel tracks.
Project Logical Editor (Cubase Pro only) Setting up filter conditions 886 For media types, the following options are available: Equal This finds the Media Type set up in the Parameter 1 column. All Types This finds all Media Types. Searching for Container types PROCEDURE 1. Select Container Type in the Filter Target pop-up menu. This allows you to find parts, events or tracks. 2. Open the pop-up menu in the Parameter 1 column and select the desired option. 3. Open the pop-up menu in the Condition column and select the desired condition. For example, if you have set up the Project Logical Editor like this… …it will find all Folder tracks in the project. Container type filter When the Filter Target is set to Container Type, the pop-up menu lists the available container types. Folder Track This finds all folder tracks, included FX Channel and Group Channel folders. Track This finds all track types. Part This finds audio, MIDI, and instrument parts. Folder parts will not be found. Event This finds automation points, markers, as well as audio, arranger, transpose, tempo and time signature events. For container types, the following options are available: Equal This finds the Container Type set up in the Parameter 1 column.
Project Logical Editor (Cubase Pro only) Setting up filter conditions 887 All Types This finds all Container Types. Combining Media Type and Container Type The combination of the filter targets Media Type and Container Type represents a versatile tool for logical operations: Here, the Project Logical Editor will find all MIDI and instrument parts in the project. Here, the Project Logical Editor will find all automation tracks (not events) in the project whose name contains vol. Here, the Project Logical Editor will find all MIDI and instrument parts (not tracks) in the project that are muted. Here, the Project Logical Editor will find all MIDI and instrument parts (not tracks) or all audio events (not parts or tracks) in the project that are muted. Searching for Names PROCEDURE 1. Select Name on the Filter Target pop-up menu. 2. Enter the desired name, or a part of a name in the Parameter 1 column. 3. Open the pop-up menu in the Condition column and select the desired condition. For names, the following options are available: •Equal This is the exact same text string as set up in the Parameter 1 column. •Contains This contains the text specified in the Parameter 1 column.
Project Logical Editor (Cubase Pro only) Setting up filter conditions 888 For example, if you have set up the Project Logical Editor like this… …it will find all tracks in the project whose name contains “voc”. NOTE To take maximum advantage of this feature, we recommend using a standard nomenclature in your projects (Drums, Perc, Voc, etc.). Searching for elements at certain positions PROCEDURE 1. Select “Position” in the Filter Target pop-up menu. This allows you to find elements starting at certain positions, either relative to the start of the project or within each bar. 2. Open the pop-up menu in the Condition column and select the desired condition. • If you select any condition other than the Range, Bar Range, Cursor, Loop or Cycle options, you set up a specific position (in PPQ, seconds, samples, or frames) in the Parameter 1 column. Use the Bar Range/Time Base column to specify the time base. Note that the position for Bar Range is measured in ticks related to the start of the bar. Here, the Project Logical Editor will find all elements at the PPQ position 5.1.1. in the project. • If you select Inside Range or Outside Range in the Condition column, you set the start position of the range in the Parameter 1 column and the end position in the Parameter 2 column. You can also change the time base using the Bar Range/Time Base column. The Project Logical Editor will then find all elements inside or outside this position range. • If you select one of the Bar Range options in the Condition column, the Bar Range/Time Base column will show a graphic bar display. You specify the range within the bar by clicking and dragging in the bar display (the specified Bar Range is indicated in blue). Here, the Project Logical Editor will find elements starting around the second beat in each bar. The Project Logical Editor will then find all elements starting inside or outside this Bar Range, in all bars (within the current selection).
Project Logical Editor (Cubase Pro only) Setting up filter conditions 889 Position filter For positions, the following options are available: Equal …has the exact same value as set up in the Parameter 1 column. Unequal …has any value other than the one set up in the Parameter 1 column. Bigger …has a value higher than the one set up in the Parameter 1 column. Bigger or Equal …has a value that is the same as or higher than the one set up in the Parameter 1 column. Less …has a value lower than the one set up in the Parameter 1 column. Less or Equal …has a value that is the same as or lower than the one set up in the Parameter 1 column. Inside Range …has a value that is between the values set up in the Parameter 1 and Parameter 2 columns. Note that Parameter 1 should be the lower value and Parameter 2 the higher. Outside Range …has a value that is not between the values set up in the Parameter 1 and Parameter 2 columns. Inside Bar Range …is within the “zone” set up in the Bar Range/Time Base column, in each bar within the current selection. Outside Bar Range …is outside the “zone” set up in the Bar Range/Time Base column, in each bar within the current selection. Before Cursor …is before the song Project position. Beyond Cursor …is after the song Project position. Inside Track Loop …is inside the set track loop.
Project Logical Editor (Cubase Pro only) Setting up filter conditions 890 Inside Cycle …is inside the set cycle. Exactly Matching Cycle …exactly matches the set cycle. RELATED LINKS Setting Up the Independent Track Loop on page 496 Searching for elements of certain lengths PROCEDURE 1. Select Length in the Filter Target pop-up menu. This allows you to find elements of a certain length only. The Length parameter is interpreted via the time base setting in the Bar Range/Time Base column, i. e. in PPQ, seconds, samples, or frames. 2. Open the pop-up menu in the Condition column and select the desired condition. Here, the Project Logical Editor will find all audio parts and events in the project with a length smaller than 200 samples. If you select any condition other than the Range options, you set up a specific position in the Parameter 1 column. Lengths filter For lengths, the following options are available: Equal …has the exact same value as set up in the Parameter 1 column. Unequal …has any value other than the one set up in the Parameter 1 column. Bigger …has a value higher than the one set up in the Parameter 1 column. Bigger or Equal …has a value that is the same as or higher than the one set up in the Parameter 1 column. Less …has a value lower than the one set up in the Parameter 1 column.