Steinberg Cubase Ai 5 Manual

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Background
The user can customize the appearance and functionality 
of Cubase AI in various ways.
User configurable items described in this chapter are:
Setup dialogs
Several parts of the user interface (toolbars, Transport panel, Inspector, 
info lines and Channel Settings windows) provide a Setup dialog, where 
you can configure which items of the respective window area or panel are 
to be shown or hidden and where they should be located – see “Using the 
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You can change the current show/hide status by select-
ing items in one section and then use the arrow buttons in 
the middle of the dialog to move them to the other section.
Changes are applied directly.
By selecting items in the “Visible Items” list and using the 
Move Up and Move Down buttons, you can reorder the 
items list.
Changes are applied directly. To undo all changes and revert to the stan-
dard layout, select “Default” on the setup context menu.
If you click the Save button...

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Removing, adding and moving track controls
The dialog is divided into two sections. The left section 
displays controls currently visible on the Track list, and the 
right section displays the controls currently hidden.
You can hide controls from the Track list by selecting 
them in the list to the left and clicking the Remove button. 
To show hidden elements, select them in the list to the 
right and click the Add button.
Click OK to apply the changes.
ÖAll controls can be removed except...

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Appearance
In the Preferences dialog, you will find a page called Ap-
pearance. The following settings are available:
Basic Appearance Scheme
By selecting an option from this pop-up menu you can adjust the general 
look of the program. After selecting an Appearance Scheme and clicking 
Apply or OK, you need to restart the program for the changes to take 
effect.
Brightness/Intensity sliders
These sliders allow you to fine-tune the brightness and contrast in various 
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Coloring parts and events
There are two ways to color parts and events in the 
Project window:
Using the color selector
1.Select the desired parts or events.
2.Choose a color from the Color Selector in the toolbar.
Using the Color tool
1.On the toolbar, select the Color tool.
2.Click the small strip below it to bring up the color pal-
ette.
3.Select a color. 
4.Click on a part/event to assign the color. 
The color is applied to all selected parts/events and over-
rides the track color (if...

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4.Click the Apply button in the Standard Colors section. 
The color setting is applied to the selected color field in the Event Colors 
section. 
You can edit every existing event color in the same way.
To delete an event color item, select it and click the “Re-
move Selected Color” button in the Event Colors section.
To increase or decrease the intensity and the brightness 
of all colors, use the corresponding buttons in the Event 
Colors section.
To save the current set as default,...

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Introduction
Most of the main menus in Cubase AI have key command 
shortcuts for certain items on the menus. In addition, there 
are numerous other Cubase AI functions that can be per-
formed via key commands. These are all default settings. If 
you want, you can customize existing key commands to 
your liking, and also add commands for menu items and 
functions that have no key command assigned.
How are key commands settings saved?
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6.When you have found and selected the desired item, 
click in the “Type in Key” field and enter a new key com-
mand.
You can choose any single key or a combination of one or several modifier 
keys ([Alt]/[Option], [Ctrl]/[Command], [Shift]) plus any key. Just press the 
keys you want to use.
7.If the key command you entered is already assigned to 
another item or function, this is displayed below the “Type 
in Key” field. 
You can either ignore this and proceed to assign the key command...