Steinberg Cubase Ai 5 Manual

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The Project window
Getting on-the-fly info with the Arrow tool
If the option “Select Tool: Show Extra Info” is activated in 
the Preferences (Editing–Tools page), a tooltip will be 
shown for the Arrow tool, displaying information depending 
on where you point it. For example, in the Project window 
event display, the tool will show the current pointer position 
and the name of the track and event you’re pointing at.
The ruler
The ruler at the top of the event display shows the timeline. 
Initially,...

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The Project window
The Project Setup dialog
General settings for the project are made in the Project 
Setup dialog. This is opened by selecting “Project 
Setup…” from the Project menu.
ÖIf the “Run Setup on Create New Project” option is ac-
tivated in the Preferences dialog (General page), the Pro-
ject Setup dialog will open automatically when you create 
a new project. 
The following settings are available in the Project Setup 
dialog:
Zoom and view options
Zooming in the Project window is done...

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The Project window
If the option “Zoom while Locating in Time Scale” is ac-
tivated in the Preferences (Transport page), you can also 
zoom by clicking in the main ruler and dragging up or 
down with the mouse button pressed.
Drag up to zoom out; drag down to zoom in.
You can zoom the contents of parts and events vertically, 
using the waveform zoom slider in the top right corner of 
the event display.
This is useful when viewing quiet audio passages.
If you activate the option Quick Zoom in the...

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The Project window
The Enlarge Selected Track option
When this option is activated on the Edit menu (or in the 
Preferences, Editing–Project & Mixer page), the selected 
track is enlarged automatically. This is useful if you are 
stepping through the tracks in the Track list, to check or 
edit the settings. The tracks will revert to the size they had 
before when they are deselected. You can adjust the size 
directly in the Track list if the default enlargement factor 
does not suit you. 
While this...

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The Project window
You cannot edit the cycle markers in this pop-up menu. 
For information on editing markers, see “Editing markers in 
the Marker window” on page 38.
Adjusting how parts and events are shown
The Preferences on the File menu (the Cubase AI menu, 
under Mac OS X) contains several settings for customiz-
ing the display in the Project window.
The Event Display page contains common settings for all 
track types:
The Event Display–Audio page contains settings for audio 
events:The Event...

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The Project window
Handling tracks
To add a track to the project, select “Add Track” from the 
Project menu and select a track type from the submenu 
that appears. The new track is added below the currently 
selected track in the Track list.
The items on the “Add Track” submenu are also avail-
able on the context menu.
This is accessed by right-clicking in the Track list.
If you select Audio, MIDI, Group Channel or Instrument 
from the Add Track submenu, a dialog opens, allowing 
you to insert several...

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The Project window
Disabling audio tracks
Audio tracks can be disabled by selecting “Disable Track” 
from the Track list context menu. Disabling a track is simi-
lar to muting it (see “Muting events” on page 33), since a 
disabled track will not be played back. However, disabling 
a track not only “zeroes” the output volume from the track, 
but actually shuts down all disk activity for it. See “About 
track disable/enable” on page 45 for more information.
Adding events to a track
There are a number of...

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The Project window
Creating parts
Parts are containers for MIDI or audio events. If you record 
MIDI, a MIDI part is automatically created, containing the 
recorded events. You can also create empty audio or MIDI 
parts and later add events to them. 
There are two ways to do this:
Draw a part on a MIDI or audio track with the Pencil tool.
You can also draw parts by pressing [Alt]/[Option] and using the Arrow 
tool.
Double-click with the Arrow tool on a MIDI or audio 
track, between the left and right...

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The Project window
Selecting events
Selecting events is done using any of the following 
methods:
Use the Arrow tool.
The standard selection techniques apply.
Use the Select submenu on the Edit menu.
The options are:
Select all events on a track by right-clicking on it in the 
Track list and selecting “Select All Events” from the con-
text menu.
You can also use the arrow keys on the computer key-
board to select the closest event to the left, right, above or 
below.
If you press [Shift] and use the...

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The Project window
Moving events
To move events in the Project window, use the following 
methods:
Click and drag to a new position.
All selected events will be moved, maintaining their relative positions. You 
can only drag events to tracks of the same type. If Snap is activated, this 
determines to which positions you can move the events (see “The Snap 
function” on page 40).
Note also that you can restrict movement to be either horizontal or vertical 
only, by holding down [Ctrl]/[Command] while...