Steinberg Cubase Ai 5 Manual

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Recording
Recovery of audio recordings after 
system failure
Normally, when a computer crashes, all changes made to 
your current project since you last saved it will be lost. Usu-
ally, there is no quick and easy way to recover your work.
With Cubase AI, when your system crashes while you are 
recording (because of a power cut or other mishap), you 
will find that your recording is still available, from the mo-
ment when you started recording to the time when your 
computer crashed.When you...

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Fades, crossfades and envelopes 

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Fades, crossfades and envelopes
Creating fades
There are two main types of fade-ins and fade-outs in au-
dio events in Cubase AI: fades created by using the fade 
handles (see below) and fades created by processing 
(see “Fades created by processing” on page 64).
Fades created by using the fade handles
Selected audio events have blue handles in the upper left 
and right corners. These can be dragged to create a fade-
in or fade-out respectively.
Creating a fade-in. The fade is automatically reflected...

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Creating and adjusting fades with the Range Selection 
tool
“Handle-type” fades can also be created and adjusted 
with the Range Selection tool, in the following way:
1.Select a section of the audio event with the Range Se-
lection tool.
The result depends on your selection:
 If you select a range from the beginning of the event, a fade-in 
will be created within the range. 
 If you select a range that reaches the end of an event, a fade-
out will be created in the...

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The Fade dialogs
The Fade dialogs appear when you edit an existing fade or 
use the Fade In/Fade Out functions on the Process sub-
menu on the Audio menu. The picture below shows the 
Fade In dialog; the Fade Out dialog has identical settings 
and features.
If you open the Fade dialog(s) with several events se-
lected, you can adjust the fade curves for all these events 
at the same time.
This is useful if you want to apply the same type of fade-in to more than 
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Preview, Apply and Process
The buttons in the bottom row are different depending on 
whether you are editing a fade made with the fade handles 
or applying a fade using processing:
The Edit Fade dialogs have the following buttons:
The Process Fade dialogs have the following buttons:
Creating crossfades
Overlapping audio material on the same track can be cross-
faded, for smooth transitions or special effects. You create 
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The Crossfade dialog
The Crossfade dialog contains separate, but identical, 
sections for the fade-in and fade-out curve settings in the 
crossfade on the left, and common settings on the right.
Fade Displays
Shows the shape of the fade-out and fade-in curve, re-
spectively. You can click on the curve to add points, and 
click and drag existing points to change the shape. To re-
move a point from the curve, drag it outside the display.
Curve kind buttons
These buttons...

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Default buttons
Clicking the “As Default” button stores all of the current 
settings as the default crossfade. These settings will then 
be used whenever you create new crossfades.
The Crossfade Length setting is included in the Default 
settings. However, it is only applied if the events to be 
crossfaded do not overlap, otherwise the crossfade will be 
in the overlap area (see “Creating crossfades” on page 66).
Clicking the “Recall Default” button copies the curves...

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The mixer 

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The mixer
About this chapter
This chapter contains detailed information about the ele-
ments used when mixing audio and MIDI, and the various 
ways you can configure the mixer. 
Some mixer-related features are not described in this 
chapter. These are the following:
Setting up and using audio effects.
See the chapter “Audio effects” on page 85.
Automation of all mixer parameters.
See the chapter “Automation” on page 108.
How to mix down several audio tracks (complete with 
automation and effects if...