Steinberg Cubase Essential 4 Getting Started French Version Manual

Getting Started
Einführung
Prise en Main 

Tutorials by Steve Kostrey
Revision and Quality Control:
Cristina Bachmann, Heiko Bischoff, Marion Bröer, Sabine Pfeifer
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Table of Contents 

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Table of Contents
5Introduction
6Welcome
6About the manuals and the help
7About the program versions
7Key command conventions
7How you can reach us
8System requirements and installation
9About this chapter
9Minimum requirements
10Hardware installation
12Installing Cubase Essential
12Defragmenting the hard disk (Windows only)
12Register your software
13Setting up your system
14Setting up audio
18Setting up MIDI
20Connecting a synchronizer
20Setting up video 
21Optimizing audio performance
23Tutorial 1:...

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Introduction 

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Introduction
Welcome
Congratulations and welcome to the world of Cubase. 
You have now become a member of the world’s largest 
community of music production software users. Looking 
back at more than 20 years of innovation in computer-
based music production, Steinberg has always been the 
driving force behind software technology and Cubase is 
the benchmark for this development. With Cubase Essen-
tial 4, you have purchased the most powerful personal 
music production system Steinberg has ever made....

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Introduction
Mackie Control
This pdf document describes the supported features for 
the Mackie Control remote device.
Menu Reference
This pdf document provides a list of all menus and their 
options with a brief description, for quick reference.
The dialog help
To get information about the active dialog, click its Help 
button.
About the program versions
The documentation covers two different operating sys-
tems or “platforms”; Windows and Mac OS X. 
Some features and settings are specific to one of...

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System requirements and installation 

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System requirements and installation
About this chapter
This chapter describes the requirements and installation 
procedures for the Windows version and the Mac version 
of Cubase Essential. 
Minimum requirements
To use Cubase Essential, your computer must meet the 
following minimum requirements:
Windows
 Windows XP (Home or Professional),
or Windows Vista (32-bit)
 Intel Pentium or AMD Athlon 1.4 GHz processor

 Windows DirectX compatible audio hardware; 
ASIO compatible audio hardware recommended...

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System requirements and installation
Depending on your preferences and requirements, using 
the built-in audio hardware may be sufficient for use with 
Cubase Essential. It is always available for selection in 
Cubase Essential – you don’t need to install any additional 
drivers.
About drivers
A driver is a piece of software that allows a program to 
communicate with a certain piece of hardware. In this 
case, the driver allows Cubase Essential to use the audio 
hardware. For audio hardware, there are...