Steinberg Cubase Essential 4 Getting Started French Version Manual

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System requirements and installation
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tions to only one Steinberg Key, thus using only one USB 
port of your computer. To transfer licenses between keys, 
launch the License Transfer wizard of the Syncrosoft Li-
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System requirements and installation
Installing Cubase Essential
The installation procedure puts all files in the right places, 
automatically.
Windows
1.Double-click the file called “CubaseEssential4.msi”.
2.Follow the instructions on screen.
Macintosh
1.Double-click the file called “Cubase Essential 4.mpkg”.
2.Follow the instructions on screen.
About the tutorials
The program DVD also contains several tutorial project 
files and videos. These are not installed during the installa-
tion, but can be...

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Setting up your system
Setting up audio
Connecting audio
Exactly how to set up your system depends on many dif-
ferent factors, e. g. the kind of project you wish to create, 
the external equipment you want to use, the computer 
hardware available to you, etc. Therefore, the following 
sections can only serve as examples.
How you connect your equipment, i. e. whether you use 
digital or analog connections, also depends on your indi-
vidual setup.
Stereo input and output – the simplest connection
If...

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Recording from a CD player
Most computers come with a CD-ROM drive that can also 
be used as a regular CD player. In some cases the CD 
player is internally connected to the audio hardware so 
that you can record the output of the CD player directly 
into Cubase Essential (consult the audio hardware docu-
mentation if you are uncertain).
 All routing and level adjustments for recording from a CD (if 
available) are done in the audio hardware setup application 
(see “Making...

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Setting up your system
Selecting a driver and making audio settings 
in Cubase Essential
The first thing you need to do is select the correct driver in 
Cubase Essential to make sure that the program can com-
municate with the audio hardware:
1.Launch Cubase Essential, select Device Setup from 
the Devices menu and click on VST Audio System in the 
Devices list to the left.
The VST Audio System page in the Device Setup dialog
2.Select your audio hardware driver from the ASIO 
Driver menu.
There may be...

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Setting up your system
If you are using audio hardware with a DirectX driver 
(Windows only)
Cubase Essential comes with a driver called ASIO Di-
rectX Full Duplex, available for selection on the ASIO 
Driver pop-up menu (VST Audio System page).
ÖTo be able to take full advantage of DirectX Full Du-
plex, the audio hardware must support WDM (Windows 
Driver Model) in combination with DirectX version 8.1 or 
higher. 
In all other cases, the audio inputs will be emulated by DirectX (see the 
dialog help...

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About monitoring
In Cubase Essential, monitoring means listening to the in-
put signal while preparing to record or while recording. 
There are three ways to monitor:
External monitoring
External monitoring (listening to the input signal before it 
goes into Cubase Essential) requires an external mixer for 
mixing the audio playback with the input signal. This can 
be a classic mixing desk or a mixer application for your au-
dio hardware, if this has a mode in which the input...

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Setting up your system
You might want to use even more instruments for playback. 
If you do, simply connect MIDI Thru on the sound module to 
MIDI In on the next instrument, and so on. In this hook-up, 
you will always play the first keyboard when recording. But 
you can still use all your devices for providing sounds on 
playback.
Setting MIDI Thru and Local On/Off
In the “MIDI” section in the Preferences dialog (located on 
the File menu under Windows and on the Cubase Essen-
tial menu under Mac OS...

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Setting up MIDI ports in Cubase Essential
The Device Setup dialog lets you set up your MIDI system 
in the following ways:
ÖNote: When you change MIDI port settings in the De-
vice Setup dialog, these are automatically applied in the 
program.
Showing or hiding MIDI Ports
The MIDI ports are listed in the Device Setup dialog on the 
MIDI Port Setup page. By clicking in the “Visible” column 
for a MIDI input or output, you can specify whether or not it 
should be listed on the...