Steinberg Cubase Essential 4 Getting Started French Version Manual

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5.Make sure “Cycle” is activated, set the left locator to 2 
and the right locator to 18.
This will loop or cycle between bars 2 and 18.
6.On the Transport panel, make sure “Mix (MIDI)” is se-
lected for the “Cycle Record Mode”.
This will allow us to record the electric guitar, and as each cycle repeats 
a new take will be created. We will then choose the best take to keep as 
our guitar line.
7.Activate the Record Enable and Monitor buttons on 
the “Elec Guitar” track....

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Event operations
In this section we’ll learn how to edit events or parts. This 
includes rename, resize, split, glue, move, copy, repeat, 
mute, erase and adding a fade.
Renaming
If we look at the audio events that we recorded earlier, we 
notice that the bass track has an audio event on it called 
“Audio 01_01”. This is because the name of the track was 
originally “Audio 01” and the suffix “_01” means that it is 
the 1st audio file to be recorded on the track. The second...

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Splitting
Splitting is used to cut events. You can split or cut an event 
wherever you want or split them evenly to bars and beats. 
Splitting with “Snap” off
Splitting with “Snap” off allows you to cut anywhere with-
out locking to any kind of reference like bars and beats.
1.Choose the Split tool.
2.Make sure “Snap” is off (not highlighted).
Snap allows you to edit to various time frames. The most common one is 
bars and beats. Meaning you can cut exactly to the bar with...

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6.With most of the snap features in view, choose “Grid” 
from the Snap mode pop-up menu to the right of the Snap 
button.
This means we’ll be snapping to a grid.
7.Next choose “Bar” as the “Grid Type”.
This means you will split to bars.
8.You can now split the “Elec Guitar_01” event pre-
cisely to the bar. Cut on bars 6, 10 and 14.
Splitting with [Alt]/[Option]
1.Choose the Split tool.
2.Hold down [Alt]/[Option] and click on the bass event 
at bar 3 and the length of the...

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3.With all the events selected, click and drag them to 
bar 1.
4.Click on an empty area of the Project window so that 
no event is selected.
Copying events
Copying can be used to copy an event to another area in 
the Project window. If you want to make several copies in 
one go, see “Repeating” on page 36.
Using Copy and Paste
1.To copy an audio event, click on the desired event and 
choose “Copy” from the Edit menu.
In our case let’s choose the “Elec Guitar_01” event....

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3.In the dialog that opens, choose how many copies you 
wish to make by increasing the value in the “Count” field.
You can choose to select “Shared Copies” if you want. 
Shared copies allow you to make aliases to the original 
event. This means that if you make changes to the original 
event (such as processing or editing), the copies will re-
flect those changes. This is a big time saver!
4.Click “OK” and the repeat will be placed directly after 
the Bass event.
Muting...

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3.Click on one of the blue triangles and move it so that a 
fade appears.
4.For more advanced fades you can double-click on the 
fade area to open up the fade dialog. See the chapter 
“Fades and Crossfades” in the Operation Manual for more 
information.
Event envelopes
An envelope is a volume curve for an audio event. This al-
lows you to adjust the volume of the event over time.
1.Select the Pencil tool.
When you move the Pencil tool over an audio event, a small volume curve...

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1.With the Object Selection tool, click on the audio 
event you wish to change.
You can also use the Range Selection tool and select the section of au-
dio you want.
2.On the Audio menu–Process submenu, select “Nor-
malize”.
3.Adjust the slider to the amount you desire. A setting of 
“0” db or “-1” db is common.
4.Click the Process button and your audio is now nor-
malized.
For a description of the “More” and “Preview” buttons, see the chapter 
“Audio Processing and...

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Tutorial 3: Recording and editing MIDI