Steinberg Cubase Essential 4 Menu Reference Manual

Menu Reference 

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Introduction
This manual lists all main menu items in Cubase Essential 
for quick reference. For any further information, please re-
fer to the Operation Manual.
Cubase Essential menu 
(Mac OS X only)
About Cubase Essential
Opens a window with information about the Cubase Es-
sential version number etc.
Preferences…
The Preferences dialog contains various settings and op-
tions. The dialog has several pages that you access by se-
lecting items in the Finder-like list on the left. To make...

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•You can choose to minimize audio files.
This will crop files based on the audio clips referenced in the project. As 
the clips used in the project may be references to much larger audio files, 
this can reduce the project size significantly.
You can apply Freeze Edits.
This will make all processing and applied effects permanent for clips.
You can choose to remove all unused files.
When you save a project to a new folder, all files relating to 
the project based on the options set will...

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Key Commands…
The Key Commands dialog allows you to specify key com-
mands for virtually any Cubase Essential function, as well 
as customize existing key commands to your liking. Use 
the Help button in the dialog for information about the 
items in the dialog.
Recent Projects
This submenu provides shortcuts to the most recent 
projects you have been working with. The list is chrono-
logical with the most recent project at the top of the list.
Quit
ÖUnder Mac OS X, this item is accessed...

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Split at Cursor
This splits selected events at the cursor position. If no 
events are selected, all events on all tracks intersected by 
the cursor will be split.
Split Loop
This splits all events at the left and right locator positions.
Range
The items on the Range submenu have the following 
functions:
Select
The items on this submenu have different functions, de-
pending on whether the regular event selection tool 
(Arrow tool) or the Range Selection tool is selected:
Event selection...

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Duplicate/Repeat…
Duplicate creates a copy of the selected event and 
places it directly after the original.
If several events are selected, all of these are copied “as one unit”, main-
taining the relative distance between the events.
Selecting “Repeat…” from the Edit menu opens a dia-
log, allowing you to create a number of copies (regular or 
shared) of the selected event(s).
This works just like the Duplicate function, except that you can specify 
the number of copies.
Fill Loop
This...

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Auto Select Events under Cursor
This option can also be activated in the Preferences (Edit-
ing page). It is, however, also available on the Edit menu 
for quick activation and deactivation. When activated, all 
events on the selected track(s) that are “touched” by the 
project cursor are automatically selected.
Enlarge Selected Tracks
This option can also be activated in the Preferences (Edit-
ing – Project & Mixer page). When activated, the selected 
tracks in the Project Window are...

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Auto Fades Settings…
This opens the Auto Fades dialog, where you can specify 
various fade options. Use the Help button in the dialog for 
details.
Audio menu
Process
Basically, you apply audio processing by making a selec-
tion and selecting a function from the Process submenu. 
For details about the functions and parameters in the vari-
ous processing dialogs, use the Help button in the corre-
sponding dialog.
Hitpoints
This submenu relates to Cubase Essential’s special Hit-
point...