Steinberg Cubase Essential 4 Menu Reference Manual

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Menu Reference
Events to Part
This allows you to create a part from selected audio 
events.
Dissolve Part
This menu item dissolves a selected audio part and makes 
any audio events it contains appear as independent ob-
jects on the track.
Snap Point to Cursor
This allows you to set the snap point to the current cursor 
position.
Bounce Selection
This allows you to create either a new clip or a new audio 
file from a selection.
Find Selected in Pool
This can be used to quickly find the clips in the...

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Menu Reference
Over Quantize
Quantizing is a function that automatically moves re-
corded notes, positioning them on exact note values. This 
quantizes the selected MIDI parts or notes, according to 
the current Quantize pop-up menu setting.
Iterative Quantize
Instead of moving a note to the closest quantize grid posi-
tion, Iterative Quantize moves it only part of the way. You 
specify how much the notes should be moved towards the 
grid with the Iterative Strength setting in the Quantize 
Setup...

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Menu Reference
Logical Presets
This submenu contains various presets that let you per-
form advanced “search and replace” operations on MIDI 
data.
Drum Map Setup… 
This is where you load, create, modify and save drum 
maps. The list to the left shows the currently loaded drum 
maps; selecting a drum map in the list displays its sounds 
and settings to the right.
Insert Velocities…
All MIDI editors feature an Insert Velocity pop-up, where 
one of five different velocity values can be selected when...

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Menu Reference
Reconstruct
If a missing file cannot be found (e.g. if you have acciden-
tally deleted it from the hard disk), it will normally be indi-
cated with a question mark in the Status column in the 
Pool. However, if the missing file is an edit file (a file cre-
ated when you process audio, stored in the Edits folder 
within the project folder), it may be possible for the pro-
gram to reconstruct it by recreating the editing to the orig-
inal audio file.
Convert Files…
This opens the Convert...

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Menu Reference
Transport menu
Transport Panel
This opens the Transport panel.
Locators to Selection
This will set the locators to encompass the current selec-
tion or selection range.
Locate Selection
This moves the project cursor to the start of the current 
selection or selection range.
Locate Selection End
This moves the project cursor to the end of the current se-
lection or selection range.
Locate Next Marker
This moves the project cursor to the next marker position.
Locate Previous Marker
This...

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Menu Reference
Use External Sync 
Activates synchronization.
Retrospective Record
Performs retrospective MIDI recording. If the Retrospective 
Record function is enabled in the Preferences (Record–
MIDI page), and a MIDI track is record enabled, any MIDI 
notes you play in stop mode or during playback are cap-
tured in buffer memory. If you then select Retrospective 
Record, the MIDI notes you played – i.e. the contents of the 
buffer memory – are turned into a MIDI part on the record 
enabled MIDI...

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Menu Reference
Window menu
Close
Closes the currently active window. If the active window is 
a Project window, the project will be closed.
Close All
Closes all windows including all open projects.
Minimize All
Minimizes all windows.
Restore All
Restores all minimized Cubase Essential windows.
Tile Horizontally/Vertically (Windows only)
Arranges the open windows next to each other on screen.
Cascade (Windows only)
Arranges the open windows in a partially overlapping 
pattern.
Windows…
Opens a dialog...