Steinberg Cubase Essential 4 Operation Manual

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The mixer
Fader levels will be “ganged”.
The relative level offset between channels will be kept if you move a 
linked channel fader.
The three channels shown are linked. Pulling down one fader changes 
the levels for all three channels, but keeps the relative level mix.
By pressing [Alt]/[Option], you can make individual set-
tings and changes for channels that are linked.
ÖLinked channels have individual automation subtracks. 
These are completely independent, and are not affected 
by the Link...

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The mixer
Loading mixer settings 
Load Selected Channels
To load mixer settings saved for selected channels, pro-
ceed as follows:
1.Select the same number of channels in the new project 
to match the number of channels you saved settings for in 
the previous project.
For example, if you saved settings for six channels, select six channels in 
the mixer.
Mixer settings will be applied in the same order as they 
were in the mixer.
Thus, if you save settings from channels 4, 6 and 8 and apply these...

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Audio effects 

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Audio effects
About this chapter
Cubase Essential comes with a number of effect plug-ins 
included. This chapter contains general details about how 
to assign, use and organize effect plug-ins. The effects 
and their parameters are described in the separate manual 
“Plug-in Reference”.
Overview
There are two ways to use audio effects in Cubase Essen-
tial:
As insert effects.
An insert effect is inserted into the signal chain of an audio channel, which 
means that the whole channel signal passes...

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Audio effects
Be aware, however, that this can lead to a situation where 
you added more plug-ins on “transport stop” than the sys-
tem can handle on playback. Therefore, you should always 
find the passage with the largest number of events playing 
simultaneously to make sure that your system offers the re-
quired performance.
ÖActivating this option can increase your system perfor-
mance a lot in certain projects, but it also makes it more 
unpredictable whether the project can play back fine on...

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Audio effects
Routing an audio channel or bus through 
insert effects
Insert effect settings are available in the Channel Settings 
window and the Inspector. The examples below show the 
Channel Settings window, but the procedures are the 
same for all the inserts sections:
1.Bring up the Channel Settings window or open the In-
spector’s Inserts section.
In the Channel Settings window, the inserts are located to the far left by 
default.
2.Pull down the effect type pop-up for one of the insert...

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Audio effects
Insert effects in the channel overview
If the “Channel” section is selected in the Inspector, you will 
get an overview of which insert effects, EQ modules and ef-
fect sends are activated for the channel.
You can activate or deactivate individual insert effect slots 
by clicking the corresponding number (in the top part of 
the overview).
The channel overview in the Inspector.
Adding insert effects to output busses
All output busses have eight insert slots, just like regular 
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Audio effects
4.Make sure the dithering plug-in is set to dither to the 
correct resolution.
This would be the resolution of your audio hardware (on playback) or the 
desired resolution for the mixdown file you want to create (as set in the 
Export Audio Mixdown dialog, see the chapter “Export Audio Mixdown” 
on page 272).
5.Use the other parameters in the control panel to set up 
the dithering to your liking.
Using group channels for insert effects
Like all other channels, group channels can have up...

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Audio effects
Unfreezing
If you need to edit the events on a frozen track or make 
settings for the insert effects, you can unfreeze the track:
1.Click the Freeze button in the Inspector for the track.
You will be asked whether you really want to unfreeze the channel and if 
you wish to keep or delete the freeze files.
2.Click “Unfreeze” or “Keep Freeze files”.
This reactivates the frozen insert effects. Clicking “Keep Freeze Files” 
will unfreeze the channel but not delete the freeze files. After...

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Audio effects
Adding and setting up effects
As mentioned above, you can add a single insert effect 
when you create the FX channel track. To add and set up 
effects after the FX channel track is created, you can ei-
ther use the Inspector for the track (click the Inserts tab) 
or the VST FX Channel Settings window:
1.Click the Edit (“e”) button for the FX channel track (in 
the Track list, mixer or Inspector).
The FX Channel Settings window appears, similar to a regular Channel 
Settings window.
To...