Steinberg Cubase Essential 4 Operation Manual

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Background
What is the Pool?
Every time you record on an audio track, a file is created 
on your hard disk. A reference to this file – a clip – is also 
added to the Pool. Two general rules apply to the Pool:
All audio and video clips that belong to a project are 
listed in the Pool.
There is a separate Pool for every project.
The way the Pool displays folders and their contents is 
similar to the way the Mac OS X Finder and the Windows 
Explorer display folders and lists of files.
What can...

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The info line
Click the “Show Info” button on the toolbar to show or 
hide the info line at the bottom of the Pool window. It 
shows the following information:
How clips are displayed in the Pool
 Audio clips are represented by a waveform icon followed by 
the clip name.
 Video clips are represented by a camera icon followed by the 
clip name.
The Pool window columns
Various information about the clips can be viewed in the 
Pool window columns. The columns contain the following...

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Customizing the view
You can specify which of the columns should be shown 
or hidden by selecting the View/Attributes pop-up on the 
toolbar and selecting/deselecting items.
You can rearrange the order of the columns by clicking 
on a column heading and dragging the column to the left 
or right.
The mouse pointer changes to a hand when you place it on the column 
heading.
The width of a column can also be adjusted by placing 
the pointer between two column headers and dragging 
left or...

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3.The clip is inserted on the selected track or on a new 
audio track.
If several tracks are selected, the clip will be inserted on the first selected 
track.
By using drag and drop
You can use drag and drop to insert clips into the Project 
window. You can also use drag and drop from the Sample 
Editor for a clip by making a selection range and pressing 
[Ctrl]/[Command] while dragging. Note:
Snap is taken into account if activated.
While you drag the clip in the Project window, its posi-...

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Locating events and clips
Locating events via clips in the Pool
If you want to find out which events in the project refer to a 
particular clip in the Pool, proceed as follows:
1.Select one or more clips in the Pool.
2.Select “Select in Project” on the Media menu.
All events that refer to the selected clip are now selected in the Project 
window.
Locating clips via events in the Project window
If you want to find the clip for an event in the Project win-
dow, proceed as follows:
1.Select one...

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2.Move the mouse pointer over the “Name” text to the 
right of the name field, until an arrow is displayed, and 
click it.
3.The Extended Search pop-up menu opens.
This contains six options determining which search criteria will be dis-
played above the Location field (Name, Size, Bitsize, Channels, Sample 
Rate or Date) and the Add Filter and Presets submenus.
The search criteria have the following parameters:
 Name: partial names or wildcards (*)
 Size: Less than, more than, equal, between...

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Locate missing files
1.Select “Find Missing Files” from the Media or context 
menu.
The Resolve Missing Files dialog opens. 
2.Decide if you want the program to try to find the file for 
you (Search), if you want to do it yourself (Locate) or if you 
want to specify in which directory the program should 
search for the file (Folder).
If you select Locate, a file dialog opens, allowing you to 
locate the file manually.
Select the file and click “Open”.
If you select Folder, a dialog opens to...

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The audio will be routed directly to the Main Mix (the de-
fault output) bus, bypassing the audio channel’s settings, 
effects and EQs. 
You can adjust the auditioning level with the miniature level fader on the 
toolbar. This does not affect the regular playback level.
If you have activated the Loop button before you audition, 
the following will happen:
The Loop button
If you click the Play button to audition a clip, it will repeat 
indefinitely until you stop playback by clicking the Play...

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The following videos formats can also be imported:
 AVI (Audio Video Interleaved)
 MOV and QT (QuickTime)

 MPEG 1 and 2 video files.
ÖIt is also possible to use the commands on the Import 
submenu on the File menu to import audio or video files 
into the Pool.
When you select a file in the Import Medium dialog and 
click Open, the Import Options dialog opens:
It contains the following options:
Copy File to Working Directory.
Activate this if you want a copy of the file to be made in the...