Steinberg Cubase Essential 4 Operation Manual

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The Project window
When several elements are selected
If you have several elements selected, the info line will 
show information about the first item in the selection. The 
values will be shown in yellow to indicate that several ele-
ments are selected.
If you edit a value on the info line, the value change is 
applied to all selected elements, relatively to the current 
values. 
If you have two audio events selected and the first is one bar long and 
the other two bars long, the info line shows the...

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The Project window
Operations
Creating a new project
You create a new project in the following way:
1.Select “New Project” from the File menu.
A dialog appears, listing a number of project templates, including any 
custom templates you may have created (see “Save as Template” on 
page 305). 
2.Select a template and click OK.
A file dialog appears, allowing you to specify a location for the project 
folder. This will contain all files related to the project. 
3.Select an existing folder or type the...

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The Project window
Zoom and view options
Zooming in the Project window is done according to the 
standard zoom techniques, with the following special 
notes:
When you are using the Zoom tool (magnifying glass), 
the result depends on the option “Zoom Tool Standard 
Mode: Horizontal Zooming Only” in the Preferences (Edit-
ing–Tools page).
If this is activated and you drag a selection rectangle with the Zoom tool, 
the window will only be zoomed horizontally (track height will not change). 
If the...

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The Project window
You can use the Track scale pop-up (opened by clicking 
the arrow button above the vertical zoom control) to set the 
number of tracks to view in the current Project window.
The track height will be adjusted to show only the number of tracks spec-
ified on the pop-up menu. By selecting “Zoom N Tracks” from the pop-
up you can manually set the number of tracks to fit in the current Project 
window.
The Enlarge Selected Track option
When this option is activated on the Edit menu (or...

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The Project window
If you want to rename a preset, select “Organize…” 
from the pop-up menu.
In the dialog that appears, select the desired preset in the list and click 
the Rename button. A second dialog opens, allowing you to type in a 
new name for the preset. Click OK to close the dialogs.
The middle part of the pop-up lists any cycle markers you 
have added in the project:
If you select a cycle marker from this menu, the event 
display is zoomed in to encompass the marker area (see 
“Zooming to...

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The Project window
The Event Display–Video page contains settings for video 
events:
Handling tracks
To add a track to the project, select “Add Track” from the 
Project menu and select a track type from the submenu 
that appears. The new track is added below the currently 
selected track in the Track list.
The items on the “Add Track” submenu are also avail-
able on the Quick menu.
This is accessed by right-clicking in the Track list.
If you select Audio, MIDI, Group Channel or Instrument 
from the...

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The Project window
ÖNote that you can also automatically enlarge the se-
lected track, see “The Enlarge Selected Track option” on 
page 24.
Disabling audio tracks
Audio tracks can be disabled by selecting “Disable Track” 
from the Track list context menu. Disabling a track is simi-
lar to muting it (see “Muting events” on page 34), since a 
disabled track will not be played back. However, disabling 
a track not only “zeroes” the output volume from the track, 
but actually shuts down all disk activity...

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The Project window
Use Settings.
No Options dialog will appear when you import. Instead, you can choose 
to make any of the options below the pop-up the standard action(s). Ac-
tivate any number of the following options to have them performed auto-
matically each time you import audio files:
Creating parts
Parts are containers for MIDI or audio events. If you record 
MIDI, a MIDI part is automatically created, containing the 
recorded events. You can also create empty audio or MIDI 
parts and later...

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The Project window
Note that scrubbing can be quite a burden on your sys-
tem. To avoid playback problems, you will find the “CPU 
Saving Scrub Mode” option in the Preferences (Trans-
port–Scrub page).
When you activate this option, scrubbing will be less demanding on the 
processor. This can be very useful when scrubbing in a large project, 
where the “normal” scrub behavior leads to processing overloads. When 
“CPU Saving Scrub Mode” is activated, the effects are disabled for 
scrubbing and the...

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The Project window
Also in the Preferences (Editing–Tools page), you can 
find the Cross Hair Cursor options section.
This allows you to display a cross hair cursor when working in the Project 
window and editors, facilitating navigation and editing, especially when 
arranging in large projects. You can set up the colors for the line and the 
mask of the cross hair cursor, and define its width. The cross hair cursor 
works as follows:
 When the Selection tool (or one of its subtools) is selected, 
the...