Steinberg Cubase Essential 4 Operation Manual

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Recording
Recovery of audio recordings after 
system failure
Normally, when a computer crashes, all changes made to 
your current project since you last saved it will be lost. Usu-
ally, there is no quick and easy way to recover your work.
With Cubase Essential, when your system crashes while 
you are recording (because of a power cut or other mis-
hap), you will find that your recording is still available, from 
the moment when you started recording to the time when 
your computer crashed.When you...

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Fades, crossfades and envelopes 

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Fades, crossfades and envelopes
Creating fades
There are two main types of fade-ins and fade-outs in au-
dio events in Cubase Essential: fades created by using 
the fade handles (see below) and fades created by pro-
cessing (see “Fades created by processing” on page 64).
Fades created by using the fade handles
Selected audio events have blue handles in the upper left 
and right corners. These can be dragged to create a fade-
in or fade-out respectively.
Creating a fade-in. The fade is automatically...

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Creating and adjusting fades with the Range Selection 
tool
“Handle-type” fades can also be created and adjusted 
with the Range Selection tool, in the following way:
1.Select a section of the audio event with the Range Se-
lection tool.
The result depends on your selection, in the following way:
 If you select a range from the beginning of the event, a fade-in 
will be created within the range. 
 If you select a range that reaches the end of an event, a fade-
out will...

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If other events refer to the same audio clip, you will be 
asked whether you want the processing to be applied to 
these events or not.
 Continue will apply the processing to all events that refer to 
the audio clip.
 New Version will create a separate, new version of the audio 
clip for the selected event.
 You can also choose to put a checkmark in the “Do not show 
this message again” box. Regardless of whether you then 
choose “Continue” or “New Version”, any further...

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To rename the selected preset, double-click on the 
name and type a new one. 
To remove a stored preset, select it from the pop-up 
menu and click Remove.
Preview, Apply and Process
The buttons in the bottom row are different depending on 
whether you are editing a fade made with the fade handles 
or applying a fade using processing:
The Edit Fade dialogs have the following buttons:
The Process Fade dialogs have the following buttons:
Creating crossfades
Overlapping...

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An example:
The events in themselves do not overlap, but their clips do. Therefore, 
the events can be resized so that they overlap, which is required for a 
crossfade to be created.
When you select the Crossfade function, the two events are resized so that 
they overlap, and a default crossfade is created in the overlapping section.
If the events don’t overlap, and cannot be resized 
enough to overlap, a crossfade cannot be created.
Once you have created a crossfade,...

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Play buttons
The “Play Fade Out” and “Play Fade In” buttons allow 
you to audition the fade-out or fade-in part only, without 
the crossfade.
The “Play Crossfade” button plays back the whole 
crossfade.
You can also use the Transport play controls to play back 
the crossfaded audio events. However, that method will 
play back all unmuted audio events on other tracks as well.
Pre-roll and Post-roll
When auditioning with the Play buttons, you can choose 
to activate...

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2.Use the checkboxes in the upper right corner to acti-
vate or deactivate Auto Fade In, Auto Fade Out and Auto 
Crossfades, respectively.
3.Use the Length value field to specify the length of the 
Auto Fade or Crossfade (1-500 ms).
4.To adjust the shapes of Auto Fade In and Auto Fade 
Out, select the “Fades” tab and make settings as in the 
regular Fade dialogs.
5.To adjust the shape of the Auto Crossfade, select the 
“Crossfades” tab and make settings as in the...

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The Arranger track