Steinberg Cubase Le 4 Manual

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VST Connections: Setting up input and output busses
5.Click OK to close the Device Setup dialog.
ÖIf you open a project created on another computer and 
the port names don’t match (or the port configuration isn’t 
the same – e.g. the project is created on a system with 
multi-channel i/o and you open it on a stereo in/out sys-
tem), a Pending Connections dialog will appear.
This allows you to manually re-route ports used in the project to ports 
available in your system.
The VST Connections window
You...

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VST Connections: Setting up input and output busses
When creating new audio, group or FX channels in the 
mixer, they will automatically be routed to the default bus.
Other bus operations
To change the port assignment for a bus, you proceed 
as when you added it – make sure the channels are visible 
(by clicking the “+” button next to the bus, or by clicking 
the “+ All” button at the top of the window) and click in the 
Device Port column to select ports.
To remove a bus you don’t need, select it in...

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VST Connections: Setting up input and output busses
The output channels are shown to the right in the mixer. 
Here you can do the following:
Adjust the output level for the busses with the faders.
Open the Channel Settings window to add effects or EQ.
These will affect the whole bus. Examples of effects you may want to add 
here include compressors or limiters. See the chapter “Audio effects” in 
the separate Plug-in Reference manual.
About monitoring
The Main Mix bus (the default output bus) is used...

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The Project window 

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The Project window
Background
The Project window is the main window in Cubase LE. 
This provides you with an overview of the project, allowing 
you to navigate and perform large scale editing. Each 
project has one Project window.
About tracks
The Project window is divided vertically into tracks, with a 
timeline running horizontally from left to right. The follow-
ing track types are available:
About parts and events
Events are the basic building blocks in Cubase LE. Differ-
ent event types are...

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The Project window
Window Overview
The Track list
The Track list displays all the tracks used in a project. It 
contains name fields and settings for the tracks. Different 
track types have different controls in the Track list. To see 
all the controls you may have to resize the track in the Track 
list (see “Resizing tracks in the Track list” on page 22).
The Track list area for an audio track:The Track list area for an automation track (opened by 
clicking the Show/Hide Automation button on a...

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The Project window
The Inspector
The area to the left of the Track list is called the Inspector. 
This shows additional controls and parameters for the track 
you have selected in the Track list. If several tracks are se-
lected (see “Handling tracks” on page 25), the Inspector 
shows the setting for the first (topmost) selected track.
To hide or show the Inspector, click the Inspector icon in 
the toolbar.
The Inspector icon.
For most track classes, the Inspector is divided into a 
number of...

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The Project window
Audio tracks
For audio tracks, all settings and sections listed above are 
available.
MIDI tracks
When a MIDI track is selected, the Inspector contains a 
number of different sections and parameters, affecting the 
MIDI events in real time (e.g. on playback).
Marker tracks
When the marker track is selected, the Inspector shows 
the marker list. See “The Marker window” on page 71.
Video tracks
When a video track is selected, the Inspector contains a 
Mute button for interrupting...

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The Project window
FX channel folder tracks
FX channel tracks are automatically placed in a special 
folder, for easier management. When this folder track is 
selected, the Inspector shows the folder and the FX chan-
nels it contains. You can click one of the FX channels 
shown in the folder to have the Inspector show the set-
tings for that FX channel – this way you don’t have to 
“open” a folder track to access the settings for the FX 
channels in it.
Group channel tracks
When a Group channel track...

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The Project window
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 length of the first event 
(one bar). If you now edit this value to 3 bars in the info line, the other 
event will be resized by the same amount – and will thus be 4 bars long.
If you press [Ctrl]/[Command] and edit on the info line,...