Steinberg Cubase LE 4 Menu Reference Manual

Menu Reference 

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Introduction
This manual lists all main menu items in Cubase LE for 
quick reference. For any further information, please refer 
to the Operation Manual.
Cubase LE menu (Mac OS X only)
About Cubase LE
This opens a window with information about the Cubase 
LE version number etc.
Preferences…
The Preferences dialog contains various settings and op-
tions. The dialog has several pages that you access by se-
lecting items in the Finder-like list on the left. To make 
settings without closing...

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Revert
This menu item allows you revert to the last saved version 
of a project. If any new audio files have been recorded 
since you last saved, you have the option of keeping or 
deleting these.
Page Setup…
This item opens the standard Page Setup dialog, used for 
deciding about paper formats etc., before printing a score. 
The item is only available when the Score Editor is open.
Print…
Opens the standard Print dialog, allowing you to select 
which pages to print, how many copies of...

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Edit menu
Undo/Redo
Cubase LE offers wide-ranging, multiple Undo, allowing 
you to undo virtually any action you perform.
To undo the last performed action, select Undo from the 
Edit menu, or use the corresponding key command (by 
default [Ctrl]/[Command]+[Z]).
If you select Undo again, the previously performed action will be undone, 
and so on.
To redo the last undone action, select Redo from the 
Edit menu or use the corresponding key command (by de-
fault...

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Range selection
Duplicate/Repeat…
Duplicate creates a copy of the selected event and 
places it directly after the original.
If several events are selected, all of these are copied “as one unit”, main-
taining the relative distance between the events.
Selecting “Repeat…” from the Edit menu opens a dia-
log, allowing you to create a number of copies (regular or 
shared) of the selected event(s).
This works just like the Duplicate function, except that you can specify 
the number of...

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Enlarge Selected Track
This option can also be activated in the Preferences dia-
log (Editing – Project & Mixer page). When activated, the 
selected tracks in the Project window are automatically 
enlarged in height.
Zoom
The following options are available on the Zoom submenu 
on the Edit menu:
Project menu
Add Track
Select a track type from the Add Track submenu to add a 
new track.
Duplicate Track
This will create a duplicate (copy) of the selected track.
Remove Selected Tracks
This...

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Audio menu
Process
Basically, you apply audio processing by making a selec-
tion and selecting a function from the Process submenu. 
For details about the functions and parameters in the vari-
ous processing dialogs, use the Help button in the corre-
sponding dialog.
Envelope
The Envelope function allows you to apply a volume enve-
lope to the selected audio.
Fade In/Out
Allows you to set fade-ins and fade-outs.
Gain
Allows you to change the gain (level) of the selected audio.
Merge...

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Realtime Processing
The items on this submenu relate to the realtime process-
ing features in Cubase LE.
The submenu contains the following items:
Advanced
The Advanced submenu contains the following items:
Events to Part
This allows you to create a part from selected audio events.
Dissolve Part
This menu item dissolves a selected audio part and makes 
any audio events it contains appear as independent ob-
jects on the track.
Bounce Selection
This allows you to create either a new clip...