Steinberg Cubase LE 4 Menu Reference Manual

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Menu Reference
MIDI menu
Open Key Editor
This opens the Key Editor for the selected MIDI part(s) or 
track(s). This editor consists of a piano-roll type graphic 
interface, with the notes shown as boxes in a grid.
Scores
This opens a submenu, allowing you to open the Score 
editor and containing several Score Editor functions. The 
Score Editor shows MIDI notes as a musical score.
Open Drum Editor
This opens the Drum Editor which is designed especially 
for editing drum and percussion tracks.
Open...

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Menu Reference
Functions
Legato
Extends each selected note so that it reaches the next note. 
You can specify the desired gap or overlap with the “Legato 
Overlap” setting in the Preferences (Editing page).
Fixed Lengths
Resizes all selected notes to the length set with the 
Length Quantize pop-up menu on the MIDI Editor toolbar.
Delete Doubles
Removes double notes, i.e. notes of the same pitch on the 
exact same position. Double notes can occur when re-
cording in Cycle mode, after Quantizing, etc....

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Logical Presets
This submenu contains various presets that let you perform 
advanced “search and replace” operations on MIDI data.
Drum Map Setup…
This is where you load, create, modify and save drum 
maps. The list to the left shows the currently loaded drum 
maps; selecting a drum map in the list displays its sounds 
and settings to the right.
Insert Velocities…
All MIDI editors feature an Insert Velocity pop-up, where 
one of five different velocity values can be selected when...

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Menu Reference
Conform Files…
This will change all selected files that have different file at-
tributes to what is specified for the project, to conform to 
this standard.
Generate Thumbnail Cache
This generates a thumbnail cache of the video, used for 
display in case of strained computing resources.
Create Folder
This allows you to create a new audio or video subfolder.
Empty Trash
To delete a file permanently from the hard disk, it must first 
be moved to the Trash folder. When clips are in the...

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Menu Reference
Locate Next Marker
This moves the project cursor to the next marker position.
Locate Previous Marker
This moves the project cursor to the previous marker posi-
tion.
Locate Next Event
This moves the project cursor to the next event start or 
end on the selected track.
Locate Previous Event
This moves the project cursor to the previous event start 
or end on the selected track.
Play from Selection Start/End
This activates playback from the beginning or end of the 
current selection.
Play...

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Menu Reference
Devices menu
MIDI Device Manager
The MIDI Device manager allows you to install MIDI de-
vices. You can either select pre-configured MIDI devices 
from a list, or define a device from scratch.
Mixer
This opens the Mixer. All audio, MIDI, FX channel and 
Group tracks in a project have a corresponding channel 
strip in the Mixer, as do Output busses and any activated 
VST Instruments.
Plug-in Information
The Plug-in Information window lists all installed VST, 
Audio Codec and Program...

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Menu Reference
Help menu
Documentation (Acrobat PDF format)
ÖTo be able to read these documents, you need to have 
the Acrobat Reader installed (included with Cubase LE).
Getting Started
Opens a separate pdf document that provides installation 
information, useful tipps on how to set up your computer 
for audio work, and a number of tutorials as a quick intro-
duction to Cubase LE.
Operation Manual
Opens the Operation Manual in Acrobat pdf format.
Remote Control Devices
Opens the separate pdf document...