Steinberg Cubase Le 8 Manual

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3. In the Device Setup dialog, select your driver in the Devices list on the left to 
display the driver settings for your audio hardware, and activate the Direct 
Monitoring checkbox.
If the checkbox is grayed out, your audio hardware (or its driver) does not support 
ASIO Direct Monitoring. Consult the audio hardware manufacturer for details.
4. Select File > Preferences > VST.
5. Open the Auto Monitoring pop-up menu and select a monitoring mode.
6. In the MixConsole, adjust...

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RESULT 
Incoming MIDI is echoed back out again.
RELATED LINKS
MIDI on page 661
Audio Recording Specifics
Preparations
Selecting a Record File Format
You can set up the record file format, that is the sample rate, bit resolution, and 
record file type for new audio files.
PROCEDURE
1. Select Project > Project Setup.
2. Set up the settings for Sample Rate, Bit Resolution, and Record File Type.
IMPORTANT
The bit resolution and file type can be changed at any time...

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4. Navigate to the folder that you want to use as record folder or create a new 
folder with the New Folder button.
If you want to have separate folders for different types of material (speech, ambient 
sounds, music, etc.), you can create subfolders within the project Audio folder and 
assign different tracks to different subfolders. This way, all audio files will still reside 
within the project folder, which will make managing the project easier.
Getting the...

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Selecting an Input Bus for the Track
Before you can record on your track, you must add and set up the required input 
busses and specify from which input bus the track will record.
PROCEDURE
1. In the Inspector for the audio track, open the Input Routing pop-up menu.
2. Select an input bus.
RELATED LINKS
Setting Up the Input and Output Ports on page 13
Setting Up Busses on page 12
Audio Track Inspector on page 60
Recording Audio
You can record audio using any of...

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Audio Record Modes
By selecting an Audio Record Mode you decide what happens to your recording 
and to any existing events on the track where you are recording. This is necessary 
because you will not always record on an empty track. There may be situations 
where you record over existing events, especially in cycle mode.
• To select an Audio Record Mode, click the audio symbol in Record Mode 
section of the Transport panel and select a record mode.
• To close the...

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Undoing Recording
If you decide that you do not like what you just recorded, you can delete it.
•Select Edit > Undo.
This removes the events that you just recorded from the Project window and moves 
the audio clips in the Pool to the trash folder. To remove the recorded audio files from 
the hard disk, open the Pool, right-click the Trash icon and select Empty Trash.
RELATED LINKS
Pool Window on page 314
Recovering Audio Recordings
Cubase allows you to recover...

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Recovering Audio Recordings after System Failure
Cubase allows you to recover audio recordings after a system failure, because of a 
power cut or other mishap, for example.
When you experience a computer crash during a recording, relaunch the system 
and check the project record folder. By default, this is the Audio subfolder inside 
the project folder. It should contain the audio file that you recorded, from the 
moment when you started recording to the time when...

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Naming MIDI Ports
MIDI inputs and outputs are often displayed with long and complicated names. In 
Cubase, you can rename your MIDI ports to more descriptive names.
PROCEDURE
1. Select Devices > Device Setup.
2. In the Devices list, select MIDI Port Setup.
The available MIDI inputs and outputs are listed. On Windows systems, the device to 
choose depends on your system.
3. Click in the Show As column and type in a new name.
4. Click OK.
RESULT 
The new port names...

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Setting the MIDI Channel and Output
The MIDI channel and output settings determine where the recorded MIDI is routed 
during playback. They are also relevant for monitoring MIDI in Cubase. You can 
select the channel and output in the track list or in the Inspector.
PROCEDURE
1. In the track list, select the track to which you want to assign a MIDI channel 
and output.
2. In the topmost Inspector section, open the Output Routing pop-up menu 
and select an output....

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Recording MIDI
You can record MIDI using any of the basic recording methods.
When you finish recording, a part that contains MIDI events is created in the Project 
window.
NOTE
If you perform a live recording on a VST instrument, you usually compensate the 
latency of the audio card by playing earlier. In consequence, the timestamps are 
recorded too early. If you activate the ASIO Latency Compensation button on the 
track list, all recorded events are moved by the...