Steinberg Cubase Le 8 Manual

Quantizing MIDI and Audio
Quantize Panel
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Options for Quantizing to a Groove
Groove quantizing is intended for recreating existing rhythmic feels by matching 
your recorded music to a timing grid generated from a MIDI part or an audio loop.
To extract the groove from a MIDI part, from an audio loop, an audio event with 
hitpoints, or sliced audio, select the material and drag it onto the grid display in the 
middle of the Quantize Panel. Alternatively, you can use the “Create Groove 
Quantize Preset”...

Quantizing MIDI and Audio
Additional Quantizing Functions
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Orig. Position
If you activate this option, the starting point of the quantizing operation is not 
the first bar of the project, but the original starting position of the audio or MIDI 
material used to find the groove. This allows you to synchronize material that 
does not start from bar 1 of the project.
RELATED LINKS
Creating Groove Quantize Presets on page 172
Additional Quantizing Functions
Freezing MIDI Quantizing
The Freeze MIDI...

Quantizing MIDI and Audio
Additional Quantizing Functions
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RESULT 
If you open the Quantize pop-up menu on the Project window toolbar, you will find 
an additional item at the bottom of the list, with the same name as the file from which 
you have extracted the groove. You can select it as a base for quantizing, just like 
any other quantize value.
AFTER COMPLETING THIS TASK 
To save the groove, open the Quantize Panel and save it as a preset.
RELATED LINKS
Working with hitpoints and slices on page...

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Fades and crossfades
Creating fades
There are two types of fade ins and fade outs in audio events in Cubase: 
event-based fades that you create by using the fade handles and clip-based fades 
created by processing.
RELATED LINKS
Event-based fades on page 174
Clip-based fades on page 176
Event-based fades
Selected audio events have triangular handles in the upper left and right corners. 
These can be dragged to create a fade in or fade out, respectively.
The fade handles are visible when you point the...

Fades and crossfades
Creating fades
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• You can make the fade longer or shorter at any time, by dragging the handle.
You can do this without selecting the event first, i. e. without visible handles. 
Just move the mouse pointer along the fade curve until the cursor turns into a 
bidirectional arrow, then click and drag.
• If the “Show Event Volume Curves Always” option is activated in the 
Preferences dialog (Event Display–Audio page), fade curves are shown in all 
events, regardless of whether they...

Fades and crossfades
Creating fades
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About the volume handle
A selected audio event also has a square handle in the top middle: the volume 
handle. It provides a quick way of changing the volume of an event in the Project 
window. Note that dragging the volume handle also changes the value on the info 
line.
The volume change is displayed numerically on the info line.
The event waveform reflects the volume change.
• Drag the Volume handle up or down to change the volume of the event.
Removing fades
•...

Fades and crossfades
The Fade dialogs
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• You can also activate the “Please, don’t ask again” option. Regardless of 
whether you then choose “Continue” or “New Version”, any further 
processing will conform to the option you select.
You can change this setting at any time in the Preferences dialog 
(Editing–Audio page), under “On Processing Shared Clips”.
The Fade dialogs
The Fade dialogs appear when you edit an existing fade or use the Fade In/Fade 
Out functions on the Process submenu of the Audio...

Fades and crossfades
The Fade dialogs
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Fade Length Value
This parameter is only available when editing fades made by dragging the fade 
handles. It can be used to enter fade lengths numerically. The format of values 
displayed here is determined by the Time Display in the Transport panel.
• When you activate the Apply Length option, the value entered in the 
Fade Length value field is used when clicking Apply or OK.
• When you set the current fade as the default fade, the length value is 
included as...

Fades and crossfades
Creating crossfades
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Process
Applies the set fade curve to the clip, and closes the dialog.
Cancel
Closes the dialog without applying any fade.
Creating crossfades
Overlapping audio material on the same track can be crossfaded, for smooth 
transitions or special effects. You create a crossfade by selecting two consecutive 
audio events and selecting the Crossfade command on the Audio menu (or by using 
the corresponding key command, by default [X]).
The result depends on whether...

Fades and crossfades
The Crossfade dialog
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• Once you have created a crossfade, you can edit it by selecting one or both 
crossfaded events, and selecting “Crossfade” from the Audio menu again (or 
by double-clicking in the crossfade zone).
This opens the Crossfade dialog.
RELATED LINKS
The Crossfade dialog on page 180
Removing crossfades
To remove a crossfade, proceed as follows:
• Select the corresponding events and select “Remove Fades” from the Audio menu.
• Use the Range Selection tool to select...