Steinberg Cubase Le 8 Manual
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Project Window Cross-Hair Cursor 41 Shuffle Shuffle is useful when you want to change the order of adjacent events. If you have two adjacent events and drag the first one to the right, past the second event, the two events will change places. The same principle works when changing the order of more than two events: Dragging event 2 past event 4… …changes the order of events 2, 3, and 4. Magnetic Cursor This grid type lets the project cursor become magnetic. Dragging an event near the cursor causes the...
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Project Window Edit History Dialog 42 The cross-hair cursor works as follows: • When the Object Selection tool or one of its subtools is selected, the cross-hair cursor appears when you start moving/copying a part/event, or when using the event trim handles. Cross-hair cursor when moving an event. • When the Object Selection tool, the Cut tool, or any other tool that makes use of this function is selected, the cross-hair cursor appears as soon as you move the mouse over the event display. • The...
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Project Window Edit History Dialog 43 Setting the Number of Maximum Undo Steps You can limit the number of maximum undo steps. This is useful if you run out of hard disk space, for example. PROCEDURE 1. Select File > Preferences > General. 2. Set the number in the Maximum Undo Steps field.
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44 Project Handling Creating New Projects You can create empty projects or projects that are based on a template. PROCEDURE 1. Select File > New Project. Depending on your settings, either the Steinberg Hub or the Project Assistant dialog opens. 2. In the location options section, select where to store the new project. • To use the default location, select Use default location. • To choose another location, select Prompt for project location, click Create, and set the location in the dialog that...
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Project Handling Steinberg Hub 45 Steinberg Hub When you start Cubase or create new projects using the File menu, Steinberg Hub opens. Steinberg Hub keeps you up to date with the latest information and assists you with organizing your projects. It consists of the News and Tutorials section and the Projects section. News and Tutorials section The News and Tutorials section displays Steinberg news, tutorial videos as well as links to the user forum, downloads, and Knowledge Base. NOTE Ensure that you...
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Project Handling Project Assistant 46 Template list When you click on one of the category items, the list below the category bar shows the available templates for this category. Any new templates that you create are added at the top of the corresponding list. Location options This section allows you to specify where the project is stored. Open other This button allows you to open any project file on your system. This is identical to using the Open command on the File menu. RELATED LINKS Project...
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Project Handling About Project Files 47 Template list When you click on one of the category items, the list below the category bar shows the available factory templates for this category. Any new templates that you create are added at the top of the corresponding list. Location options This section allows you to specify where the project is stored. Open other This button allows you to open any project file on your system. This is identical to using the Open command from the File menu. About Project...
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Project Handling About Template Files 48 Template projects are not saved in project folders and therefore contain no subfolders and no media files. • To open the location of a specific template, right-click a template in the template list and select Show in Explorer (Win) or Reveal in Finder (Mac). Saving a Project Template File You can save the current project as a template. When you create a new project, you can select this template as a starting point for your new project. PREREQUISITE Remove all...
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Project Handling Project Setup Dialog 49 Renaming Templates PROCEDURE 1. In Steinberg Hub or the Project Assistant, right-click a template and select Rename. 2. In the Rename dialog, enter a new name and click OK. Project Setup Dialog You can perform general settings for your project in the Project Setup dialog. • To open the Project Setup dialog, select Project > Project Setup. • To open the Project Setup dialog automatically when you create a new project, activate the Run Setup on Create New Project...
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Project Handling Project Setup Dialog 50 The following options are available: Author Allows you to specify a project author that is written into the file, when you export audio files and activate the Insert iXML chunk option. You can specify a default author in the Default Author Name field (File > Preferences > General > Personalization). Company Allows you to specify a company name that is written into the file, when you export audio files and activate the Insert iXML chunk option. You can specify...