Steinberg Cubase Le 8 Manual

Chord Pads
Creating Events from Chord Pads
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Saving Chord Pads Presets
If you have set up the chord pads, you can save them as chord pads presets.
PROCEDURE
1. To the left of the chord pads zone, select Chord Pads Preset > Save Chord 
Pads Preset.
2. In the New Preset section, enter a name for the new preset.
NOTE
You can also define attributes for the preset.
3. Click OK to save the preset and exit the dialog.
Creating Events from Chord Pads
You can use the chords assigned to the chord pads to create...

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Editing tempo and signature
Background
Whenever you create a new project, Cubase will automatically set the tempo and 
time signature for this project. The tempo and signature settings can be displayed 
in the Tempo Track Editor.
Tempo modes
Before we go into detail about tempo and signature settings, you should understand 
the different tempo modes.
The tempo can either be fixed throughout the entire project (this is called “fixed 
tempo mode”) or follow the tempo track (this is called “tempo track...

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Tempo and signature display
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A note about tempo-based audio tracks
The start position of audio events on the timeline depends on the current tempo 
setting. However, it is important to realize that the actual audio (“within” the events) 
will play back as recorded, regardless of any tempo changes you make. Therefore, 
it is good practice to make the proper tempo and time signature settings before you 
start recording tempo-based audio.
• To make an already recorded audio...

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Tempo and signature display
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The Tempo Track Editor has a toolbar, info line, and ruler just like other editors in 
Cubase, plus an area for the display of time signature events and a tempo curve 
display.
The toolbar
The toolbar contains various tools and settings:
1) Activate Tempo Track
2) Show Info
3) Tools
4) Auto-Scroll
5) Suspend Auto-Scroll when Editing
6) Snap on/off
7) Snap value
8) Curve type for new tempo events
9) The selected tempo
• The tools for Object...

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Editing tempo and signature
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Editing tempo and signature
Editing the tempo curve
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This section assumes that you are working in tempo track mode, i. e. the Tempo 
button must be activated on the Transport panel.
Adding tempo curve points
PROCEDURE
1. Use the “Type of New Tempo Points” pop-up menu on the toolbar of the 
Tempo Track Editor to select whether you want the tempo to change 
gradually from the previous curve point to the new one...

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Editing tempo and signature
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Selecting tempo curve points
Curve points can be selected as follows:
• Using the Object Selection tool. 
The standard selection techniques apply.
• Using the Select submenu of the Edit menu. 
The options are:
All
Selects all curve points on the tempo track.
None
Deselects all curve points.
Invert
Inverts the selection – all selected curve points are deselected and all curve 
points that were not selected are selected instead.
In Loop
Selects...

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Editing tempo and signature
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We recommend using the Bars+Beats display format when editing tempo curves. 
Otherwise, you may get confusing results. This is because moving a point will 
change the relationship between tempo and time. If you move a tempo point to the 
right and drop it at a certain time position, the mapping between tempo and time 
will be adjusted. Since you have changed the tempo curve, the moved point will 
appear at...

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The Beat Calculator
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To set the tempo in fixed mode:
• Adjust the value numerically in the tempo display on the Tempo Track Editor 
toolbar.
• On the Transport panel, click on the tempo value to select it, enter a new value 
and press [Enter].
Adding and editing time signature events
• To add a time signature event, click with the Draw tool in the time signature 
area. 
This adds a default 4/4 time signature event at the closest bar position.
• To edit the value of a time...

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The Beat Calculator
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Calculating the tempo of a recording
PROCEDURE
1. In the Project window, make a selection that covers an exact number of beats 
of the recording.
2. Select “Beat Calculator…” from the Project menu.
The Beat Calculator window appears.
3. In the Beats field, enter the number of beats that the selection encompasses.
The corresponding tempo is calculated and displayed in the BPM field.
If you need to adjust the selection, you can go back to the Project...

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Adjusting the audio to the project tempo
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5. Click OK to close the Tap Tempo dialog.
The tapped tempo is now shown in the Beat Calculator’s BPM display. You can insert 
it into the tempo track as described above.
Adjusting the audio to the project tempo
If you want freely recorded audio to follow a fixed tempo or a different project tempo, 
you can use the Set Definition From Tempo dialog to save the tempo information 
from the tempo track in the corresponding audio clips....