Steinberg Cubase Le 8 Manual

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Hard Disk and Controller
The number of hard disk tracks that you can record and play back at the same time 
also depends on the speed of your hard disk and hard disk controller. If you use 
E-IDE disks and controllers, make sure that the transfer mode is DMA Busmaster. 
Under Windows, you can check the current mode by launching the Windows 
Device Manager and looking for properties of the IDE ATA/ATAPI controller’s 
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Multi Processing
When Multi Processing is activated and there is more than one CPU in your system, 
the processing load is distributed evenly to all available CPUs, allowing Cubase to 
make full use of the combined power of the multiple processors.
• To activate Multi Processing, select Devices > Device Setup, select VST 
Audio System, and activate Multi Processing.
VST Performance Window
This window shows the audio processing load and the hard disk transfer...

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NOTE
You can show a simple view of the performance meter on the Transport panel and 
on the Project window toolbar. These meters only feature the average and the disk 
indicator.
ASIO-Guard
The ASIO-Guard allows you to shift as much processing as possible from the ASIO 
realtime path to the ASIO-Guard processing path. This results in a more stable 
system.
The ASIO-Guard allows you to preprocess all channels as well as VST instruments 
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3. Activate the Activate ASIO-Guard option.
NOTE
This option is only available, if you activate Multi Processing.
4. Select an ASIO-Guard Level.
The higher the level, the higher the processing stability and audio processing 
performance. However, higher levels also lead to an increased ASIO-Guard latency 
and memory usage. 

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Preferences
The Preferences dialog provides options and settings that control the global 
behavior of the program.
Preferences Dialog
The Preferences dialog is divided into a navigation list and a settings page. Clicking 
one of the entries in the navigation list opens a settings page.
• To open the Preferences dialog, select File > Preferences.
In addition to the settings, the dialog provides the following options:
Preference Presets
Allows you to select a saved preference preset.
Store
Allows you...

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Delete
Allows you to delete a preset.
Store marked preferences only
Allows you to select which pages are included in the preset.
Help
Opens the dialog help.
Defaults
Resets the options on the active page to their default settings.
Apply
Applies any changes that you have made without closing the dialog.
OK
Applies any changes that you have made and close the dialog.
Cancel
Closes the dialog without saving any changes.
Saving a Preference Preset
You can save complete or...

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3. Activate Store marked preferences only.
In the preferences list a Store column is shown.
4. Click in the Store column of the preference pages that you want to save.
5. Click Store in the lower left section of the dialog.
6. Enter a preset name and click OK.
RESULT 
Your settings are now available from the Preferences Presets pop-up menu.
Appearance
Colors
This page features subpages that allow you to change the default color settings.
General
Allows you to adjust the default...

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Editing
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MixConsole Channel Strip
Allows you to adjust the default colors for the channel strips in the 
MixConsole.
Editing
Select Track on Background Click
This allows you to select a track by clicking in the event display background.
Auto Select Events under Cursor
If this option is activated, all events in the Project window or in an editor that 
are currently touched by the project cursor are automatically selected. This 
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• When this option is deactivated and an event/part is selected in the 
Project window however, the up/down arrow keys still step through the 
tracks in the track list. Only on the currently selected track, the first 
event/part will also be selected.
• When this option is activated, the up/down arrow keys are only used to 
change the track selection – the current event/part selection in the 
Project window will not be altered.
Track Selection follows Event Selection
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Drag Delay
When you click and drag an event, this setting determines the delay before 
the event is moved. This helps you avoid accidentally moving events when you 
click on them in the Project window.
Editing - Audio
Treat Muted Audio Events like Deleted
If you have two overlapping audio events in your project and you mute the top 
one (the event you hear during playback), playback of the other (obscured) 
event will still only start at the end of the overlapping section.
If this...