Steinberg Cubase Le 8 Manual
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Preferences VST 671 Show Timecode Subframes If this is activated, all frame based display formats (“.fps” and “.dfps”) will also show subframes. There are 80 subframes per frame. Stationary Cursors If this option is activated, the Project cursor will be positioned in the middle of the screen (if possible), and the window will scroll continuously during playback (instead of moving from one “page” to the next). Locate When Clicked in Empty Space When this is activated, you can move the Project Cursor by clicking anywhere in an “empty” area of the Project window. Transport - Scrub Scrub Volume This lets you set the playback volume for the Scrub function in the Project window and audio editors. Use High Quality Scrub Mode When you activate this option, effects are enabled for scrubbing and the resampling quality is higher. However, scrubbing will be more demanding on the processor. Use Inserts While Scrubbing When you activate this option, you can activate insert effects for scrubbing with the shuttle speed control. By default, insert effects are bypassed. VST This page contains settings for the VST audio engine. Connect Sends automatically for each newly created Channel When this option is enabled, creating a new audio or group channel will automatically connect the send routing for existing FX channels. Note that this option is disabled by default to save memory resources. Instruments use Automation Read All and Write All If you deactivate this option, the Read and Write automation status in VST instrument panels are not affected by the “Activate/Deactivate Read for All Tracks” and “Activate/Deactivate Write for All Tracks” automation switches. Mute Pre-Send when Mute If this is activated, sends set to “Pre-fader” mode will be muted if you mute their channels.
Preferences VST 672 Default Send Level This allows you to specify a default level for your send effects. Group Channels: Mute Sources as well By default, when you mute a group channel no audio will pass through the group. However, other channels that are routed directly to that group channel will remain unmuted. If any of those channels have cue sends routed to other group channels, FX channels or output busses, those will still be heard. If Group Channels: Mute Sources as well is activated, muting a group channel will cause all other channels directly routed to it to be muted as well. Pressing mute again will unmute the group channel and all other channels directly routed to it. Channels that were muted prior to the group channel being muted will not remember their mute status and will be unmuted when the group channel is unmuted. NOTE Group Channels: Mute Sources as well does not affect how mute automation is written. Writing mute automation on a group channel only affects the group channel and not channels routed to it. When writing the automation you will see the other channels being muted when this option is checked. However, upon playback, only the group channel will respond to the automation. Delay Compensation Threshold (for Recording) Cubase features full delay compensation - any delay inherent in the VST plug-ins you use will automatically be compensated for during playback. However, when you play a VST instrument in realtime or record live audio (with monitoring through Cubase activated), this delay compensation may result in added latency. To avoid this, you can click the Constrain Delay Compensation button on the Project window toolbar. This function tries to minimize the latency effects of the delay compensation, while maintaining the sound of the mix as far as possible. The Delay Compensation Threshold setting is a kind of “tolerance” setting for the Constrain Delay Compensation function - only plug-ins with a delay higher than this threshold setting will be affected by the Constrain Delay Compensation function. By default, this is set to 0.0 ms, which means that all plug-ins will be affected (e. g. turned off) when you activate Constrain Delay Compensation. If you feel that a little latency is acceptable, you can raise this threshold value. Auto Monitoring Determines how Cubase handles monitoring (listening to the input signal during recording). The following options are available: •Manual This option allows you to turn input monitoring on or off by clicking the monitor button in the track list, Inspector, or MixConsole. •While Record Enabled With this option you will hear the audio source connected to the channel input whenever the track is record enabled.
Preferences VST 673 •While Record Running This option switches to input monitoring only during recording. •Tapemachine Style This option emulates standard tapemachine behavior: input monitoring in Stop mode and during recording, but not during playback. NOTE The automatic monitoring options apply when you are monitoring through Cubase, or when you are using ASIO Direct Monitoring. If you are monitoring externally (listening to the input signal from an external mixer, for example), select the “Manual” mode and keep all audio monitor buttons turned off in Cubase. Warn on Processing Overloads When you activate this option, a warning message is displayed as soon as the CPU overload indicator (on the Transport panel) lights up during recording. VST - Plug-ins Warn Before Removing Modified Effects If this is activated, a dialog will appear whenever you remove an effect plug-in for which you have made parameter changes, asking for confirmation as to whether you really want to remove the effect. If you do not want this dialog to appear and modified effects to be removed without confirmation, leave this option deactivated. Open Effect Editor after Loading it When this is activated, loading an effect or VST instrument (e. g. in one of the plug-in slots of the Send or Insert sections) will automatically open the control panel for the plug-in. Create MIDI track when loading VSTi (not in Cubase LE) This pop-up menu allows you to what specify happens when you add a VSTi in the VST Instruments window. The following options are available: •Always When this is selected, a corresponding MIDI track will always be created when you add a VST instrument. •Do not When this is selected, no MIDI track will be created when you add a VSTi in the VST Instruments window. This is the behavior from earlier versions of Cubase. •Always ask to When this is selected, you will be asked whether a corresponding MIDI track is created when you add a VSTi in the VST Instruments window.
Preferences Video 674 Suspend VST3 plug-in processing when no audio signals are received When this is activated, VST plug-ins will not consume any CPU power during “silent” passages, i. e. when no audio is passing through them. This can improve system performance noticeably. NOTE Note however that this might lead to situations where you loaded more plug-ins in Stop mode than the system will be able to play back simultaneously. As a safety measure, try playing back the part of your project which contains the largest number of audio events to make sure that your computer system can handle the current number of VST plug-ins. Synchronize Plug-in Program Selection to Track Selection If you route multiple MIDI tracks to multi-timbral instruments and activate this option, track selection and plug-in program selection are synchronized. Plug-in Editors “Always on Top” When this is activated, the control panels for effect plug-ins and VST instruments will always be shown on top of other windows. Video Extract Audio on Import Video File If this option is activated and you import a video file, the audio data of the video is automatically extracted and saved as a separate audio clip. Thumbnail Memory Cache Size The value entered here determines how much memory is available for displaying thumbnails. The currently shown image of a video is buffered in the thumbnail memory cache. Whenever you move to another image and there is no memory capacity left, the “oldest” picture in the cache is replaced by the current one. If you have long video clips and/or work with a large zoom factor, you may have to raise this value.
675 Index A ACID® loops 296 Acoustic feedback 436 Activate Project 53 ADAT Lightpipe 567 Add Track 91 Add Track dialog 91 Adding chords 508 AES/SPDIF Digital Audio 567 AIFF files 557 Algorithms Sample Editor 296 Time stretching 279 Aligning file and project attributes Pool 333 All MIDI Inputs 15 Appearance Colors 647 Metering 666 Applying Track Presets 103 Archive Prepare 56 Arranger track 72 Arranger tracks Adding 184 Creating a chain 185 Flattening 189 Renaming events 184 ASCII display Editing byte values 504 ASIO Direct Monitoring 13 ASIO devices Plug and play support 13 ASIO Direct Monitoring 150 ASIO driver DirectX setup 10 ASIO Latency Compensation Active by Default 668 ASIO ports Using for data only 580 ASIO-Guard 643 Aspect ratio Video Player window 593 Audio Handling 107 Overlapping 100 Slicing 303 Audio channels Mixing down to file 551 Audio clips About 107, 262 Audio clock About 567 Audio effects Using VST System Link 583 Audio events About 107 Auditioning 109 Creating from regions 295 Editing in Sample Editor 282 Editing selections 291 Fade handles 174 Making selections 290 Showing in Sample Editor 282 Slicing 303 Volume handles 176 Audio files Exporting 551 Removing unused 56 Audio hardware 641 Connections 8 Externally clocked 11 Audio loops Musical Mode 297 Tempo matching 297 Audio parts Auditioning 109 Creating 108 Editing in Audio Part Editor 306 Audio performance Optimizing 639 Audio Pre-Record Seconds 667 Audio processing Pool 330 Audio Record Modes 155 Audio Recording 154 Preparations 153 Pre-Record Time 156 RAM Requirements 153 Record File Format 152 Record Folder 152 Record Modes 155 Recording with Effects 155 Recovering 157 Recovering recordings 156 Undo 156 Audio regions About 107 Audio tracks 59 Audition chords 510 Auditioning Audio events 109 Audio Part Editor 309 Audio parts 109 Sample Editor 287 Speaker tool 287 Using key commands 287, 309 Auditioning key commands Pool 326 Auto fades Global settings 182 Track settings 183 Auto Monitoring 671 Auto Punch In 148 Auto Punch Out 148 Auto Save 659 Auto save 54 Auto Save Internal 659 Auto Select Events under Cursor 648 Auto Track Color Mode 659 Automatic scales 511 Automatic voicings 512 Automatically generating new audio clips Pool 333
Index 676 Automation About 359 Data 361 Jump curves 360 Ramp curves 360 Read 360 Recording actions 359 Static value line 360 Write 360 Writing 359 Automation data Adjusting curves 365 Editing 364 Removing 365 Selecting 364 Automation follows Events 648 Automation Reduction Level 648 Automation tracks About 366 Assigning parameters 367 Hiding 366 Muting 367 Removing 367 Showing 366 Auto-Scroll Crossfades 180 Sample Editor 282 B Back up Project 56 Background Color Modulation 657 Bank assignments 416 Basic chord types Applying to selected notes 458 Batch export Audio channels 551 Beat Calculator 548 Binary display Editing byte values 504 Bounce (Export Audio) 551 Bounce Selection 122 Sample Editor 293 Broadcast Wave Files Embedded information 668 Broadcast Wave files Exporting 559 Buffer Settings 641 Busses Adding 20 Mixing down to file 551 Byte values Editing in ASCII display 504 Editing in binary display 504 Editing in decimal display 504 C Changing styles 482 Channel overview MixConsole 206 Channel racks 211, 220 EQ 225 Filters 223 Gain 223 Inserts 224 Phase 224 Pre 222 Routing 221 Sends 236 Strips 228 Channel settings 236 Copying 216 Channel strip rack 228 Compressor 228 EQ position 228 Gate 228 Limiter 228 Presets 235 Saturation 228 Transformer 228 Channel types MixConsole 211 Channels Linking 214 Chase Events 661 Chase events 142 Chord Assistant 509, 527 Assigning Chords to Chord Pads 529 Circle of Fifths 527 Proximity 527 Chord Editor Assigning Chords to Chord Pads 529 Chord editor 506 MIDI Input 509 Chord events 506 Adding 508 Adding chords 508 Auditioning 510 Chord type 506 Converting to MIDI 515 Editing 508 Extracting from MIDI 520 Mapping offset 512 Resolving Display Conflicts 511 Tension 506 Voicings 512 Chord Font 658 Chord Pad Controls 524 Chord Pad Settings Pad layout 539 Players 536 Remote Control 533 Chord Pads 522, 527 Adaptive voicing 537 Assigning Chords from the Chord track 530 Assigning Chords to Chord Pads 528 Assigning Chords with the Chord Assistant 529 Assigning Chords with the Chord Editor 529 Assigning Chords with the MIDI keyboard 530 Changing the pads remote range 535 Context menu 525 Controls 527 Creating events from chord pads 541 Default remote assignment 534 Functions menu 525 Moving and Copying 531 Pads remote range 534 Pattern player 538 Players 537 Playing back with a MIDI keyboard 531 Preparations 526 Presets 540 Recording chords on MIDI or instrument tracks 532 Recording chords on the Chord track 532 Saving presets 541 Setting up 527 Using different players on multiple tracks 538 Voicings 537 Zone 527 Chord Pads Zone 522, 524, 525 Chord Symbols 658 Chord track 73 About 505 Assign Pads 530 Controlling MIDI or audio playback 516 Live transform 515 Chord voicing Changing 455 Chords Changing pitch 455 Changing voicing 455 Editing 456 Inserting 457 Cleanup 616 Clip editing Pool 326 Clock sources 567
Index 677 Coloring Events 436 Note events 436 Coloring tracks 93 Colorize Track Controls 659 Colors Customizing 629 Preferences 647 Compressor Strip module 228 Connect Sends automatically for each newly created Channel 671 Connecting Audio 8 MIDI 14 Constrain Delay Compensation 378 Contiguous note events 452 Continuous controllers Controller display 461 Controller lane 466 Control link 214 Controller Brightness 658 Controller curves Smart controls for scaling 468 Controller display 460 Adding events 463 Continuous controllers 461 Deleting events 469 Drum Editor 491 Editing events 463 Editing events with Draw tool 466 Editing events with Line tool 464 Key Editor 450 Moving events 469 Controller lane Continuous controllers 466 Editor 468 Selecting event types 461 Setting up as preset 462 Controller lane editor Opening 468 Controller lane presets 462 Controllers Selecting 470 Convert to Real Copy 120 Converting chord events to MIDI 515 Create Audio Images During Record 667 Create MIDI track when loading VSTi 673 Crossfades Auto Zoom 180 Auto-Scroll 180 Creating 179 Editing in dialog 180 Equal Gain 180 Equal Power 180 Presets 180 Removing 180 Simple Crossfade Editor 180 Symmetric Fades 180 Cross-Hair Cursor 655 Cross-hair cursor 41 Cursor Width 669 Customizing Appearance 629 Colors 629 Info line 627 Inspector 627 Toolbars 627 Transport panel 627 Cycle Follows Range Selection 648 Cycle markers About 196 Editing with tools 197 Using 197 Zooming 197 Cycle recording 147 D DC Offset Removing 269 Deactivate Punch In on Stop 669 Decimal display Editing byte values 504 Default Author Name 660 Default Company Name 660 Default Edit Action 658 Default MIDI editor 434 Default Send Level 671 Default Warping Algorithm 650 Delay compensation Constraining 378 Delay Compensation Threshold (for Recording) 671 Delete Overlaps 648 Deleting Continuous Controllers 431 Controllers 431 Doubles 430 MIDI controllers 431 Notes 430 Deleting Overlaps Mono (MIDI) 428 Poly (MIDI) 428 Designating a new pool record folder Pool 329 Detect Silence 273 Device ports Selecting for busses 20 Disable ’Acoustic Feedback’ during Playback 655 Disable Track 98 Display format Ruler 29 Dithering About 245 Applying 245 Effects 245 Drag Delay 648 Draw tool Drawing note events 451 Editing controller display events 466 Editing events 466 Drawing In Sample Editor 290 Driver 641 Drum Editor 483 Controller display 491 Info line 448, 489 Note display 490 Status line 488 Toolbar 484 Drum maps 498 Key Editor 458 Opening automatically 434 Selecting 493 Setting up 495, 497 Drum patterns On different instruments 495 Drum sound setup Drum sound list 492 Drum sounds From different instruments 495 Settings 497 Drum tool 493 Dump request messages MIDI SysEx Editor 501 Dumping sounds to instrument 502 Duplicate tracks 98 Duplicating Note events 479 Duplicating events 119 E Edit as Drums when Drum Map is assigned 658 Edit button MIDI track Inspector 405 Edit History dialog 42 Edits folder 262
Index 678 Effects About 240 Comparing settings 252 Control panel 252 Converting earlier presets 257 Copying presets 257 Default presets 256 Dithering 245 Earlier presets 257 Exporting plug-in information files 260 Extracting insert effect settings from track presets 259 Insert effects 240, 242 Managing plug-ins 260 Offline 240 Pasting presets 257 Plug-in delay compensation 241 Plug-in information window 259 Pre/Post fader sends 251 Presets 253 Presets browser 254 Routing 250 Saving insert presets 258 Saving presets 256 Selecting Presets 254 Send effects 240, 247 Setting up 249 Tempo sync 242 VST 3 241 Enable Automatic Hitpoint Detection 650 Enable Record on Selected Audio Track 654 Enable Record on Selected MIDI Track 654 Enable Solo on Selected Track 654 Enable Track 98 Enharmonic shift 480 Enlarge Selected Track 96, 654 Envelope Process 264 EQ Channel racks 225 Presets 228 EQ position Strip module 228 EQ presets 228 Equal Gain Crossfades 180 Equal Power Crossfades 180 Equalizer curve MixConsole 206 Erase tool 439 Event display About 34 Folder tracks 100 Modifying on folder tracks 100 Event Handling Opacity 656 Event lenghts Changing with Trim tool 454 Event types Selecting in controller lane 461 Events About 106 Adding in controller display 463 Coloring 436 Copying and Pasting 119 Creating from hitpoints 305 Creating new files from events 122 Cutting 119 Deleting in controller display 469 Displaying on folder tracks 100 Duplicating 119 Editing 112 Editing with Draw tool 464, 466 Gluing 118 Locking 121 Moving 114 Moving in controller display 469 Muting 122 Poly Pressure 467 Renaming 116 Repeating 120 Resizing 116 Selecting 112 Sliding the contents 120 Splitting 118 Export audio mixdown 551 Audio engine settings 554 Channel selection 553 File naming 553 In realtime 554 Exporting MIDI files 622 Exporting markers 204 External monitoring 150 Extract Audio on Import Video File 674 Extracting Audio from video 595, 620 MIDI Automation 432 Extracting chord events from MIDI 520 F Fade Handle Brightness 657 Fade handles 174 Fade In/Out functions 176 Fader section (MixConsole) 217 Fades Auto fades 182 Creating 174 Editing in dialog 177 Presets 177 Processing 176 Removing 176 With Range Selection tool 175 Fill Loop 120 FireWire DV Output 588 Fixed lengths 428 Fixed tempo 542 Fixed velocity 429 Flipping Stem direction 481 Folder parts 111 Editing 111 Folder tracks 79 Displaying events 100 Modifying event display 100 Follow Chord Track 516 Auto 516 Chords 516 Directly 518 Scale events 518 Single Voice 516 Synchronizing Track Data 518 Using 516 Frame count 565 Frame rates Mismatch 589 Synchronization 565 Video 589 Freeze Edits 272 Insert effects 246 MIDI Quantize 172 VST instruments 377 FX chain presets 225 FX Channel tracks 75 FX channel tracks Adding 248 Mixing down to file 551 G Gain 265 Gate Strip module 228 Generic remote device 392 Global track controls 32 Gluing Notes 480 Gluing events 118 Grid Overlay Intensity 656 Groove quantizing 172 Group Channel tracks 81
Index 679 Group channels Adding insert effects 246 Routing 222 Group Channels - Mute Sources as well 671 H Hardware controls Activating pick-up mode 375 Hardware setup Control panel 9 Hermode tuning 407 Hide muted Notes in Editors 655 Hide Truncated Event Names 656 Hitpoints About 297 Beats pop-up menu 299 Creating events 305 Creating markers 304 Creating regions 294, 305 Slicing audio 303 HMT Follow 407 Use for Analysis 407 I Importing Audio from video files 620 MIDI files 622 MPEG files 621, 622 Ogg Vorbis files 622 REX files 620 Video files 588 WMA files 622 Importing markers 204 Independent track loop Audio Part Editor 310 Info line Drum Editor 448, 489 Key Editor 448, 489 Project window 28 Sample Editor 283 Score Editor 473 I-notes (Input notes) 498 Input busses Adding 20 Renaming 18 Routing 221 Input gain MixConsole 223 Input levels 9 Input ports 13 Inputs Meter position options 220 Insert Effects Adding to busses 245 Adding to Group channels 246 Insert effects 240 About 242 Bypass 244 Deactivate 244 Freezing 246 Routing 243 Insert Reset Events after Record 661 Insert Silence Sample Editor 291 Inserting and finding media Pool 324 Inserts FX chain presets 225 MixConsole 224 Inspector About 30 Key Editor 449 MIDI tracks 404 Subpanels 412 Instrument Freeze 377 Instrument tracks 64 Instruments use Automation Read All and Write All 671 Interpolate Audio Waveforms 657 J Jog wheel 132 K Key commands About 602 Default 607 Importing 606 Loading 605 Modifying 603 Removing 605 Resetting 606 Saving 605 Searching for 604 Key Editor 443 Controller display 450 Cut and paste 435 Info line 448, 489 Inspector 449 Note display 450 Status line 448 Toolbar 444 Keyboard navigation MixConsole 239 Knob Mode 651 L Lanes Audio Part Editor 308 Language (Preferences) 659 Latency Optimizing 639 VST System Link 575 Legato 427 Legato Mode - Between Selected Notes Only 652 Legato Overlap 652 Length Compression 407 Length Adjustment 661 Level meters (MixConsole) 219 Level scale Half-level axis 285 Sample Editor 285 Limiter Strip module 228 Line tool 452 Drawing note events 452 Editing controller display events 464 Editing events 464 Link Editors 648 Link groups 214 Q-Link 214 Live transform Chord track 515 Loading Multi-Track Presets 104 Loading Track Presets 103 Loading VST Presets 103 Locate When Clicked in Empty Space 669 Locators Setting 136 Lock Event Attributes 121 Lock Record 165 Loop Audio Part Editor 310 Looping MIDI parts 442 M Mac OS X Port activation 19 Port selection 19 Machine control About 564 Main mix Setting up 20 Make Chords 520 Managing media files Pool window 314 Map Input Bus Metering to Audio Track 666 Map pop-up menu 497 Mapping offset 512 Marker attributes 200 Marker IDs 202 Marker preferences 200 Marker track 85, 202
Index 680 Marker window About 198 Functions 199 Marker list 199 Markers About 196 Creating from hitpoints 304 Cycle markers 196 Exporting 204 Exporting via MIDI 205 Importing 204 Importing via MIDI 204 Position markers 196 Maximum Backup Files 659 Maximum Items in Results List 665 Maximum Undo Steps 659 MediaBay About 334 Attribute filtering 350 Defining locations 336, 339 Filtering 350 Hiding sections 335 Key commands 353 Preferences 352 Previewing 345 Scanning operations 336 Selecting locations 339 Showing sections 335 Viewing results 340 Volume databases 356 VST Sound node 337 Merge Clipboard (function) 266 Merge MIDI in Loop 424 Meter peak options 220 Hold forever 220 Hold peaks 220 Meter position options 220 Input 220 Post-Fader 220 Post-Panner 220 Meters Settings 220 Meters’ Fallback 666 Meters’ Peak Hold Time 666 MIDI Dissolve parts 425 MIDI channels Separating for drum map sounds 497 MIDI clock Destinations 571 Synchronization 567 MIDI devices Defining new for patch selection 415 Device Manager 414 Editing patches 418 Installing 416 Selecting patches 417 MIDI Display Resolution 661 MIDI Editor Muting note events 438 MIDI editors Opening 433 Soloing 436 Zooming 435 MIDI Export Options 662 MIDI files 622 MIDI Filter 665 MIDI Import Options 662 MIDI Input Chord editor 509 MIDI Inputs Setting up 158 MIDI interface Connecting 14 MIDI Max. Feedback in ms 661 MIDI Modifiers 407 MIDI note numbers 495, 497 MIDI notes Transpose (function) 422 MIDI part data Automation 361 MIDI parts Adding events 108 Creating 108 Handling several 441 Looping 442 Processing 434 MIDI Port Setup 158 MIDI ports Setting up 14 MIDI Record Catch Range in ms 668 MIDI Record Mode 162 MIDI Recording Channel and Output 159 Instruments and channels 157 MIDI Input setting 158 Naming MIDI ports 158 Preparations 157 Record mode 162 Recording continuous messages 161 Recording different types of messages 160 Recording notes 160 Recording Program Change Messages 161 Recording System Exclusive Messages 161 Recovering recordings 164 Reset 161 Retrospective Record 164 Sound selection 159 MIDI recordings Exporting to MIDI file 499 MIDI SysEx Editor Dump request messages 501 MIDI Thru Active 661 Monitoring 151 MIDI timecode Destinations 570 MIDI tracks 68 MIDI Modifiers 407 Routing to device 501 Settings 405 Missing ports Re-routing 53