Steinberg Cubase LE Getting Started Manual

 
Getting Started 

 
Manual by Ludvig Carlson, Anders Nordmark, Roger Wiklander
Quality Control: C. Bachmann, H. Bischoff, S. Pfeifer, C. Schomburg
The information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not rep-
resent a commitment on the part of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH. The software 
described by this document is subject to a License Agreement and may not be copied 
to other media except as specifically allowed in the License Agreement. No part of this 
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Table of Contents 

 
CUBASE LE
 
4 Table of Contents 
7Introduction 
8Welcome,
9About the manuals and the 
Help
12How you can reach us 
13Installation and 
Requirements for  
Windows 
14About this chapter
14Requirements
18Hardware installation
20Installing Cubase LE 
23Installation and 
Requirements for Mac  
OS X 
24About this chapter
24Requirements
27Hardware installation
28Installing Cubase LE 
31Setting up your  
system 
32Setting up audio
40Setting up MIDI
44Connecting a synchronizer
44Setting up video
45Optimizing...

 
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97Tutorial 4: Editing in  
the Project window 
98About this tutorial
98Preparations
99Overview
100Moving and copying events
102Muting and erasing events
103Splitting and resizing events
105Adding a fade 
107Tutorial 5: Using  
VST Instruments 
108About this tutorial
108Preparations
110Activating a VST Instrument
112Routing
113Playing back
114Adding another instrument
116Playing a VST Instrument in 
real time
118Recording 
119Editing audio 
120About this chapter
120The...

 
CUBASE LE
 
6 Table of Contents 

 
1
 
Introduction 

 
CUBASE LE
 
1 – 8 Introduction 
Welcome,
 
and congratulations, because with the purchase of this product you’ve 
just become a member of the Cubase family. Maybe this is your first 
step into the world of computer-based music production, or maybe 
you’ve just added new hardware to your studio. In any case, you now 
have the chance to explore the world of Cubase, one of the world’s 
most popular music workstation systems. 
Experience for yourself how much fun it is to work with Steinberg Cu-
base LE....

 
CUBASE LE
 
Introduction 1 – 9 
About the manuals and the Help
 
The documentation is provided in the Adobe Acrobat pdf format. An 
Acrobat installer is provided on the program CD. 
The Getting Started book
 
The document you are reading now covers the following areas: 
• Computer requirements.
• Installation issues.
• Setting up your system for audio, MIDI and/or video work.
• A guided tour of the main Cubase LE windows.
• An introduction to the most common procedures for recording, playing back,...

 
CUBASE LE
 
1 – 10 Introduction 
The Help System
 
Cubase LE comes with a detailed help system, making it easy to look 
up procedures and descriptions from within the program. The con-
tents of the help basically mirror the complete Operation Manual text. 
The help systems are slightly different depending on which operating 
system you use, Windows or Mac OS X: 
HTML Help (Windows)
 
You use the HTML Help in the following way: 
• To open the HTML Help for browsing, select “HTML Help” from the Help...