Steinberg Cubase LE Getting Started Manual

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Zooming in the ruler
If the option “Zoom while Locating in Time Scale” is activated in the 
Preferences dialog (Transport page), you can use the rulers for zoom-
ing. This allows you to quickly zoom in or out on a certain position, 
without having to select a special tool:
1.Click in the ruler and keep the mouse button pressed.
The project cursor is automatically moved to the click position. If you don’t want to 
move the cursor, press [Shift] and click in the ruler...

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Window handling
Generally, Cubase LE windows are handled according to the stan-
dard procedures. However, the Window menu contains some func-
tions that make work quicker and easier:
Menu item Description
Close Closes the currently active window. If this is a Project win-
dow, you will close the current project.
Close All Closes all windows, including all open projects.
Minimize All Minimizes all windows.
Restore All Restores all minimized Cubase LE windows.
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The Windows dialog
By selecting “Windows…” from the Window menu, you open the 
Windows dialog. This allows you to manage the open windows in 
various ways.
The display to the left lists all open windows, hierarchically arranged 
(so that editors and other windows that belong to a certain project are 
listed under the corresponding Project window). To the right are vari-
ous window functions. To use one of the functions, proceed as follows:
1.Click in the field below the OK...

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2.If you selected the “Selected” or “Cascaded” modes, select the de-
sired windows by clicking in the list.
As usual, you can select multiple items by holding [Shift] or [Ctrl]/[Command] and 
clicking. 
3.Use the buttons to the right to activate (bring to front), minimize, re-
store or close the specified window(s).
Closing a window will also remove it from the list.
4.When you are done, click OK to close the dialog.
The Devices panel
If you like, you can manage devices...

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Undo
In Cubase LE you can undo the last 10 actions. You can either use 
the “Undo” or “Redo” commands on the Edit menu or the Edit History 
window (see below).
The Undo and Redo commands
Proceed as follows to undo or redo your actions in Cubase LE:
• To undo the last performed action, select Undo from the Edit menu or use the 
corresponding key command (by default [Ctrl]/[Command]-[Z]).
If you select Undo again, the previously performed action will be undone, and so on.
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The Edit History window
Selecting “History…” from the Edit menu opens the Edit History win-
dow. This contains a graphic representation of the “Undo stack” (the 
performed actions, with the most recent action at the top of the stack) 
and the “Redo stack” (the undone actions, with the most recently un-
done action at the bottom of the stack). The two stacks are separated 
by a divider line.
The Redo stack.
The Undo stack. The most recently undone action.
The most recently...

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The Edit History dialog allows you to undo or redo several actions in 
one go, by moving the divider between the Undo stack and the Redo 
stack (in essence, moving actions from the Undo stack to the Redo 
stack, or vice versa):
1.Click on the divider line and drag it up or down.
Drag up to redo actions, drag down to undo them.
In this case, the Delete and Split actions will be undone (and moved to the Redo 
stack).
•You can also click directly between two items in the...

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Shortcuts & key commands 

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About this chapter
Most of the main menus in Cubase LE have key command shortcuts 
for certain items on the menus. In addition, there are numerous other 
Cubase LE functions that can be performed via key commands. These 
are all factory default settings, but can be customized if you like (see 
the chapter “Key commands” in the Operation Manual for details).
Below, the default key commands are listed according to category.
•As described on page 11, modifier keys...