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 instead.
2.Drag down to zoom in (horizontally) or drag up to zoom out.
Zooming will be centered on the project cursor.
Zooming in the overview
By clicking the Show Overview button on the toolbar, an extra pane 
appears under the toolbar, the project overview line. 
Show Overview button.
In the overview line, events and parts on all tracks are displayed as 
boxes. You can use the overview line to zoom in or out, and for navi-
gating to other sections of the project. This is done by moving and re-
sizing the track view rectangle in the overview line:
• The track view rectangle indicates the section of the project currently dis-
played in the event display.
• You can zoom in or out vertically by resizing the track view rectangle.
Resizing is done by dragging the edges of the rectangle.
• You can drag the track view rectangle to view other sections of the project.
The number of tracks shown will not change. 
						

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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.
Tile Horizontally/Vertically 
(Windows version only)Arranges the open windows next to each other on screen.
Cascade 
(Windows version only)Arranges the open windows in a partially overlapping 
pattern.
Windows... See page 153.
The open windows list Selecting a window from the list at the bottom of the menu 
brings it to front. 
						

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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 button to select one of the selection 
modes: 
Mode Description
Selected Only the windows selected in the list will be affected.
Cascaded The selected windows will be affected, along with all their “under-
windows”. Typically, if a Project window is selected in the list, all open 
windows belonging to that project will be affected.
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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 from a central Devices panel:
1.Pull down the Devices menu and select “Show Panel”.
The Devices Panel appears.
2.To display a closed or hidden window, click on its button in the 
Devices panel.
3.Clicking the button again will close the window. 
						

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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.
• To redo the last undone action, select Redo from the Edit menu or use the 
corresponding key command (by default [Ctrl]/[Command]-[Shift]-[Z]).
Undone actions will be available for Redo until you perform another action (at which 
point the “Redo stack” is cleared – see below). 
						

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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 performed action. 
						

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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 list, instantly mov-
ing the divider line.
•When you move the divider line by dragging or clicking, the actions 
are immediately undone or redone.
The changes are reflected in all open Cubase LE windows.
2.When you’re finished, click OK to close the dialog.
❐The Undo and Redo stacks are cleared when you close a project. 
						

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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 are written as:
[Win modifier key]/[Mac modifier key].
For example, “[Ctrl]/[Command]+N” in the list below means “press [Ctrl] under Win-
dows or [Command] under Mac OS X, then press N”.
File commands
Devices
Commands Keys
New [Ctrl]/[Command]+[N]
Open [Ctrl]/[Command]+[O]
Close [Ctrl]/[Command]+[W]
Save [Ctrl]/[Command]+[S]
Save As [Ctrl]/[Command]+[Shift]+[S]
Quit [Ctrl]/[Command]+[Q]
Commands Keys
Mixer [F3]
VST Outputs [F4]
VST Inputs [F5]
VST Send Effects [F6]
VST Master Effects [F7]
Video [F8]