Steinberg Cubase LE Operation Manual

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2.Click the View Options pop-up in the Common panel (the down arrow 
at the top of the normal Common panel strip).
A pop-up menu with the different channel types appears. By default all channel types 
are viewable (i.e. ticked).
3.You can now untick the channel type(s) that you wish to hide from 
view by unticking the corresponding item(s) from the menu.
Regular audio tracks are named “Disk” channels on the menu.
Clicking here... ...opens the View Options pop-up. 

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•This can also be done using the Channel type show/Hide indicators at 
the bottom of the Common panel.
These are lit for visible channel types. Click on the corresponding channel type indica-
tor to hide or show the corresponding channel type in the Mixer.
The Channel type show/hide indicators. From top to bottom Disk, Group, VSTi, 
ReWire and MIDI channels.
Selecting individual channels to show/hide
You can also select to show/hide individual channels in the Mixer. Pro-
ceed...

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4.When you have activated “Hideable” status for all channels you wish 
to hide, pull down the Global View Options pop-up for the Common 
panel and deactivate (untick) the “Hideable” item.
When the “Hideable” item is deactivated (unticked) on the Common panel View 
Options pop-up, all individual channel strips that are set to “Hideable” status will be 
hidden in the Mixer.
5.To make hidden channels visible again, activate Hideable on the Com-
mon panel View Options menu.
You can...

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Setting the width of channel strips
Each channel strip’s width can be sized to either “Wide” or “Narrow” 
mode from the View Options pop-up at the top of each channel strip.
•Narrow channel strips contain a narrow fader, miniature buttons, plus 
the View Options pop-up.
Wide and narrow channel strips.
•When selecting wide or narrow channel strips from the Common 
panel View Options pop-up, all channel strips are affected. 

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Channel View Sets
Channel View Sets are user definable configurations of the Mixer win-
dow. If you are working with a large number of channels, it may be 
convenient to be able to hide certain channels (or channel types). Pro-
ceed as follows:
1.Set up the Mixer the way you wish to store it as a View Set.
The following settings will be stored:
• Settings for individual channel strips (e. g. narrow or wide mode and whether 
the channel strip is hidden or not).
• The hide/show...

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•You can now return to this saved configuration at any time, by clicking 
the Channel View Sets button and selecting it from the pop-up menu.
•To remove a stored Channel View Set, select it from pop-up so that 
the View Set is active, then pull down the pop-up again and select Re-
move.
❐Some remote control devices (such as Steinberg’s Houston) feature this 
function, which means that you can use the remote device to switch be-
tween the Channel View Sets. 

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The audio channel strips
All audio related channel types (audio, group, VST Instrument or Re-
Wire) basically have the same channel strip layout. Only audio track 
(disk) channels have an Input source pop-up, a Record Enable and 
Monitor button (since audio inputs are never routed to group or VST 
Instrument channels). VST Instrument channels have an additional 
Edit button for opening the instrument’s control panel.
The Common panel 
(see page 140)
Level meter Level fader...

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About the Insert/EQ/Send indicators and bypass buttons
The three indicator buttons in each audio channel strip have the fol-
lowing functionality:
•If an Insert or Send effect or EQ module is activated for a channel, the 
corresponding button is lit. 
The effect indicators will be blue, the EQ indicator will be green.
•By clicking these buttons when lit, the corresponding EQ or effects 
section will be bypassed.
Bypass is indicated by yellow buttons. Clicking the button again...

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The MIDI channel strips
The MIDI channel strips allow you to control volume and pan in your 
MIDI instrument (provided that they are set up to receive the corre-
sponding MIDI messages). The settings here are also available in the 
Inspector for MIDI tracks (see page 321).
Level fader 
(MIDI volume) Level (velocity) meter
Channel auto-
mation controlsPan control
Monitor and 
Record Enable 
buttonMIDI output routing 
pop-up
MIDI input source 
pop-up
Edit button
Mute and Solo 

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The Common panel
The Common panel appears to the left in the Mixer and Channel set-
tings windows and contains settings for changing the look and behav-
ior of the Mixer, as well as global settings for all channels.
Global automation Read/Write buttons, see 
the “Automation” chapter.
Channel Settings Copy/Paste, see page 152.
Global Solo/Mute On/Off, see page 145.
These 5 buttons select what channel 
types are shown/hidden in the Mixer.
Show Master bus fader (not shown in...