Steinberg Cubase LE Operation Manual

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EQ bypass
By clicking the EQ button for a channel in the Mixer or in the Track list 
you can momentarily turn the EQ for a channel on and off, to compare 
the sound with and without EQ.
When the EQ is in Bypass mode, the EQ button is yellow.
EQ reset
The Reset button in the lower left corner of the EQ section will reset 
all EQ parameters to their default values.
Using EQ presets
Some useful basic presets are included with the program. You can use 
them as they are, or as a...

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Copying settings between audio channels
It is possible to copy all channel settings for an audio channel and 
paste them onto another channel. This applies to all audio channel 
types. For example, you can copy EQ settings from an audio channel 
and apply these to a group or VST Instrument channel, if you want 
them to have the same sound. Proceed as follows:
1.Select the channel you want to copy settings from by clicking its 
channel name field (a highlighted name indicates a...

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Initialize Channel
The Initialize Channel button can be found at the bottom of the Chan-
nel Settings Common panel. It resets the selected channel to the de-
fault setting. Default settings are:
• All EQ, Insert and Send effect settings are deactivated and reset.
• Solo/Mute is deactivated.
• The fader is set to 0dB.
• Pan is set to center position.
Changing the meter characteristics
You can change the Mixer’s level meters characteristics for audio 
channels: right-click...

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Using group channels
You can route the outputs from multiple audio channels to a group. 
This enables you to control the channel levels using one fader, apply 
the same effects and equalization to all of them etc. To create a group 
channel, proceed as follows:
1.Select Add Track from the Project menu and select “Group Channel” 
from the submenu that appears.
A group channel track is added to the Track list and a corresponding group channel 
strip is added to the Mixer,...

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Activating and routing buses
The number of buses shown in the VST Outputs window depends on 
the number of physical outputs you have on your audio hardware (up 
to 4). As with inputs, you need to activate the buses you want to use, 
and assign each bus to an output pair on your audio hardware. This is 
done in the VST Outputs window:
1.Pull down the Devices Menu and select VST Outputs.
The window will contain a number of stereo “channel strips”, one for each bus:
2.Activate the...

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3.Use the pop-up menus at the bottom of the window to route each ac-
tive bus to an output pair on your audio hardware.
4.To rename a bus, click on its label and type in a new name.
5.Set the output levels for each active bus.
Dragging one of the faders for a bus will automatically move the other fader as well. To 
move the left or right fader for a bus independently, hold down [Alt]/[Option] and drag, 
or deactivate the stereo link switch for the fader pair.
Routing audio...

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Routing an effect send to a bus or group
The four effect sends for each audio channel or group can be routed 
directly to one of the buses, for use with external effects, etc. This is 
determined by the send routing pop-up menus in the Channel Set-
tings window:
1.Open the Channel Settings window.
2.Activate a send.
3.Click in the name field to pull down the send routing pop-up menu.
4.Select the bus or group to which you want to route the send.
❐If you route a send from a...

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MIDI specific procedures
This section describes basic procedures for MIDI channels in the 
Mixer.
Using Channel Settings
For each MIDI channel strip in the Mixer (and MIDI track in the Track 
list or the Inspector) there is an Edit (“e”) button. 
Clicking this opens the MIDI Channel Settings window. This window 
contains a Common panel and a duplicate of the Mixer channel strip. 
Every MIDI channel has its own channel settings window.
The MIDI Channel Settings window. 

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Utilities
Link/Unlink channels
This function is used to “link” selected channels in the Mixer so that 
any change applied to one channel will be mirrored by all channels in 
that link group. You can link as many channels as you like, and you can 
also create as many groups of linked channels as you like. To link 
channels in the Mixer, proceed as follows:
1.Press [Shift] and click on the channel name field for all the channels 
that you want to Link.
Selected channels are...

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What will be linked?
The following rules apply for linked channels:
•Fader levels will be “ganged”.
The relative level offset between channels will be kept if you move a linked channel fader.
The three channels shown are linked. Pulling down one fader changes the levels for 
all three channels, but keeps the relative level mix.
•Any individual channel settings you have made before linking will re-
main until you alter the same setting for any of the linked channels.
For...