Steinberg Cubase LE Operation Manual

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The ruler
The Sample Editor ruler is located between the thumbnail and the 
Waveform display. It shows the timeline in the display format specified 
in the Project Setup dialog (see page 58). If you like, you can select 
an independent display format for the ruler by clicking on the arrow 
button to the right of it and selecting an option from the pop-up menu 
that appears (this affects the values in the info line too). For a list of 
the display format options, see...

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•When the level scale is shown, you can select whether the level 
should be shown as a percentage or in dB.
This is done by right-clicking the level scale and selecting an option from the pop-up 
menu that appears. This also allows you to hide the level scale.
•To display the level scale after hiding it, right-click (Win) or [Ctrl]-click 
(Mac) to bring up the Quick menu and activate “Level Scale” on the 
Elements submenu.
This submenu also allows you to select whether...

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The info line
The info line at the bottom of the window shows information about the 
edited audio clip. You cannot edit the values on the info line.
•To hide or show the info line, click the “i” icon on the toolbar.
•Initially, length and position values are displayed in the format specified 
in the Project Setup dialog (see page 58), but you can change this by 
clicking in the middle field of the info line and selecting another display 
format from a pop-up menu.
This...

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Operations
Zooming
Zooming in the Sample Editor is done according to the standard 
zoom procedures, with the following special notes:
•The vertical zoom slider changes the vertical scale relative to the 
height of the Editor window, in a way similar to the waveform zooming 
in the Project window (see page 60). 
•The following options relevant to the Sample Editor are available on 
the Zoom submenu on the Edit menu:
•You can also zoom by resizing the blue rectangle in...

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Auditioning
While you can use the regular play commands to play back audio 
when the Sample Editor is open, it is often useful to listen to the ed-
ited material only. This can be done in the following ways:
❐When auditioning, audio will be routed directly to Bus 1, bypassing the 
audio channel’s settings, effects and EQs.
By using the Speaker tool
If you click somewhere in the Waveform display with the Speaker tool 
and keep the mouse button pressed, the clip will be...

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Scrubbing
The Scrub tool allows you to locate positions in the audio by playing 
back, forwards or backwards, at any speed:
1.Select the Scrub tool.
2.Click in the Waveform display and keep the mouse button pressed.
The project cursor is moved to the position at which you click.
3.Drag to the left or right.
The project cursor follows the mouse pointer and the audio is played back. The speed 
and pitch of the playback depends on how fast you move the pointer. 

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Adjusting the Snap point
The snap point is a marker within an audio event (or clip – see below). 
This is used as a reference position when you are moving events with 
snap activated, so that the snap point is “magnetic” to whatever snap 
positions you have selected. 
By default, the snap point is set at the beginning of the audio event, but 
often it is useful to move the snap point to a “relevant” position in the 
event, such as a downbeat, etc.: 
1.Activate the...

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Making Selections
To select an audio section in the Sample Editor, you click and drag 
with the Range Selection tool.
•If Snap to Zero Crossing is activated on the toolbar, the start and end 
of the selection will always be at zero crossings (see page 254).
•You can resize the selection by dragging its left and right edge or by 
[Shift]-clicking.
•The current selection is indicated to the right on the toolbar.
You can fine-tune the selection by changing these values...

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Using the Select Menu
The Select submenu on the Edit menu contains the following selec-
tion functions:
Editing Selection Ranges
Selections in the Sample Editor can be manipulated in several ways. 
Please note:
•If you attempt to edit an event that is a shared copy (i.e. the event re-
fers to a clip that is used by other events in the project), you are asked 
whether you want to create a new version of the clip or not (if you ha-
ven’t made a “permanent” choice already...

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Cut, Copy and Paste
The cut, copy and paste commands on the Edit menu work according 
to the following rules:
•Selecting Copy copies the selection to the clipboard.
•Selecting Cut removes the selection from the clip and moves it to the 
clipboard.
The section to the right of the selection is moved to the left to fill out the gap.
•Selecting Paste copies the data on the clipboard into the clip.
If there is a selection in the editor, this will be replaced by the pasted...