Steinberg Cubase LE Operation Manual

CUBASE LEWorking with hitpoints and slices 14 – 281
Divide audio events
This Hitpoints submenu item can be used when you simply wish to 
create separate events according to the hitpoints for a file. This means 
that you do not have to make the same considerations as when slicing 
for tempo changes. You can use any method you like to set hitpoints, 
use sensitivity, note values, manually or any combination.
•The slices created will appear in the Project window as separate events.
Using the Close Gaps...

CUBASE LE14 – 282 Working with hitpoints and slices 

15
The Pool 

CUBASE LE15 – 284 The Pool
Background
What is the Pool?
Every time you record on an audio track, a file is created on your hard 
disk. A reference to this file – a clip – is also added to the Pool. Two 
general rules apply to the Pool:
•All clips, Audio or Video, that belong to a project are listed in the Pool. 
•There is a separate Pool for every project. 
The way the Pool displays folders and their contents is similar to the 
way the Mac OS X Finder and the Windows Explorer displays folders 
and lists...

CUBASE LEThe Pool 15 – 285
Opening the Pool
You open the Pool in any of the following ways:
• By clicking the Pool icon in the Project window.
• By selecting “Pool” on the Project menu. 
• By using a key command (by default [Ctrl]/[Command]-[P]).
The content of the Pool is divided into three main folders: 
•The Audio folder
This contains all audio clips currently in the project.
•The Video folder
This contains all video clips currently in the project.
•The Trash folder 
Unused clips can be moved to the...

CUBASE LE15 – 286 The Pool
Window Overview
Toolbar overview
Audio folder
Trash folder Video folderAudio clip name
Waveform imageColumn HeadingsToolbar
Open/Close all 
Folders View Pop-up Play ButtonImport Button
Project Folder Path
Pool Record Folder Path
Loop ButtonSearch Button 

CUBASE LEThe Pool 15 – 287
The info line
Click the “i” button on the toolbar to show or hide the info line at the 
bottom of the Pool window. It shows the following information:
How clips are displayed in the Pool
• Audio clips are represented by a waveform icon followed by the clip name. 
• Video clips are represented by a camera icon followed by the clip name.
Number of audio 
files in the PoolNumber of audio 
files in use
Total size of all audio 
files in the PoolNumber of files in the Pool that are...

CUBASE LE15 – 288 The Pool
The Pool window columns
Various information about the clips can be viewed in the Pool window 
columns. The columns contain the following information:
Column Description
Media This column contains the Audio, Video and Trash folders. If the folders are 
opened, the clip names are shown and can be edited. This column is al-
ways shown.
Used This column displays the number of times a clip is used in the project. If a 
column row is empty, the corresponding clip is not used.
Image...

CUBASE LEThe Pool 15 – 289
About the Status column symbols
The Status column can display various symbols that relate to the clips 
status. The following symbols can be shown:
Sorting the Pool contents
You can sort the clips in the Pool by name, date etc. This is done by 
clicking on the corresponding column heading. Clicking again on the 
same heading switches between ascending and descending sort order.
Symbol Description
This indicates the current Pool Record folder (see page 301).
This symbol is shown...

CUBASE LE15 – 290 The Pool
Operations
Renaming clips in the Pool
Renaming a clip in the Pool is done in the following way:
•Select and click on the existing name, type in a new name and press 
[Return].
❐Renaming a clip in the Pool is much preferred to renaming it outside 
Cubase LE (for example on the computer desktop). This way Cubase LE al-
ready “knows” about the change, and won’t lose track of the clip the next 
time you open the project. See page 296 for details about lost files.
Copying clips in...