Steinberg Cubase LE Operation Manual

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•Note that the clip will be positioned so that its Snap point is aligned 
with the selected insert position.
You can also open the Sample Editor for a clip by double clicking it, and perform the 
insert operation from there. This allows you to set the Snap point for a clip before in-
serting it.
3.The clip is inserted on a new audio track, created automatically, or on 
a selected track.
If several tracks are selected, the clip will be inserted on the first selected track.
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Deleting clips
Removing clips from the Pool
To remove a clip from the Pool without deleting it from the hard disk, 
proceed as follows:
1.Select the file(s) and select “Delete” from the Edit menu (or press 
[Backspace] or [Delete]).
• If you try to delete a clip that is used by one or more events, the program 
will ask you if you want to remove these events from the project.
Canceling this operation means that neither the clip nor the associated events are 
deleted.
2.Click...

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Removing unused clips from the Pool
This function finds all clips in the Pool that are not used in the project, 
and either moves them to the Pool Trash folder where they can be per-
manently deleted, or removes them from the Pool:
1.Select “Remove Unused Media” on the Pool menu.
A prompt appears with the text “Move to Trash or Remove From Pool?”
2.Make your selection.
Locating events referring to a clip in the Pool
If you want to find out which events in the project refer to a...

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•To insert a found clip directly into the project, select it in the list in the 
dialog and select one of the “Insert into Project” options from the Pool 
menu.
The options are described on page 290.
❐The “Find in Pool” command is also accessible from the Project window – 
the Pool window does not have to be open.
Locating selected events
If you quickly want to find the clip for an event in the Project window, 
you can also use the following method:
1.Select one or several...

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Searching for audio files on disk
The Pool can help you locate audio files on your hard disk or other me-
dia. This works much like the regular file search, but with a couple of 
extra features:
1.Click the Search button in the toolbar.
A lower pane appears in the window, displaying the search functions.
2.Use the Folder pop-up menu to specify where to search.
The pop-up menu will list all your local drives and removable media. 
•If you want to limit the search to certain...

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About missing files
When you open a project, you may get a warning that one or more files 
are “missing”. If you click Close in the warning dialog, the project will 
open anyway, without the missing files. In the Pool you can check which 
files are considered missing. This is indicated by a question mark in the 
Status column.
A file is considered missing under one of the following conditions:
•The file has been moved or renamed outside the program since the 
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•If you select Search, the program will scan your hard disks for a file 
with the proper name and display them in a list. 
The dialog allows you to specify which folder or disk should be scanned. Click the 
Search Folder button, select a directory or a disk and then click the Start button. If 
found, select the file from the list and click “Accept”. Afterwards Cubase LE tries to 
map all other missing files automatically.
Reconstructing missing edit files
If a missing file...

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Auditioning clips in the Pool
There are two methods you can use to audition clips in the Pool:
•By selecting a clip and activating the Play button.
The whole clip will play back, unless you stop playback by clicking the Play button again.
The Play button.
•By clicking somewhere in the waveform image for a clip.
The clip will play from the position in the waveform you click until the end of the clip, 
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Opening clips in the Sample Editor
The Sample Editor allows you to perform detailed editing on the clip 
(see the Sample Editor chapter for details). You can open clips in the 
Sample Editor directly from the Pool by double clicking on a clip 
waveform icon.
One practical use for this is to set a Snap point for a clip (see page 
247). When you later insert the clip from the Pool into the project, you 
can have it properly aligned according to the set Snap point.
Import...

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• Any sample rate (although files with another sample rate than the one used in 
the project will play back at the wrong speed and pitch – see below).
• 8, 16 or 24 bit resolution
In addition, AVI, QuickTime and MPEG video files can be imported 
into the Pool.
❐It is also possible to use the commands on the Import submenu on the 
File menu to import audio or video files into the Pool.
When you select a file in the Import Medium dialog and click Open, 
the Import Options dialog...