Steinberg Cubase LE Operation Manual

CUBASE LEVideo 26 – 491
Setting video output to external equipment (Mac OS X only)
For Apple computers equipped with a FireWire port, you can easily con-
nect external video hardware via this, as OS X has built-in video support 
for the most common formats (NTSC/PAL/DVCPRO). FireWire is ca-
pable of high data-transfer speed and is the most common standard for 
communicating with video-related peripheral equipment. 
•To play back a video file via hardware connected to the FireWire port, 
select “FireWire”...

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Setting the window size
If you are playing back video in a window on your computer screen, 
you may want to adjust the size: Open Device Setup from the Devices 
menu, click Video Player in the list and use the Video Window buttons 
to select a size.
Project window editing operations
Video clips are played back by events just as audio clips are. You can 
use all the basic editing operation on video events, just as with audio 
events (see page 74). The following operations are not...

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ReWire 

CUBASE LE27 – 494 ReWire
Introduction
ReWire and ReWire2 are special protocols for streaming audio be-
tween two computer applications. Developed by Propellerhead Soft-
ware and Steinberg, ReWire provides the following possibilities and 
features:
•Real-time streaming of up to 64 separate audio channels, at full band-
width, from the “synthesizer application” into the “mixer application”.
In this case, the “mixer application” is of course Cubase LE. An example of a “synthe-
sizer application” is...

CUBASE LEReWire 27 – 495
Launching and quitting
When using ReWire, the order in which you launch and quit the two 
programs is very important:
Launching for normal use with ReWire
1.First launch Cubase LE.
2.Enable one or several ReWire channels in the ReWire Device dialog for 
the other application.
This is described in detail on page 496.
3.Launch the other application.
It may take slightly longer for the application to start when you are using ReWire.
Quitting a ReWire session
When you are finished,...

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Activating ReWire channels
ReWire supports streaming of up to 64 separate audio channels. The 
exact number of available ReWire channels depends on the synthe-
sizer application. Using the ReWire Device panels in Cubase LE, you 
can specify which of the available channels you want to use:
1.Pull down the Devices menu and select the menu item with the name 
of the ReWire application. All recognized ReWire compatible applica-
tions will be available on the menu.
The ReWire panel...

CUBASE LEReWire 27 – 497
Using the transport and tempo controls
❐This is only relevant if the synthesizer application has some sort of built-
in sequencer or similar.
Basic transport controls
When you run ReWire, the transports in the two programs are com-
pletely linked. It doesn’t matter in which program you Play, Stop, Fast 
Forward or Rewind. However, recording (if applicable) is still com-
pletely separate in the two applications.
Loop settings
If there is a loop or cycle facility in the synthesizer...

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How the ReWire channels are handled in 
Cubase LE
When you activate ReWire channels in the ReWire Device panels, 
they will become available as channel strips in the Mixer. The ReWire 
channel strips have the following properties:
•ReWire channels appear to the right of the track-based (audio and 
MIDI) channel strips.
•ReWire channels may be any combination of mono and stereo, de-
pending on the synthesizer application.
•ReWire channels have the same functionality as regular...

CUBASE LEReWire 27 – 499
Routing MIDI via ReWire2
❐This feature is only available with ReWire2-compatible applications.
When using Cubase LE with a ReWire2-compatible application, addi-
tional MIDI outputs will automatically appear on the MIDI Output pop-
up menus for MIDI tracks. This allows you to play the synthesizer ap-
plication via MIDI from Cubase LE, using it as one or several separate 
MIDI sound sources.
The MIDI outputs for a Reason song. Here, each output goes directly to a device in 
the...

CUBASE LE27 – 500 ReWire
Considerations and limitations
Sample rates
Synthesizer applications may be limited to audio playback in certain 
sample rates. If Cubase LE is set to a sample rate other than those, 
the synthesizer application will play back at the wrong pitch. Consult 
the documentation of the synthesizer application for details.
ASIO drivers
ReWire works well with ASIO drivers. By using the Cubase LE bus-
sing system you can route sounds from the synthesizer application to 
various outputs on...