Steinberg Cubase LE Operation Manual

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File Handling 

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File Operations
New Project
The New Project command on the File menu allows you to create a 
new project, either empty or based on a template:
1.Select New Project from the File menu.
A list of templates is displayed. When you install Cubase LE, a number of templates for 
various purposes are included, but you can also create your own (see page 505).
2.Select a template from the list, or select “Empty”.
A project file dialog appears, allowing you to specify a folder for...

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Close
The Close command on the File menu closes the active window. If a 
Project window is active, selecting Close will close the corresponding 
project.
•If the project contains unsaved changes, you will be asked whether 
you want to save the project before closing it.
If you select “Don’t Save”, and have recorded or created new audio files since saving, 
you get the choice to delete or keep these.
Save and Save As
The commands Save and Save As allow you to save the...

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Saving a Default Project
If you always want the same default project to open when you launch 
Cubase LE, you can save a default project:
1.Set up a project the way you want it.
2.Select “Save As” from the File menu and save the project in the Cu-
base LE application folder, under the name “default.cpr”.
❐This is the one case when the file name extension is crucial under Mac 
OS X as well!
3.Open the Preferences dialog and select the User Interface page.
4.Open the “On...

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When you’ve made your settings, click OK to save the project in the 
new folder. The original project isn’t removed or affected.
Save as Template
This function allows you to save the current project as a template. 
Templates are always stored in the Templates folder (within the Cu-
base LE program folder). When you create a new project, the avail-
able templates will be listed, allowing you to base the new project on 
a template.
•Templates can contain clips and events,...

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The “Cleanup” function
The Cleanup function on the File menu helps you to save hard disk 
space by locating, and if you like, deleting unused audio files in the 
project folders on your disk.
1.Select “Cleanup…” from the File menu.
If there are any open projects, an alert will appear, allowing you to close these. Clicking 
“Close” closes all open projects and brings up the Cleanup dialog.
2.If you want to restrict the Cleanup function to a certain folder only, 
click the...

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5.Delete any files you don’t want to keep, by selecting them and clicking 
Delete.
6.Close the dialog by clicking its close button.
Exporting and Importing MIDI Files
Cubase LE can import and export Standard MIDI Files, which makes it 
possible to transfer MIDI material to and from virtually any MIDI applica-
tion, on any platform.
Exporting MIDI Files
To export your MIDI tracks as a Standard MIDI File, pull down the File 
menu and select “MIDI File...” from the Export...

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4.If you chose that a new project should be created, you are asked to 
specify a project folder for the new project.
Select an existing project folder or create a new one by typing its name in the dialog.
The MIDI file is imported, starting at the beginning of the project. The 
result depends on the type of MIDI file:
• If the MIDI file is of Type 0 (all data on a single track), only one MIDI track will 
be created.
This track will be set to MIDI Channel “Any”, allowing...

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MIDI track play parameters 
(Inspector settings)Only the volume and transpose settings are included; the 
other parameters (velocity, compression, length and pan) 
are ignored.
MIDI part play parameters 
(Inspector settings)All settings are included, except transpose.
Group tracks Removed.
Style tracks Removed.
Chord tracks Removed.
Drum tracks Converted to MIDI tracks with drum maps. MIDI output 
settings for individual drum sounds will be ignored.
Solo/Mute status of...

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• It’s also possible to import Songs created in version 3.7x of Cubase for 
Windows.
However, this will only include the basic audio and MIDI data, ignoring most of the set-
tings.
Import Cubase Arrangement
As mentioned above, a Song in previous versions of Cubase could 
contain one or several Arrangements. These contained all the part and 
event data along with file references, but without mixer settings and 
similar, which were global to all Arrangements in the Song....