Steinberg Cubase LE Operation Manual

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Lock…/Unlock
If you want to make sure you don’t edit or move an event by accident, 
you can lock the selected event(s). Locking can affect one (or any 
combination) of the following properties:
To specify which of these properties should be affected by the Lock 
function, use the “Lock Event Attributes” pop-up menu in the Prefer-
ences dialog (Editing page).
Selecting locked events and choosing “Unlock” will unlock the events.
Mute/Unmute
You can mute (silence) events by...

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Zoom In Vertical Zooms in one step vertically.
Zoom Out Vertical Zooms out one step vertically.
Zoom In Tracks Zooms in selected track(s) one step vertically.
Zoom Out Tracks Zooms out selected track(s) one step vertically.
Zoom Tracks 
ExclusiveThis zooms in vertically on the selected track(s) and minimizes 
the height of all other tracks. Option Description 

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Project menu
Add Track
This will add a track of the type selected on the Add Track submenu.
Selecting “Multiple” allows you to add a specified number of tracks of 
a selected type.
Remove Selected Tracks
This will remove all selected tracks and any parts or events on them 
from the Project window.
Show Used Automation
This will open all used automation subtracks for all tracks.
Hide All Automation
This closes all open automation subtracks.
Pool
This opens the audio Pool,...

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Beat Calculator…
This opens the Beat Calculator window. The Beat Calculator is a tool 
for calculating the tempo of recorded audio or MIDI material.
Notepad
This opens a standard text notepad.
Project Setup…
This dialog contains general settings for a project. See the dialog help 
for specifics.
Audio menu
Process
Basically, you apply audio processing by making a selection and se-
lecting a function from the Process submenu. For more details about 
what is affected see...

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Noise Gate
Scans the audio for sections weaker than a specified threshold level, 
and silences them.
Normalize
The Normalize function allows you to specify the desired maximum level 
of the audio. It then analyzes the selected audio and finds the current 
maximum level. Finally it subtracts the current maximum level from the 
specified level, and raises the gain of the audio by the resulting amount 
(if the specified maximum level is lower than the current maximum, the...

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Silence
Replaces the selection with silence.
Stereo Flip
This function works with stereo audio selections only. It allows you to 
manipulate the left and right channel in various ways.
Time Stretch
This function allows you to change the length and “tempo” of the se-
lected audio, without affecting the pitch.
Hitpoints
This is a special feature that detects transient attacks in audio material 
and adds a type of marker, a “hitpoint” at each attack. Once the hit-
points...

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Bounce Selection
This allows you to create either a new clip or a new audio file from a 
selection.
Crossfade
This allows you to create a crossfade between two selected consecu-
tive audio events. 
• If the two events overlap, the crossfade will be applied to the overlapping area.
• If they do not overlap (but their respective audio clips do) the events are re-
sized and a crossfade is applied in the overlapping range.
For more information about crossfades, see the...

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MIDI menu
Open Key Editor
This opens the Key Editor for a selected MIDI Part. This editor con-
sists of a piano-roll type graphic interface, with the notes shown as 
boxes in a grid.
Scores submenu
This is where you open the Score Editor and make score settings. 
Note that the three last items on this submenu are only available when 
the Score Editor is open and the active window.
Open Score Editor
Opens the Score Editor for the currently selected part(s).
Staff Settings...

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Open List Editor
This opens the List Editor. In this editor, MIDI notes, controllers and 
other events are shown in a list.
Over Quantize
Quantizing is a function that automatically moves recorded notes, posi-
tioning them on exact note values. This quantizes the selected MIDI 
parts or notes, according to the current Quantize pop-up menu setting.
Iterative Quantize
Instead of moving a note to the closest quantize grid position, Iterative 
Quantize moves it only part of...

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Freeze Quantize
There may be situations when you want to make the quantized posi-
tions “permanent”. For example, you may want to quantize notes a 
second time, having the results based on the current quantized posi-
tions rather than the original positions. To make this possible, select 
the notes in question and use this function.
Transpose…
This opens the Transpose dialog, where you can make transpose set-
tings for selected notes.
Merge MIDI in Loop
This combines all...