Steinberg Cubase LE Operation Manual

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❐To get an approximate reading on the level of the audio events by view-
ing the waveforms, make sure the slider is all the way down. Otherwise, 
zoomed waveforms may be mistaken for clipped audio.
•If you activate the option Quick Zoom in the Preferences (Event Dis-
play page), the contents of parts and events will not be continuously 
redrawn when you zoom manually.
Instead, the contents are redrawn once you have stopped changing the zoom – acti-
vate this if screen...

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Zoom presets and Cycle markers
The pop-up menu to the left of the horizontal zoom control allows you 
to select, create and organize zoom presets. These are useful if you 
want to toggle between different zoom settings (e.g. one where the 
whole project is displayed in the project window and another with a 
high zoom factor for detailed editing). With this pop-up menu, you can 
also zoom in on the area between cycle markers in the project.
The upper part of the menu...

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•If you want to delete a preset, select “Organize…” from the pop-up 
menu. 
In the dialog that appears, select the preset in the list and click the corresponding but-
ton in order to delete the preset. The preset is removed from the list.
•If you want to rename a preset, select “Organize…” from the pop-up 
menu.
In the dialog that appears, select the desired preset in the list and click the Rename 
button. A second dialog opens, allowing you to type in a new name for...

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Adjusting how parts and events are shown
The Preferences dialog on the File menu (on the Mac, the Preferences 
dialog is located on the Cubase LE menu) contains several settings 
for customizing the display in the Project window.
On the Event Display page you will find common settings for all track 
types:
The Event Display–Audio page contains settings for audio events:
Option Description
Colorize Event 
BackgroundDetermines whether the backgrounds or “contents” (wave-...

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The Event Display–MIDI page contains settings for MIDI parts:
The Event Display–Video page contains settings for video events:
Option Description
Default Edit Action Determines which editor should be opened when you double 
click a MIDI part or select it and press [Ctrl]/[Command]-[E]: the 
Key, List or Score editor. 
Part Data Mode Determines how events in MIDI parts should be shown in the 
Project window: as lines, as score notes or as drum notes. 
Show Controllers...

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Zooming and navigating in the overview line
By clicking the Show Overview button on the toolbar, an extra pane 
appears under the toolbar, the project overview line. 
Show Overview button
In the overview line, events and parts on all tracks are displayed as 
boxes. You can use the overview line to zoom in or out, and for navi-
gating to other sections of the project. This is done by moving and re-
sizing the track view rectangle in the overview line:
• The track view...

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Handling tracks
To add a track to the Project, select “Add Track” from the Project 
menu and select a track type from the submenu that appears. The 
new track is added below the currently selected track in the Track list.
•The “Add Track” menu is also available as a separate item on the 
Quick Menu.
•There is an additional option at the bottom of the Add Track submenu, 
called “Multiple...”. Selecting this brings up a dialog allowing you to 
add more than one track in...

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•You can colorize the contents of selected track(s), or selected parts 
and events by clicking the Color button on the toolbar and selecting a 
color from the pop-up menu that appears.
If one or several tracks are selected, all events and parts on the track(s) will get the se-
lected color, as will any events and parts you add to the track later. If individual events 
or parts are selected, only these will be affected. Individually colorized events and/or 
parts will...

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• By dragging files and dropping them on the track at the desired position.
You can create events by dragging and dropping from the following locations:
The Desktop.
The Pool.
The Project window of another open project.
The Audio Part Editor of any open project.
The Sample Editor of any open project – press [Ctrl]/[Command] and drag to create 
an event of the current selection.
The “Find media” dialog.
While you drag the clip in the Project window, its position will be...

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About Stereo/Mono
Audio tracks can be either stereo or mono. You can change this set-
ting manually as described below, but it can also be done automati-
cally, according to the following rules:
•Whenever a file is imported, copied or moved to a track, Cubase LE 
sets the stereo/mono status of the track according to its contents: If 
the majority of events on the track are in stereo, the track is set to ste-
reo and vice versa.
This means that if you import a file to an...