Steinberg Cubase LE Operation Manual

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3.Click and drag left or right.
When you move the mouse, a tooltip information shows the current mouse position 
and length of the part. Note that the snap value applies, as with any part operation.
4.Release the mouse button.
The part is “stretched” or “compressed” to fit the new length.
•For MIDI parts, this means that the events are moved, so that the rela-
tive distance between events is maintained.
•For audio parts, this means that the events are moved, and that...

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Locking events
If you want to make sure you don’t edit or move an event by accident, 
you can lock it. Locking can affect one (or any combination) of the fol-
lowing 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).
Lock Options Description
Position If this is locked, the event cannot be moved.
Size If this is locked, the event cannot be...

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•To lock events, select them and select “Lock...” from the Edit menu.
The events will be locked according to the options specified in the Preferences dialog.
The padlock symbol indicates that one or more of the lock options are activated for 
the event.
•You can adjust the lock options for a locked event by selecting it and 
selecting “Lock...” from the Edit menu again.
This opens a dialog in which you can activate or deactivate the desired lock options.
•To unlock an...

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•You can click in an empty area with the Mute tool and drag a selection 
rectangle around the events you want to mute or unmute.
This changes the mute status of all events in the selection rectangle. If you hold down 
a modifier key when releasing the mouse button, you can force all events to be muted 
or unmuted, regardless of their previous status. The default modifier keys are [Shift] for 
mute and [Ctrl]/[Command] for unmute.
•You can mute events by selecting them...

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Removing events
To remove an event from the Project window, use any of the following 
methods:
•Click on the event with the Eraser tool.
If you press [Alt]/[Option], all following events on the same track will be deleted.
•Select the event(s) and press [Backspace], or select “Delete” from 
the Edit menu.
Creating new files from events
As described in the Getting Started book, an audio event plays a sec-
tion of an audio clip, which in turn refers to one or more audio...

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Range editing
Editing in the Project window isn’t necessarily restricted to handling 
whole events and parts. You can also work with selection ranges, 
which are independent from the event/part and track boundaries.
Creating a selection range
To make a selection range, drag a rectangle with the Range selection 
tool.
When the Range selection tool is selected, the Select submenu on 
the Edit menu has the following items for making selection ranges:
•Double clicking on an...

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Adjusting the size of the selection range
You can adjust the size of a selection range in the following ways:
•By dragging its edges.
The pointer takes the shape of a double arrow when you move it over an edge of the 
selection range.
•By holding down [Shift] and clicking.
The closest selection range edge will be moved to the position at which you clicked.
•By adjusting the selection range start or end position numerically on 
the info line.
Making selection ranges for...

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Using Cut, Copy and Paste
When working with selection ranges, you can either use Cut, Copy 
and Paste on the Edit menu, or use the functions “Cut Time” and 
“Paste Time” on the Range submenu on the Edit menu. These work 
differently to their related functions on the Edit menu:
Function Description
Cut Cuts out the data in the selection range and moves it to the 
Clipboard. The selection range is replaced by empty track 
space in the Project window, meaning that events...

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Deleting selection ranges
Again, you can either use “regular” Delete or “Delete Time”:
•If you use the Delete function on the Edit menu (or press [Backspace]), 
the data within the selection range is replaced by empty track space.
Events to the right of the range keep their position.
•If you use “Delete Time” on the Edit menu’s Range submenu, the se-
lection range is removed and events to the right are moved to the left 
to close up the gap.
Other functions
On the Range...

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Options
Snap
The Snap function helps you to find exact positions when editing in the 
Project window. It does this by restricting horizontal movement and po-
sitioning to certain positions. Operations affected by Snap include mov-
ing, duplicating, drawing, sizing, splitting, range selection, etc.
•You turn Snap on or off by clicking the Snap icon in the toolbar.
Snap activated.
• When you are moving audio events with Snap activated, it isn’t necessar-
ily the beginning...