Steinberg Cubase LE Operation Manual

							CUBASE LEUsing Markers 5 – 111
Navigating using cycle markers
Cycle markers are not directly used to navigate the position, but rep-
resent ranges that you can move the left and right locators to by sim-
ply selecting the cycle marker.
•If you double click on a cycle marker, or select it from the Cycle pop-
up menu in the track list, the left and right locators are moved to en-
compass the cycle marker.
You can now set the project cursor position to the start or the end of the cycle marker 
by selecting the left or right locator from the Locate pop-up menu, or by using the nu-
meric pad keys [1] and [2]. 
Zooming to cycle markers
•By selecting a cycle marker on the Zoom pop-up menu, the event dis-
play is zoomed in to encompass the selected range only.
This can also be done by keeping [Alt]/[Option] pressed while double-clicking on the 
cycle marker in the event display.
Editing cycle markers using tools
Cycle markers can be edited on the Marker track using the following 
tools. Note that the snap value applies as with regular events:
The other tools cannot be used with cycle markers.
Tool Use
Pencil Press [Ctrl]/[Command] and use the Pencil tool to create new 
ranges (as described above).
Eraser Click with the Eraser tool to delete a cycle marker. If you hold down 
[Alt]/[Option] when you click, all consecutive markers will also be 
deleted.
Scissors Click with the Scissors tool to split the cycle marker in two. If you 
hold down [Alt]/[Option] and click, the range will be split into many 
ranges with the same length (the length is governed by where in the 
range you click).
Selection Range This is described on page 112. 
						

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Using markers to make range selections in the Project window
Besides enabling you to quickly move the locators and the project 
cursor, cycle markers can be used in conjunction with the Range Se-
lection tool to make range selections in the Project window. This is 
useful if you quickly want to make a selection that spans all tracks in 
the project. 
•Double click on a cycle marker to set the left and right locator to the 
start and end position of the range, then double click inside the cycle 
marker with the Range Selection tool.
Or...
•Double click with the Range Selection tool between any two position 
markers.
This selects everything in the Project window located inside of the 
marker range (or locator positions), just as if you had used the Range 
Selection tool to draw a rectangle. Any functions or processing you 
perform will now affect the selection only.
In this example, Verse 1 has been selected with the Range Selection tool. 
						

							CUBASE LEUsing Markers 5 – 113
Moving and Copying parts
This is a quick way to move or copy complete sections of the project 
(on all tracks):
1.Click on a cycle marker with the Range Selection tool.
Everything in the project within the cycle marker boundaries is selected.
2.Drag the cycle marker to a new position.
The selection in the Project window is moved to the same position.
•If you hold down [Alt]/[Option] while you drag the cycle marker, the 
selection in the Project window is copied instead. 
						

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Fades and Crossfades 
						

							CUBASE LE6 – 116 Fades and Crossfades
Creating Fades
There are two main types of fade-ins and fade-outs in audio events in 
Cubase LE:
Fades created by using the Fade handles
Selected audio events have blue handles in the upper left and right cor-
ners. These can be dragged to create a fade-in or fade-out respectively.
Creating a fade-in. The fade is automatically reflected in the shape of the event’s 
waveform, giving you a visual feedback of the result when you drag the fade handle. 
Fades created with the handles are not applied to the audio clip as 
such. Instead, Cubase LE seamlessly switches between the fade sec-
tions and the actual clip on playback. This means that several events 
referring to the same audio clip can have different fade curves.
❐Note that if you select multiple events and drag the fade handles on one 
of them, the same fade will be applied to all selected events.
• A fade can be edited in the Fade dialog, as described on the following pages. 
You open the dialog by double clicking on the fade, or by selecting the event and select-
ing “Open Fade Editor(s)” from the Audio menu (note that this will open two dialogs if 
the event has both fade-in and fade-out curves).
If you adjust the shape of the fade curve in the Fade dialog, this shape will be maintained 
when you later adjust the length of a fade.
• You can make the fade longer or shorter at any time, by dragging the handle.
You can actually do this even without selecting the event first, i.e. without visible han-
dles. Just move the mouse pointer along the fade curve until the cursor turns into a bi-
directional arrow, then click and drag.
• If the option “Show Event Volume Curves Always” is activated in the Prefer-
ences dialog (Event Display – Audio page), the fade curves will be shown in 
all events, regardless of whether they are selected or not.
If the option is deactivated, the fade curves are shown in selected events only. 
						

							CUBASE LEFades and Crossfades 6 – 117
Creating and adjusting fades with the Range Selection tool
“Handle-type” fades can also be created and adjusted with the Range 
Selection tool, in the following way:
1.Select a section of the audio event with the Range Selection tool.
The result depends on your selection, in the following way:
• If you select a range from the beginning of the event, a fade-in will be created 
within the range. 
• If you select a range that reaches the end of an event, a fade-out will be created 
in the range. 
• If you select a range encompassing a middle section of the event, but not reach-
ing neither the start nor the end, both a fade-in and a fade-out will be created 
outside of the selected range. In other words, the fade-in will cover the area 
from the beginning of the event to the beginning of the selected range, and the 
fade-out will cover the area from the end of the selected range to the end of the 
event.
2.Pull down the Audio menu and select “Adjust Fades to Range”.
The fade areas are adjusted according to the selection range.
❐You can select multiple audio events on separate tracks with the Range 
Selection tool, and apply the fade to all of them simultaneously.
About the volume handle
A selected audio event also has a blue handle in the top middle. This 
is the volume handle, and it provides a quick way of changing the vol-
ume of an event, directly in the Project window. It stands in direct cor-
relation with the volume setting in the info line, that is, dragging the 
volume handle also changes the value in the info line.
Drag the Volume handle up or down 
to change the volume of the event.
The volume change is displayed 
numerically in the info line.
The event waveform re-
flects the volume change. 
						

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Fades created by processing
If you have selected an audio event or a section of an audio event (us-
ing the Range Selection tool), you can apply a fade-in or fade-out to 
the selection by using the “Fade In” or “Fade Out” functions on the 
Process submenu on the Audio menu. These functions open the cor-
responding Fade dialog, allowing you to specify a fade curve.
❐Note that the length of the fade area is determined by your selection. In 
other words, you specify the length of the fade before you enter the Fade 
dialog. 
❐Also note that you can select multiple events and apply the same pro-
cessing to all of them simultaneously.
Fades created this way are applied to the audio clip rather than to the 
event. This has the following consequences:
• If you later create new events that refer to the same clip, these will have the 
same fades.
If other events refer to the same audio clip, you will be asked whether 
you want the processing to be applied to these events or not.
• Continue will apply the processing to all events that refer to the audio clip.
• New Version will create a separate, new version of the audio clip for the se-
lected event.
• You can also choose to put a checkmark in the “Do not ask this message again” 
box. Regardless of whether you then choose “Continue” or “New Version”, any 
and all further processing you do will conform to the option you select. 
❐You can change this setting at any time in the Preferences dialog (Audio 
page), under “On Processing Shared Clips”. 
						

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Removing fades
To remove a fade, select the event and select “Remove Fades” from 
the Audio menu.
You can also use the Range Selection tool to remove fades and 
crossfades:
1.Drag the Range Selection tool in the Project window, so that the se-
lection encloses all of the fades and crossfades you wish to remove.
2.Select “Remove Fades” from the Audio menu.
The Fade Dialogs
The Fade dialogs appear when you edit an existing fade or use the 
“Fade In”/”Fade Out” functions on the Audio menu’s Process sub-
menu. The picture below shows the Fade In dialog; the Fade Out dia-
log has identical settings and features.
•If you open the Fade dialog(s) with several events selected, you can 
adjust the fade curves for all these events at the same time.
This is useful if you want to apply the same type of fade-in to more than one event, etc.
Curve Kind
These buttons determine whether the fade curve should consist of 
spline curve segments (left button) or linear segments (right button). 
						

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Fade Display
Shows the shape of the fade curve. The resulting waveform shape is 
shown in dark grey, with the current waveform shape in light grey.
You can click on the curve to add points, and click and drag existing 
points to change the shape. To remove a point from the curve, drag it 
outside the display.
Restore button
The Restore button (the button to the right above the fade display) is 
only available when editing fades made by dragging the fade handles. 
Click this to cancel any changes you have made since opening the di-
alog.
Curve shape buttons
These buttons give you quick access to some common curve shapes.
Default button
Clicking the “As Default” button stores the current settings as the de-
fault fade. This shape will be used whenever you create new fades.
Presets
If you have set up a fade-in or fade-out curve that you may want to ap-
ply to other events or clips, you can store it as a preset by clicking the 
Store button.
•To apply a stored preset, select it from the pop-up menu. 
•To rename the selected preset, double click on the name and type a 
new one. 
•To remove a stored preset, select it from the pop-up menu and click 
Remove.
❐Stored fade-in presets will only appear in the Fade In dialog, and fade-
out presets will only appear in the Fade Out dialog.