Steinberg Cubase LE Operation Manual

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Preview, Apply and Process
The buttons in the bottom row are different depending on whether you 
are editing a fade made with the fade handles or applying a fade using 
processing:
The Edit Fade dialogs have the following buttons:
The Process Fade dialogs have the following buttons:
Button Function
OK Applies the set fade curve to the event, and closes the dialog.
Cancel Closes the dialog.
Apply Applies the set fade curve to the event, without closing the dialog.
Button Function
Preview Plays back the fade area. Playback will repeat until you click the button 
again (the button is labeled “Stop” during playback).
Process Applies the set fade curve to the clip, and closes the dialog.
Cancel Closes the dialog without applying any fade.
The Edit Fade dialog.The Process Fade dialog. 
						

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Creating Crossfades
Overlapping audio material on the same track can be crossfaded, for 
smooth transitions or special effects. You create a crossfade by select-
ing two consecutive audio events and selecting the Crossfade com-
mand on the Audio menu (or using the corresponding key command, 
by default [X]). The result depends on whether the two events overlap 
or not:
•If the events overlap, a crossfade is created in the overlapping area.
The crossfade will be of the default shape – initially a linear, symmetric crossfade, but 
you can change this as described below.
•If the events don’t overlap but are directly consecutive (lined up end-
to-start, with no gap) it’s still possible to crossfade them – provided 
that their respective audio clips overlap! In this case, the two events 
are resized so that they overlap, and a crossfade of the default length 
and shape is applied.
The default crossfade length and shape are set in the Crossfade dialog (see page 126).
Overlapping section. 
						

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An example:
The events in themselves do not overlap, but their clips do. Therefore, the events 
can be resized so that they overlap, which is required for a crossfade to be created.
When you select the Crossfade function, the two events are resized so that they 
overlap, and a default crossfade is created in the overlapping section.
•If the events don’t overlap, and cannot be resized enough to overlap, a 
crossfade cannot be created.
•Once you have created a crossfade, you can edit it by selecting one 
or both crossfaded events, and selecting “Crossfade” from the Audio 
menu again (or by double clicking in the crossfade zone). 
This opens the Crossfade dialog, as described below.
Removing Crossfades
To remove a crossfade, select the events and select “Remove Fades” 
from the Audio menu, or use the Range Selection tool:
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.
Audio clips.Audio events. 
						

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The Crossfade Dialog
The Crossfade dialog contains separate settings for the fade-in and 
fade-out curve in the crossfade, as well as common settings.
The left part of the Crossfade dialog contains two sections with set-
tings for the fade-in and fade-out curves in the crossfade. These two 
sections have identical settings.
Play buttons
The “Play Fade” and “Play Dry” buttons allow you to audition the fade-
in or fade-out part, with or without the crossfade. 
The “Play” button plays back the whole crossfade. Playback will con-
tinue repeatedly until you click the button again (the button will be la-
beled “Stop” during playback).
Curve kind buttons
These buttons determine whether the corresponding fade curve should 
consist of spline curves (left button) or linear segments (right button). 
						

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Fade Displays
Shows the shape of the fade-out and fade-in curve, respectively. 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.
Curve shape buttons
These buttons give you quick access to some common curve shapes.
Crossfade Display
The bottom display shows the shape of the whole crossfade curve 
and the resulting waveform. You cannot edit the curve in this display.
Equal Power and Gain
If you activate the “Equal Power” checkbox, the fade curves are ad-
justed, so that the energy (power) of the crossfade will be constant all 
along the crossfade region.
❐Equal Power curves have only one editable curve point. You cannot use 
the Curve kind buttons or the presets when this mode is selected.
If you activate the “Equal Gain” checkbox, the fade curves are adjusted 
so that the summed fade-in and fade-out amplitudes will be the same all 
along the crossfade region. This is often suitable for short crossfades.
Length settings
You can adjust the length of the crossfade area numerically in the 
“Length” field. Use the pop-up menu in the field below to select a time 
format (see page 57). 
• The specified length is applied when you click “Apply” or “OK”. 
• If possible, the length change will be applied equally to “both sides” of the 
crossfade (i.e. Cubase LE tries to “center” the crossfade).
❐To be able to resize a crossfade this way, it must be possible to resize 
the corresponding event. For example, if the left crossfaded event al-
ready plays its audio clip to the end, its endpoint cannot be moved any 
further to the right. 
						

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Default buttons
Clicking the “As Default” button stores all of the current settings as 
the default crossfade. These settings will then be used whenever you 
create new crossfades.
•The Crossfade Length setting is included in the Default settings. 
However, it is only applied if the events to be crossfaded don’t overlap 
– otherwise the crossfade will be in the overlap area (see page 122).
Clicking the “Recall Default” button copies the curves and settings in 
the Default crossfade to the Crossfade dialog.
Presets
If you have set up a crossfade shape that you may want to apply to 
other events, 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.
Restore
Restores the crossfade curve to the shape it had when you opened 
the dialog.
OK
Applies the settings to the crossfade and closes the dialog.
Cancel
Closes the dialog without applying any changes.
Apply
Applies the settings to the crossfade without closing the dialog. 
						

							7
The Mixer 
						

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About this chapter
This chapter contains detailed information about the elements used 
when mixing audio and MIDI in the Mixer. Some mixing-related fea-
tures are not described in this chapter. These are the following:
•Setting up and using audio effects.
See page 168.
•Automation of all Mixer parameters.
See page 190.
•How to mix down several audio tracks (complete with automation and 
effects if you wish) to a single audio file.
See page 451. 
						

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Overview
The Mixer offers a common environment for controlling levels, pan, 
solo/mute status etc. for all channel types.  
						

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Opening the Mixer
•To open the Mixer, select “Mixer” from the Devices menu. 
Each audio, MIDI and group channel track in the Project window is also represented 
by a “channel strip” in the Mixer.
•The order of the audio and MIDI channel strips (from left to right) in 
the Mixer corresponds to the Project window Track list.
If you reorder audio and MIDI tracks in the Track list, this will be reflected in the Mixer 
(if the Mixer is open when reordering tracks it will have to be closed and opened again 
to reflect the changes). Group channels in the Mixer cannot be reordered, see below.
What channel types can be shown in the Mixer?
•In addition to the aforementioned track based audio, MIDI and group 
mixer channels, any activated ReWire (see page 494) and VST Instru-
ment channels are also shown in the Mixer.
These cannot be reordered, and appear to the right of the audio and MIDI channels in 
the Mixer, ReWire channels first, then VST Instrument (VSTi) channels. Group chan-
nels always appear to the right of other channel types in the Mixer.
• Folder, marker and automation tracks are not shown in the Mixer.
View options
The Mixer can be configured in various ways to suit your needs and to 
save screen space. Here follows a run through of the various view op-
tions:
Selecting what channel types to show/hide
You can specify what channel types to show/hide in the Mixer. Pro-
ceed as follows:
1.Open the Mixer.
The leftmost strip is called the Common panel and is always shown in the Mixer. This 
contains various global settings and options relating to the Mixer.