Steinberg Cubase LE Operation Manual

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Insert Silence
Selecting “Insert Silence” from the Range submenu on the Edit menu 
will insert a silent section with the same length as the current selec-
tion, at the selection start. 
•The selection will not be replaced, but moved to the right to make room. 
If you want to replace the selection, use the “Silence” function instead (see page 231).
Delete
Selecting Delete from the Edit menu (or pressing [Backspace]) re-
moves the selection from the clip. The section to the right of the selec-
tion is moved to the left to fill out the gap.
Processing
The functions on the Process submenu on the Audio menu can be 
applied to selections in the Sample Editor. See the chapter “Audio 
processing and functions”.
Creating a new event from the selection
You can create a new event that plays only the selected range, using 
the following method:
1.Make a selection range.
2.Press [Ctrl]/[Command] and drag the selection range to the desired 
audio track in the Project window.
Creating a new clip or audio file from the selection
You can extract a selection from an event and either create a new clip 
or a new audio file, in the following way:
1.Make a selection range.
2.Select “Bounce Selection” from the Audio menu.
You are asked whether you want to create a new edit version (clip) or a new audio file.
•If you select “Edit Version”, a new clip is created and added to the Pool.
The new clip will refer to the same audio file as the original clip, but will only contain the 
audio corresponding to the selection range.
•If you select “File”, a new file is created, containing the selected audio.
A new clip will also be added to the Pool, referring to the new audio file. Regardless of 
which option you choose, a new Sample Editor opens with the new clip. 
						

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Drawing in the Sample Editor
It is possible to edit the audio clip at sample level, by drawing with the 
Pencil tool. This can be useful if you need to manually edit out a spike 
or click, etc.
1.Zoom in to a zoom value lower than 1.
This means that there is more than one screen pixel per sample.
2.Select the Pencil tool.
3.Click and draw at the desired position in the Waveform display.
When you release the mouse button, the edited section is automatically selected. 
						

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Options and settings
Show audio event
❐This is only available if you opened the Sample Editor by double clicking 
on an audio event in the Project window or the Audio Part Editor.
When the option “Audio Event” is activated on the Elements submenu 
on the Quick menu (or the Show Audio Event button is activated on 
the toolbar), the section corresponding to the edited event is shown 
with a white background in the Waveform display and Thumbnail. The 
sections of the audio clip that are “outside” the event are shown with 
a grey background.
•In this mode, you can adjust the start and end of the event in the clip, 
by dragging the event handles in the Waveform display.
When you move the pointer over the event handles (no matter what tool may be se-
lected), it takes on the shape of an arrow, to indicate that you can click and drag. 
						

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Snap to Zero Crossing
Snap to Zero Crossing activated.
When this option is activated, all audio edits are done at zero cross-
ings (positions in the audio where the amplitude is zero). This helps 
you avoid pops and clicks which might otherwise be caused by sud-
den amplitude changes.
•This setting is global for the project, which means that if you activate it 
in the Sample Editor, it will also be activated in the Project window and 
Audio Part Editor (and vice versa).
Auto Scroll
Auto Scroll activated.
When this option is activated, the Waveform display will scroll during 
playback, keeping the project cursor visible in the editor. 
						

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The Audio Part Editor 
						

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Background
The Audio Part Editor allows you to view and edit the events inside an 
audio part. Essentially, this is the same type of editing that you do in the 
Project window, which means that this chapter contains a lot of refer-
ences to the chapter “The Project Window”.
Audio parts are created in the Project window, in one of the following 
ways:
•By selecting one or several audio events on the same track, and se-
lecting “Events to Part” from the Audio menu.
•By gluing together two or more audio events on the same track with 
the Glue Tube tool.
•By drawing an empty part with the Pencil tool.
•By double clicking between the left and right locator on an audio track.
With the last two methods, an empty part is created. You can then add events to the 
part by pasting, or by using drag and drop from the Pool.
Opening the Audio Part Editor
You open the Audio Part Editor by double clicking on an audio part in 
the Project window. You can have more than one Audio Part Editor 
open at the same time.
•If the part you double click on is a shared copy (i.e. you have previously 
copied the part by [Alt]/[Option]-dragging), any editing you perform 
will affect all shared copies of this part.
To indicate that it is a shared copy the part name is in italics and an icon is displayed 
in the lower right corner of the part in the Project window. (see page 76).
•Note that double clicking on an audio event in the Project window will 
open the Sample Editor (see page 238). 
						

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Window overview
The toolbar
The tools, settings and icons on the toolbar have the same functional-
ity as in the Project window, with the following differences:
• A Solo button (see page 260).
• Separate tools for audition (Speaker) and scrubbing (see page 261).
• No Pencil or Glue Tube tool.
• Play and Loop icons (see page 260).
The ruler and info line
These have the same functionality and appearance as their counter-
parts in the Project window. 
•Note that you can select a separate display format for the Audio Part 
Editor ruler by clicking on the arrow button to the right of it and select-
ing an option from the pop-up menu that appears.
For a list of the available formats, see page 57. 
						

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About lanes
If you make the Editor window larger, this will reveal additional space 
below the edited events. This is because an audio part is divided ver-
tically in lanes. 
Lanes can make it easier to work with several audio events in a part:
In the left figure it is unnecessarily hard to discern, select and edit the 
separate events. In the right figure, some of the events have been 
moved to a lower lane, making selection and editing much easier.
•To move an event to another lane without accidentally moving it hori-
zontally, press [Ctrl]/[Command] and drag it up or down.
This is the default modifier key for this – you can adjust this in the Preferences if you like.
Lanes 
						

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Overlapping events
Only one event per track can be played back at the same time! This 
means that if you have overlapping events, on the same lane or differ-
ent lanes, these will cut each other off, according to the following rules:
•For events on the same lane, the ones that are on top (visible) will be 
played.
To move overlapping events to the front or back, use the Move to Front and Move to 
Back functions on the Edit menu.
•For events on different lanes, the event on the lowest lane gets play-
back priority.
The “greyed-out” sections of the upper event will not be played since the event on 
the lower lane has playback priority! Note that in the actual program, playback 
priority between lanes is not indicated by event sections being greyed out. 
						

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Operations
❐Zooming, selecting and editing in the Audio Part Editor is done just as in 
the Project window (see page 58).
Auditioning
There are three ways to listen to the events in the Audio Part Editor:
By using regular playback
You can of course use the regular playback controls while in the Audio 
Part Editor. Furthermore, if you activate the Solo button on the Toolbar, 
only the events in the edited part will be played back.
By using the Speaker tool
If you click somewhere in the editor’s event display with the Speaker 
tool and keep the mouse button pressed, the part will be played back 
from the position at which you clicked. Playback will continue until you 
release the mouse button.
❐With the Speaker tool, audio will be routed directly to Bus 1, bypassing 
the audio channel’s settings, effects and EQs.
By using the Play Icon
The Play and Loop icons.
Clicking the Play icon on the toolbar plays back the edited audio, ac-
cording to the following rules:
• If you have selected events in the part, only the section between the first and 
last selected event will be played back.
• If you have made a range selection, only this section will be played back.