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•Note that the clip will be positioned so that its Snap point is aligned 
with the selected insert position.
You can also open the Sample Editor for a clip by double clicking it, and perform the 
insert operation from there. This allows you to set the Snap point for a clip before in-
serting it.
3.The clip is inserted on a new audio track, created automatically, or on 
a selected track.
If several tracks are selected, the clip will be inserted on the first selected track.
By drag and drop
You can use drag and drop to insert clips into the Project window. 
You can also use drag and drop from the Sample Editor for a clip by 
making a selection range and pressing [Ctrl]/[Command] while drag-
ging. Note:
•Snap is taken into account if activated.
•While you drag the clip in the Project window, its position will be indi-
cated by a marker line and a numerical position box.
Note that these indicate the position of the Snap point in the clip. For example, if you 
drop the clip at the position 22.00, this will be where the Snap point ends up. See 
page 247 for info about how to set the Snap point.
•If the destination track is empty, it is automatically set to stereo or 
mono depending on the clip.
This works just as when importing audio files from disk into the Project window (see 
page 69).
•You can position it in an empty area in the event display (i.e below ex-
isting tracks), and a new track is created for the inserted event.
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Deleting clips
Removing clips from the Pool
To remove a clip from the Pool without deleting it from the hard disk, 
proceed as follows:
1.Select the file(s) and select “Delete” from the Edit menu (or press 
[Backspace] or [Delete]).
• If you try to delete a clip that is used by one or more events, the program 
will ask you if you want to remove these events from the project.
Canceling this operation means that neither the clip nor the associated events are 
deleted.
2.Click Remove. 
A new prompt asks whether you want to move the clip to the Trash or remove it from 
the Pool.
3.Select “Remove from Pool”.
The clip is no longer associated with the project, but still exists on the hard disk, and 
can be used in other projects etc. This operation can be undone.
Deleting from the hard disk
To delete a file permanently from the hard disk, it must first be moved 
to the Trash folder:
•Follow the instructions for deleting clips (see above), and select 
“Trash”. 
When clips are in the Trash folder they can be removed permanently.
•Select “Empty Trash” on the Pool menu.
A dialog box asks you if you are sure you want to follow through. Remember that this 
operation cannot be undone!
❐Before you permanently delete audio files from the hard disk, you should 
make sure that these aren’t used by another project! 
						

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Removing unused clips from the Pool
This function finds all clips in the Pool that are not used in the project, 
and either moves them to the Pool Trash folder where they can be per-
manently deleted, or removes them from the Pool:
1.Select “Remove Unused Media” on the Pool menu.
A prompt appears with the text “Move to Trash or Remove From Pool?”
2.Make your selection.
Locating events referring to a clip in the Pool
If you want to find out which events in the project refer to a particular 
clip in the Pool, proceed as follows:
1.Select the clip in the Pool.
2.Select “Select in Project” on the Pool menu.
All events that refer to the selected clip are now selected in the Project window.
Locating clips in the Pool
You can perform a search of the Pool to locate particular clips in the 
following way:
1.Select “Find in Pool” from the Pool menu.
This opens the Find Media window, in which you can specify various 
criteria to match. You can search by any one (or a combination) of the 
following properties:
• Name.
• Size (in seconds, minutes, frames or bytes).
• Bitsize.
• Channels (stereo or mono).
2.Tick the box beside the property you would like to search by, and en-
ter the desired name or value.
For the “Size” property, you can search for sizes smaller or greater than a value, or be-
tween two values. This is determined by the second pop-up menu.
3.Press Start.
The search result appears in the lower half of the window. 
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•To insert a found clip directly into the project, select it in the list in the 
dialog and select one of the “Insert into Project” options from the Pool 
menu.
The options are described on page 290.
❐The “Find in Pool” command is also accessible from the Project window – 
the Pool window does not have to be open.
Locating selected events
If you quickly want to find the clip for an event in the Project window, 
you can also use the following method:
1.Select one or several events in the Project window.
2.Pull down the Audio menu and select “Find Selected in Pool”.
The corresponding clip(s) will be located and highlighted in the Pool. If the Pool win-
dow isn’t already open it will be opened. 
						

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Searching for audio files on disk
The Pool can help you locate audio files on your hard disk or other me-
dia. This works much like the regular file search, but with a couple of 
extra features:
1.Click the Search button in the toolbar.
A lower pane appears in the window, displaying the search functions.
2.Use the Folder pop-up menu to specify where to search.
The pop-up menu will list all your local drives and removable media. 
•If you want to limit the search to certain folders, choose “Select Search 
Path” and select the desired folder in the dialog that appears.
The search will include the selected folder and all subfolders. Note also that folders 
you have recently selected using the “Select Search Path” function will appear on the 
pop-up menu, allowing you to quickly select any of them.
3.Specify the name of the file(s) to search for in the Name field.
You can use partial names or wildcards (*), if you like. Note however, that the function 
only searches for audio files of the supported formats.
4.Click the Search button in the search pane.
The search is started and the Search button is labeled Stop – click this to cancel the 
search if needed.
When the search is finished, the found files are listed to the right.
•To audition a file, select it in the list and use the playback controls to 
the left.
If Auto Play is activated, selected files will automatically be played back.
•To import a found file into the Pool, select it in the list and click the Im-
port button in the search pane.
5.To close the search pane, click the Search button in the toolbar again. 
						

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About missing files
When you open a project, you may get a warning that one or more files 
are “missing”. If you click Close in the warning dialog, the project will 
open anyway, without the missing files. In the Pool you can check which 
files are considered missing. This is indicated by a question mark in the 
Status column.
A file is considered missing under one of the following conditions:
•The file has been moved or renamed outside the program since the 
last time you worked with the project, and you ignored the Resolve 
Missing files dialog when you opened the project for the current ses-
sion.
•You have moved or renamed the file outside the program during the 
current session.
•You have moved or renamed the folder in which the missing files are 
located.
Locate missing files
1.Select “Find Missing Files” from the Pool menu.
The Resolve Missing Files dialog opens. 
2.In the dialog that appears, decide if you want the program to try to find 
the file for you (Search), if you want to do it yourself (Locate) or if you 
want to specify in which directory the program should search for the 
file (Folder).
•If you select Locate, a file dialog opens, allowing you to locate the file 
manually.
Click “Open” when you have located the file.
•If you select Folder, a dialog opens to let you specify the directory in 
which the missing file can be found.
This might be the preferred method if you have renamed or moved the folder contain-
ing the missing file, but the file still has the same name. Once you select the correct 
folder, the program finds the file and you can close the dialog. 
						

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•If you select Search, the program will scan your hard disks for a file 
with the proper name and display them in a list. 
The dialog allows you to specify which folder or disk should be scanned. Click the 
Search Folder button, select a directory or a disk and then click the Start button. If 
found, select the file from the list and click “Accept”. Afterwards Cubase LE tries to 
map all other missing files automatically.
Reconstructing missing edit files
If a missing file cannot be found (e.g. if you have accidentally deleted 
it from the hard disk) it will normally be indicated with a question mark 
in the Status column in the Pool. However, if the missing file is an edit 
file (a file created when you process audio, stored in the Edits folder 
within the project folder), it may be possible for the program to recon-
struct it by recreating the editing to the original audio file:
1.Open the Pool and locate the clip(s) for which files are missing.
2.Check the Status column – if this says “Reconstructible”, the file can 
be reconstructed by Cubase LE.
3.Select the reconstructible clips and select “Reconstruct” from the 
Pool menu.
The editing is performed and the edit files are recreated.
Removing missing files from the Pool
If the Pool contains audio files that cannot be found or reconstructed, 
you may want to remove these:
•Select “Remove Missing Files” from the Pool menu to remove all miss-
ing files from the Pool (and remove their corresponding events from 
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Auditioning clips in the Pool
There are two methods you can use to audition clips in the Pool:
•By selecting a clip and activating the Play button.
The whole clip will play back, unless you stop playback by clicking the Play button again.
The Play button.
•By clicking somewhere in the waveform image for a clip.
The clip will play from the position in the waveform you click until the end of the clip, 
unless you stop playback by clicking the Play button, or by clicking anywhere else in 
the pool window.
Clicking in the waveform image to audition a clip.
If you have activated the Loop button before you audition, the follow-
ing will happen:
The Loop button.
•If you activate the Play button to audition a clip, the clip will repeat in-
definitely, until you stop playback by clicking the Play or Loop button 
again.
•If you click in the waveform image to audition, the section from the 
point you clicked to the end of the clip will repeat indefinitely until you 
stop playback. 
						

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Opening clips in the Sample Editor
The Sample Editor allows you to perform detailed editing on the clip 
(see the Sample Editor chapter for details). You can open clips in the 
Sample Editor directly from the Pool by double clicking on a clip 
waveform icon.
One practical use for this is to set a Snap point for a clip (see page 
247). When you later insert the clip from the Pool into the project, you 
can have it properly aligned according to the set Snap point.
Import Medium...
The Import Medium dialog is used for importing files directly into the 
Pool. It is opened by using the Pool menu or by using the Import button 
in the Pool window.
The Import Medium dialog is a standard file dialog, where you can 
navigate to other folders, audition files etc. The following audio file for-
mats can be imported:
• Wave
• AIFF
• AIFC (Compressed AIFF)
• REX or REX 2 (see page 514)
• Sound Designer II 
• MPEG Layer 2 and Layer 3 (mp2 and mp3 files – see page 515)
• Windows Media Audio (Windows only – see page 515)
• Stereo or mono
Clicking the Import button...
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• Any sample rate (although files with another sample rate than the one used in 
the project will play back at the wrong speed and pitch – see below).
• 8, 16 or 24 bit resolution
In addition, AVI, QuickTime and MPEG video files can be imported 
into the Pool.
❐It is also possible to use the commands on the Import submenu on the 
File menu to import audio or video files into the Pool.
When you select a file in the Import Medium dialog and click Open, 
the Import Options dialog will appear.
It contains the following options:
• Copy File to Working Directory.
Activate this if you want a copy of the file to be made in the Project Audio folder, and 
have the clip refer to this copy. If the option is deactivated, the clip will refer to the orig-
inal file in the original location (and will thus be marked as “external” in the Pool – see 
page 289).
• Convert to Project.
Here you can choose to convert the sample rate and/or the sample size (resolution) to 
the current format used in the project. The options will only be available if necessary (if 
the sample rate is different than the one set for the project and/or if the sample size is 
lower than the record format used in the project).
Note that if you are importing several audio files in one go, the Import Options dialog 
will instead contain a “Convert if needed” checkbox. When this is activated, the im-
ported files will be converted only if the sample rate is different or the sample size is 
lower than the project’s.