Steinberg Cubase LE Operation Manual

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About this chapter
This chapter lists all main menu items in Cubase LE, for quick refer-
ence. However, you won’t find deeper explanations, backgrounds or 
procedures here – for this, please refer to the previous chapters in the 
manual.
Cubase LE menu (Mac OS X only)
About Cubase LE
This opens a window with information about the Cubase LE version 
number etc.
Preferences…
The Preferences dialog contains various settings and options. The di-
alog has several pages, that you access by selecting items in the Ex-
plorer-like list on the left. To make settings without closing the dialog 
use the Apply button.
Use the Help button in the dialog for information about the items on 
the selected page.
Quit
This quits the program. If there are any unsaved changes in an open 
project, you will have the option of keeping these or discarding them 
before the program quits. 
						

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File menu
New Project
This item allows you to create a new untitled project. A list appears al-
lowing you to select an empty project or a project template. The factory 
templates are preconfigured setups to suit various types of projects. A 
project can be saved as a template, and will then appear on this list.
After making a selection, a project file dialog appears allowing you to 
specify a folder where all files relating to the new project will be stored. 
Select an existing folder or click the Create button to create a new 
folder. 
Open…
This item opens a file dialog allowing you to locate and open saved 
project files. Project files have the extension “.cpr”. Several projects 
can be open at the same time, but only one can be active. The active 
project is indicated by the red light at the top left corner of the Project 
window.
Close
This closes the active window. If the Project window is active, the cor-
responding project will close.
Save
This saves any changes made to the project since you last saved. The 
Save command stores the project under its current name and location.
Save As…
Save As allows you to specify a new name and a new project folder 
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Save Project to New Folder…
This item allows you to save the project into a new empty folder. It has 
some additional features that can be used for archiving purposes. 
When a new empty folder has been selected, a dialog appears where 
you can change the name of the project and set the following options:
•You can choose to minimize audio files.
This will crop files based on the audio clips referenced in the project. As the clips used 
in the project may be references to much larger audio files, this can reduce the project 
size significantly.
•You can apply Freeze Edits.
This will make all processing permanent for clips.
•You can choose to remove all unused files.
When you save a project to a new folder, all files relating to the project 
based on the options set will be saved in the new project folder. The 
contents of the original project folder will be left untouched. If you are 
absolutely certain that you do not have any further need for the original 
project files you can delete them.
Save as Template…
You can save any project as a template. When you create a new 
project, the available templates are listed, allowing you to base the 
new project on the selected template.
Saved templates will contain everything that was in the original project, 
including clips and events.
Revert
This menu item allows you revert to the last saved version of a project. 
If any new audio files has been recorded since you last saved, you 
have the option of keeping or deleting these.
Page Setup…
This item opens the standard Page Setup dialog, used for deciding 
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Print…
Opens the standard Print dialog, allowing you to select which pages 
to print, how many copies of each etc.
Import
Audio File…
This command lets you import audio files directly into a project. The 
imported file will be placed at the current cursor position of the se-
lected audio track. 
Audio CD…
This opens the Import from Audio CD dialog where you can import au-
dio from CDs. For details about the dialog, see page 511 or use the 
Help function in the dialog.
Video File…
This opens a file dialog allowing you to import a video file onto the 
video track. You do not have to create a video track before importing, 
it is automatically created. The imported video will be placed at the 
current cursor position.
Cubase Song/Arrangement/Part…
You can import songs, arrangements and parts created with previous 
versions of Cubase (3.7 or later). Due to the complete redesign of Cu-
base LE, there are certain limitations. Exactly what is and isn’t im-
ported from the different previous versions is described on page 508.
MIDI File…
You can import Standard MIDI Files of Type “0” (all data on single track) 
or Type “1” (data on several tracks). When you import, you can choose 
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Export
MIDI File…
This allows you to export your MIDI files as a Standard MIDI file. See 
page 507 for more information.
Audio Mixdown…
This allows you to export all your audio tracks, complete with effects 
and automation to one or several audio files, in one of several file for-
mats. This is described on page 449.
Preferences…
• Under Mac OS X, the Preferences dialog is reached from the Cubase LE 
menu.
The Preferences dialog contains various settings and options. The di-
alog has several pages, that you access by selecting items in the Ex-
plorer-like list on the left. To make settings without closing the dialog 
use the Apply button.
Use the Help button in the dialog for information about the items on 
the selected page.
Recent Projects
This submenu provides shortcuts to the most recent projects you 
have been working with. The list is chronological with the most recent 
project at the top of the list.
Cleanup…
The Cleanup function helps you to save hard disk space by locating 
unused files which you can delete in the project folders on your disk.
Key Commands…
The Key Commands dialog allows you to create key commands for vir-
tually any Cubase LE function, as well as customizing existing key 
commands to your liking. Use the Help button in the dialog for infor-
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Quit
• Under Mac OS X, this item is reached from the Cubase LE menu.
This quits the program. If there are any unsaved changes in an open 
project, you will have the option of keeping these or discarding them 
before the program quits.
Edit menu
Undo/Redo
Cubase LE offers wide-ranging, multiple Undo, allowing you to undo 
the last 10 actions.
•To undo the last performed action, select Undo from the Edit menu, or 
use the corresponding key command (by default [Ctrl]/[Command]-[Z]).
If you select Undo again, the previously performed action will be undone, and so on.
•To redo the last undone action, select Redo from the Edit menu or use 
the corresponding key command (by default [Ctrl]/[Command]-[Shift]-
[Z]).
Undone actions will be available for Redo until you perform another action (at which 
point the “Redo Stack” is cleared – see “History…” below).
History…
The Edit History window contains a graphic representation of the 
“Undo Stack” (the performed actions, with the most recent action at 
the top of the stack) and the “Redo Stack” (the undone actions, with 
the most recently undone action at the bottom of the stack). The two 
stacks are separated by a divider line.
The Edit History dialog allows you to undo or redo several actions in 
one go, by moving the divider between the Undo Stack and the Redo 
Stack (in essence, moving actions from the Undo Stack to the Redo 
Stack, or vice versa).
Cut/Copy/Paste
You can cut or copy selected events (or selection ranges) and paste 
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Paste at Origin
This will paste an event to its original position, i.e. where it was origi-
nally cut or copied from.
Delete
This will delete all selected events.
Split at Cursor
This splits selected events at the cursor position. If no events are se-
lected, all events on all tracks intersected by the cursor will be split.
Split Loop
This splits all events at the left and right locator positions.
Range
The items on the Range submenu have the following functions:
Function Description
Cut  Time Cuts out the selection range and moves it to the clipboard. Events 
to the right of the removed range are moved to the left to fill out 
the gap.
Delete Time The selection range is removed and events to the right are moved 
to the left to close up the gab.
Paste Time Pastes the clipboard data at the start position and track of the cur-
rent selection. 
Existing events are moved to make room for the pasted data.
Paste Time 
at OriginPastes the clipboard data back at its original position. Existing 
events are moved to make room for the pasted data.
Split Splits any events or parts that are intersected by the selection 
range, at the positions of the selection range edges.
Crop All events or parts that are partially within the selection range are 
cropped, that is, sections outside the selection range are removed. 
Events that are fully inside or outside the selection range are not 
affected.
Insert Silence Inserts empty track space at the start of the selection range. The 
length of the inserted silence equals the length of the selection 
range. Events to the right of the selection range start are moved to 
the right to “make room”. Events that are intersected by the selec-
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Select
The items on this submenu have different functions, depending on 
whether the regular event selection tool (Arrow tool) or the Range 
Selection tool is selected:
Event selection
Range selection
Option Description
All Selects all events in the window.
None Deselects all events.
In Loop Selects all events that are partly or wholly between the left 
and right locator.
From Start to Cursor Selects all events that begin to the left of the project cursor.
From Cursor to End Selects all events that end to the right of the project cursor.
All on Selected Tracks Selects all events on the selected track.
Option Description
All In the Project window, this makes a selection that covers all 
tracks, from the start of the project to the end. In the Sample Ed-
itor, this selects the whole clip.
None Removes the current selection range.
In Loop Makes a selection between the left and right locator. In the 
Project window, the selection will span all tracks.
From Start to Cursor Makes a selection from the start of the project to the project 
cursor. In the Project window, the selection will span all tracks.
From Cursor to End Makes a selection from the project cursor to the end of the 
project. In the Project window, the selection will span all tracks.
Select event This item (only available in the Sample Editor) selects the audio 
that is included in the edited event only.
Left Selection Side
to CursorMoves the left side of the current selection range to the project 
cursor position.
Right Selection Side
to CursorMoves the right side of the current selection range to the 
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Duplicate/Repeat…
•Duplicate creates a copy of the selected event and places it directly 
after the original.
If several events are selected, all of these are copied “as one unit”, maintaining the rel-
ative distance between the events.
•Selecting “Repeat…” from the Edit menu opens a dialog, allowing you 
to create a number of copies (regular or shared) of the selected event(s).
This works just like the Duplicate function, except that you can specify the number of 
copies.
Fill Loop
This creates a number of copies starting at the left locator and ending 
at the right locator. The last copy is automatically shortened to end at 
the right locator position.
Move to
The following functions are available from this submenu:
Convert to Real Copy
This creates a new version of a clip (that can be edited independently) 
and adds this to the Pool.
Function Description
Move to Cursor Moves the selected event to the project cursor position. If there 
are several selected events on the same track, the first event will 
start at the cursor, and the following will be lined up end-to-start 
after the first one.
Move to Origin Moves the selected events to their original positions, i.e. the po-
sitions at which they were originally recorded.
Move to Front/
Move to BackThis function doesn’t actually change the position of the events, 
but moves the selected events to the front or back, respectively. 
This is useful if you have overlapping events, and want to see 
one that is partially obscured.
For audio events, this is an extra important feature, since only 
the visible sections of events will be played back. Moving an ob-
scured audio event to front (or moving the obscuring event to 
back) will allow you to hear the whole event on playback.