Steinberg Cubase SE 3 Getting Started Manual

 
Getting Started  

 
Original Manual: Synkron
Revision and Quality Control: C. Bachmann, H. Bischoff, S. Pfeifer, C. Schomburg
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Table of Contents 

 
CUBASE SE
 
4 Table of Contents 
7Introduction 
8Welcome
9About the manuals and the 
Help
12How you can reach us 
13Installation and
Requirements 
for Windows 
14About this chapter
14Requirements
18Hardware installation
21Installing Cubase SE 
25Installation and
Requirements  
for Mac OS X 
26About this chapter
26Requirements
29Hardware installation
31Installing Cubase SE 
35Setting up your  
system 
36Setting up audio
45Setting up MIDI
49Connecting a synchronizer
50Setting up video
51Optimizing audio...

 
CUBASE SE
 
Table of Contents 5 
113Tutorial 3: Mixing 
114About this tutorial
114Preparations
116Setting levels
117Setting pan
118Using Mute and Solo
119Adding EQ to an audio 
channel
123Audio effects
129Automation 
131Tutorial 4: Editing in  
the Project window 
132About this tutorial
132Preparations
133Overview
134Moving and copying events
136Muting and erasing events
137Splitting and resizing events
139Adding a fade 
141Tutorial 5: Using  
VST Instruments 
142About this tutorial
142Preparations...

 
CUBASE SE
 
6 Table of Contents 

 
1
 
Introduction 

 
CUBASE SE
 
1 – 8 Introduction 
Welcome
 
Congratulations and thank you for purchasing Cubase SE, Steinberg’s 
Cubase Start Edition. This version of Cubase sets a new standard for 
entry-level music production software. It combines the experience of 
more than 20 years in designing music software applications with the 
latest advances in digital audio technology. Perfection runs in the family. 
Cubase SX and Cubase SL have proven to be some of the most pow-
erful tools for audio and MIDI production...

 
CUBASE SE
 
Introduction 1 – 9 
About the manuals and the Help
 
The Cubase SE documentation is divided into several sections, as 
listed below. Most of the documents are in Adobe Acrobat format (ex-
tension “.pdf”) - these can be accessed in the following ways: 
• You can open the pdf documents from the Help menu in the program.
• Under Windows you can also open these documents from the Cubase SE 
Documentation subfolder on the Windows Start menu.
• Under Mac OS X the pdf documents are located in the...

 
CUBASE SE
 
1 – 10 Introduction 
MIDI Devices and Features
 
Contains descriptions of the included MIDI effect plug-ins; how to man-
age MIDI Devices; how to work with MIDI System Exclusive messages; 
how to use the Input Transformer and how to apply Logical Presets. 
Audio Effects and VST Instruments
 
Describes the features and parameters of the included VST plug-ins 
(real-time audio effects and VST instruments). 
The Help System
 
Cubase SE comes with a detailed help system, making it easy to look...