Steinberg Cubase SE 3 Operation Manual

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Below we describe how to set up EQ in the Channel Settings window, 
but the parameters are the same in the Inspector (apart from the pre-
sets and reset function).
In the Channel Settings window you find the EQ section in the middle 
(or to the right, if you are making settings for an FX channel track). The 
section consists of four EQ modules with parameter dials, an EQ 
curve display and some additional functions at the top.
Using the parameter dials
1.Activate an EQ module...

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•If you set the Q value for the “lo” EQ module to minimum, it will act as 
a low shelving filter.
If you set it to its maximum value, it will act as a high-pass filter.
•If you set the Q value for the “hi” EQ module to minimum, it will act as 
a high shelving filter.
If you set it to its maximum value, it will act as a low-pass filter.
5.If needed, you can activate and make settings for up to four modules.
Note that you can edit the values numerically as well, by clicking in a...

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EQ bypass
Whenever one or several EQ modules are activated for a channel, the 
EQ button will light up in green in the mixer channel strip, Inspector 
(Equalizer and Channel sections), Track list and Channel Settings 
window (top right corner of the EQ section).
Clicking the EQ button will bypass all EQ modules for the channel, al-
lowing you to compare the sound with and without EQ. When the EQ 
is in Bypass mode, the EQ button is yellow.
Using EQ presets (Channel Settings...

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EQ in the channel overview
If the “Channel” section is selected in the Inspector, you will get an 
overview of which EQ modules, insert effects and effect sends are 
activated for the channel.
By clicking the “hi”, “hi mid”, “lo mid” or “lo” indicator, you can turn the 
corresponding EQ module on or off.
The channel overview in the Inspector. 

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Copying settings between audio channels
It is possible to copy all channel settings for an audio channel and 
paste them onto another channel. This applies to all audio channel 
types. For example, you can copy EQ settings from an audio track and 
apply these to a group or VST Instrument channel, if you want them to 
have the same sound. Proceed as follows:
1.Select the channel you want to copy settings from by clicking the nar-
row horizontal strip just above the channel name...

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Output channels do not have sends, but channel settings can still be 
copied to/from other audio channel types. When copying from an output 
or effect channel, any send settings in the channel you paste into are 
unaffected.
Initialize Channel and Reset Mixer
The Initialize Channel button can be found at the bottom of the Chan-
nel Settings common panel. It resets the selected channel to the de-
fault settings. Similarly, the mixer common panel holds a Reset Mixer 
button –...

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Using group channels
You can route the outputs from multiple audio channels to a group. 
This enables you to control the channel levels using one fader, apply 
the same effects and equalization to all of them etc. To create a group 
channel, proceed as follows:
1.Select Add Track from the Project menu and select “Group Channel” 
from the submenu that appears.
2.Select the desired channel configuration and click OK.
A group channel track is added to the Track list and a...

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•Mute functionality depends on the setting “Group Channels: Mute 
Sources as well” in the Preferences dialog. 
By default, when you mute a group channel no audio will pass through the group. How-
ever, other channels that are routed directly to that group channel will remain unmuted. If 
any of those channels have aux sends routed to other group channels, FX channels or 
output busses, those will still be heard. 
If the option “Group Channels: Mute Sources as well” is...

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About output busses
As described in the Getting Started book, Cubase SE uses a system 
of input and output busses which are set up using the VST Connec-
tions window . This is described in the chapter “VST Connections: 
Setting up input and output busses”.
Output busses let you route audio from the program to the outputs on 
your audio hardware. 
Routing audio channels to busses
To route the output of an audio channel to one of the active busses, 
proceed as follows:
1.In the...

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MIDI specific procedures
This section describes basic procedures for MIDI channels in the mixer.
Using Channel Settings
For each MIDI channel strip in the mixer (and MIDI track in the Track 
list or the Inspector) there is an Edit (“e”) button. 
Clicking this opens the MIDI Channel Settings window. This window 
contains a duplicate of the mixer channel strip, a section with two MIDI 
inserts and a section with two MIDI send effects. Every MIDI channel 
has its own channel...