Steinberg Cubase SE 3 Operation Manual

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Stereo Flip
This function works with stereo audio selections only. It allows you to 
manipulate the left and right channel in various ways. The dialog con-
tains the following parameters:
Mode
This pop-up menu determines what the function does:
Option Description
Flip Left-Right Swaps the left and right channel.
Left to Stereo Copies the left channel sound to the right channel.
Right to Stereo Copies the right channel sound to the left channel.
Merge...

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Time Stretch
This function allows you to change the length and “tempo” of the se-
lected audio, without affecting the pitch. The dialog contains the fol-
lowing parameters:
Input section
This section contains information and settings regarding the “input”, 
the audio selected for processing:
Parameter Description
Length in Samples The length of the selected audio, in samples.
Length in Seconds The length of the selected audio, in seconds.
Tempo in BPM If...

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Output section
These settings are used if you want to stretch the audio to fit within a 
specific time span or tempo. The values will change automatically if 
you adjust the Timestretch amount (see below).
Timestretch
The Timestretch parameter determines the amount of timestretch, as 
a percentage of the original length. If you use the settings in the Out-
put section to specify the amount of timestretch, this value will change 
automatically. The...

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Freeze Edits
The Freeze Edits function on the Audio menu allows you to make all 
processing permanent for a clip:
1.Select the clip in the Pool or one of its events in the Project window.
2.Select “Freeze Edits…” from the Audio menu.
•If there is only one edit version of the clip (no other clips refer to the 
same audio file), the following dialog will appear:
If you select “Replace”, all edits will be applied to the original audio file (the one listed...

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The Sample Editor 

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Background
The Sample Editor allows you to view and manipulate audio at the au-
dio clip level, by cutting and pasting, removing or drawing audio data 
or applying effects. 
Opening the Sample Editor
You open the Sample Editor by double clicking an audio event in the 
Project window or the Audio Part Editor, or by double clicking an au-
dio clip in the Pool. You can have more than one Sample Editor open 
at the same time.
•Note that double clicking on an audio part in...

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Window overview
The Elements menu
If you right-click (Win) or [Ctrl]-click (Mac) in the Sample Editor to 
bring up the Quick menu, you will find a sub menu called “Elements”. 
By activating or deactivating options on this submenu, you can decide 
what you want shown in the editor window. Some of these options are 
also available as icons on the toolbar.  

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The toolbar
The toolbar contains tools and various settings:
• You can customize the toolbar by right-clicking it (Win) or [Ctrl]-clicking 
it (Mac) and using the pop-up menu to hide or show items.
Selecting Setup from the pop-up menu allows you to reorder sections 
on the toolbar, store presets, etc. See page 561.
The Sample Editor toolsAudition, Loop & 
Volume controlsAutoscroll
Show EventShow info line
Snap to Zero CrossingLength of the current selection rangeStart...

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The thumbnail display
The thumbnail display provides an overview of the whole clip. The sec-
tion currently shown in the Sample Editor’s main waveform display is in-
dicated by a blue rectangle in the thumbnail, while the current selection 
range is shown in blue.
•You can move the blue rectangle in the thumbnail to view other sections 
of the clip.
Click in the lower half of the rectangle and drag it to the left or right to move it.
•You can resize the blue rectangle...

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The waveform display and the level scale
The waveform display shows the waveform image of the edited audio 
clip – in the style selected in the Preferences dialog (Event Display–Au-
dio page), see page 87. To the left of it, a level scale can be shown, in-
dicating the amplitude of the audio.
•When the level scale is shown, you can select whether the level 
should be shown as a percentage or in dB.
This is done by right-clicking the level scale and selecting an option...