Steinberg Cubase SE 3 Operation Manual

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•To display the level scale after hiding it, right-click (Win) or [Ctrl]-click 
(Mac) to bring up the Quick menu and activate “Level Scale” on the 
Elements submenu.
This submenu also allows you to select whether you want the zero axis and/or the half 
level axis indicated in the waveform display.
The info line
The info line at the bottom of the window shows information about the 
edited audio clip. You cannot edit the values on the info line.
•To hide or show the...

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Operations
Zooming
Zooming in the Sample Editor is done according to the standard 
zoom procedures, with the following special notes:
•The vertical zoom slider changes the vertical scale relative to the height 
of the editor window, in a way similar to the waveform zooming in the 
Project window (see page 83).
The vertical zoom will also be affected if you drag a rectangle with the Zoom tool and 
the option “Zoom Tool Standard Mode” (Preferences – Editing dialog) is...

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•If you have zoomed in to one sample per pixel or less, the appearance 
of the samples depends on the option “Interpolate Audio Images” in 
the Preferences dialog (Event Display–Audio page).
If the option is deactivated, single sample values are drawn as “steps”. If the option is 
activated they are interpolated to “curves” form.
Auditioning
While you can use the regular play commands to play back audio 
when the Sample Editor is open, it is often useful to listen to...

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Scrubbing
The Scrub tool allows you to locate positions in the audio by playing 
back, forwards or backwards, at any speed:
1.Select the Scrub tool.
2.Click in the waveform display and keep the mouse button pressed.
The project cursor is moved to the position at which you click.
3.Drag to the left or right.
The project cursor follows the mouse pointer and the audio is played back. The speed 
and pitch of the playback depends on how fast you move the pointer.
•You can...

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3.Click on the “S” flag and drag it to the desired position.
When you drag the snap point, a tool tip shows its current position (in the position for-
mat selected on the Sample Editor ruler.
You can also adjust the snap point by setting the project cursor:
1.Place the cursor at the desired position (intersecting the event).
You may want to do this by scrubbing, to spot the right position exactly.
2.Pull down the Audio menu and select “Snap Point To Cursor”.
The snap...

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Making selections
To select an audio section in the Sample Editor, you click and drag 
with the Range Selection tool.
•If Snap to Zero Crossing is activated on the toolbar, the start and end 
of the selection will always be at zero crossings (see page 291).
•You can resize the selection by dragging its left and right edge or by 
[Shift]-clicking.
•The current selection is indicated to the right on the toolbar.
You can fine-tune the selection by changing these values...

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Editing selection ranges
Selections in the Sample Editor can be manipulated in several ways. 
Please note:
•If you attempt to edit an event that is a shared copy (i.e. the event re-
fers to a clip that is used by other events in the project), you are asked 
whether you want to create a new version of the clip or not (if you ha-
ven’t made a “permanent” choice already – see below).
Select “New Version” if you want the editing to affect the selected event only. Select...

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•Selecting Paste copies the data on the clipboard into the clip.
If there is a selection in the editor, this will be replaced by the pasted data. If there is no 
selection (if the selection length is “0”), the pasted data will be inserted starting at the 
selection line. The section to the right of the line will be moved to make room for the 
pasted material.
The pasted data will be inserted at the selection line.
Insert Silence
Selecting “Insert Silence” from the...

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Creating a new event from the selection
You can create a new event that plays only the selected range, using 
the following method:
1.Make a selection range.
2.Press [Ctrl]/[Command] and drag the selection range to the desired 
audio track in the Project window.
Creating a new clip or audio file from the selection
You can extract a selection from an event and either create a new clip 
or a new audio file, in the following way:
1.Make a selection range.
2.Select...

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Options and settings
Show audio event
This is only available if you opened the Sample Editor by double clicking 
on an audio event in the Project window or the Audio Part Editor.
When the option “Audio Event” is activated on the Elements submenu 
on the Quick menu (or the Show Audio Event button is activated on 
the toolbar), the section corresponding to the edited event is shown 
with a white background in the waveform display and Thumbnail. The 
sections of the...