Steinberg Cubase SE 3 Operation Manual

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11.Click and drag the grid to the right until the second bar in the ruler is 
aligned with the position of the second downbeat of the sample, and 
release the mouse button.
The correct tempo is automatically calculated, based on the time it takes for one bar to 
finish.  

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Creating slices
After you have specified the correct loop length and time signature 
and worked on the hitpoints in the Sample Editor so that one sound 
per slice is heard, it is time to actually slice the file (if that is what you 
want to do – there are other uses for hitpoints as well, as described on 
the following pages). This is done by selecting “Create Audio Slices 
from Hitpoints” from the Hitpoints submenu on the Audio menu.
Now the following...

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Other hitpoint functions
On the various submenus on the Audio menu you will also find the fol-
lowing functions:
Create Markers from Hitpoints
This is located on the Hitpoints submenu. If an audio event contains 
calculated hitpoints, this function can be used to add markers – one 
for each hitpoint – to an automatically created marker track (see page 
132). This can be useful for locating to hitpoints.
Divide Audio Events at Hitpoints
This Hitpoints...

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Set Tempo from Event
This Advanced submenu function sets the project tempo according to 
the original tempo of the loop (as calculated by the Audio Tempo Def-
inition tool). The result depends on whether you are using the Tempo 
track or a fixed tempo.
• If you are using fixed tempo, you will be asked to confirm that you want to 
change this – click Yes to set the fixed tempo to the event’s original tempo.
• If you are using the Tempo track, but there...

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Using the Close Gaps function
If you have sliced a loop for tempo changes, lowering the tempo be-
low the loop’s original tempo will create gaps between the slices. The 
lower the tempo is in relation to the original tempo, the wider the gaps 
will be. This can be fixed using the “Close Gaps” function on the Ad-
vanced submenu on the Audio menu:
1.Set the desired tempo.
2.Select the part in the Project window.
3.Select “Close Gaps” from the Advanced...

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18
The Pool 

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Background
What is the Pool?
Every time you record on an audio track, a file is created on your hard 
disk. A reference to this file – a clip – is also added to the Pool. Two 
general rules apply to the Pool:
•All clips, audio or video, that belong to a project are listed in the Pool. 
•There is a separate Pool for every project.
The way the Pool displays folders and their contents is similar to the 
way the Mac OS X Finder and the Windows Explorer display folders 
and lists...

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Opening the Pool
You open the Pool in any of the following ways:
• By clicking the Pool icon in the Project window.
• By selecting “Pool” on the Project menu or “Open Pool Window” on the Pool 
menu.
• By using a key command (by default [Ctrl]/[Command]-[P]).
The content of the Pool is divided into three main folders: 
•The Audio folder
This contains all audio clips currently in the project.
•The Video folder
This contains all video clips currently in the project.
•The Trash...

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Window Overview
Toolbar overview
Audio folder
Trash folder Video folderAudio clip name
Waveform imageColumn HeadingsToolbar
Open/Close 
all Folders View Pop-up Hide/show 
info lineImport Button
Project Folder Path
Pool Record Folder Path
Play and Loop buttons, 
audition volume controlSearch Button