Steinberg Cubase SE 3 Operation Manual

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The info line
Click the “Show Info” button on the toolbar to show or hide the info line 
at the bottom of the Pool window. It shows the following information:
How clips are displayed in the Pool
• Audio clips are represented by a waveform icon followed by the clip name.
• Video clips are represented by a camera icon followed by the clip name.
The Pool window columns
Various information about the clips can be viewed in the Pool window 
columns. The columns contain the following...

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About the Status column symbols
The Status column can display various symbols that relate to the clips 
status. The following symbols can be shown:
Info This column shows the following information for audio clips: The sample 
rate, bit resolution, number of channels and the length in seconds. For video 
clips, it displays the frame rate, number of frames, and length in seconds.
Type This column shows the file format of the clip.
Date This column shows the date when the clip...

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Sorting the Pool contents
You can sort the clips in the Pool by name, date etc. This is done by 
clicking on the corresponding column heading. Clicking again on the 
same heading switches between ascending and descending sort order.
Operations
Renaming clips in the Pool
To rename a clip in the Pool, select it and click on the existing name, 
type in a new name and press [Return].
Renaming a clip in the Pool is much preferred to renaming it outside 
Cubase SE (for example on...

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Inserting clips into a project
Using menus
1.Select the clip(s) you want to insert into the project.
2.Pull down the Pool menu and select an “Insert into Project” option.
The “At Cursor” option will insert the clip(s) at the current project cursor position. 
The “At Origin” option will insert the clip(s) at their Origin Time position(s).
•Note that the clip will be positioned so that its snap point is aligned 
with the selected insert position.
You can also open the Sample...

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Deleting clips
Removing clips from the Pool
To remove a clip from the Pool without deleting it from the hard disk, 
proceed as follows:
1.Select the file(s) and select “Delete” from the Edit menu (or press 
[Backspace] or [Delete]).
• If you try to delete a clip that is used by one or more events, the program 
will ask you if you want to remove these events from the project.
Canceling means that neither the clip nor the associated events are deleted.
2.Click Remove.
A new...

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Removing unused clips from the Pool
This function finds all clips in the Pool that are not used in the project, 
and either moves them to the Pool Trash folder where they can be 
permanently deleted, or removes them from the Pool:
1.Select “Remove Unused Media” on the Pool menu.
A prompt appears with the text “Move to Trash or Remove From Pool?”
2.Make your selection.
Locating events referring to a clip in the Pool
If you want to find out which events in the project refer to a...

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•To insert a found clip directly into the project, select it in the list in the 
dialog and select one of the “Insert into Project” options from the Pool 
menu.
The options are described on page 334.
The “Search Media…” command is also accessible from the Project 
window – the Pool window does not have to be open.
Locating selected events
If you quickly want to find the clip for an event in the Project window, 
you can also use the following method:
1.Select one or several...

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•If you want to limit the search to certain folders, choose “Select Search 
Path…” and select the desired folder in the dialog that appears.
The search will include the selected folder and all subfolders. Note also that folders 
you have recently selected using the “Select Search Path” function will appear on the 
pop-up menu, allowing you to quickly select any of them.
3.Specify the name of the file(s) to search for in the Name field.
You can use partial names or wildcards...

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Locate missing files
1.Select “Find Missing Files” from the Pool menu.
The Resolve Missing Files dialog opens. 
2.In the dialog that appears, decide if you want the program to try to find 
the file for you (Search), if you want to do it yourself (Locate) or if you 
want to specify in which directory the program should search for the 
file (Folder).
•If you select Locate, a file dialog opens, allowing you to locate the file 
manually.
Click “Open” when you have located the...

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Removing missing files from the Pool
If the Pool contains audio files that cannot be found or reconstructed, 
you may want to remove these:
•Select “Remove Missing Files” from the Pool menu to remove all 
missing files from the Pool (and remove their corresponding events 
from the Project window).
Auditioning clips in the Pool
There are two methods you can use to audition clips in the Pool:
•By selecting a clip and activating the Play button.
The whole clip will play back,...