Steinberg Cubase SE 3 Operation Manual
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Original Manual: Synkron Revision and Quality Control: C. Bachmann, H. Bischoff, S. Pfeifer, C. Schomburg The information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not rep- resent a commitment on the part of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH. The soft- ware described by this document is subject to a License Agreement and may not be copied to other media except as specifically allowed in the License Agreement. No part of this publication may be copied, reproduced or otherwise transmitted or recorded, for any purpose, without prior written permission by Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH. All product and company names are ™ or ® trademarks of their respective owners. Windows XP is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. The Mac logo is a trademark used under license. Macintosh and Power Macintosh are registered trademarks. © Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH, 2005. All rights reserved.
CUBASE SE 4 Table of Contents 9About this manual 10Welcome! 13VST Connections: Setting up input and output busses 14About this chapter 14Setting up busses 18Using the busses 21Playback and the Transport panel 22Background 26Operations 29Options and Settings 33Recording 34Background 35Basic recording methods 40Audio recording specifics 50MIDI Recording Specifics 62Options and Settings 67The Project window 68Background 70Window Overview 81Operations 113Options 119Folder tracks 120About folder tracks 121Handling folder tracks 123Working with folder parts 127Using markers 128About markers 128The Marker window132Using the Marker track 136Marker key commands 137Fades, crossfades and envelopes 138Creating fades 142The Fade dialogs 145Creating crossfades 147The Crossfade dialog 150Auto Fades and Crossfades 153The mixer 154About this chapter 155Overview 157Configuring the mixer 160The audio channel strips 161The MIDI channel strips 162The common panel 163The output channels 164Basic mixing procedures 168Audio specific procedures 180MIDI specific procedures 181Utilities 187Audio effects 188About this chapter 188Overview 190Insert effects 195Send effects 204Making settings for the ef- fects 206Installing and managing ef- fect plug-ins 213VST Instruments 214Introduction 214Activating and using VST Instruments
CUBASE SE Table of Contents 5 221Automation 222Background 225Automation track operations 231Using Write/Read automation 235Working with automation curves 240Tips and common methods 241Options and Settings 243Remote controlling the mixer 244About this chapter 244Setting Up 246Operations 248Remote control device spe- cifics 250The Generic Remote device 255Audio processing and functions 256Background 257Audio processing 274Freeze Edits 275The Sample Editor 276Background 276Opening the Sample Editor 277Window overview 282Operations 290Options and settings 293The Audio Part Editor 294Background 294Opening the Audio Part Editor 295Window overview 298Operations301Common methods 303Options and Settings 305Working with hitpoints and slices 306Background 307Using hitpoints 311Editing hitpoints 317About Q-points 318Using the Audio Tempo Definition tool 322Creating slices 323Other hitpoint functions 327The Pool 328Background 330Window Overview 333Operations 350Options and Settings 351MIDI realtime para- meters and effects 352Introduction 353The Inspector – General handling 354Basic track settings 357Track parameters 362MIDI effects 367Managing plug-ins 368Merge MIDI in Loop 371MIDI processing and quantizing 372Introduction 373Quantizing 384Other MIDI menu functions 390Dissolve Part
CUBASE SE 6 Table of Contents 393The MIDI editors 394About editing MIDI 395Opening a MIDI editor 398The Key Editor – Overview 404Key Editor operations 427The Drum Editor – Overview 430Drum Editor operations 433Working with drum maps 441Using drum name lists 442The List Editor – Overview 443List Editor operations 450The Score Editor – Overview 453Score Editor operations 468Common MIDI editor options and settings 471Working with the Tempo track 472Background 473The Tempo Track Editor – overview 476Operations 481Options and settings 482The Beat Calculator 484Merge Tempo From Tapping 485Export Audio Mixdown 486Introduction 487Mixing down to an audio file 489File format specifics 497Synchronization 498Background 500Window Overview 502Options 503VST System Link 504Introduction 505Preparations 511Activating VST System Link 518Application examples 521Video 522Background 523Operations 528Options 529ReWire 530Introduction 531Launching and quitting 532Activating ReWire channels 533Using the transport and tempo controls 534How the ReWire channels are handled in Cubase SE 535Routing MIDI via ReWire2 536Considerations and limitations 537File handling 538File Operations 555Options and Settings 557Customizing 558Background 559Customizing the Transport panel 561Customizing the toolbars 563Appearance 563Applying track and event colors 566Where are the settings stored?
CUBASE SE Table of Contents 7 569Key commands 570Background 571Setting up Key Commands 579Setting up tool modifier keys 581Index
CUBASE SE 1 – 10 About this manual Welcome! This is the Operation Manual for Steinberg’s Cubase SE 3. Here you will find detailed information about virtually all features and functions in the program. How to use the manuals and the Help When it comes to manuals, different users look for information in differ- ent ways, depending on their previous knowledge and personal prefer- ences. You may be looking for a complete description of a procedure, you may just be trying to find a certain function in the program, you may have found a function in the program and want it explained – or you may simply want to learn it all! Therefore, there are several ways to enter the documentation and get help: • Use the Table of Contents to browse the manual or the Help and find the section you need to know more about. You can click directly on a chapter or section to go there. • Use the Index to look up specific features and functions. Again, you can click directly on the page number for an index entry to go to there. The help also allows you to perform a free search of any term. • In the program you will find Help buttons in most dialogs – click to get information about that specific dialog. Similarly, you can press [F1] to get information about the current window. • If you want information about a specific menu item, use the Menu Reference section in the Help. All main menu items in Cubase SE are listed and explained there. • Finally, you could read the manuals from start to end if you like. See below for a description of all parts of the Cubase SE documentation package.