Steinberg Cubase SE 3 Operation Manual
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CUBASE SE
The mixer 9 – 155
Overview
The mixer offers a common environment for controlling levels, pan,
solo/mute status etc. for both audio and MIDI channels.
Opening the mixer
The mixer can be opened in several ways:
•By selecting Mixer from the Devices menu.
•By clicking the Mixer icon on the toolbar
•By using a key command (by default [F3]).
•By clicking the Mixer button in the Devices panel.
You open the Devices panel by selecting Show Panel from the Devices menu.](http://img.usermanuals.tech/thumb/86/103305/w64_Operation_Manual_d-154.png "Page 155
CUBASE SE
The mixer 9 – 155
Overview
The mixer offers a common environment for controlling levels, pan,
solo/mute status etc. for both audio and MIDI channels.
Opening the mixer
The mixer can be opened in several ways:
•By selecting Mixer from the Devices menu.
•By clicking the Mixer icon on the toolbar
•By using a key command (by default [F3]).
•By clicking the Mixer button in the Devices panel.
You open the Devices panel by selecting Show Panel from the Devices menu.")
CUBASE SE Fades, crossfades and envelopes 8 – 151 4.To adjust the shapes of Auto Fade In and Auto Fade Out, select the “Fades” tab and make settings as in the regular Fade dialogs. 5.To adjust the shape of the Auto Crossfade, select the “Crossfades” tab and make settings as in the regular Crossfade dialog. 6.If you want to use the settings you have made in forthcoming new projects, click the “As Default” button. The next time you create a new project, it will use these settings by default. 7.Click OK to close the dialog. Making Auto Fade settings for a separate track By default, all audio tracks will use the settings you have made in the project’s Auto Fades dialog. However, since Auto Fades use comput- ing power, a better approach may be to turn Auto Fades off globally, and activate them for individual tracks, as needed: 1.Right-click (Win) or [Ctrl]-click (Mac) the track in the Track list and select “Auto Fades Settings...” from the context menu (or select the track and click the “Auto Fades Settings” button in the Inspector). The Auto Fades dialog for the track appears. This is identical to the project’s Auto Fades dialog, with the addition of a “Use Project Settings” option. 2.Deactivate the “Use Project Settings” option. Now, any settings you make will be applied to the track only. 3.Set up the Auto Fades as desired and close the dialog. Reverting to project settings If you want a track to use the global Auto Fade settings, open the Auto Fades dialog for the track and activate the “Use Project Settings” checkbox. This makes the track use the Auto Fade settings you have made for the project.
CUBASE SE 9 – 154 The mixer About this chapter This chapter contains detailed information about the elements used when mixing audio and MIDI, and the various ways you can configure the mixer. Some mixer related features are not described in this chapter. These are the following: •Setting up and using audio effects. See page 188. •Setting up and using MIDI effects. See page 352. •Automation of all mixer parameters. See page 222. •How to mix down several audio tracks (complete with automation and effects if you wish) to a single audio file. See page 487.
CUBASE SE The mixer 9 – 155 Overview The mixer offers a common environment for controlling levels, pan, solo/mute status etc. for both audio and MIDI channels. Opening the mixer The mixer can be opened in several ways: •By selecting Mixer from the Devices menu. •By clicking the Mixer icon on the toolbar •By using a key command (by default [F3]). •By clicking the Mixer button in the Devices panel. You open the Devices panel by selecting Show Panel from the Devices menu.
CUBASE SE 9 – 156 The mixer What channel types can be shown in the mixer? The following track based channel types are shown in the mixer: • Audio • MIDI • Effect return channels (FX channel tracks are referred to as effect return channels in the mixer). • Group channels. The order of audio, group, effect return and MIDI channel strips (from left to right) in the mixer corresponds to the Project window Track list (from the top down). If you reorder tracks of these types in the Track list, this will in turn be mirrored in the mixer. In addition to the above, the following channel types are also shown in the mixer : • Activated ReWire channels (see page 530). • VST Instrument channels (see page 214). ReWire channels cannot be reordered and always appear to the right of other channels in the main mixer pane (see below). VST instrument (VSTi) channels can be reordered in the Track list which will in turn be mirrored in the mixer. Folder, Marker, Video and Automation tracks are not shown in the mixer. Output busses in the mixer The output busses are represented by output channels in the mixer. They appear in a separate “pane” separated by a movable divider and with its own horizontal scrollbar, see page 163.
CUBASE SE The mixer 9 – 157 Configuring the mixer As mentioned earlier, the mixer window can be configured in various ways to suit your needs and to save screen space. Here follows a run through of the various view options (the following descriptions assume that you have an active project containing some tracks): Setting the width of channel strips Each channel strip’s width can be sized to either “Wide” or “Narrow” mode by using the Narrow/Wide button. This is the two left/right arrows just above the fader strip (to the left of the View options pop-up menu). The Narrow/Wide button •Narrow channel strips contain a narrow fader, miniature buttons and the View options pop-up menu. Wide and narrow channel strips •When selecting wide or narrow channel strips in the common panel (“All Wide” or “All Narrow”), all channel strips are affected.
CUBASE SE 9 – 158 The mixer Selecting what channel types to show/hide You can specify what channel types to show or hide in the mixer. In the common panel you find a vertical strip with different indicator buttons. Each indicator represents a channel type to show or hide: •To hide or show a channel type, click the corresponding indicator. If an indicator is dark, the corresponding channel type will be shown in the mixer. If it is orange, the corresponding channel type will be hidden. Selecting individual channels to show/hide You can also show/hide individual channels of any type in the mixer. This is done by first assigning channels a “Can Hide” status. After having done so you can hide all channels assigned this status at any time. Proceed as follows: 1.Pull down the View options pop-up menu for the channel you want to hide and activate the “Can Hide” option. Audio Channels Group Channels ReWire Channels MIDI Channels VST Instrument Channels Effect Return Channels Output Channels For hiding individual channels – see below.
CUBASE SE The mixer 9 – 159 2.Repeat this for all channels you want to hide. 3.Click the bottom “hide button” in the common panel. This hides all channels set to “Can Hide”. To show them, click the button again. Channel view sets Channel view sets are saved configurations of the mixer, allowing you to quickly switch between different layouts. Proceed as follows: 1.Set up the mixer the way you wish to store it as a view set. The following settings will be stored: • Settings for individual channel strips (e. g. narrow or wide mode and whether the channel strip is (or can be) hidden or not). • The hide/show status for channel types. 2.Click the “Store View Set” button (the plus sign) at the top of the common panel. 3.A dialog appears, allowing you to type in a name for the view set. Do so and click OK to store the current mixer view set. •You can now return to this stored configuration at any time, by clicking the “Select Channel View Set” button (the down arrow at the top of the common panel) and selecting it from the pop-up menu. •To remove a stored channel view set, select it and click the “Remove View Set” button (the minus sign). Some remote control devices (such as Steinberg’s Houston) feature this function, which means that you can use the remote device to switch between the channel view sets.
CUBASE SE 9 – 160 The mixer The audio channel strips The mixer showing (from left to right): the common panel, a VST Instrument channel, a stereo audio channel, an effect return channel and a group channel strip. All audio related channel types (audio, output channels, group, effect return, VST Instrument or ReWire) basically have the same channel strip layout, with the following differences: • Only audio track channels have a Record Enable and Monitor button. • VST Instrument channels have an additional button for opening the instrument’s control panel. The common panel (see page 162).Level fader Channel automation controlsPan control Edit button (opens the Channel Settings window). Insert/EQ/Send indicators and bypass buttons (see below). Record Enable and Monitor buttons Channel name field Opens the control panel for the VST Instrument. Channel View options pop-up Level meter