Steinberg Cubase SE 3 Operation Manual
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4.Press [Alt]/[Option] with the Hitpoint Edit tool selected so that the
mouse pointer changes to a pencil tool and click just before the start
of the sound.
A new hitpoint appears. Manually added hitpoints are locked by default.
•If you click and keep the mouse button pressed, you can adjust the
position of the new hitpoint by dragging.
Releasing the mouse button adds the hitpoint.
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17 – 316 Working with hitpoints and slices
4.Press [Alt]/[Option] with the Hitpoint Edit tool selected so that the
mouse pointer changes to a pencil tool and click just before the start
of the sound.
A new hitpoint appears. Manually added hitpoints are locked by default.
•If you click and keep the mouse button pressed, you can adjust the
position of the new hitpoint by dragging.
Releasing the mouse button adds the hitpoint.
5.Audition the new slice with the Play tool to make sure you got...")
CUBASE SE Working with hitpoints and slices 17 – 321 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.
CUBASE SE 17 – 322 Working with hitpoints and slices 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 happens: •If you edited an event on an audio track, the Sample Editor closes. •The audio event is “sliced” so that there is a separate event for each hitpoint. In other words, the sections between the hitpoints become separate events, all referring to the same original file. •On the audio track, the audio event is replaced by an audio part, con- taining the slices. If you edited a clip from the Pool, you need to drag it to an audio track to get a part with the slices. •The loop is automatically adapted to the tempo set in Cubase SE. This takes the loop length settings you made into account: if the loop was e.g. one bar long, the part is resized to fit exactly one bar in the Cubase SE tempo, and the slices are moved accordingly – keeping their relative positions intact within the part. Now, you can change the tempo and have the loop automatically fol- low. Furthermore, you can double click the part to edit the slices in the Audio Part Editor. You can: • Remove or mute slices. • Change the loop by reordering, replacing or quantizing slices. • Apply processing to individual slices. • Create new files from individual slices using the “Bounce Selection” function on the Audio menu.
CUBASE SE Working with hitpoints and slices 17 – 323 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 submenu item can be used when you simply wish to create separate events according to the hitpoints for a file. This means that you do not have to make the same considerations as when slicing for tempo changes. You can use any method you like to set hitpoints, use sensitivity, note values, manually or any combination. •The slices created will appear in the Project window as separate events. Set Audio Event from Loop This Advanced submenu function will resize the event according to the loop range in the Sample Editor. For example, if you have a long loop event and want to “extract” the first bar only, select the Audio Tempo Definition tool and adjust the end loop point handle in the ruler to one bar. Then use Set Audio Event from Loop before calculating hitpoints.
CUBASE SE 17 – 324 Working with hitpoints and slices 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 are no tempo changes, you will be asked whether to change the global tempo or not: Click Yes to change the global tempo (the first tempo event on the Tempo track) or No to insert tempo events at the beginning and end of the audio event (i.e. the project tempo will be adapted to the loop tempo but only during the course of the event). • If you are using the Tempo track with tempo changes, new tempo events will be inserted at the beginning and end of the audio event. The project tempo will be adapted to the loop tempo during the course of the event. Stretch to Project Tempo The Stretch to Project Tempo function on the Advanced submenu (Audio menu) makes use of the tempo calculated by the Audio Tempo Definition tool and applies time stretch to the selected event, so that it fits the current project tempo. This can be used for stretching a whole loop (not sliced) to the project tempo. Note: for this function to be available, you must close the Sam- ple Editor and select the audio event in the Project window.
CUBASE SE Working with hitpoints and slices 17 – 325 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 submenu. Now time stretch is applied on each slice to close the gaps. Depending on the length of the part, this can take a little while. 4.The waveform is redrawn and the gaps are now closed! •Note that this feature creates new clips in the Pool, one for each slice. •Close Gaps can also be used when the project tempo is higher than the original loop tempo. This will use the time stretch function to shrink the slices to fit. •If you decide to change the tempo again after using the Close Gaps function, you should undo the Close Gaps operation or start over again, using the original unstretched file. •You can also use this function on individual events (in the Audio Part Editor or Project window). The events don’t have to be slices – you can use Close Gaps simply to stretch an au- dio event to the start position of the next event.
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CUBASE SE 18 – 328 The Pool 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 of files. What can you do in the Pool? In the Pool you can, amongst other things, perform the following oper- ations: Operations that affect files on disk • Import clips (audio files can automatically be copied and/or converted). • Convert file formats. • Rename clips (this will also rename the referred files on disk). • Delete clips (if you select the “Move to Trash” option and empty the Trash folder – see page 335). • Prepare File Archives for backup. • Minimize Files. Operations that only affect clips • Copy clips. • Audition clips. • Organize clips. • Apply audio processing to clips. • Save or import complete Pool files.
CUBASE SE The Pool 18 – 329 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 folder Unused clips can be moved to the Trash folder for later permanent removal from the hard disk. These folders cannot be renamed or deleted from the Pool, but any number of subfolders can be added (see page 345).
CUBASE SE 18 – 330 The Pool 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