Steinberg Cubase SL/SX 3.1 Manual

 
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Track Folding
On the Project menu, the Track Folding submenu has been added, 
allowing you to quickly show, hide or invert what is displayed in the 
Project window event display. This allows e.g. for dividing the project 
into several parts (by creating several folder tracks for the different 
project elements) and showing/hiding their contents by selecting a 
menu function (or using a key command). The following options are 
available:
•Toggle Selected...

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•Flip Fold States
Select this menu option to flip the fold states of the tracks in the Project window. This 
means that all tracks that were folded in will be unfolded and all unfolded tracks will be 
folded in, respectively.
• You can assign key commands for these menu options in the Key Com-
mands dialog (Project category).
• Note that there is a separate Deep Track Folding setting in the Prefer-
ences dialog (Editing – Project & Mixer page), which affects...

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Gluing events/parts together
In version 3.1 of the program, the behavior of the Glue Tube tool has 
been modified. Below, you will find descriptions of what you can do 
with this tool.
Working with the Glue Tube tool
By using the Glue Tube tool, you can combine several audio or MIDI 
events/parts or even controller events in the Project window, the In-
Place-Editor, the MIDI editors, etc. in the following ways:
Gluing one audio event/part to the next...

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Gluing one MIDI event/part to the next
Clicking on a MIDI part with the Glue Tube tool glues it to the next 
part on the track. The parts do not have to touch one another. The 
resulting part will get the name of the first part:
If the Parts overlap, they are merged in the overlapping area, i.e. no 
events are lost.
The resulting long part will get the properties of the first part (the one on 
which you clicked). This includes part name, part mute status,...

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Gluing an event to all following events of a track in one go
If you hold down [Alt]/[Option] and click on an event with the Glue 
Tube tool, this and all following events on that track will be glued to-
gether. You can also change the default key command for this in the 
Preferences dialog (Editing–Tool Modifiers page).  

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Metronome settings
There is a new option called Use Time Signature at Record Start Time 
in the Precount Options section of the Metronome Setup dialog 
(which is accessed via the Transport menu).
In the Precount Options section you can specify how long (i.e. for how 
many bars) a precount click should be audible before recording starts 
and which time signature this precount click should use.
There are three options regarding the time signature of the...

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Synchronization settings
There is a new option called “MIDI Clock Follows Project Position” in 
the MIDI Clock Destinations section of the Synchronization Setup dia-
log (which is accessed via the Transport menu).
The MIDI Clock Destinations section in the Synchronization Setup dialog.
This option is similar to the “MIDI Timecode Follows Project Time” op-
tion in the MIDI Timecode Destinations section in the same dialog (see 
the Synchronization chapter in...

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Duplicating tracks
On the Project menu, you will find the new “Duplicate track” command. 
When you select a track in the track list and choose this option, a copy 
of the selected track is created and inserted below the original track. 
You can also define a key command for this function.
Exporting selected tracks (Cubase SX only)
Cubase SX allows you to select individual tracks of a project and to ex-
port these as a track archive. When exporting, you now...

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3.In the file dialog that appears, locate the archive’s xml file, select it and 
click “Open”.
The Import Options dialog opens.
4.In the Import Options dialog, click in the Import column to the left to 
select the desired track(s).
A check mark is shown for all selected tracks.  

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Sample rate conversion when importing tracks
A track archive may contain media files with a sample rate that is dif-
ferent from the sample rate of your currently active project. When im-
porting such a track archive, the Import Options dialog will show the 
different sample rates and an additional option in the Media Options 
section:
“Perform Sample Rate Conversion” is available in the Import Options dialog.
In the Media Options section of the Import...