Steinberg Cubase SL/SX 3.1 Manual

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Bar Range – Start This is where you specify the desired start position for the 
bar range. Click on the small arrows to raise/lower the value 
by one step or click directly in the value field and enter the 
desired number manually.
Bar Range – Length This is where you specify the desired length of the bar range. 
Click on the small arrows to raise/lower the value by one 
step or click directly in the value field and enter the desired 
number manually.
Action...

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Pool Operations
The extended search functionality in the Pool 
(Cubase SX only)
A number of new features have been added to the Search pane in the 
Pool window. When you click the Search button in the Pool toolbar, a 
lower Pool pane is displayed, allowing you to search for files on your 
hard disk or other media. This is described in detail in the chapter “The 
Pool” in the Operation Manual. The new program version allows for a 
more extensive search,...

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2.When you click on “Name”, the Extended Search pop-up menu opens.
This contains six options determining which settings will be displayed above the Loca-
tion parameter (Name, Size, Bitsize, Channels, Sample Rate or Date) and the Add Fil-
ter and Presets submenus.
The pop-up menu with the extended search options.
3.Select one of the topmost 6 options in the pop-up menu to change 
the search option above the Location pop-up menu.
This way, you can choose e.g....

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Pool key commands
•It is now possible not only to open, but also to close the Pool window 
using a key command. By default, this is [Ctrl]/[Command]+[P], but you 
can change this as usual in the Key Commands dialog (Project page).
Video
When working with video in Cubase SX/SL, video files are displayed 
as events/clips on the video track, with thumbnails representing the 
frames in the film (if the option “Show Video Thumbnails” is activated 
in the...

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When you activate “Generate Thumbnail Cache” in the Import video 
dialog and click “Open”, a thumbnail cache file will be created before 
the file is inserted in the Project window. A window will be displayed 
showing you the progress and the estimated time for the process.
The thumbnail cache file is created.
After the cache file is created, the window will be closed and the 
video clip is inserted as usual. When you now start video playback 
and perform...

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Please note that the cache file will not be automatically updated if a 
video file is edited. Whenever you change a video file (e.g. in a video ed-
iting application), you need to create a new thumbnail cache file manu-
ally, as described above.
When exactly is the cache file used?
The cache file is used in situations where the processor load is very 
high and the correct redrawing or real-time calculation might use sys-
tem resources necessary for editing...

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Score editor operations
About the selection indicators
With version 3.1 of the program, the display of selected elements in 
the Score editor has changed. The following applies:
•Selected events are displayed in red.
•The active staff has blue lines and a blue rectangle to the left.
Please note that you can use this blue rectangle to select, move or edit the active staff.
•A selected system (grand staff) is indicated by a red line regrouping 
the staves....

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The Set Note Info dialog
The Set Note Info dialog now contains an option called “No Flag/
Beam”. Activate this to hide the flags or beams of the selected note(s).
The No Flag/Beam option in the Set Note Info dialog.  

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Remote Control
Accessing user panel parameters via remote 
control devices (Cubase SX only)
Cubase SX allows you to control external MIDI devices through user 
device panels. When you have assigned project parameters to a de-
vice panel to be displayed in the Mixer (i.e. when creating the panel, 
you must select the Channel Strip Size option in the Add Panel dia-
log), you can now access these parameters through some of the re-
mote control devices supported...

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General improvements
Recovery of audio recordings after system 
failure
Stability and reliability of Cubase SX/SL have further improved with 
the release of version 3.1.
Normally, when a computer crashes, all changes made to your current 
project since you last saved it will be lost. Usually, there is no quick 
and easy way to recover your work.
With Cubase SX/SL 3.1, when your system crashes while you are re-
cording (because of a power cut or other...