Steinberg Cubase Studio 4 Menu Reference Studio Manual
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21 Menu Reference Play from Selection Start/End This activates playback from the beginning or end of the current selection. Play until Selection Start/End This activates playback two seconds before the start or end of the current selection and stops at the selection start or end, respectively. Play until Next Marker This will activate playback from the current project cursor position to the next marker and stop. Play Selection Range This will play back the current selection range and stop at the end. Loop Selection This will loop playback of the current selection range. Use PreRoll When this is activated and you start playback or record- ing, Cubase will “roll back” a bit before starting. Use PostRoll When this is activated, Cubase will play back a short sec- tion after automatic punch-out. Start Record at Left Locator If this is activated, the project cursor will jump to the left locator position and begin recording when you hit the Record button. If this is off (unticked), recording will start directly from the current project cursor position. Metronome Setup… Opens the Metronome Setup dialog where you can make various metronome settings. Metronome On Activates the metronome. Precount On Activates precount – a count-in that will be heard when you start recording from stop mode and the metronome is activated. This can also be activated on the Transport panel. You can specify the number of precount bars in the Metronome Setup dialog. Project Synchronization Setup… Opens a dialog where settings relating to synchronization can be made. Use External Sync Activates synchronization. Retrospective Record Performs retrospective MIDI recording. If the Retrospec- tive Record function is enabled in the Preferences (Record–MIDI page), and a MIDI track is record enabled, any MIDI notes you play in stop mode or during playback are captured in buffer memory. If you then select Retro- spective Record, the MIDI notes you played – i.e. the con- tents of the buffer memory – are turned into a MIDI part on the record enabled MIDI track. The MIDI part will appear where the cursor was when you started playing. Devices menu Time Display This opens a separate window showing the time display. This is a larger view of the time display in the Transport panel, showing the position of the project cursor in the se- lected primary time format. Control Room Mixer (Cubase only) This opens the Control Room Mixer for operating the Con- trol Room features. Control Room Overview (Cubase only) This opens the Control Room Overview which displays a visual overview of the Control Room channels and signal flow.
22 Menu Reference MIDI Device Manager The MIDI Device manager allows you to install MIDI de- vices. You can either select pre-configured MIDI devices from a list, or define a device from scratch. MMC Master (Cubase only) This opens the MIDI Machine Control master transport panel. Mixer This opens the Mixer. All audio, MIDI, FX channel and Group tracks in a project have a corresponding channel strip in the Mixer, as do Input (Cubase only) and Output busses and any activated VST Instruments and ReWire channels. The additional “Mixer” menu items are not additional mix- ers, but separate windows of the same mixer. Each mixer window can be configured to show different combinations and configurations of channels. Plug-in Information The Plug-in Information window lists all installed VST and MIDI plug-ins, and shows various information about them. VST Connections Opens the VST Connections window. This where you set up Input and Output busses to route the audio between your audio hardware and Cubase in various channel con- figurations (mono, stereo and in Cubase also a number of surround formats). VST Instruments Opens the VST Instruments window, where you can se- lect up to 64 (32 in Cubase Studio) VST Instruments. When a VST Instrument has been selected for a slot in the window, the corresponding instrument is selectable as a destination on the MIDI output pop-up for MIDI tracks. VST Performance This window indicates the current CPU load and disk transfer rate. Video Opens the default video player. The default video player is selected in the Device Setup dialog. Show Panel Opens a panel where you can directly select any of the currently available devices on the Device menu. Device Setup… This dialog allows you to add or remove remote control devices and to make various basic settings for audio and MIDI such as selecting ASIO drivers and MIDI ports etc. Window menu Close Closes the currently active window. If the active window is a Project window, the project will be closed. Close All Closes all windows including all open projects. Minimize All Minimizes all windows. Restore All Restores all minimized Cubase windows. Tile Horizontally/Vertically (Windows only) Arranges the open windows next to each other on screen. Cascade (Windows only) Arranges the open windows in a partially overlapping pattern.
23 Menu Reference Workspaces A configuration of windows for the active project is called a “workspace”. By storing different window combinations as workspaces, you can quickly switch between different working modes. Windows… Opens a dialog where you can manage and make settings for all open windows. The open windows list Selecting a window from the list at the bottom of the menu brings it to front. Help menu Documentation (Acrobat PDF format) ÖTo read these documents, you need to have a suitable PDF reader application. An installer for Adobe Reader ist provided on the program DVD. Registration When you click this item, the Steinberg web page is opened, where you can register your product. An active internet connection is required. Credits and Copyrights Lists credits and copyright information. About Cubase ÖUnder Mac OS X, this menu item is accessed from the Cubase menu. This opens a window with information about the Cubase version number etc. Option Description Lock Active WorkspaceActivate this to keep the active workspace from being ac- cidentally changed. New WorkspaceCreates a new workspace. Organize… Opens a dialog in which you can organize workspaces and presets. The work- spaces list Selecting a workspace from the list opens this work- space. Option Description Getting Started Opens the Getting Started book in Acrobat pdf for- mat. Operation ManualOpens the Operation Manual in Acrobat pdf format. It includes the parts “Getting into the details” and “Score layout and printing”. Remote Control DevicesOpens the separate pdf document describing the MIDI remote control devices supported by Cubase. Plug-in ReferenceOpens the separate pdf document containing de- scriptions of the included plug-in audio effects, MIDI effects and their parameters. MIDI Devices and FeaturesOpens the separate pdf document that describes how to manage MIDI Devices. Menu ReferenceOpens the Menu Reference (the document you have in front of you) in Acrobat pdf format.