Steinberg Cubase Studio 4 Operation Manual Studio Manual

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A Listen-enabled channel is indicated by a lit Listen but-
ton, and also by the lit Global Listen button on the com-
mon panel. Click the Listen button again to turn off Listen 
mode. You may also turn off Listen mode for every Listen-
enabled track at once by clicking the Listen button on the 
common panel.
For more information about the Listen functionality, see 
the chapter “Control Room (Cubase only)” on page 146.
Setting pan in the mixer
The pan control.
The pan controls in the mixer...

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In this mode, the left and right pan controls are linked, and 
can be moved left and right like a single pan control (keep-
ing their relative distance).
Stereo Combined mode also allows you set pan inde-
pendently for the left and right channels. This is done by 
holding down [Alt]/[Option] and dragging the correspond-
ing pan control.
When moving combined pan controls so that the left or 
right pan control reaches its maximum pan value, it natu-
rally cannot go any further. If you...

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Selecting the “Empty” option will display a blank panel 
in the extended strip.
You can also select the “Overview” option – this shows 
a graphic overview of which insert effect slots, EQ mod-
ules and effects sends are activated for the channel.
You can click the indicators to turn the corresponding slot/EQ module/
send on or off.
ÖIf you have selected a parameter for the extended 
channel strip and then switch to “narrow” mode, only the 
channel overview and the Meter can be shown in the...

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You can also select a channel manually (thereby changing 
what is shown in the open Channel Settings window). 
Proceed as follows:
1.Open the Channel Settings window for any channel.
2.Open the Choose Edit Channel pop-up menu by 
clicking the arrow button to the left of the channel number 
at the top of the Fader view.
3.Select a channel from the pop-up to show the settings 
for that channel in the open Channel Settings window.
Alternatively, you can select a channel in the mixer by...

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The Equalizers + Curve pane in the Channel Settings win-
dow consists of four EQ modules with parameter sliders, an 
EQ curve display and some additional functions at the top.
Using the parameter controls
1.Activate an EQ module by clicking its power button.
Although the modules have different default frequency values and differ-
ent Q names, they all have the same frequency range (20Hz to 20kHz). 
The only difference between the modules is that you can specify different 
filter types for...

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In the Inspector (Equalizers tab) and in the Channel 
Settings window, click the Bypass button (next to the EQ 
button) so that it turns yellow.
Click again to deactivate EQ Bypass mode.
EQ bypass in the mixer, the Channel Settings window and in the Inspector.
EQ reset
On the preset pop-up menu in the Channel Settings win-
dow and in the Inspector, you will find the Reset command. 
Holding down [Alt]/[Option] and clicking this will turn off all 
EQ modules and reset all EQ parameters to...

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Copying settings between audio channels
It is possible to copy all channel settings for an audio chan-
nel and paste them to one or several other channels. This 
applies to all audio-based channel types. For example, you 
can copy EQ settings from an audio track and apply these 
to a group or VST Instrument channel, if you want them to 
have the same sound. 
Proceed as follows:
1.In the mixer, select the channel you want to copy set-
tings from.
You can also select channels with the Channel...

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If “Hold Forever” is activated, the peak levels will remain 
until meters are reset (by clicking the numerical peak dis-
play below the meter).
If “Hold Forever” is off, you can specify for how long the peak levels will 
be held with the parameter “Meters’ Peak Hold Time” in the Preferences 
(VST–Metering page). The peak hold time can be between 500 and 
30000ms.
If “Meter Input” is activated, meters will show input lev-
els for all audio channels and input/output channels. 
Note that the...

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About output busses
Cubase uses a system of input and output busses which 
are set up using the VST Connections dialog. This is de-
scribed in the chapter “VST Connections: Setting up input 
and output busses” on page 13.
Output busses let you route audio from the program to the 
outputs on your audio hardware. 
Routing audio channels to busses
To route the output of an audio channel to one of the ac-
tive busses, proceed as follows:
1.Open the mixer.
2.Make sure the input/output settings...

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Using Channel Settings
For each MIDI channel strip in the mixer (and MIDI track in 
the Track list or the Inspector), there is an Edit (“e”) button. 
Clicking this opens the MIDI Channel Settings window. 
By default, this window contains a duplicate of the mixer 
channel strip, a section with four MIDI inserts and a sec-
tion with four MIDI send effects. 
You can customize the Channel Settings window, by 
showing/hiding the different panels and/or by changing 
their order:
 To specify,...