Steinberg Cubase Studio 4 Operation Manual Studio Manual

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The Sample Editor
ÖNote that there is a separate Play button for audition-
ing regions. See “Auditioning regions” on page 244.
By using the Speaker tool
If you click somewhere in the waveform display with the 
Speaker (“Play”) tool and keep the mouse button pressed, 
the clip will be played back from the position at which you 
clicked. Playback will continue until you release the mouse 
button.
Scrubbing
The Scrub tool allows you to locate positions in the audio 
by playing back, forwards or...

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The Sample Editor
1.Place the cursor at the desired position (intersecting 
the event).
You may want to do this by scrubbing, to spot the right position exactly.
2.Right-click to open the Quick menu and select “Snap 
Point To Cursor” from the Audio submenu.
The snap point will be set to the position of the cursor. This method can 
also be used in the Project window and the Audio Part Editor.
It is also possible to define a snap point for a clip (for 
which there is no event yet).
To open a clip in...

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The Sample Editor
Editing selection ranges
Selections in the Sample Editor can be processed in sev-
eral ways. Please note:
If you attempt to edit an event that is a shared copy (i.e. 
the event refers to a clip that is used by other events in the 
project), you are asked whether you want to create a new 
version of the clip or not (if you haven’t made a “perma-
nent” choice already – see below).
Select “New Version” if you want the editing to affect the selected event 
only. Select “Continue” if you...

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The Sample Editor
A new clip is created and added to the Pool, and another 
Sample Editor window will open with the new clip. The 
new clip will refer to the same audio file as the original clip, 
but will only contain the audio corresponding to the selec-
tion range.
Working with regions
Regions are sections within a clip. One of the main uses for 
regions is Cycle recording, in which the different “takes” 
are stored as regions (see “Recording audio in cycle mode” 
on page 75). You can also use...

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The Sample Editor
Making selections from regions
If you select a region in the list and click the Select Region 
button above, the corresponding section of the audio clip 
is selected (as if you had selected it with the Range Se-
lection tool). This is useful if you want to apply processing 
to the region only.
Note that you can also double-click a region in the Pool 
to have its audio clip open in the Sample Editor with the 
area of the region automatically selected.
Creating new events from...

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In this mode, you can adjust the start and end of the 
event in the clip by dragging the event handles in the 
waveform display.
When you move the pointer over the event handles (no matter what tool 
may be selected), it takes on the shape of an arrow, to indicate that you 
can click and drag.
Snap to Zero Crossing
Snap to Zero Crossing activated.
When this option is activated, all audio edits are done at 
zero crossings (positions in the audio where the amplitude 
is zero). This...

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The Sample Editor
Determining the audio tempo automatically 
and time-stretching your audio
If you want to use an audio file with an unknown tempo in 
your project context, the easiest way to determine the 
tempo is to define a loop. You can then determine the 
tempo of the loop automatically (or manually) and finally 
match the tempo of this loop to the project tempo in Cu-
base. 
1.Import a suitable audio file, for example a drum loop 
and double-click on it to open it in the Sample Editor.
2.Make...

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The Sample Editor
When you click Auto Adjust, the following happens:
 If you created a loop by defining a selection range in a longer 
audio file, the snap point (S symbol) will be moved to the loop 
start.
 In the waveform, vertical lines will be displayed. The thick lines 
should match the bar positions and the thin lines the beat po-
sitions. You can adjust these lines by means of the Manual 
Adjust tool, see below.
 In the Definition tab the Manual Adjust tool will be activated 
(see “Manually...

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The Sample Editor
If you select the Advanced menu item, a dialog opens 
where you can manually adjust the three parameters that 
govern the sound quality of the time-stretching:
6.If you are satisfied with the result, i.e. the vertical lines 
match bars and beats positions, close the Sample Editor 
and activate playback.
If your audio file contained an upbeat and you resized the audio event to 
a smooth loop with the event handles, you might want to move the audio 
event to the beginning of the...

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The Sample Editor
When you have correctly set a tempo or length for an au-
dio clip, this information is saved with the project. This al-
lows you to import files into the project with Straighten Up 
mode already activated. The tempo (if set) is also saved 
when exporting files.
Manually adjusting grid and tempo of your 
audio
If you want to manually adjust the grid and the tempo of 
your audio file, because you have a very special loop and 
the automatic functions did not lead to satisfying results,...