Steinberg Cubase Studio 4 Operation Manual Studio Manual

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Video
Operations
About the QuickTime video playback engine
In Cubase for Windows, you select a playback engine in 
the Device Setup–Video Player page:
Make sure to read the section “Before you start” on 
page 440.
Generally, you can expect most Windows hardware to 
work with DirectShow.
On a Windows system, the DirectShow and Video for Windows players 
are provided by the operating system, so you don’t have to install any ad-
ditional software.
Under Windows, QuickTime 7.1 must be installed on 
your...

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Video
Advantage of thumbnail cache files
ÖTo display video thumbnails in the Project window, the 
option “Show Video Thumbnails” has to be activated in 
the Preferences dialog (Event Display–Video page).
When working with video in Cubase, video files are dis-
played as events/clips on the video track with thumbnails 
representing the frames in the film. These are calculated in 
real time, i. e. they have to be redrawn during scrolling or 
moving. As this consumes quite a lot of processor power,...

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Video
Extracting audio from a video file
If a video file contains audio, it can be extracted. Regard-
less of the audio format in the actual file, the resulting au-
dio file will always be in the format (Sample Rate and 
Record Format) that is specified for the Project in the 
Project Setup dialog.
There are several ways to extract audio from a video file:
By activating “Extract Audio” in the Import Video dialog.
This will add the audio on the active or on a new audio track. The new 
track and the...

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Video
Setting the Window size
If you are playing back video in a window on your com-
puter screen, you may want to adjust the size. 
For the QuickTime player (Windows and Mac), you can 
drag the borders, just like resizing other windows.
For the DirectShow video player (Windows) and for the 
QuickTime player (Windows and Mac), you can also pro-
ceed as follows:
For the DirectShow video player, open the Device 
Setup dialog from the Devices menu, click Video Player in 
the Devices list and use the...

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ReWire 

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ReWire
Introduction
ReWire and ReWire2 are special protocols for streaming 
audio between two computer applications. Developed by 
Propellerhead Software and Steinberg, ReWire provides 
the following possibilities and features:
Real-time streaming of up to 64 separate audio chan-
nels (256 with ReWire2), at full bandwidth, from the “syn-
thesizer application” into the “mixer application”.
In this case, the “mixer application” is of course Cubase. An example of a 
“synthesizer application” is...

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ReWire
Activating ReWire channels
ReWire supports streaming of up to 64 separate audio 
channels, while ReWire2 supports 256 channels. The ex-
act number of available ReWire channels depends on the 
synthesizer application. Using the ReWire Device panels 
in Cubase, you can specify which of the available chan-
nels you want to use:
1.Pull down the Devices menu and select the menu item 
with the name of the ReWire application. All recognized 
ReWire compatible applications will be available on the...

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ReWire
How the ReWire channels are 
handled in Cubase
When you activate ReWire channels in the ReWire De-
vice panels, they will become available as channel strips in 
the mixer. The ReWire channel strips have the following 
properties:
ReWire channels appear to the right of the other audio 
and MIDI channel strips in the mixer.
ReWire channels may be any combination of mono and 
stereo, depending on the synthesizer application.
ReWire channels have the same functionality as regular 
audio channels....

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File handling 

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File handling
Working with Projects
New Project
The New Project command on the File menu allows you to 
create a new project, either empty or based on a template:
1.Select New Project from the File menu.
The templates list is displayed. When you install Cubase, templates for 
various purposes are included, but you can also create your own (see 
“Save as Template” on page 451).
2.Select a template from the list or select “Empty”.
A file dialog opens, allowing you to specify a folder for the new...