Steinberg Cubase Studio 4 Operation Manual Studio Manual

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Save and Save As
The commands Save and Save As allow you to save the 
active project as a project file (file extension “.cpr”). The 
Save command stores the project under its current name 
and location, while Save As allows you to rename and/or 
relocate the file. If a project has not been saved yet or if it 
hasn’t been changed since it was last saved, only Save As 
will be available.
A word about file extensions
Under Windows, file types are indicated by three letter file 
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Save Project to New Folder
This function is very useful if you want to move or archive 
your project. 
1.Select “Save Project to New Folder”. 
A file dialog opens in which you can choose an existing, empty folder or 
create a new folder to save the project.
2.Click OK to confirm your choice.
The “Save to Folder Options” dialog opens with the following options:
3.Make the desired settings.
4.Click OK. 
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The following options are available:
Cubase Open Document Options Dialog
This dialog will open in two cases:
If you launch Cubase with the option “Show Open Op-
tions Dialog” selected on the “On Startup” pop-up menu 
in the Preferences (General page).
If you hold down [Ctrl]/[Command] while launching Cu-
base.
The Open Document Options Dialog.
The dialog lists your recently used projects.
To open a project, select it and click the “Open Selec-
tion” button. 
To open another project not...

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Importing audio
ÖFor exporting Audio, see the chapter “Export Audio 
Mixdown” on page 413.
ÖFor the option “Replace Audio in Video File”, see “Re-
placing the audio in a video file (Cubase only)” on page 
444.
Importing audio files
For information on audio file import preferences, please 
see “Audio file import options” on page 43. For informa-
tion on import into the Pool and import options, see “Im-
port Medium…” on page 279.
Importing audio CD tracks
You can import audio from audio...

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5.Click on Copy to generate a local copy of the audio 
file(s) or section(s).
The copied files are listed at the bottom of the dialog. By default, imported 
a u d i o C D  t rac k s  w i ll  b e  s t ore d  a s  W av e  f il e s  (W i n d o w s )  or A I F F  f il e s  ( Ma c )  
in the Audio folder of the current project. To change the folder, click Folder 
and select another one from the dialog. During copying, the button is la-
beled “Stop”; click it to stop the process.
6.Click OK...

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Importing Audio from Video files
While you can automatically extract the audio when im-
porting a video file (see “Extracting audio from a video file” 
on page 443), it is also possible to import the audio from a 
video file without importing the video itself:
1.Pull down the File menu and select “Audio from Video 
File…” from the Import submenu.
2.In the file dialog that opens, locate and select the 
video file and click Open.
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The following file types are supported:
MPEG audio files
MPEG, which stands for Moving Picture Experts Group, is 
the name of a family of standards used for coding audio-
visual information (e. g. movies, video, music) in a digital 
compressed format. 
Cubase can read two types of audio MPEG files: MPEG 
Layer 2 (*.mp2) and MPEG Layer 3 (*.mp3). Currently, 
mp3 is the most common of these formats, while the mp2 
format is mostly used in broadcast applications.
Ogg Vorbis files
Ogg...

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Select whether you want to include all audio data in the 
OMF file (“Export All to One File”) or use references only 
(“Export Media File References”).
If you choose “Export All to One File”, the OMF file will be totally “self-
contained”, but possibly very large. If you choose “Export Media File Ref-
erences”, the file will be small, but the referenced audio files must be 
available for the receiving application.
7.If you selected the “2.0 File” option above, you can 
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When you have specified a location and a name for the file, 
click “Save”. The Export Options dialog opens, allowing you 
to specify a number of options for the file – what should be 
included in the file, its type and its resolution (see below for 
descriptions of the options).
The Export Options dialog.
You will also find these settings in the Preferences (MIDI–
MIDI File page). If you set these up once and for all in the 
Preferences, you only need to click OK in the Export Op-
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The MIDI file is imported. The result depends on the con-
tents of the MIDI file and the Import Options settings in the 
Preferences (MIDI–MIDI File page). The Import Options 
are as follows:
When you import a MIDI file into the project, the Tempo 
track will be adjusted according to the Tempo track in the 
MIDI file.
It is also possible to import a MIDI file from disk by drag-
ging and dropping it from the Windows Explorer or the 
Mac OS Finder into the Cubase Project window. The Im-...