Steinberg Cubase Studio 4 Operation Manual Studio Manual

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The Project window
If you edit one of the grouped events in the Project window, 
all other events in the same group are affected too (if appli-
cable). 
Group editing operations include:
 Selecting events.
 Moving and duplicating events.
 Resizing events.
 Adjusting fade-in and fade-out (audio events only, see “Cre-
ating fades” on page 88).
 Splitting events (splitting one event will automatically split any 
other grouped events that are intersected by the split position).
 Locking events.
 Muting...

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The Project window
Muted events can be edited as usual (with the exception 
of adjusting fades), but are not played back.
Muted events are “grayed out”.
You can also mute whole tracks by clicking the Mute 
(“M”) button in the Track list, the Inspector or the mixer.
Clicking the Solo (“S”) button for a track mutes all other tracks. Note that 
there are two modes for the track solo function: 
If the option “Enable Solo on Selected Track” is activated in the Prefer-
ences (Editing–Project & Mixer page)...

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The Project window
2.Now you can move events or parts between lanes, ei-
ther by dragging or by using the “Move to Next Lane/Pre-
vious Lane” commands on the Edit menu or Quick menu.
Note that if there are overlapping audio events, the audio on the lowest 
lane has playback priority – moving events between lanes affects what 
will be heard!
If the vertical zoom factor is sufficiently high, the sections that will be 
heard on playback are indicated in green.
Note that there will always be an extra,...

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The Project window
When the Range Selection tool is selected, the Select 
submenu on the Edit menu has the following items for 
making selection ranges:
Double-clicking on an event with the Range Selection 
tool creates a selection range encompassing the event.
If you hold down [Shift] you can double-click several events in a row, and 
the selection range will expand to encompass them all. Double-clicking a 
second time on an event opens it for editing in the Sample Editor.
Adjusting the size of the...

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The Project window
Making selection ranges for several non-contiguous 
tracks
You can create selection ranges that cover several tracks 
by pressing [Alt]/[Option]+[Shift]. However, it is also pos-
sible to exclude tracks from a selection range:
1.Create a selection range from the first to the last de-
sired track.
2.Press [Alt]/[Option] and click in the selection range on 
the tracks you want to exclude from the selection.
3.In the same manner, you can add a track to the selec-
tion range by...

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The Project window
Other functions
On the Range submenu on the Edit menu, you will find 
three more range editing functions:
Region operations
Regions are sections within a clip, with various uses. 
While regions are perhaps best created and edited in the 
Sample Editor (see “Working with regions” on page 244), 
the following region functions are available in the Ad-
vanced submenu of the Audio menu:
Options
Snap
The Snap function helps you to find exact positions when 
editing in the Project window....

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The Project window
Exactly how Snap works depends on which mode is se-
lected on the Snap mode pop-up menu.
The following sections describe the different Snap modes:
Grid
In this mode, the Snap positions are set with the Grid 
pop-up menu to the right. The options depend on the dis-
play format selected for the ruler. For example, if the ruler 
is set to show bars and beats, the grid can be set to bars, 
beats or the quantize value set with the next pop-up menu 
to the right. If a time or frame-based...

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The Project window
Grid + Cursor
This is a combination of the “Grid” and “Magnetic Cursor” 
modes.
Events + Cursor
This is a combination of the “Events” and “Magnetic Cur-
sor” modes.
Events + Grid + Cursor
This is a combination of the “Events”, “Grid” and “Mag-
netic Cursor” modes.
Snap to Zero Crossing
When this option is activated in the Preferences (Editing–
Audio page), splitting and sizing of audio events is done at 
zero crossings (positions in the audio where the amplitude 
is zero). This...

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Playback and the Transport panel 

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Playback and the Transport panel
Background
This chapter describes the various methods available for 
controlling Playback and Transport functions in Cubase.
The Transport panel
Below you can find a brief description of each item on the 
Transport panel.
The pictures below show the Transport panel with all con-
trols visible and in their default position (note that the Jog/
Shuttle control is available in Cubase only). The Transport 
panel is divided into sections, from left to right.
ÖNote that the...