Steinberg Cubase Studio 4 Operation Manual Studio Manual

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Tips and Tricks 

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Tips and Tricks
Useful editing techniques
Moving a note without transposing it
If you hold down [Ctrl]/[Command] while moving a note 
(or a number of notes) sideways, moving is restricted to 
horizontally only, i.e. you don’t have to worry about the 
notes being transposed. You can also set up a key com-
mand for this. This is done in the Key Commands dialog 
(Nudge category).
Moving and spacing several staves
If you have a number of staves that you want displayed 
with an equal distance (for...

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Tips and Tricks
Zero system lines
Having no system lines at all might seem like a stupid idea 
to start with. But this option allows you to create chord 
sheets really quickly, see “Using Make Chord Symbol” on 
page 587.
A lead sheet created by specifying “0” system lines.
Examples and scales
If you are creating scale examples and similar, you can use 
the Real Book option and manually hide all symbols at the 
beginning of the first staff to make the score appear like 
separate unconnected “lines”....

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Index
A
Accelerando 548
Accents above Staves 563
Accents above Stems 563
Accidentals
About 544
Distance From Note 545
ACID® loops 250
Activate Next/Previous Part 338
Activate project button 450
Active ASIO Ports for Data only 436
Active Part 338
Active Staff 493
Add Bus 16
Child Bus 16
Add Space 530
Add Track 40
Adding Notes 515
Adjust Fades to Range 89
Advanced Quantize 329
Aftertouch
Deleting 354
Editing 352
Recording 82
AIFF files 415
Align
Dynamics 575
Symbols 573
Text 586
Alt/Option key 12...

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Auto Layout
About 612
Hide Empty Staves 612
Move Bars 612
Move Bars and Staves 612
Move Staves 612
Optimize All 613
Spread Page 612
Auto Monitoring modes 72
Auto Quantize 81, 505
Auto Save 452
Auto Select Events under Cursor
MIDI editors 345
Project window 46
Automatic MIDI Record Quantize 81
Automation
About 204
Editing in Project Browser 411
Opening automation 
subtracks 206
Reduction Preference 215
Showing and hiding 206
Trimming/offsetting curves 210
Write/Read buttons 209
Automation...

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Index
Click 85
Clips, see “Audio clips”
Close Gaps 258
Close project 450
Color pop-up menu 546, 605
MIDI editors 343
Project window 41
Color tool 41
Coloring notes 546, 605
Colorize Event Background 39
Common Time 497
Configuring Studio Sends 158
Configuring the Control Room 
Mixer 151
Conform Files 283
Consolidate Rests 506
Constrain Delay Compensation 193
Context menus 496
Control Room
About 147
Channels 148
Configuring 148
Creating a Channel 149
Features 147
Mixer 151
Operations 153
Overview 151...

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Index
Disable sends 172
Disable Track 63
Display Arrow after Inserting 
Symbol 562
Display filter bar 494, 495
Display format 34
Display Length 522, 545
Display Markers 597
Display Quantize
About 487
Auto 505
In Polyphonic Voices 537
Inserting changes 509
Rest 488
Setting 505
Tool 488, 509
Value 514
Display Transpose 500, 507
Display transpose 529
Dissolve Part
Audio 44
MIDI 332
Dithering 167
Dividing the Track list 42
Don’t Center Hyphens 588
Don’t Sync Lyrics 588
Double Click Symbol to get Pencil...

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Index
Exporting the Score as Image 
Files 627
External Effects 175
External effects
About 20
Favorites 23
Freezing 24
Missing plug-ins 24
Setting up 21
External Inputs (Control Room
Channel) 148, 149, 152
External instruments
About 20
Favorites 23
Freezing 24
Missing plug-ins 24
Setting up 22
Extract Audio from Video 456
Extract MIDI Automation 335
Extract Voices 540
F
Fade handles 88
Fade In/Out functions 89
Faders 128
Fades
Auto Fades 93
Creating 88
Editing in dialog 90
Presets 91
Processing 89...

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Index
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Import
Audio CD 280
Audio files 43
Audio from Video file 456
Medium in Pool 279
MIDI files 458
MPEG files 457
Ogg Vorbis files 457
OMF 457
REX 456
Tempo track 399
Track Archive 460
Video files 43
WMA files 457
Indent 609
Independent track loop
Audio Part Editor 267
MIDI editors 342
Indicate Transpositions 115
Info Line 494, 521
Info line
Customizing 466
Drum Editor 356
Key Editor 339
Pool 272
Project window 33
Inhibit Restart 431
Initialize Channel 137
I-Note 360
Input (MIDI) 79
Input busses...