Steinberg Cubase Studio 4 Operation Manual Studio Manual

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Index
Left locator 62
Legato 333
Length Adjustment 83
Length Compression 319
Length of Notes 521
Length Quantize 344
Level faders 128
Level meters
Input mode 71
Post-Fader mode 71
Settings 137
LFE amount (Surround) 201
Libraries 453
Line mode
Automation 213
MIDI controllers 352
MIDI velocity 351
Linear Record Mode
Audio 74
MIDI 81
Linear time base 42
Lines To Tracks
Explode Function 510, 536
List Editor
Adding events 364
Editing in the list 364
Editing in the value display 366
Filtering events 365
Masking events 365
Local (Input Transformer) 377
Local Keys 500
Locate when clicked in empty 
space 61
Locators 62
Lock 51
Lock button 519
Lock Event Attributes 51
Lock Frames 431
Lock Hitpoints 256
Lock Layers 568
Logical Editor
About 368
Actions 375
Filter conditions 369
Functions 374
Opening 368
Presets 369, 377Loop
Audio Part Editor 267
MIDI editors 342
Loop icon
Audio Part Editor 267
Pool 278
Sample Editor 240
Lyrics
About 587
In Voices 588
Inserting Manually 587
Verse 588
Lyrics from Clipboard 588
M
M button 52
Machine control
Setting up 429
Macros 478
Magnetic Area 327
Magnetic Cursor (Snap mode) 57
Magnifying Glass tool 36
Main Mix Bus 17
Make Chord Symbol 582
Map Input Bus Metering to Audio
Track (in Direct Monitoring) 73
Marker Track to Form 597
Markers
About 107
Adding in Marker window 107
Drawing on Marker track 109
Editing in Project Browser 412
Editing on Marker track 109
ID numbers 108
Key commands for 110
Marker track 108
Marker window 107
Moving 108
Removing 107
Snapping to 57
Mask function 365
Media files 288MediaBay
About the Browser 289
About the Scope 295
About the Tag Editor 296
About the Viewer 292
Category search 294
Detail search 293
Favorites 291
Filter buttons 292
Media files 288
Scanning operations 290
SoundFrame node 291
Supported files 288
Tags 296
User tags 298
Melisma Lines 585
Merge All Staves 539
Merge Clipboard 219
Merge MIDI in Loop 331
Merge Record Mode
Audio 74
MIDI 81
Merge Tempo from Tapping 335, 402
Meters
Characteristics 137
Coloring of 
470
Input 71
Input mode 71
Peak’s Hold Time 138
Post-Fader mode 71
Settings 137
Metric Bias 255
Metronome
Activating 85
Precount 85
Settings 85
MIDI
Functions vs. track parameters 325
MIDI channel
Any 80
In drum maps 361
Selecting for tracks 80
Send effects 322
MIDI Channel Settings 80, 140 
						

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Index
MIDI Clock
About 423
Always Send “Start” 425
Transmitting 425
MIDI Clock Follows Project 
Position 425
MIDI connector button 348
MIDI Controller Input to Automation
Tracks 209
MIDI effects
About 321
Deactivating 323
Inserts 321
Presets 322
Sends 322
MIDI files 458
MIDI Filter 84
MIDI input (Editing via) 348
MIDI Input Button 521
MIDI Input Transformer 377
MIDI inputs
Renaming 79
Selecting for tracks 79
MIDI Meaning 624
MIDI notes
Deleting 348
Drawing 343
Editing velocity 351
Moving 346
Muting 347
Muting in Drum Editor 358
Quantizing 325
Resizing 347
Selecting 345
Splitting and gluing 347
Transpose (Function) 330
Transposing (in editor) 346
MIDI outputs
In drum maps 361
Renaming 79
Selecting for tracks 80
Send effects 322MIDI parts
About 26
Drawing 44
Editing 337
Editing in Project Browser 411
Sliding contents 50
MIDI Record Catch Range 83
MIDI reset 83
MIDI Thru 79
MIDI Timecode Follows Project 
Time 425
MIDI tracks
Channel Settings window 140
Settings 
317
Track Parameters 319
Minimize Files 281
Mix (Cycle Record mode) 81
Mixer
Common panel 127
Extended channel strips 122
Group channels 138
Hiding channel types 124
Input and output busses 128
Input/Output settings 122
Link/Unlink channels 140
Loading settings 142
Multiple mixer windows 120
Pan 131
Saving settings 141
Solo and Mute 130
View options 122
Volume 128
Mixing down to an audio file 414
MMC
Setting up 429
Modern Time Signature 604
Modifier keys 12, 480
Monitor button
Audio tracks 72
MIDI tracks 79
Monitoring modes 72
Monitors (Control Room 
Channel) 148, 149, 153
Mouse Position Box 514
Move Bars
About 612
All Pages 612Move Bars and Staves 612
Move Controller (Quantize 
setting) 328
Move Hitpoints 256
Move Staves
About 612
All Pages 612
Move to Back/Front 47
Move to Cursor 46
Move to Next/Prev. Page 492, 611
Move to Origin 46
Moving
Between Voices 536
Notes 518
Objects graphically using the
computer keyboard 552
Staves 610
Symbols 
569
Using Bar Handles 571
Using key commands 518
MP3 files
Exporting 417
Importing 457
MPEG files
Audio 457
MPEX
Pitch Shift 221
Time Stretch 226
Multi-Rests
Creating 606
Option 603
Settings 606
Splitting 606
Musical time base 42
MusicXML
Description 599
Exporting 601
Importing 600
Mute
Events in Project window 52
MIDI notes 347
Mixer 130
Pre-Send 172
Tool 52
Tracks 52 
						

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Index
N
New Project 35
No Beams 507
No Flag/Beam 546
No Overlap 506
No Stems 546
Noise Gate 220
Non Quantize setting 328
Non-modal dialogs 496
Normal Record Mode
Audio 74
MIDI 81
Normal Sizing 49
Normalize
Audio process 220
Surround Panner 202
Note Layer 557
Note Layer Symbols 557
About 557
Adding 562
Note Symbols
Adding 562
Affecting MIDI playback 624
Note symbols
Size 572
Note Values 514
Note Velocity Slider 344
Note-dependent Symbols 557
Notes
Adding 515
Assigning colors 546
Deleting 525
Display Length 522
Duplicating 520
Editing Via MIDI 521
Graphic 546
Graphic moving 552
Grouping 547
Head Shape 545
Info Dialog 543
Ledger lines 545
Length 521
Moving 518
Note Values 514
Selecting 517
Splitting 522
Notes, see also “MIDI notes”Npl files
Libraries 453
Pool files 282
Nudge buttons
MIDI editor toolbar 346
Project window toolbar 47
Nudge key commands 571
Nudge position buttons 63
Nudging notes 
518
Number of Bars dialog 608
Numeric keypad 61
O
Octave Symbols 575
Offline Process History 227
Offset Bar Numbers 593
Ogg Vorbis files
Exporting 418
Importing 457
OMF files 457
On Import Audio Files 44
On Processing Shared Clips 217
On Startup setting 452
Online (VST System Link) 435
O-Note 360
O-Note Conversion 333, 362
Open 450
Open Document Options dialog 453
Open Layout 595
Optimize All 613
Optimize Two/Four Voices 534
Option/Alt key 12
Output (MIDI) 79
Output busses
About 14
Adding 16
Mixing down to file 414
Routing channels to 17
Surround configurations 198
Viewing in the mixer 18
Output channels 128
Outputs (Audio) 15
Over Quantize 328
Overlapping events
Audio Part Editor 266
Project window 47
Overview 40
Overwrite (Cycle Record mode) 81
P
Padlock symbol 51
Page
Selecting 492
Page Mode 492
Page number indicator 492
Page Numbers 589
Page Setup 493
Page Text 589
Pan Law 132
Pan modes 131
Parabola mode
Automation 213
MIDI controllers 352
MIDI velocity 351
Part Data mode 39
Parts, see “Audio parts” or 
“MIDI parts”
Paste 520, 573
Paste at Origin 48
Paste Note Attributes 547
Paste Time
MIDI editing 347
Selection ranges 55
Patch Editor (Surround) 202
Peak Hold Time 138
Pedal Symbols 576
Pedals to Note Length 334
Pencil tool 44, 562
Pending Connections 450
Performance meter 142
Phase Reverse 220
Phones (Control Room 
Channel) 148, 149
Piano Staff
Fixed Splitpoint 523
Variable Splitpoint 534
Pickup Bar 607
Pitch Bend
Deleting 354
Editing 352
Recording 82
Pitch Shift 221
Play icon
Audio Part Editor 267
Pool 278 
						

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Play tool
Audio Part Editor 267
Project window 44
Plug-in delay compensation 164
Plug-in Information window
MIDI plug-ins 323
VST plug-ins 180
Plug-ins
Applying 226
Automating 211
Getting info 180
In surround configurations 202
Installing VST 2.x 179
Organizing 180
Poly Pressure events 354
Polyphonic Presets 534
Polyphonic Voicing 531
About 532
Automatic 539
Display Quantize 537
Entering Notes 535
Identifying Voices for Notes 535
Moving Notes To Voices 536
Presets 534
Rest Handling 537
Setting Up 533
Stem Direction 542
Polyphony (Restricting) 334
Pool
About 271
Auditioning 278
Convert Files 282
Handling audio clips 274
Import Medium 279
Importing Pool files 282
Locate missing files 277
Record folder 281
Search Filters 277
Search Functionality 276
Status column icons 273
Position cursor 491
Position Info Window 570
Position Mode 200
Postroll 84
Pre/Post-CrossFade 218
Precount 85
Pre-fader sends 171Preferences
Presets 468
Transferring 473
Prepare Archive 282
Preroll 84
Printing
From the Score Editor 
627
Making Settings 493
Process Bars 400
Process Tempo 399
Processing
About 217
Plug-ins 226
Settings and functions 218
Undoing 227
Project
Activating 450
Creating 35
Opening 450
Saving 451
Saving templates 451
Template 451
Project Browser 408
Project cursor 491
Autoscroll 58
Moving 61
Selecting events with 46
Snapping to 57
Project Layer 557
Symbols 557
Project Logical Editor
About 380
Actions 387
Filter conditions 381
Functions 387
Opening 380
Overview 380
Presets 381, 389
Project overview line 40
Project scrubbing 63
Project Setup dialog 35
Punch In
Automatic 67
Manual 66
Punch Out 67
Q
Q tool 509
Q-points 257
Quantize
About 325
Applying 328
Automatic during recording 81
Creating grooves from audio 258
Ends 329
Freeze 329
Lengths 329
Setting on toolbar 326
Setup dialog 326
Undo 329
Quantize Tool 488
Quick menu 496
Quick Zoom 37
R
R button 209
Ramp tempo curve mode 397
Random (Track parameter) 320
Random Quantize setting 328
Range (Track parameter) 320
Range Selection tool 53
Read button 209
Real-Time Export 415
Realtime mode (time stretch) 226
Realtime pitch-shifting 262
Reconstruct 278
Record Catch Range 83
Record enable 66
Record file type 68
Record folder 70
Record format 68
Record Mode (Linear)
Audio 74
MIDI 81
Recording from busses 70
Recording in MIDI editors 83
Recording tempo changes 398
Recovering recordings 86
ReCycle files 456
Redo Zoom 38 
						

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Index
Regions
Creating 244
Creating from events 56
Creating with Detect Silence 230
Editing 244
Exporting as audio files 280
Removing 245
Rehearsal Marks 577
Relative snapping 57
Remove DC Offset 223
Remove Empty Tracks 41
Remove missing files 278
Remove Parameter 214
Removing crossfades 92
Removing fades 89
Repeat
Events and parts 48
Loop 333
MIDI notes 346
Repeats 548
Repeats Symbols 576
Replace Audio in Video File 444
Replace Record Mode
Audio 74
MIDI 81
Reset 83
Reset Layout 613
Reset Mixer 137
Resolution 68
Resolving 423
Restrict Polyphony 334
Rests
Creating Multi-Rests 606
In Polyphonic Voices 533, 537
Retrospective Record 83
Return To Start Position on Stop 63
Reverse 224
Reverse (MIDI function) 335
Revert 453
ReWire
About 446
Activating 447
Channels 448
Routing MIDI 448
REX files 456
Right locator 62
Ritardando 548Root key 113
Routing
Audio to and from busses 17
Effect sends 171
Effect sends (Panning) 172
Ruler 
494, 570
About 34
Adding additional time scales 34
Ruler tracks 34
S
S button 52
Sample Editor
Audio clip information 235
Definition tab 237
Hitpoints tab 238
Inspector 236
Playback tab 237
Process tab 238
Range tab 238
Sample rate 36
Sample size 68
Save 451
Save New Version 451
Save Project to new folder 452
Scissors Tool 522
Scissors tool
MIDI editors 347
Project window 48
Score Drum Map
About 616
Display Pitch 616
Initializing 617
Setting Up 616
Score Settings
About 513
Switching Staves 513
Values For Note Input 513
Score Title 589
Score Toolbar
Showing and Hiding 494
Scores Notes To MIDI 511
Scrolling 492Scrubbing
Events in Project window 45
Events in Sample Editor 241
Project 63
Resizing events by 49
While setting snap point 241
Search Functionality in Pool 276
Search key commands 477
Select Tool
Show Extra Info 34
Selecting
Events in Project window 45
Layouts 596
MIDI notes 345
Mixer channels 134
Notes 517
Symbols 568
Send effects (Audio) 169
Sensivity slider 255
Set Note Info dialog 545
Set Pool Record Folder 281
Set Record Folder 70
Set root key for unassigned 
events 113
Set Timecode at Cursor 427, 429
Shared copy 47
Show All Used Automation 212
Show Braces in Edit mode 611
Show Controllers 39
Show Data on Small Track 
Heights 39
Show Event Names 39
Show Event Volume Curves 
Always 88
Show Filter View 365, 494
Show Long Track Names on new
Pages 528, 592
Show Note Info by the 
Mouse 516, 518
Show Part Borders 338
Show Track Colors 41
Show Video Thumbnails 444
Showing Objects 605
Shuffle 507
Shuffle (Snap mode) 57
Shuttle speed 63 
						

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Index
Side-Chain
Using 174
Signal levels 70
Silence 224
Sine mode
Automation 213
MIDI editing 353
Single Line Drum Staff 618
Size (System) 530
Sizing Applies Time Stretch 50
Sizing Moves Contents 49
Slices
Auditioning 254
Creating 257
Disabling 255
Locking 256
Slurs
Adding 564
Bezier slurs 564
Shape and Direction 572
Snap
MIDI editors 343
Project window 56
Snap Mode 249
Snap mode 519
Snap point
Setting for clips in Pool 279
Setting in Project window 56
Setting in Sample Editor 241
Snap Record Parts to Bars 83
Snap Slurs when dragging 564
Snap to Zero Crossing
Audio Editor 269
Preference setting 58
Sample Editor 246
Snap Track Heights 37
Solo
Audio Part Editor 267
Folder tracks 104
MIDI editors 342
Mixer 130
On Selected Track 52
Tracks 52
Solo Defeat 130, 174
Solo Record in MIDI Editors 83
SoundFrame
About 284Speaker Icon 519
Speaker icon (MIDI editors) 343
Speaker tool
Audio Part Editor 267
Project window 44
Speakers (SurroundPanner) 200
Spectacle Bass 548
Spectrum Analyzer 
230
Split
Events 48
Range 56
Split at Cursor
MIDI editors 347
Project window 48
Split Loop
MIDI editors 347
Project window 48
Split MIDI Events 48
Split Note
Explode Function 510, 536
Piano Staff 523
Split Staff
Normal 523
Split Tool 608
Spread Page
About 612
All Pages 612
Square mode
Automation 213
MIDI editing 353
Stacked Cycle Recording
Audio 77
MIDI 82
Staff Mode
Split 523
Staff Names
Displaying 592
Long and Short 592
Staff Options 530
Staff Presets 527
Staff Settings
About 504
Options tab 507
Switching Staves 504
Staff Size 604
Standard Mode 200
Start Record at Left Locator 66Startup options 452
Static Value Line (Automation) 212
Stationary cursors 58
Statistics 231
Staves
Moving 610
Relation to Tracks 491
Stem Direction
About 542
In Polyphonic Voices 542
Manual Flip 542
Set Note Info dialog 546
Stems Hidden 546
Stems Length 543
Step Bar 62
Step Input 349
Step input 
349
Stereo Flip 224
Stereo Pan Law 132
Stereo pan modes 131
Stop after Automatic Punch Out 84
Straighten Up
Activating in Pool 249
Strip Silence 230
Studio Cue Mix 159
Studios (Control Room 
Channel) 148, 149
Surround
About 196
Applying plug-ins 202
Exporting to file 202
Positioning sounds 199
Routing to surround channels 199
Setting up 198
Surround Panner 199
Swing 327
Symbol
Length 572
Symbol Inspector
Customizing 558
Symbol Palettes
About 495
Available Symbols 559
Customizing 561
Displaying 559
Moving and Handling 559 
						

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Index
Symbols
Adding 563
Adding to Notes 562
Aligning 573
Creating 578
Deleting 573
Duplicating 569
Guitar Chords 566
In Palettes 559
Moving 569
Moving with Keyboard 571
Note Layer Symbols 557
Note-dependent 557
Relation to Staves and Voices 562
Resizing 572
Selecting 568
Sync indicator 427, 429
Sync Project and Mixer Selection 133
Sync Selection 409
Synchronization
About 422
Audio card settings 428
Connections for 425
Formats 422
Frame rates 424
Indicator 
(Transport panel) 427, 429
Machine control 429
Options 431
Recording in Sync mode 67
Synchronization Setup dialog 425
Syncing equipment to 
Cubase 425
To timecode 426
Syncopation 505
System Exclusive
About 391
Bulk Dumps 391
Editing 393
Recording parameter changes 392
System Lines 530
System Sizes (Staff Settings) 530T
Tablature
Automatic Creation 620
Capo 620
Clef 621
Editing 622
Manual Creation 621
MIDI Channels 620
Number Note Head 621
Talkback (Control Room 
Channel) 148, 149, 153
Tap Tempo 401
Templates 451
Tempo
About 395
Calculating 401
Editing 397
Editing in Project Browser 412
Importing and exporting 399
Recording 398
Setting in Fixed mode 399
Tapping 401
Tempo based tracks 42
Tempo Change Symbol 578
Tempo matching audio
loops 247, 252
Tempo record slider 398
Tempo Symbols 577
Text
Adding 585
Aligning 586
Block Text 589
Editing 586
Font, Size and Style 586
Importing from file 589
Lyrics 587
Melisma Lines 585
Page Text 589
Regular 587
Replacing Words 591
Text Attribute Sets
About 586
Creating 586
Using 586
Thin Out Data 335Ties
About 516, 551
Adding As Symbols 564
Direction 546
Dynamics 572
Flat 552
Shape and Direction 572
Splitting 522
Using the Cut Notes Tool 551
Time based tracks 42
Time display 62
Time format 34
Time Linear
MIDI editors 340
Tempo Track Editor 396
Time Scales 34
Time Signature
Composite 497
Editing 524
For Grouping only 497
Inserting 524
Modern 604
Relation to Tempo Track 497
Setting Initial 496
Time signature 399
Time Stretch 225
Time Warp tool 402
Timecode
About 422
Frame rates 424
Synchronizing to 426
Toggle Track List 42
Tool modifier keys 480
Toolbar
Audio Part Editor 265
Customizing 466
Drum Editor 356
Key Editor 339
List Editor 363
Pool 272
Project window 33
Sample Editor 235
Score Editor 494
Track Archive (importing) 460
Track Control Settings 467 
						

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Index
Track list
About 28
Customizing 467
Dividing 42
Track Parameters 319
Track Presets
Extracting sound from 192
Track Quick Controls
About 312
Assigning parameters 312
Controlling the mixer 313
Remote Control setup 314
Removing 313
Renaming 312
Replacing 313
Track types 26
Track/Staff relation 491
Tracks
Adding 40
Audio channel configuration 69
Changing height of 37
Color 41
Disabling/Enabling 63
Freezing 168
Importing and exporting 460
Locking 51
Musical/Linear time base 42
Removing 41
Renaming 40
Selecting 41
Transcription 503
Transfer projects and settings 473
Transfer tracks between projects 460
Transformer (MIDI effect) 368
Transparent events 39
Transport menu
Functions 60
Playback options 64
Transport panel
Customizing 466
Display format 62
Hiding and showing 61
Key commands 61
Overview 60Transpose
Info line 34
MIDI function 330
Track parameter 319
Transpose track
About 112
Transposing 520
Transposing instruments 500
Triangle mode
Automation 213
MIDI editing 353
Trills 565
Trim buttons 50
Trim tool 341
Tuplet 327
Tuplets 554
Display Options 555
Group Symbols 575
U
Undo
Processing 227
Recording 74
Zoom 38
Undo Quantize 329
Ungroup 50
Unlock 51
Unlock Layout when editing single
parts 492
Unstretch Audio 261
Upbeats 607
Upd button 501
Update Display 416, 417, 418
Update Origin 272
Use colors for additional 
meanings 546
Use Cubase 3 EQ settings as 
default 136
Use File Extension in File Dialog 451
Use pop-up menu (Hitpoints) 255
User Panels 31, 132
Audio Tracks 132
On Audio Tracks 31
User Symbols 578
UV22 HR 168
V
Variable Split 534
Velocity
Editing 351
Editing via MIDI 349
Info line 34
MIDI function 334
Velocity Compression 319
Velocity Shift
Track parameter 319
Verses (Lyrics) 588
Video
Extracting audio from 443
Generating thumbnail cache 
files 442
Import preferences 441
Importing files 441
Playing back 443
Playing back via FireWire 444
Preparations (Windows) 440
Replacing audio 444
Setting up 441
Video Cache Size 444
Video track
Editing in Project Browser 412
Showing thumbnails 444
Voice Insert buttons 535
Voices
About 532
Converting to Tracks 540
Display Quantize 537
Entering Notes Into 535
Identifying for Notes 535
Moving Notes To 536
Rest Handling 537
Setting Up 533
Stem Direction 542
Volume (Info line) 128
Volume curve 94
Volume handle 89
VST 3
Deactivate plug-in when silence is
detected 163, 189
VST Channel Settings 133
VST Connections 15
VST Instrument tracks
Setting up 183 
						

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Index
VST Instruments
Activating 185
Automating 187
Browsing for sounds 190
Channels 184
Freezing 188
Presets for instruments 190
Saving Presets 192
Using VST System Link 437
VST Performance window 142
VST plug-ins
Getting info 180
Installing 179
VST Ports 15
VST System Link
About 429
Activating 434
Connections 432
Latency 433
MIDI 435
Putting computers online 435
Requirements 431
Setting up sync 432
Settings 433
W
W button 209
Warp tabs
Creating from hitpoints 261
Wave files 416
Wave Image Style 39
Wave64 files 417
Waveform zooming 37
Window layouts 464
Windows Media Audio files
Importing 457
Surround format (Pro) 418
WMA files
Importing 457
WMA Pro files 418
Word Clock
About 423
Selecting for sync 428
Setting up 425
Words Palette 591
Workspaces 464
Wrap Controls (Track list) 37
Write button 209
X
X Stem (Spoken) 546
Z
Zero Crossings 58
Zoom 493
About 36
History 38
Pop-up menu 493
Presets 38
Sample Editor 240
Tool 493
Track height 37
Waveforms 37
Zoom N Tracks 37
Zoom Tool Standard Mode 36
Zoom while Locating in Time 
Scale 37