Steinberg Cubase Studio 5.5 New Features Manual

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The MediaBay
Key commands
You can display the available MediaBay key commands 
from within the MediaBay window. This is useful if you 
want to get a quick overview over the assigned and the 
available MediaBay key commands.
To open the Key Commands pane, proceed as follows:
1.Click the Key Commands button in the lower left cor-
ner of the window.
A transparent pane appears, covering the window. In the center of it is a 
gray area where the available key commands are displayed.
•If you only want to get...

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The MediaBay
Applying effect presets
When you have added an insert effect, you can choose 
from a variety of presets via the Presets pop-up menu for 
the effect slot. 
The Preset browser opens:
Applying instrument presets
When working with VST instruments, you can choose 
from a variety of presets via the Presets pop-up menu. 
The Preset browser opens:
VST presets for instruments can be divided into two 
groups: “presets” containing the settings of the whole plug-
in (for multi-timbral instruments,...

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The Sample Editor 

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The Sample Editor
Window overview
The Sample Editor allows you to view and manipulate audio 
by cutting and pasting, removing, or drawing audio data, 
and by processing or applying effects. This editing is “non-
destructive”: The actual file (if created or imported from out-
side the project) will remain untouched so that you can 
undo modifications or revert to the original settings at any 
time using the Offline Process History dialog. For more in-
formation see the chapter “Audio processing and...

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The Sample Editor
sponds to the audio file you imported. If necessary, listen 
to your audio and enter the correct bar length. The Algo-
rithm pop-up menu allows you to select an algorithm for 
the realtime time stretching.
You can customize the toolbar by right-clicking it and us-
ing the context menu to hide or show items. For further in-
formation about configuring the toolbar, see the chapter 
“Customizing” in the Operation Manual.
The info line
The info line is displayed below the toolbar. It...

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The Sample Editor
The Hitpoints tab
On this tab, the transients or hitpoints of the audio can be 
marked and edited (see “Working with hitpoints and 
slices” on page 48). Hitpoints allow you to slice your au-
dio, and to create groove quantize maps from your audio. 
You can also create markers, regions, and events based 
on hitpoints.
The Range tab
On this tab you will find functions for working with ranges 
and selections (see “Making selections” on page 39).
The Process tab
This tab regroups the...

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The Sample Editor
The waveform display and the level scale
The waveform display shows the waveform image of the 
edited audio clip according to the wave image style set in 
the Preferences dialog (Event Display–Audio page), see 
the chapter “The Project window” in the Operation Man-
ual. To the left of the waveform display a level scale is 
shown, indicating the amplitude of the audio.
•You can select whether the level is shown as a percent-
age or in dB.
This is done by opening the level scale pop-up...

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The Sample Editor
Auditioning
While you can use the regular play commands to play 
back audio when the Sample Editor is open, it is often 
useful to listen to the edited material only.
ÖThe Main Mix bus is always used for all auditioning.
Clicking the Audition icon on the toolbar plays back the 
edited audio, according to the following rules:
• If you have made a selection, this selection will be played back.
• If there is no selection and “Show Event” is deactivated, play-
back will start at the...

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The Sample Editor
It is also possible to define a snap point for a clip (for 
which there is no event yet).
To open a clip in the Sample Editor, double-click it in the 
Pool. After having set the snap point you can insert the 
clip into the project from the Pool or the Sample Editor 
with the set snap point position.
Making selections
To select an audio section in the Sample Editor, click and 
drag with the Range Selection tool.
•If “Snap to Zero Crossing” is activated on the toolbar, 
the selection’s...

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The Sample Editor
ÖIf you activate the “Please, don’t ask again” option in 
the dialog, any further editing will conform to the selected 
method (“Continue” or “New Version”). You can change 
this setting at any time with the “On Processing Shared 
Clips” pop-up menu in the Preferences dialog (Editing–
Audio page).
•Any changes to the clip are shown in the Offline Pro-
cess History, making it possible to undo them later (see 
the chapter “Audio processing and functions” in the Op-
eration Manual)....