Steinberg Cubase Studio 5.5 New Features Manual

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Creating and removing regions
1.Select the range that you want to convert into a region.
2.Click the “Set up Window Layout” button and activate 
the Regions option.
The regions list is displayed on the right.
3.Click the Add Region button above the regions list (or 
select “Event or Range as Region” from the Advanced 
submenu of the Audio menu).
A region is created, corresponding to the selected range.
4.To name the region, double-click on it in the list and 
enter a new name.
Using...

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Exporting regions as audio files
If you create a region in the Sample Editor, the region can 
be exported to disk as a new audio file. This is done from 
the Pool, see the chapter “The Pool” in the Operation 
Manual.
Drawing in the Sample Editor
It is possible to edit the audio clip at sample level by draw-
ing with the Pencil tool. This can be useful if you need to 
manually edit out a spike or click, etc.
Proceed as follows:
1.Zoom in to a zoom value lower than 1.
This means that...

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AudioWarp: Tempo matching audio
AudioWarp means realtime time stretching functions in 
Cubase Studio. The main AudioWarp features are tempo 
matching audio loops to the project tempo and matching 
up an audio clip with fluctuating tempo to a fixed tempo.
Musical Mode
If you want to tempo match an audio loop to the project 
tempo, you will normally work with loops with straight 
beats. In this case you only need to activate the Musical 
Mode on the toolbar. 
The Musical Mode is one of...

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Auto Adjust
If you want to use an audio file with unknown tempo or if 
the beat of your loop is not straight, you have to change 
the “definition” of this audio file first. This is done with the 
Auto Adjust function on the Definition tab of the Sample 
Editor Inspector.
The Auto Adjust function quantizes your audio automati-
cally, i. e. the transients are moved to exact note values in 
the audio grid. 
Proceed as follows:
1.Open the Sample Editor and define a selection range 
for...

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6.In the upper part of the waveform, move the mouse 
pointer to the vertical line nearest to the second bar so 
that the tooltip “Stretch Grid” and a blue vertical line are 
shown.
The functionality of the Manual Adjust tool changes depending on its po-
sition, e. g. if applied in the lower part of the waveform on a vertical line, it 
is used to set a bar position, see below.
7.Click and drag the blue vertical line to the left or right 
to the position of the first downbeat in the...

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Applying swing
If you find that your audio sounds too straight, e. g. after 
having quantized it with the Auto Adjust function, you can 
add swing. Proceed as follows:
1.Activate Musical Mode.
2.On the AudioWarp tab, select a suitable grid resolu-
tion from the Resolution pop-up menu.
This defines the positions that the swing is applied to. If you select 1/2, 
the swing is applied in steps of half notes, if you select 1/4, it is applied 
in steps of quarter notes, etc.
3.Move the...

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Free Warp
The Free Warp tool allows you to create warp tabs. Warp 
tabs are a kind of marker or anchor that can be attached to 
musically relevant time positions in an audio event, for ex-
ample the first beat of every bar. Warp tabs can be dragged 
to the corresponding time positions in the project, and the 
audio will be stretched accordingly. 
You can also use warp tabs for further tweaking after hav-
ing activated Musical Mode.
Using the Free Warp tool 
Warp tabs are created...

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ÖYou only have to add warp tabs where the downbeat 
in the audio file drifts from the ruler position and/or if you 
want to lock a warp tab so that it is not moved when edit-
ing other points. 
Editing warp tabs
Moving the destination of existing warp tabs
To move the destination position of a warp tab (and thus 
stretch or compress the audio), select the Free Warp tool 
and position the pointer on the warp line in the waveform, 
click and drag. 
Moving the insert position of...

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•There may be problems with sounds drowned in smear-
ing effects, like short delays.
Calculating hitpoints and slicing a loop
Before proceeding, check if your audio file is suited for 
slicing using hitpoints, see above. Proceed as follows:
1.Open the Hitpoints tab and select an option from the 
Use pop-up menu. 
The Use pop-up menu on the Hitpoints tab affects which hitpoints are 
shown and is a useful tool for removing unwanted hitpoints. 
The following options are available:
ÖIf...

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•If the project tempo is higher than the loop’s original 
tempo, you may want to activate auto crossfades for the 
track.
You can use the Close Gaps functions in this case as well, see “Close 
Gaps” on page 51.
The slices in the Audio Part Editor. Here, the project tempo was higher 
than the loop’s original tempo – the slice events overlap.
Setting hitpoints manually
If you cannot get the desired result by adjusting the sensi-
tivity, try to set and edit hitpoints manually. 
Proceed...