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The Sample Editor
3.When you have finished setting the hitpoints, click the 
Create Groove button on the Hitpoints tab or select “Cre-
ate Groove Quantize from Hitpoints” from the Hitpoints 
submenu of the Audio menu.
The groove is extracted.
4.If you now pull down the Quantize Type pop-up menu 
in the Project window you find an additional item at the 
bottom of the list, with the same name as the file from 
which you have extracted the groove.
This groove can now be selected as a base for quantizing,...

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The Sample Editor
Flattening realtime processing
You can “flatten” realtime processing at any time. This can 
be done to serve two purposes: to reduce the CPU load 
and to optimize the sound quality of the processing. The 
flatten function takes the following into account:
•Warp modifications (see “Free Warp” on page 47), even 
when Bypass is activated. After the flattening, your Warp tabs 
will be lost. However, you can undo this function as usual.
• Event transpose (see the chapter “The Transpose...

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Video 

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Video
Before you start
When working on a project involving a video file, you first 
need to set up your system according to your equipment 
and your demands. The following sections provide some 
general information about video file formats, frame rates, 
and video output devices.
Video file compatibility
Because there are many types of video files, it can be dif-
ficult to determine if one will work on your system. There 
are two ways to figure out if Cubase Studio can play back 
a certain video...

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Video
Frame rates
Cubase Studio is capable of working with different types 
of video and film frame rates. In Cubase Studio the follow-
ing frame rates are available:
•24 fps
This is the true speed of standard film cameras.
•25 fps
This is the frame rate of PAL video.
•29.97 fps
This is the frame rate of NTSC video. The count can be either non-drop
or drop-frame.
•30 fps
This frame rate is not a video standard anymore but has been commonly
used in music recording. Many years ago it was the black and...

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Video
Preparing a video project in Cubase 
Studio
The following sections describe the basic operations nec-
essary for preparing a Cubase Studio project involving 
video. It is advisable to store your video files on a separate 
hard drive from your audio files. This can help prevent data 
streaming problems when using high-resolution video with 
many audio tracks. 
Importing video files
Importing a video file into your project is very straight for-
ward once you know that you have a compatible video...

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Video
About thumbnails
The individual thumbnail images are positioned exactly at 
the beginning of the corresponding frame. When you 
zoom in and there is enough space between the frames, 
the thumbnail is repeated as many times as there is free 
space available. Thus, you can always see a thumbnail re-
gardless of how much you zoom in.
Thumbnail Memory Cache Size
In the Preferences dialog on the Video page, you can en-
ter a value for the “Thumbnail Memory Cache Size”. This 
determines how much...

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Video
Video settings in the Device Setup dialog
In the Device Setup dialog you determine which device is 
used for playing back video files. You can switch between 
different output devices during playback.
The Video Player page in the Device Setup dialog
To set up a video output device, proceed as follows:
1.Pull down the Devices Menu and select “Device 
Setup…” to open the Device Setup dialog, and select the 
Video Player page.
2.In the Active column, activate the checkbox for the de-
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Video
•Drag the borders, just like when resizing other windows.
ÖThe higher the resolution, the more processing power 
is needed for playback. If you need to reduce the proces-
sor load, you can reduce the size of the Video Player win-
dow, or lower the value on the Video Quality submenu.
Setting the aspect ratio
Resizing the Video Player window by dragging its borders 
may lead to a distorted image. To prevent this, you can set 
an aspect ratio for video playback.
•From the Aspect Ratio submenu of...

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Video
•By using the “Extract Audio from Video File” option on 
the Media menu.
This creates an audio clip in the Pool, but does not add any events to the 
Project window. 
Replacing the audio in a video file
Once you have edited all audio and MIDI data to the video 
and created a final mix, you will need to put the new audio 
back with the video. You can do this by embedding the 
audio in another stream within the video container file.
To replace the audio stream in a video file, proceed as fol-...