Steinberg Cubase SX/SL 3 Operation Manual
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Operation Manual
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Manual by Anders Nordmark Quality Control: C. Bachmann, H. Bischoff, S. Pfeifer, C. Schomburg The information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not rep- resent a commitment on the part of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH. The soft- ware described by this document is subject to a License Agreement and may not be copied to other media except as specifically allowed in the License Agreement. No part of this publication may be copied, reproduced or otherwise transmitted or...
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Table of Contents
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CUBASE SX/SL 4 Table of Contents 9About this manual 10Welcome! 13VST Connections: Setting up input and output busses 14About this chapter 14Setting up busses 21Using the busses 25Setting up Groups and FX channels 26About the Audition bus (Cubase SX only) 29Playback and the Transport panel 30Background 34Operations 38Options and Settings 41Recording 42Background 43Basic recording methods 48Audio recording specifics 69MIDI Recording Specifics 82Options and Settings 87The Project window...
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CUBASE SX/SL Table of Contents 5 249Audio effects 250About this chapter 250Overview 252Insert effects 263Send effects 274Using external effects (Cubase SX only) 278Making settings for the effects 281Installing and managing effect plug-ins 289VST Instruments 290Introduction 291Activating and using VST Instruments 296The Instrument Freeze function 299Surround sound (Cubase SX only) 300Background 303Window overview 305Operations 317Automation 318Background 321Automation track operations...
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CUBASE SX/SL 6 Table of Contents 421Audio warp realtime processing 422Background 423Using the Audio Tempo Definition tool 430Warp tabs and the Warp Samples tool 437Quantizing audio 439Realtime pitch shifting of audio events 440Freezing the realtime processing 443Working with hitpoints and slices 444Background 445Using hitpoints 449Editing hitpoints 456About Q-points 457Creating slices 458Creating groove quantize maps 459Other hitpoint functions 463The Pool 464Background 466Window...
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CUBASE SX/SL Table of Contents 7 627Options and settings 628The Beat Calculator 630Merge Tempo From Tapping 631The Time Warp tool 643The Project Browser 644Background 644Opening the Project Browser 644Window Overview 645Navigating in the Browser 646Customizing the View 646About the Sync Selection option 647Editing audio tracks 650Editing MIDI tracks 653Editing Automation tracks 653Editing the Video track 654Editing the Marker track 655Editing the Tempo track 655Editing Time Signatures...
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CUBASE SX/SL 8 Table of Contents 779Key commands 780Background 781Setting up Key Commands 789Setting up tool modifier keys 791Index
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CUBASE SX/SL 1 – 10 About this manual Welcome! This is the Operation Manual for Steinberg’s Cubase SX/SL 3. Here you will find detailed information about virtually all features and func- tions in the program. How to use the manuals and the Help When it comes to manuals, different users look for information in dif- ferent ways, depending on their previous knowledge and personal preferences. You may be looking for a complete description of a pro- cedure, you may just be trying to find a...