Steinberg Cubase SX/SL 3 Operation Manual

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Adding events to a track
There are a number of ways to add events to a track:
• By recording (see page 43).
This is possible for audio and MIDI tracks.
• By selecting “Audio File…” or “Video File…” from the Import submenu on the 
File menu.
This opens a file dialog, allowing you to locate the file you wish to import. When you 
import a file this way, a clip is created for the file and an event that plays the whole clip 
is added to the selected track, at the...

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Audio file import options
When you are importing audio files there are a number of options con-
cerning how the files should be treated by Cubase SX/SL: 
• You can choose to copy the file into the project’s audio folder and have the 
project make reference to the copied file rather than the original file. This 
helps you keep your project “self-contained”.
• You can choose to split stereo- and multi-channel files into a number of mono 
files.
• Furthermore, you may...

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•Use Settings.
No Options dialog will appear when you import. Instead, you can choose to make any 
of the options below the pop-up the standard action(s). Activate any number of the fol-
lowing options to have them performed automatically each time you import audio files:
Creating parts
Parts are containers for MIDI or audio events. If you record MIDI, a 
MIDI part is automatically created, containing the recorded events. 
You can also create empty audio or MIDI...

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Auditioning audio parts and events
Audio parts and events can be auditioned in the Project window with 
the Speaker tool:
When auditioning, audio will be routed directly to the Audition bus, by-
passing the audio channel’s settings, effects and EQs.
1.Select the Play tool.
Note that the Play tool and the Scrub tool share the same tool button. If the rightmost 
tool icon on the toolbar isn’t a Speaker symbol, first click on the icon to select it, then 
click again...

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Scrubbing
The Scrub tool allows you to locate positions in the audio by playing 
back, forwards or backwards, at any speed:
1.Select the Scrub tool.
Note that the Play tool and the Scrub tool share the same tool button. If the rightmost 
tool icon on the toolbar isn’t a “Scrub symbol”, first click on the icon to select it, then 
click again and select “Scrub” from the pop-up menu that appears.
2.Click at the desired position and keep the mouse button pressed.
The...

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Editing parts and events
This section describes techniques for editing in the Project window. If 
not explicitly stated, all descriptions apply to both events and parts, 
even though we use the term “event” for convenience.
• When you are using the tools for editing, you can in many cases get ad-
ditional functions by pressing modifier keys (e.g. pressing [Alt]/[Option] 
and dragging with the Arrow tool creates a copy of the dragged event). 
On the following pages,...

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•Select all events on a track by right-clicking in its Track list and select-
ing “Select All Events” from the pop-up menu that appears.
•You can also use the arrow keys on the computer keyboard, to select 
the closest event to the left, right, above or below.
If you press [Shift] and use the arrow keys, the current selection will be kept, allowing 
you to select several events.
•If the option “Auto Select Events under Cursor” is activated in the 
Preferences dialog...

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•Use the “Move to” functions on the Edit menu.
The following functions are available:
•Use the Nudge buttons in the toolbar.
These move the selected events to the left or right. The amount of movement depends on 
the selected display format (see page 105) and the value set on the Grid pop-up menu.
Here, clicking this button will move the Event 2 frames to the right.
When the Range Selection tool is used, the Nudge buttons move the se-
lection range (see page 144).
•...

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Duplicating events
Events can be duplicated in the following ways:
•Hold down [Alt]/[Option] and drag the event to a new position.
If Snap is activated, this determines to which positions you can copy the events (see 
page 147). 
If you hold down [Ctrl]/[Command] as well, movement direction is re-
stricted to either horizontal or vertical. That means if you drag an event 
vertically it can not be moved horizontally at the same time.
•Audio and MIDI parts can also be...

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•You can also perform the Repeat function by dragging: Select the 
event(s) to repeat, press [Alt]/[Option], click the handle in the lower 
right corner of the last selected event and drag to the right.
The longer to the right you drag, the more copies are created (as shown by the tooltip).
•Selecting “Fill Loop” from the Edit menu creates a number of copies 
starting at the left locator and ending at the right locator.
The last copy is automatically shortened to...