Steinberg Cubase SX/SL 3 Operation Manual

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MIDI tracks
1.Make sure the Lane Display Type button is visible in the track list.
If it is hidden, you need to select Track Controls Settings from the context menu for the 
track and add the Lane Display Type item in the dialog that appears.
2.Click the Lane Display Type button and select “Lanes Auto” or “Lanes 
Fixed”.
•In Lanes Auto mode, extra lanes will automatically be added where 
necessary – if two MIDI parts overlap, they will automatically be put on...

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Range editing
Editing in the Project window isn’t necessarily restricted to handling 
whole events and parts. You can also work with selection ranges, 
which are independent from the event/part and track boundaries.
Creating a selection range
To make a selection range, drag with the Range Selection tool.
When the Range Selection tool is selected, the Select submenu on 
the Edit menu has the following items for making selection ranges:
•Double clicking on an event...

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Adjusting the size of the selection range
You can adjust the size of a selection range in the following ways:
• By dragging its edges.
The pointer takes the shape of a double arrow when you move it over an edge of the 
selection range.
• By holding down [Shift] and clicking.
The closest selection range edge will be moved to the position at which you clicked.
• By adjusting the selection range start or end position on the info line.
• By using the Trim buttons on the...

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Making selection ranges for several non-contiguous tracks
As described above, selection ranges can cover several tracks. How-
ever, it is also possible to exclude tracks from a selection range:
1.Create a selection range from the first to the last desired track.
2.Press [Ctrl]/[Command] and click in the selection range on the tracks 
you want to exclude from the selection.
3.In the same manner, you can add a track to the selection range by 
[Ctrl]/[Command]-clicking...

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Using Cut, Copy and Paste
When working with selection ranges, you can either use Cut, Copy 
and Paste on the Edit menu, or use the functions “Cut Time” and 
“Paste Time” on the Range submenu on the Edit menu. These work 
differently to their related functions on the Edit menu:
Deleting selection ranges
Again, you can either use “regular” Delete or “Delete Time”:
•If you use the Delete function on the Edit menu (or press [Backspace]), 
the data within the selection...

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Other functions
On the Range submenu on the Edit menu, you will find three more 
range editing functions:
Region operations
Regions are sections within a clip, with various uses. While regions 
are perhaps best created and edited in the Sample Editor (see page 
402), the following region functions are available on the Audio menu 
in the Project window: 
Function Description
Split Splits any events or parts that are intersected by the selection 
range, at the...

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Options
Snap
The Snap function helps you to find exact positions when editing in the 
Project window. It does this by restricting horizontal movement and po-
sitioning to certain positions. Operations affected by Snap include mov-
ing, copying, drawing, sizing, splitting, range selection, etc.
•You turn Snap on or off by clicking the Snap icon in the toolbar.
Snap activated.
• When you are moving audio events with Snap activated, it isn’t neces-
sarily the beginning...

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Exactly how Snap works depends on which mode is selected on the 
Snap mode pop-up menu.
The following sections describe the different Snap modes:
Grid
In this mode, the Snap positions are set with the Grid pop-up menu to 
the right. The options depend on the display format selected for the 
ruler. For example, if the ruler is set to show bars and beats, the grid 
can be set to bars, beats or the quantize value set with the next pop-up 
menu to the right. If a time-...

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For example, if an event starts at the position 3.04.01 (one beat be-
fore bar 4), Snap is set to Grid Relative and the Grid pop-up is set to 
“Bar”, you can move the event in steps of one bar – to the positions 
4.04.01, 5.04.01 and so on. The event will keep its relative position to 
the grid, i.e. stay one beat before the bar lines.
•This only applies when dragging existing events or parts – when you 
create new events or parts this mode works like the Grid...

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Magnetic Cursor
When this mode is selected, the project cursor becomes “magnetic”. 
Dragging an event near the cursor causes the event to be aligned with 
the cursor position.
Grid + Cursor
This is a combination of the “Grid” and “Magnetic Cursor” modes.
Events + Cursor
This is a combination of the “Events” and “Magnetic Cursor” modes.
Events + Grid + Cursor
This is a combination of the “Events”, “Grid” and “Magnetic Cursor” 
modes.
Snap to Zero Crossing
When this...