Steinberg Cubase SX/SL 3 Operation Manual

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Fade Displays
Shows the shape of the fade-out and fade-in curve, respectively. You 
can click on the curve to add points, and click and drag existing points 
to change the shape. To remove a point from the curve, drag it outside 
the display.
Curve shape buttons
These buttons give you quick access to some common curve shapes.
Equal Power and Gain
If you activate the “Equal Power” checkbox, the fade curves are ad-
justed, so that the energy (power) of...

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Default buttons
Clicking the “As Default” button stores all of the current settings as 
the default crossfade. These settings will then be used whenever you 
create new crossfades.
•The Crossfade Length setting is included in the Default settings. 
However, it is only applied if the events to be crossfaded don’t overlap 
– otherwise the crossfade will be in the overlap area (see page 187).
Clicking the “Recall Default” button copies the curves and...

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Auto Fades and Crossfades
Cubase SX/SL features an Auto Fade function that can be set both 
globally, i.e. for the entire project, and separately for each audio track. 
The idea behind the Auto Fade function is to create smoother transi-
tions between events by applying short (1 - 500 ms) fade-ins and 
fade-outs.
As mentioned earlier, fades are calculated in real time during playback. 
This means that the larger the number of audio tracks with Auto...

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3.Use the Length value field to specify the length of the Auto Fade or 
Crossfade (1-500 ms).
4.To adjust the shapes of Auto Fade In and Auto Fade Out, select the 
“Fades” tab and make settings as in the regular Fade dialogs.
5.To adjust the shape of the Auto Crossfade, select the “Crossfades” 
tab and make settings as in the regular Crossfade dialog.
6.If you want to use the settings you have made in forthcoming new 
projects, click the “As Default”...

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Event Envelopes
An envelope is a volume curve for an audio event. It is similar to the 
real-time fades, but allows you to create volume changes within the 
event, not only at the start or end. To create an envelope for an audio 
event, proceed as follows:
1.Zoom in on the event so that you can view its waveform properly.
2.Select the Pencil tool.
When you move the Pencil tool over an audio event, a small volume curve symbol is 
shown next to the tool....

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10
The mixer 

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About this chapter
This chapter contains detailed information about the elements used 
when mixing audio and MIDI, and the various ways you can configure 
the mixer. 
Some mixer related features are not described in this chapter. These 
are the following:
•Setting up and using audio effects.
See page 250.
•Setting up and using MIDI effects.
See page 492.
•Surround Sound (Cubase SX only).
See page 300.
•Automation of all mixer parameters.
See page 318.
•How to mix down...

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Overview
The picture above shows an extended mixer (Cubase SX only – see page 226).
The mixer offers a common environment for controlling levels, pan, 
solo/mute status etc. for both audio and MIDI channels.  

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Opening the mixer
The mixer can be opened in several ways:
•By selecting Mixer from the Devices menu.
•By clicking the Mixer icon on the toolbar
This always opens the first Mixer window (see below).
•By using a key command (by default [F3]).
•By clicking the Mixer button in the Devices panel.
You open the Devices panel by selecting Show Panel from the Devices menu.