Steinberg Cubase SX/SL 3 Operation Manual

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Time Stretch
This function allows you to change the length and “tempo” of the se-
lected audio, without affecting the pitch. The dialog contains the fol-
lowing parameters:
Input section
This section contains information and settings regarding the “input”, 
the audio selected for processing:
Parameter Description
Length in Samples The length of the selected audio, in samples.
Length in Seconds The length of the selected audio, in seconds.
Tempo in BPM...

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Output section
These settings are used if you want to stretch the audio to fit within a 
specific time span or tempo. The values will change automatically if 
you adjust the Timestretch amount (see below).
Timestretch
The Timestretch parameter determines the amount of timestretch, as 
a percentage of the original length. If you use the settings in the Out-
put section to specify the amount of timestretch, this value will change 
automatically. The...

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Algorithm
Allows you to select one of four time stretch algorithms: Standard, 
MPEX 2 (Cubase SX only, see below) Drum and Realtime mode. 
Standard is quicker and gives lower audio quality while MPEX 2 is 
slower and gives the highest audio quality.
The MPEX mode has 4 quality settings, 1 to 4, which can also be set 
using the Mono-Poly slider: 1 should be used for single voices/instru-
ments, 2 for polyphonic material (fast), three for polyphonic...

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Applying plug-ins (Cubase SX only)
As described in the chapter “Audio effects”, you can add plug-in effects 
in real-time during playback. However, sometimes it’s useful to “perma-
nently” apply effects processing to one or several selected events. In 
Cubase SX, this is done in the following way:
1.Make a selection in the Project window, the Pool or an editor.
Effects are applied according to the same rules as Processing (see page 356).
2.Select...

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The lower section of the dialog contains settings for the actual pro-
cessing. These are common to all plug-ins.
•If the lower section is hidden, click the “More...” button to display it.
Clicking the button again (now labeled “Less...”) will hide the lower section.
The following settings and functions are available in the common, 
lower section of the dialog:
Wet mix/Dry mix
These two sliders allow you to specify the balance between wet (pro-
cessed)...

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Preview button
Allows you to listen to the result of the processing with the current 
settings. Playback will continue repeatedly until you click the button 
again (the button is labeled “Stop” during Preview playback). You can 
change the effect settings during Preview playback if needed.
Process button
Applies the effect and closes the dialog.
Cancel button
Closes the dialog without applying the effect. 

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The Offline Process History dialog
Procedures
If you find you want to remove some or all processing from a clip, this 
can be done in the Offline Process History dialog. Processing that can 
be modified in the Offline Process History dialog includes the functions 
on the Process menu, any applied plug-in effects, and Sample Editor 
operations such as Cut, Paste, Delete and drawing with the Pencil tool.
Due to the clip-file relationship (see page 354),...

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3.Locate the operation you want to edit and select it by clicking on it in 
the list.
•To modify the settings of the selected processing, click the “Modify” 
button.
This opens the dialog for the processing function or applied effect, allowing you to 
change the settings. This works just as when you applied the processing or effect the 
first time.
•To replace the selected operation with another processing function or 
effect, select the desired...

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Freeze Edits
The Freeze Edits function on the Audio menu allows you to make all 
processing and applied effects permanent for a clip:
1.Select the clip in the Pool or one of its events in the Project window.
2.Select “Freeze Edits…” from the Audio menu.
•If there is only one edit version of the clip (no other clips refer to the 
same audio file), the following dialog will appear:
If you select “Replace”, all edits will be applied to the original audio...

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Detect Silence
The Detect Silence function on the Audio menu isn’t really a process-
ing function, since it doesn’t actually affect the audio clip. Instead, it 
searches for silent sections in an event, and either splits the event, re-
moving the silent parts from the project, or creates regions corre-
sponding to the non-silent sections. Proceed as follows:
1.Select the event in the Project window or the Audio Part Editor.
You can select several events...