Steinberg Cubase SX/SL 3 Operation Manual

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By using drag and drop
You can use drag and drop to insert clips into the Project window. 
You can also use drag and drop from the Sample Editor for a clip by 
making a selection range and pressing [Ctrl]/[Command] while drag-
ging. Note:
•Snap is taken into account if activated.
•While you drag the clip in the Project window, its position will be indi-
cated by a marker line and a numerical position box.
Note that these indicate the position of the snap point in the clip....

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Deleting clips
Removing clips from the Pool
To remove a clip from the Pool without deleting it from the hard disk, 
proceed as follows:
1.Select the file(s) and select “Delete” from the Edit menu (or press 
[Backspace] or [Delete]).
• If you try to delete a clip that is used by one or more events, the program 
will ask you if you want to remove these events from the project.
Canceling means that neither the clip nor the associated events are deleted.
2.Click Remove.
A new...

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Removing unused clips from the Pool
This function finds all clips in the Pool that are not used in the project, 
and either moves them to the Pool Trash folder where they can be per-
manently deleted, or removes them from the Pool:
1.Select “Remove Unused Media” on the Pool menu.
A prompt appears with the text “Move to Trash or Remove From Pool?”
2.Make your selection.
Locating events referring to a clip in the Pool
If you want to find out which events in the project refer...

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•To select the found clips or regions in the Pool, click the “Select in 
Pool” button.
•To insert a found clip or region directly into the project, select it in the 
list in the dialog and select one of the “Insert into Project” options 
from the Pool menu.
The options are described on page 470.
The “Find in Pool” command is also accessible from the Project window 
– the Pool window does not have to be open.
Locating selected events
If you quickly want to find the clip for...

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Searching for audio files on disk
The Pool can help you locate audio files on your hard disk or other 
media. This works much like the regular file search, but with a couple 
of extra features:
1.Click the Search button in the toolbar.
A lower pane appears in the window, displaying the search functions.
2.Use the Folder pop-up menu to specify where to search.
The pop-up menu will list all your local drives and removable media. 
•If you want to limit the search to certain...

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About missing files
When you open a project, you may get a warning that one or more files 
are “missing”. If you click Close in the warning dialog, the project will 
open anyway, without the missing files. In the Pool you can check which 
files are considered missing. This is indicated by a question mark in the 
Status column.
A file is considered missing under one of the following conditions:
•The file has been moved or renamed outside the program since the last 
time you...

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•If you select Search, the program will scan your hard disks for a file 
with the proper name and display them in a list. 
The dialog allows you to specify which folder or disk should be scanned. Click the 
Search Folder button, select a directory or a disk and then click the Start button. If 
found, select the file from the list and click “Accept”. Afterwards Cubase SX/SL tries 
to map all other missing files automatically.
Reconstructing missing edit files
If a missing...

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Auditioning clips in the Pool
There are two methods you can use to audition clips in the Pool:
•By selecting a clip and activating the Play button.
The whole clip will play back, unless you stop playback by clicking the Play button again.
The Play button.
•By clicking somewhere in the waveform image for a clip.
The clip will play from the position in the waveform you click until the end of the clip, 
unless you stop playback by clicking the Play button, or by clicking...

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Opening clips in the Sample Editor
The Sample Editor allows you to perform detailed editing on the clip 
(see the Sample Editor chapter for details). You can open clips in the 
Sample Editor directly from the Pool in the following ways:
•If you double click on a clip waveform icon, the clip will open in the 
Sample Editor.
•If you double click on a region in the Pool, its clip will open in the 
Sample Editor with the region selected.
One practical use for this is to set a...

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Import Medium...
The Import Medium dialog lets you import files directly into the Pool. It 
is opened from the Pool menu or with the Import button in the Pool 
window.
This is a standard file dialog, where you can navigate to other folders, 
audition files etc. The following audio file formats can be imported:
• Wave (Normal or Broadcast, see page 667)
• AIFF and AIFC (Compressed AIFF)
• REX or REX 2 (see page 754)
• Sound Designer II 
• MPEG Layer 2 and Layer 3 (mp2 and mp3...