Steinberg Cubase SX/SL 3 Operation Manual

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•Cubase SX: When Real-Time Export is activated, the exported audio 
will be played back on the Audition bus.
The fader below the Real-Time Export checkbox allows you to adjust the volume of the 
Audition bus.
10.If you activate Update Display, the meters will be updated during the 
export process.
This allows you to check for clipping, for example.
11.Select a folder and a name for the audio file to be created.
• With some file formats you can create split stereo...

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File format specifics
The following pages describe the different export file formats, and 
their options and settings.
• AIFF files (see page 663).
• Sound Designer II files (Mac OS X and Cubase SX only, see page 665).
• Wave files (see page 665).
• Wave 64 files (Cubase SX only, see page 667).
• Broadcast Wave files (see page 667).
• MP3 files (SX only – upgrade needed for SL users, see page 668).
• Ogg Vorbis files (see page 669).
• Real Audio G2 files (Windows...

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AIFF files
AIFF stands for Audio Interchange File Format, a standard defined by 
Apple Computer Inc. AIFF files have the extension “.aif” and are used 
on most computer platforms. The following settings are available for 
the AIFF export file format:
Channels
Option Description
Mono The audio is mixed down to mono.
Stereo Split Two mono files are created, one for each side of the stereo mix. 
The files will have the name you specify in the dialog, but with “L”...

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Resolution
Allows you to select 8, 16, 24 bit or 32 bit (float) files.
• If the file is an “intermediate mixdown” that you plan to re-import and continue 
working on in Cubase SX/SL, we recommend that you select the 32 bit (float) 
option.
32 bit (float) is a very high resolution (the same resolution as used internally for audio 
processing in Cubase SX/SL), and the audio files will be twice the size of 16 bit files.
• If you are making a mixdown for CD burning,...

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•If the option “Show Broadcast Options for AIFF Export” is activated 
on the same page, a dialog will appear when you click Save to export 
the file – use this to enter the desired embedded information.
You can enter default text strings for author, description and reference on the same 
Preferences page – these will automatically appear in the Broadcast Options dialog 
when it appears.
Sound Designer II files (Mac OS X and Cubase SX only)
The SD II format was...

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Sample Rate
The options are the same as for AIFF files. See page 664.
Coding (Windows only)
The Coding pop-up menu allows you to select a compression scheme 
for the Wave file, creating smaller files (with a loss of audio quality).
• Which options are available depends on the installed and activated codecs in 
the ACM (Audio Compression Manager) under Windows.
See the operating system documentation for details.
• When a compression option is selected, not all...

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Wave64 files (Cubase SX only)
Wave64 is a proprietary format developed by Sonic Foundry Inc. In 
terms of audio quality, Wave64 files are identical to standard wave 
files, but there is one major difference:
•In the file headers, Wave64 files use 64-bit values for addressing where 
wave files use 32-bit values. The consequence of this is that wave64 
files can be considerably larger than standard wave files. Wave64 is 
therefore a good file format choice for...

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MPEG Layer 3 files (Cubase SX only)
• Cubase SL users can export to MP3 20 times as a “trial” feature (fully 
functional), after which the function is disabled. 
When the MP3 format is selected, a text at the bottom of the Export Audio Mixdown di-
alog shows you how many remaining encodings you have left. 
You can upgrade your Cubase SL copy to include unlimited MP3 encoding by clicking 
the “Order now” link in the lower right corner of the dialog (this takes you...

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Quality
These options determine the “depth” of the encoding algorithm and 
thus the quality of the resulting file. In the “Highest” mode, the encod-
ing will take the longest time, while in the “Fast” mode, the audio qual-
ity may be lower. The file size is not affected by these options.
Options
When you click the Save button, an Options dialog opens in which 
you can enter information about the file. This additional information 
(called the ID3 tag) will be...

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Options
When you click the Save button, an Options dialog opens in which you 
can enter information about the file, as when creating mp3 files.
• For the information to be included in the file, you need to activate the 
“Insert Options” checkbox in the dialog.
Real Audio G2 files
Real Audio files (extension “.rm”) allow very high compression rates 
and can therefore be made very small. This makes the format especially 
useful for downloading and streaming...