Steinberg Cubase 6 Manual

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Moving events
To move events in the Project window, use the following 
methods:
•Click and drag to a new position.
All selected events are moved, maintaining their relative positions. You 
can only drag events to tracks of the same type. If Snap is activated, this 
determines to which positions you can move the events (see 
“The Snap 
function” on page 45). 
Note also that you can restrict movement to be either horizontal or verti-cal only, by holding down [Ctrl]/[Command] while...

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•Audio and MIDI parts can also be duplicated by clicking 
on the part, pressing [Alt]/[Option]-[Shift], and dragging.
This creates a shared copy of the part. If you edit the contents of a 
shared copy, all other shared copies of the same part are automatically 
edited in the same way.
Note:
•When you duplicate audio events, the copies are al-
ways shared. This means that shared copies of audio 
events always refer to the same audio clip (see 
“Audio 
processing” on page 245)....

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•Select “Split at Cursor” from the Edit menu, Functions 
submenu.
This splits the selected events at the position of the project cursor. If no 
events are selected, all events (on all tracks) that are intersected by the 
project cursor will be split.
•Select “Split Loop” from the Edit menu, Functions sub-
menu.
This splits events on all tracks at the left and right locator positions.
ÖIf you split a MIDI part so that the split position inter-
sects one or several MIDI notes, the...

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•It is also possible to resize events by using the Trim but-
tons (located in the Nudge palette) on the toolbar.
This will move the start or end position of the selected event(s) by the 
amount set on the Grid Type pop-up menu. The sizing type currently se
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lected applies to this method too, with the exception of “Sizing Applies 
Time Stretch” which is not possible with this method. You can also use 
key commands for this (by default, press [Ctrl]/[Command] and use the 
left and...

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Group editing operations include:
• Selecting events.
• Moving and duplicating events.
• Resizing events.
• Adjusting fade-in and fade-out (audio events only, see “Creat-
ing fades” on page 118).
• Splitting events (splitting one event will automatically split any 
other grouped events that are intersected by the split position).
• Locking events.
• Muting events.
• Deleting events.
Locking events
If you want to make sure that you do not edit or move an 
event by accident, you...

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•You can also mute whole tracks by clicking the Mute 
(“M”) button in the track list, the Inspector or the Mixer.
Clicking the Solo (“S”) button for a track mutes all other tracks. Note that 
there are two modes for the track solo function: 
 
If the “Enable Solo on Selected Track” option is activated in the Prefer-ences dialog (Editing–Project & Mixer page) and you have soloed a 
track, selecting another track in the track list will automatically solo that 
track instead – the...

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•Double-clicking on an event with the Range Selection 
tool creates a selection range encompassing the event.
If you hold down [Shift] you can double-click several events in a row, and 
the selection range will expand to encompass them all. Double-clicking a 
second time on an event opens it for editing in the Sample Editor.
Making selection ranges for several non-contiguous 
tracks
You can create selection ranges that cover several tracks. 
It is also possible to exclude tracks...

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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 range is re...

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To undo and redo your actions, proceed as follows:
1.On the Edit menu, select “History…”.
The Edit History dialog opens.
The dialog contains a list of all your edits, with the most 
recent action at the bottom of the list. The Action column 
displays the name of the action while the Time column 
tells you when this action was performed. In the Details 
column further details are shown. Here you can enter new 
text by double-clicking in the column. 
2.Move the horizontal, colored...

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Saving a preference preset
When you have made your preferences settings, proceed 
as follows to save all settings as a preset:
1.Make sure that the “Store marked preferences only” 
option is not activated.
This is because this option is used for saving partial settings (see below), 
as opposed to complete settings.
2.Click the Store button in the lower left section of the 
Preferences dialog.
A dialog opens, allowing you to type in a name for the pre-
set.
3.Click OK to save the...