Steinberg Cubase AI 4.5 New Features Manual

New Features in Cubase AI 4.5 

Cristina Bachmann, Heiko Bischoff, Marion Bröer, Sabine Pfeifer
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Table of Contents 

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Table of Contents
5Introduction
6Welcome!
7Working with the new features
8VST Sound
8Plug and Play support for ASIO devices
8Automatically generated VST Connection presets
8Mac OS X improvements
9Remote Devices
9Routing the metronome click to a VST Instrument
10Suspending Autoscroll
10New option in the Project Synchronization Setup 
dialog
11Index 

Introduction 

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Introduction
Welcome!
Welcome to Cubase AI 4.5! This version adds support for 
the Advanced Integration Controller CC121, and the Ad-
vanced Integration FireWire Interfaces MR816 X/MR816 
CSX  together with new features for every Cubase AI 
user.
This document lists and describes the features that have 
been added to or modified in the program since version 4.1.
About the program versions
The documentation covers two different operating sys-
tems or “platforms”; Windows and Mac OS X. 
Some features and...

Working with the new features 

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Working with the new features
VST Sound
With version 4.5, Steinberg introduced VST Sound, a new 
version of the SoundFrame media management system that 
is directly integrated into VST3. VST Sound allows direct 
integration of plug-ins and instruments, and encompasses 
all formats and file types previously supported by Sound-
Frame such as audio, loops, VSTi presets, video, MIDI files 
and track presets. VST Sound has now replaced Sound-
Frame, which was part of previous versions of Steinberg...

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Working with the new features
5.Activate the “Use CoreAudio Channel Names” option.
6.When you now open the VST Connections window to 
set up the busses in your system, you will find that the port 
names in the Device Port column correspond to the 
names that are used by the CoreAudio driver.
ÖIf you want to use the project later on with an earlier 
version of Cubase AI, you will have to re-assign the port 
connections in the VST Connections window.
Port selection and activation
On the settings page for...

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Suspending Autoscroll
On the main toolbar in the Project window, as well as in 
the various editors, you will find the Autoscroll button. 
When this button is activated, the display will scroll during 
playback, keeping the project cursor visible in the window 
at all times.
When editing parts or events during playback with Auto-
scroll enabled, you may suddenly “loose sight” of the ed-
ited material as the display follows the project cursor.
If you don’t want the Project...