Steinberg Cubase Ai 5 Manual
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Operation Manual
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Cristina Bachmann, Heiko Bischoff, Marion Bröer, Sabine Pfeifer, Heike Schilling The information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH. The software described by this document is subject to a License Agreement and may not be copied to other media except as specifically allowed in the License Agreement. No part of this publica- tion may be copied, reproduced or otherwise transmitted or recorded, for any...
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Table of Contents
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4 Table of Contents 7About this manual 8Welcome! 9VST Connections: Setting up input and output busses 10About this chapter 10Setting up busses 12Using the busses 13About monitoring 14The Project window 15Background 17Window Overview 21Operations 40Options 42Playback and the Transport panel 43Background 44Operations 45Options and Settings 47The Virtual Keyboard 48Recording 49Background 49Basic recording methods 51Audio recording specifics 55MIDI recording specifics 59Options and Settings 61Recovery of...
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5 Table of Contents 138The Audio Part Editor 139Background 139Opening the Audio Part Editor 139Window overview 141Operations 142Common methods 142Options and Settings 143The Pool 144Background 144Window overview 146Operations 155Working with Track Presets 156Introduction 156Types of track presets 157Applying track presets 158Creating a track preset 159Creating tracks from track presets or VST presets 159Previewing MIDI, instrument and VST presets independently of tracks 160Remote controlling Cubase AI...
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6 Table of Contents 261Customizing 262Background 262Using the Setup options 263Customizing track controls 265Appearance 265Applying track and event colors 267Where are the settings stored? 268Key commands 269Introduction 269Setting up key commands 271Setting up tool modifier keys 272The default key commands 275Index
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1 About this manual
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8 About this manual Welcome! This is the Operation Manual for Steinberg’s Cubase AI. Here you will find detailed information about all the fea- tures and functions in the program. About the program versions The documentation covers two different operating systems or “platforms”; Windows and Mac OS X. Some features and settings are specific to one of the plat- forms. This is clearly stated in the applicable cases. In other words: ÖIf nothing else is said, all descriptions and procedures in the...
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2 VST Connections: Setting up input and output busses
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10 VST Connections: Setting up input and output busses About this chapter Cubase AI uses a system of input and output busses to transfer audio between the program and the audio hard- ware. Input busses let you route audio from the inputs on your audio hardware into the program. This means that when you record audio, you will always do this through one or several input busses. Output busses let you route audio from the program to the outputs on your audio hardware. When you play back audio, you...