Steinberg Cubase Le 4 Manual
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Operation Manual
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Revision for Cubase LE and Quality Control: Cristina Bachmann, Heiko Bischoff, Sabine Pfeifer 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...
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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 16Window Overview 21Operations 37Options 39Playback and the Transport panel 40Background 41Operations 42Options and Settings 44Recording 45Background 45Basic recording methods 47Audio recording specifics 50MIDI recording specifics 55Options and Settings 57Recovery of audio recordings after...
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5 Table of Contents 122Working with hitpoints and slices 123Background 123Using hitpoints 124Editing hitpoints 127About Q-points 127Creating slices 128Other hitpoint functions 129The Pool 130Background 130Window Overview 132Operations 141VST Instruments and Instrument tracks 142Introduction 142Activating and using VST Instruments 143Editing an instrument track/channel 143Using VST presets 145Exporting Instrument tracks 145About latency 145Constrain Delay Compensation 145Automating a VST Instrument...
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6 Table of Contents 231Video 232Background 232Before you start 233Operations 236File handling 237Working with Projects 239Startup Options 240Revert 240Importing audio 241Exporting and importing MIDI files 243Customizing 244Background 244The Setup dialogs 245Appearance 245Applying track and event colors 248Where are the settings stored? 249Key commands 250Background 250Setting up key commands 253Setting up tool modifier keys 253The default key commands 257Index
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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 LE 4. Here you will find detailed information about all the features and functions in the program. About the program versions The documentation covers two different operating sys- tems or “platforms”; Windows and Mac OS X. Some features and settings described in the documenta- tion are specific to one of the platforms, Windows or Mac OS X. This is clearly stated in the applicable cases. In other words: ÖIf nothing else...
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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 LE 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...