Steinberg Cubase Le 8 Manual

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Folder Parts
A folder part is a graphic representation of events and parts on the tracks in the 
folder. Folder parts indicate the position and length of the events and parts, as well 
as on which track they are (their vertical position). If part colors are used, these are 
also shown in the folder part.
Editing Folder Parts
Any editing that you perform in the Project window to a folder part affects all the 
events and parts it contains.
You can select several folder parts and edit them at the same time. The editing you 
can perform includes:
• Moving a folder part.
This moves its contained events and parts, possibly resulting in other folder 
parts, depending on how the parts overlap.
• Using cut, copy, and paste.
• Deleting a folder part. This will delete its contained events and parts.
• Splitting a folder part with the Cut tool.
• Gluing folder parts together with the Glue tool. This will only work if the 
adjacent folder parts contain events or parts on the same track.
• Resizing a folder part resizes the contained events and parts according to the 
selected resizing method.
• Muting a folder part. This will mute its contained events and parts.
Tracks inside a folder can be edited as one entity by performing the editing directly 
on the folder part containing the tracks. You can also edit individual tracks within 
the folder by showing the contained tracks, selecting parts and opening editors as 
usual.
• To open the editor for the track classes that are present in a folder part, 
double-click the folder part.
All MIDI parts that are located on the tracks within the folder are displayed as 
if they were on the same track, just like when opening the Key Editor with 
several MIDI parts selected.
To be able to discern the different tracks in the editor, give each track a different 
color in the Project window and use the Part Colors option in the editor.
If the folder contains tracks with audio events and/or audio parts, the Sample 
and/or Audio Part Editors are opened with each audio event and audio part in 
a separate window.
RELATED LINKS
Coloring Notes and Events on page 436 
						

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Editing Parts and Events
This section describes techniques for editing in the Project window. If not explicitly 
stated, all descriptions apply to both events and parts, even though we use the term 
“event” for convenience.
When you are using the tools for editing, you can in many cases get additional 
functions by pressing modifier keys (e.
 g. pressing [Alt]/[Option] and dragging with 
the Object Selection tool creates a copy of the dragged event).
NOTE
You can customize the default modifier keys in the Preferences dialog.
RELATED LINKS
Editing - Tool Modifiers on page 655
Selecting Events
You can select events using any of the following methods:
•Use the Object Selection tool.
•Use the Select submenu on the Edit menu.
• Right-click on a track and select Select All Events from the context menu.
• To select ranges, regardless of the event and track boundaries, use the 
Range Selection tool.
• Use the arrow keys on the computer keyboard.
•If the Auto Select Events under Cursor option (File > Preferences > 
Editing) is activated, all events on the selected tracks that are touched by the 
project cursor are automatically selected.
This is helpful when rearranging your project, because it allows you to select 
whole sections on all tracks by selecting all tracks and moving the project 
cursor.
RELATED LINKS
Selecting with the Object Selection Tool on page 112
Select Submenu on page 113
Range Editing on page 124
Selecting with the Object Selection Tool
PROCEDURE
1. On the Project window toolbar, click Object Selection.
2. In the event display, click the events or parts that you want to select.
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Select Submenu
• To open the Select submenu, select Edit > Select.
The following options are available, when the Object Selection tool is selected:
All
Selects all events in the Project window.
None
Deselects all events.
Invert
Inverts the selection – all selected events are deselected and all events that 
were not selected are selected instead.
In Loop
Selects all events that are partly or wholly between the left and right locator.
From Start to Cursor
Selects all events that begin to the left of the project cursor.
From Cursor to End
Selects all events that end to the right of the project cursor.
Equal Pitch
These are available in the MIDI editors and the Sample Editor.
Select Controllers in Note Range
This is available in the MIDI editors.
All on Selected Tracks
Selects all events on the selected track.
Events under Cursor
Automatically selects all events on the selected track(s) that are touched by 
the project cursor.
Select Event
This is available in the Sample Editor.
Left/Right Selection Side to Cursor
These two functions are only used for range selection editing.
NOTE
When Range Selection tool is selected, the Select submenu features other 
functions.
RELATED LINKS
Selection Range Options on page 124 
						

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Removing Events
To remove an event from the Project window, do one of the following:
• Click on the event with the Erase tool.
• To delete all following events, but not the event that you clicked and all events 
before it, press [Alt]/[Option] and click on an event.
• Select the events and press [Backspace], or select Edit > Delete.
Moving Events
You can move events using any of the following methods:
•Use the Object Selection tool.
•Use the Move to submenu on the Edit menu.
• Select the event and edit the start position in the info line.
•Use the Nudge buttons on the toolbar.
RELATED LINKS
Moving with the Object Selection Tool on page 114
“Move to” Submenu on page 115
Moving via the Info Line on page 115
Moving with the Nudge Buttons on page 115
Moving with the Object Selection Tool
PROCEDURE
1. In the Project window toolbar, click Object Selection.
2. In the event display, click the events or parts you want to move, and drag to a 
new position.
NOTE
You can only drag events to tracks of the same type.
3. Optional: Hold down [Ctrl]/[Command] while dragging to restrict movement 
either horizontally or vertically.
RESULT 
All selected events are moved, maintaining their relative positions. If Snap is 
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NOTE
To avoid accidentally moving events when you click on them in the Project window 
the response when you move an event by dragging is slightly delayed. You can 
adjust this delay with the Drag Delay setting (File > Preferences > Editing).
“Move to” Submenu
• To open the Move to submenu, select Edit > Move to.
The following options are available:
Cursor
Moves the selected event to the project cursor position. If there are several 
selected events on the same track, the first event will start at the cursor, and 
the following will be lined up end-to-start after the first one.
Origin
Moves the selected events to their original positions, i. e. the positions at 
which they were originally recorded.
Front/Back
This function does not actually change the position of the events, but moves 
the selected events to the front or back, respectively. This is useful if you have 
overlapping events and want to see one that is partially obscured. For audio 
events, this is an extra important feature, because only the visible sections of 
events will be played back. Moving an obscured audio event to front (or 
moving the obscuring event to back) will allow you to hear the whole event on 
playback.
Moving via the Info Line
PROCEDURE
1. In the event display, select the event or part that you want to move.
2. In the info line, double-click the Start field and enter a new value for the event 
start.
The event is moved accordingly.
Moving with the Nudge Buttons
PROCEDURE
1. Right-click the Project window toolbar and activate Nudge Palette.
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2. In the event display, select the events or parts that you want to move, and use 
the Move Left/Move Right nudge buttons.
The selected events or parts are moved to the left or right.
Renaming Events
By default, audio events show the name of their clip, but you can enter a separate 
descriptive name for events.
• To rename an event, select the event and type in a new name in the Name 
field on the info line.
• To give all events on a track the same name as the track, change the track 
name, hold down a modifier key, and press [Return].
Resizing Events
Resizing events means to move their start or end positions individually.
The following resizing modes are available:
• To select one of the resizing modes, select the Object Selection tool and 
then click again on the Object Selection tool icon on the toolbar. This opens 
a pop-up menu from which you can select one of the options.
The toolbar icon indicates the resizing mode
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When resizing events, any automation data not taken into account.
Normal Sizing The contents of the event stay fixed, and the start or end point 
of the event is moved to 
						

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To resize events, do one of the following:
• Click and drag the lower left or right corner of the event.
If Snap is activated, the Snap value determines the resulting length. If several 
events are selected, all will be resized in the same way.
Normal sizing
Sizing moves contents
•Use the Trim buttons (Nudge palette) on the toolbar.
This will move the start or end position of the selected events by the amount 
set on the Grid Type pop-up menu. The sizing type currently selected applies 
to this method too, with the exception of Sizing Applies Time Stretch which 
is not possible with this method.
•Use the Scrub tool.
•Apply time stretch.
RELATED LINKS
Snap Function on page 39
Resizing Events Using Time Stretch on page 117
Resizing Events Using Time Stretch
Time stretching allows you to resize a part and make its contents fit the new size.
PROCEDURE
1. Click the Object Selection tool on the toolbar and click again to select the 
Sizing Applies Time Stretch option from the pop-up menu.
2. Point close to the end point of the part you want to stretch.
3. Click and drag left or right.
When you move the mouse, a tooltip shows the current mouse position and length of 
the part. Snap is taken into account.
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RESULT 
The part is stretched or compressed to fit the new length.
• For MIDI parts, this means that the note events are stretched (moved and 
resized).
Controller data will be stretched, too.
• For audio parts, this means that the events are moved, and that the referenced 
audio files are time stretched to fit the new length.
A dialog shows the progress of the time stretch operation.
Splitting Events
You can split events in the Project window in the following ways:
• Click with the Cut tool on the event you want to split.
If Snap is activated, this determines the exact split position. You can also split 
events by pressing [Alt]/[Option] and clicking with the Object Selection tool.
•Select Edit > Functions > Split at Cursor.
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 Edit > Functions > Split Loop.
This splits events on all tracks at the left and right locator positions.
NOTE
If you split a MIDI part so that the split position intersects one or several MIDI notes, 
the result depends on the Split MIDI Events option (File > Preferences > Editing 
> MIDI). If the option is activated, the intersected notes will be split (creating new 
notes at the beginning of the second part). If it is deactivated, the notes will remain 
in the first part, but stick out after the end of the part.
RELATED LINKS
Snap Function on page 39
Gluing Events Together
No data will be kept in the clipboard.
The following options are available:
• To glue an event together with the next event on the track, click on an event 
with the Glue tool. The events do not have to touch one another.
The result is a part containing the two events, with one exception: If you first 
split an event and then glue the two sections together again (without moving 
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• You can select several events on the same track and click on one of them with 
the Glue tool.
A single part is created.
• To glue an event together with all following events on this track, hold down 
[Alt]/[Option] and click on an event with the Glue tool.
Duplicating
Events can be duplicated in the following ways:
• Hold down [Alt]/[Option] and drag the event to a new position.
If Snap is activated, this determines to which positions you can copy the 
events.
NOTE
If you hold down [Ctrl]/[Command] as well, movement direction is restricted 
to either horizontal or vertical. That means if you drag an event vertically it 
cannot be moved horizontally at the same time.
•Select Edit > Functions > Duplicate to create a copy of the selected event 
and place it directly after the original.
If several events are selected, all of these are copied “as one unit”, maintaining 
the relative distance between the events.
NOTE
When you duplicate audio events, the copies always refer to the same audio clip.
Cutting, Copying, and Pasting Events
You can cut or copy selected events, and paste them in again, using the functions 
on the Edit menu.
• When you paste an audio event, it is inserted on the selected track, positioned 
so that its snap point is aligned with the cursor position.
If the selected track is of the wrong type, the event will be inserted on its 
original track.
• If you use the Paste at Origin function (Edit > Function), the event is pasted 
at the position from which you cut or copied it.
• If you use the Paste Relative to Cursor function (Edit > Function), the event 
is pasted while keeping its relative position to the project cursor.
RELATED LINKS
Snap Function on page 39 
						

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Repeating
Events can be repeated in the following ways:
• Hold down [Alt]/[Option] and click the handle in the lower right corner of the 
last selected event and drag to the right.
•Select Edit > Functions > Repeat to open a dialog, allowing you to create a 
number of copies (regular or shared) of the selected events.
Fill Loop
You can create a number of copies between the right and left locators.
•Select Edit > Functions > Fill Loop to create a number of copies starting at 
the left locator and ending at the right locator.
The last copy is automatically shortened to end at the right locator position.
Creating Shared Copies
You can create shared copies of audio and MIDI parts. If you edit the contents of a 
shared copy, all other shared copies of the same part are automatically edited in the 
same way.
• Hold down [Alt]/[Option]-[Shift] and drag to the right.
NOTE
You can convert a shared copy to a real copy by selecting Edit > Functions > 
Convert to Real Copy. This creates a new version of the clip (that can be edited 
independently) and adds this to the Pool.
Sliding the Contents of an Event or Part
You can move the contents of an event or part without changing its position in the 
Project window.
• To slide an event or part, press [Alt]/[Option]-[Shift], click in the event or part 
and drag to the left or right.
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When sliding the contents of an audio event, you cannot slide past the start or end 
of the actual audio clip. If the event plays the whole clip, you cannot slide the audio 
at all.