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Cristina Bachmann, Heiko Bischoff, Marion Brer, Christina Kaboth, Insa Mingers, Sabine Pfeifer, Benjamin Schtte This PDF provides improved access for vision-impaired users. Please note that due to the complexity and number of images in this document, it is not possible to include text descriptions of images. 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 publication may be copied, reproduced, or otherwise transmitted or recorded, for any purpose, without prior written permission by Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH. Registered licensees of the product described herein may print one copy of this document for their personal use. All product and company names are or trademarks of their respective owners. For more information, please visit www.steinberg.net/trademarks. Release Date: May 08, 2013 Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH, 2013. All rights reserved.
Table of Contents
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Introduction
About the Program Versions Key Command Conventions
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VST Connections
About this chapter The VST Connections window Setting up busses Routing About monitoring Editing operations
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Recording
Background Basic recording methods Audio recording specifics MIDI recording specifics Options and Settings Introduction Quantizing Audio Event Starts Quantizing MIDI Event Starts Quantizing MIDI Event Lengths Quantizing MIDI Event Ends The Quantize Panel Additional Quantizing Functions
200 Automation
200 201 201 202 204 206 209 210 211 211 219 220 222 224 225 226 231 238 239 245 245 246 247 249 250 251 254 266 267 268 270 271 275 277 280 280 281 282 284 287 287 289 291 292 Introduction Working with automation curves Enabling and disabling the writing of automation data Writing automation data Editing automation events Automation track operations MIDI part data vs. track automation Hints and further options Background Audio processing Freeze Edits Detect Silence The Spectrum Analyzer Statistics About time stretch algorithms Window overview General functions Warping audio Working with hitpoints and slices Background Window overview Opening the Audio Part Editor Operations Options and Settings Background Window overview Operations Introduction Working with the MediaBay The Define Locations section The Locations section The Results list Previewing files The Filters section The Loop Browser and Sound Browser windows Preferences Key commands Working with MediaBay-related windows Working with Volume databases Introduction Types of track presets Applying track presets Creating a track preset Creating tracks from track presets or VST presets
408 Synchronization
424 Video
446 Customizing
469 Index
Introduction
Setting up audio
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Make sure that all equipment is turned off before making any connections!
Connecting audio
Exactly how to set up your system depends on many different factors, e. g. the kind of project you wish to create, the external equipment you want to use, or the computer hardware available to you. Therefore, the following sections can only serve as examples. How you connect your equipment, i. e. whether you use digital or analog connections, also depends on your individual setup. Stereo input and output the simplest connection If you only use a stereo input and output from Cubase, you can connect your audio hardware, e. g. the inputs of your audio card or your audio interface, directly to the input source and the outputs to a power amplifier and speaker.
Simple stereo audio setup
This is probably the simplest of all setups once you have set up the internal input and output busses, you can connect your audio source, e. g. a microphone, to your audio interface and start recording.
Setting up audio
Multi-channel input and output Most likely however, you will have other audio equipment that you want to integrate with Cubase, using several input and output channels. Depending on the equipment available to you, there are two ways to go: either mixing using an external mixing desk, or mixing using the MixConsole inside Cubase. External mixing means having a hardware mixing device with a group or bus system that can be used for feeding inputs on your audio hardware. In the example below, four busses are used for feeding signals to the audio hardwares inputs. The four outputs are connected back to the mixer for monitoring and playback. Remaining mixer inputs can be used for connecting audio sources like microphones, instruments, etc.
Multi-channel audio setup using an external mixer