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File handling
Importing audio
Importing Audio from video files
While you can automatically extract the audio when importing a video file (see
“Extracting audio from a video file” on page 678), it is also possible to import the
audio from a video file without importing the video itself:
1. Open the File menu, open the Import submenu and select “Audio from Video
File…”.
2. In the file dialog that opens, locate and select the video file and click Open.
The audio in the selected video file is extracted and converted to a Wave file in the
project’s Audio folder.
• A new audio clip is created and added to the Pool. In the Project window, an event
referencing the audio file is inserted on the selected track at the project cursor
position. If no track was selected, a new track is created.
This works just like importing regular audio files.
Ö For information about importing video files, see “Importing video files” on page 672.
Importing ReCycle files
ReCycle by Propellerhead Software is a program designed especially for working with
sampled loops. By “slicing” a loop and making separate samples of each beat,
ReCycle makes it possible to match the tempo of a loop and edit the loop as if it was
built of individual sounds. Cubase can import two file types created by ReCycle:
- REX files (export file format of the first versions of ReCycle, extension “.rex”).
- REX 2 files (file format of ReCycle 2.0 and later, extension “.rx2”).
Proceed as follows:
1. Select an audio track and move the project cursor to where you want the imported
file to start.
You probably want to import REX files to tempo based audio tracks, since this will
allow you to change the tempo later on (having the imported REX file automatically
adjust).
2. Select “Audio File…” from the Import submenu of the File menu.
3. On the file type pop-up menu in the file dialog, select REX File or REX 2 File.
4. Locate and select the file you want to import, and click Open.
The file is imported and automatically adjusted to the current Cubase tempo.
Unlike a regular audio file, the imported REX file will consist of several events, one for
each “slice” in the loop. The events will automatically be placed in an audio part on the
selected track and positioned so that the original internal timing of the loop is preserved.
5. If you now open the part in the Audio Part Editor, you can edit each slice separately
by muting, moving and resizing events, adding effects and processing, etc.
You can also adjust the tempo and have the REX file automatically follow (provided
that its track is tempo based).
Ö You can achieve similar results by using Cubase’s own loop slicing features, see
“Working with hitpoints and slices” on page 347.
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For this to work, the REX Shared Library needs to be installed on your system.