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Table Of Contents

Table of Contents
Introduction
- Platform-Independent Documentation
- About the Documentation
- Conventions
  - Typographical Elements
  - Markup
- Key Commands
Setting Up Your System
- Setting Up Audio
- Setting Up MIDI
  - MIDI Connections
- Connecting a Synchronizer
Audio Connections
- Audio Connections Window
- Renaming the Hardware Inputs and Outputs
  - Hiding Ports
  - Activating and Deactivating Ports (macOS only)
- Adding Input and Output Busses
  - Setting the Default Output Bus (Main Mix)
- Adding Child Busses (Cubase Pro only)
- Presets for Input and Output Busses
  - Saving a Bus Configuration Preset
  - Deleting a Bus Configuration Preset
- Adding Group and FX Channels (Cubase Pro only)
- About Monitoring
- External Instruments and Effects (Cubase Pro only)
- Editing the Bus Configurations
Project Window
- Showing/Hiding Zones
- Project Zone
- Left Zone
  - Inspector
  - Visibility
    - Opening the Track Visibility
      - Showing/Hiding Individual Tracks
      - Synchronizing Track and Channel Visibility
    - Opening the Zones Visibility
- Lower Zone
- Right Zone
- Keyboard Focus in the Project Window
  - Activating Keyboard Focus for a Zone
- Zooming in the Project Window
- Snap Function
- Cross-Hair Cursor
- Edit History Dialog
  - Setting the Number of Maximum Undo Steps
Project Handling
- Creating New Projects
- Hub
  - Deactivating the Hub
- Project Assistant
- About Project Files
- About Template Files
  - Saving a Project Template File
  - Renaming Templates
- Project Setup Dialog
- Opening Project Files
- Saving Project Files
  - About the Auto Save Option
  - Saving Project Files As a New Version
- Reverting to the Last Saved Version
- Choosing a Project Location
- Creating Self-Contained Projects
  - Preparing Archives
  - Backing Up Projects
    - Back up Project Options Dialog
Tracks
- Track Inspector Settings
- Track Control Settings
- Audio Tracks
  - Audio Track Inspector
  - Audio Track Controls
- Instrument Tracks
  - Instrument Track Inspector
  - Instrument Track Controls
- MIDI Tracks
  - MIDI Track Inspector
  - MIDI Track Controls
- Sampler Tracks
  - Sampler Track Inspector
  - Sampler Track Controls
- Arranger Track
  - Arranger Track Inspector
  - Arranger Track Controls
- Chord Track
  - Chord Track Inspector
  - Chord Track Controls
- FX Channel Tracks
  - FX Channel Track Inspector
  - FX Channel Track Controls
- Folder Tracks
  - Folder Track Inspector
  - Folder Track Controls
- Group Channel Tracks
  - Group Channel Track Inspector
  - Group Channel Track Controls
- Marker Track
  - Marker Track Inspector
  - Marker Track Controls
- Ruler Track
  - Ruler Track Controls
- Signature Track
  - Signature Track Inspector
  - Signature Track Controls
- Tempo Track
  - Tempo Track Inspector
  - Tempo Track Controls
- Transpose Track
  - Transpose Track Inspector
  - Transpose Track Controls
- VCA Fader Track (Cubase Pro only)
  - VCA Fader Track Inspector
  - VCA Fader Track Controls
- Video Track
  - Video Track Inspector
  - Video Track Controls
Track Handling
- Adding Tracks
  - Add Track Dialog
  - Adding Tracks via the Project Menu
    - Adding Tracks based on Track Presets
  - Adding Tracks by Dragging Files from the MediaBay
    - Import Options Dialog
- Importing Tracks (Cubase Pro only)
  - Importing Tracks from Project
  - Importing Tracks from Track Archive
  - Import Options for Tracks
- Exporting Tracks as Track Archive (Cubase Pro only)
  - Exporting Tracks as Track Archives
  - Exporting Audio or Video Tracks as Track Archives
- Exporting MIDI Tracks as Standard MIDI File
  - Export Options for MIDI Files
- Removing Tracks
- Moving Tracks in the Track List
- Renaming Tracks
- Coloring Tracks
- Showing Track Pictures
  - Track Pictures Browser
- Setting the Track Height
  - Track Zoom Menu
- Selecting Tracks
  - Selecting Tracks with Arrow Keys
- Duplicating Tracks
- Disabling Tracks
- Organizing Tracks in Folder Tracks
  - Moving Tracks to Folder Tracks
- Handling Overlapping Audio
- Track Folding
- How Events are Displayed on Folder Tracks
- Modifying Event Display on Folder Tracks
- Working with Lanes
  - Assembling a Perfect Take
  - Assembling Operations
- Defining the Track Time Base
  - Defining the Default Track Time Base (Cubase Pro only)
- TrackVersions
  - TrackVersions Pop-Up Menu
  - TrackVersions Section
  - Creating New TrackVersions
  - TrackVersion IDs
    - Selecting Tracks by TrackVersion ID
    - Assigning a Common ID
  - Active TrackVersion
    - Activating TrackVersions
    - Activating TrackVersions on Multiple Tracks
  - Duplicating TrackVersions
  - Deleting TrackVersions
  - Copying and Pasting Selection Ranges Between TrackVersions
  - Copying and Pasting Selected Events between TrackVersions
  - TrackVersion Names
  - Renaming a TrackVersion
  - Renaming TrackVersions on Multiple Tracks
  - TrackVersions vs. Lanes
    - Creating Lanes from TrackVersions
    - Creating TrackVersions from Lanes
- Track Presets
  - Audio Track Presets
  - Instrument Track Presets
  - MIDI Track Presets
  - Multi-Track Presets
  - Sampler Track Presets
  - VST Presets
  - Pattern Banks
  - Creating a Track Preset
  - Creating a Sampler Track Preset
  - Applying Track Presets
  - Track Quick Control Presets
    - Saving/Loading Track Quick Control Assignments as Presets
Parts and Events
- Events
  - Audio Events
  - MIDI Events
    - Creating MIDI Events
- Parts
- Editing Techniques for Parts and Events
Range Editing
- Creating a Selection Range
  - Selection Range Options
  - Selecting Ranges for Several Tracks
- Editing Selection Ranges
Playback and Transport
- Transport Panel
  - Transport Panel Sections
- Transport Menu
- Transport
  - Transport Sections
- Transport Pop-Up Window
- Time Display Window
- Left and Right Locators
  - Setting Locator Ranges
  - Setting Locator Positions
- Setting the Project Cursor Position
- Auto-Scroll
  - Suspend Auto-Scroll When Editing
- Time Formats
  - Selecting the Primary Time Format
  - Independent Time Displays
- Pre-Roll and Post-Roll
  - Using Pre-Roll and Post-Roll
- Punch In and Punch Out
- Metronome Click
- Chase
On-Screen Keyboard
- Recording MIDI With the On-Screen Keyboard
- On-Screen Keyboard Options
Recording
- Basic Recording Methods
- Monitoring
- Audio Recording Specifics
- MIDI Recording Specifics
- Remaining Record Time
- Lock Record
Importing Audio and MIDI Files
- Importing Audio Files
- Importing MIDI Files
Quantizing MIDI and Audio
- Quantize Functions
- Quantizing MIDI Event Starts
- Quantizing MIDI Event Lengths
- Quantizing MIDI Event Ends
- Quantizing Audio Event Starts
- Quantizing Audio Event Lengths (AudioWarp Quantizing) (Cubase Pro only)
- Quantizing Multiple Audio Tracks (Cubase Pro only)
  - AudioWarp Quantizing Multiple Audio Tracks (Cubase Pro only)
- Quantize Panel
Fades, Crossfades, and Envelopes
- Event-Based Fades
- Creating Clip-Based Fades
  - On Processing Shared Clips
- Crossfades
- Auto Fades and Crossfades
  - Auto Fades Dialog
    - Making Global Auto Fade Settings
    - Making Auto Fade Settings for Individual Tracks
- Event Envelopes
  - Creating Event-Based Volume Changes
    - Removing Event Envelopes
  - Creating Clip-Based Volume Changes
Arranger Track
- Adding Arranger Events on the Arranger Track
  - Renaming Arranger Events
- Arranger Editor
- Setting up an Arranger Chain and Adding Events
- Jump Mode
  - Jump Mode Options
- Arranging Music to Video
Transpose Functions
- Project Root Key
- Transpose Track
- Keep Transpose in Octave Range
  - Indicate Transpositions
  - Transpose Track and Recording
- Transpose on the Info Line
  - Transposing Individual Parts or Events using the Info Line
- Excluding Individual Parts or Events from Global Transpose
Markers
- Position Markers
- Cycle Markers
  - Setting the Locators Using Cycle Markers
  - Editing Cycle Markers
- Markers Window
- Marker Track
- Importing and Exporting Markers
MixConsole
- MixConsole in Lower Zone
  - Showing/Hiding MixConsole Channels in the Lower Zone
  - Determining the MixConsole Channel Order in the Lower Zone
- MixConsole Window
VCA Faders (Cubase Pro only)
- VCA Fader Settings
- Creating VCA Faders
  - Creating VCA Faders for a Selection of Channels
- Assigning VCA Faders to Link Groups
- Removing VCA Faders from Link Groups
- Nested VCA Faders
- VCA Fader Automation
Control Room (Cubase Pro only)
- Adding Channels to the Control Room
- Output Routing
- Exclusive Assignment of Monitor Channels
- Control Room Channels
- Control Room - Main Tab
- Control Room - Inserts Tab
- Setting Up a Cue Mix
  - Cue Mix Context Menu
- Adjusting the Overall Cue Send Level
Metering and Loudness (Cubase Pro only)
- Metering
  - Master Meter
  - Displaying Meters
- Loudness Measurement
  - Loudness Meter
    - Loudness Settings
Audio Effects
- Insert Effects and Send Effects
- Insert Effects
- Send Effects
- Side-Chain Input
  - Triggering a Delay Effect with Side-Chain Signals
  - Triggering a Compressor with Side-Chain Signals
- Dither Effects
  - Applying Dither Effects
- External Effects (Cubase Pro only)
- Effect Control Panel
  - Fine-Tuning Effect Settings
- Effect Presets
- System Component Information Window
  - Managing System Components in the System Component Information Window
  - Exporting System Component Information Files
Direct Offline Processing
- Direct Offline Processing Workflow
- Direct Offline Processing Window
- Built-In Audio Processes
- Applying Direct Offline Processing Using Key Commands
  - Key Commands for Direct Offline Processing
Time Stretch and Pitch Shift Algorithms
- élastique
- MPEX
- Standard
- Limitations
Audio Functions
- Detect Silence
  - Removing Silent Sections
- Spectrum Analyzer
  - Analyzing the Audio Spectrum
- Statistics
Sample Editor
- Toolbar
  - Locating Positions with the Scrub Tool
  - Editing Audio Samples with the Draw Tool
- Info Line
- Overview Line
- Sample Editor Inspector
- Ruler
- Waveform Display
  - Zooming in the Waveform
  - Zoom Submenu
- Range Editing
- Regions List
- Snap Point
  - Adjusting the Snap Point
Hitpoints
- Calculating Hitpoints
  - Hitpoint Filters
  - Editing Hitpoints Manually
- Locating to Hitpoints in the Project Window
- Slices
- Creating a Groove Quantize Map
- Creating Markers
- Creating Regions
- Creating Events
- Creating Warp Markers
- Creating MIDI Notes
  - Convert Hitpoints to MIDI Notes
Tempo Matching Audio
- Algorithm Presets
- Stretching Audio Events to the Project Tempo
- Musical Mode
  - Matching Audio to the Project Tempo
  - Applying Swing
- Auto Adjust
  - Extracting a Tempo Definition Grid from Audio
- Manual Adjust
  - Correcting the Audio Definition Grid
- Free Warp
- Flattening Realtime Processing
- Unstretching Audio Files
VariAudio (Cubase Pro only)
- VariAudio and Offline Processes
- Segmenting Monophonic Audio
- Segments and Gaps
- Manual Editing of Segments
- Pitch Changes
- Micro-Pitch Changes
- Timing Modifications
- Reset Functions
- Extracting MIDI from Audio
  - Extract MIDI Dialog
- Flattening Realtime Processing
- Harmony Voices for Audio
  - Generating Harmony Voices for Monophonic Audio
Audio Part Editor
- Toolbar
- Info Line
- The Ruler
- About Lanes
- Operations
Controlling Sample Playback with Sampler Tracks
- Loading Audio Samples into Sampler Control
- Loading MIDI Parts into Sampler Control
- Creating Sampler Tracks
- Sampler Control
- Sample Editing and Playback Functions
- Transferring Samples from Sampler Control to VST Instruments
  - Transferring a Sample
Pool
- Pool Window
  - Customizing the View
- Working with the Pool
MediaBay
- Media Rack in Right Zone
- MediaBay Window
- Working with MediaBay-Related Windows
  - Applying Track Presets
  - Applying Instrument Presets
    - Instrument Presets Results Browser
- Working with Volume Databases
  - Creating a Volume Database
  - Removing a Volume Database
    - Mounting and Unmounting Volume Databases
- MediaBay Settings
- MediaBay Key Commands
Surround Sound (Cubase Pro only)
- Deliverables
- Available Surround Channel Configurations
- Preparations for Surround Mixing
- VST MultiPanner
- MixConvert V6
- Surround Mix Export
Automation
- Automation Curves
- Static Value Line
- Write/Read Automation
- Writing Automation Data
  - Automatic Writing of Automation Data
  - Manual Writing of Automation Data
    - Tools for Drawing Automation Data
- Editing Automation Events
- Automation Tracks
- Virgin Territory vs. Initial Value (Cubase Pro only)
  - Creating Gaps
  - Defining a Terminator Point
- Automation Panel (Cubase Pro only)
- MIDI Controller Automation
  - Automation Merge Modes
  - MIDI Controller Automation Setup
VST Instruments
- Adding VST Instruments
- Creating Instrument Tracks
- VST Instruments in the Right Zone
- VST Instruments Window
- VST Instruments Toolbar
- VST Instrument Controls
  - VST Instrument Context Menu
- Presets for Instruments
- Playing Back VST Instruments
  - VST Instruments and Processor Load
    - Freezing Instruments
      - Freeze Instrument Options
- Latency
  - Delay Compensation
    - Constrain Delay Compensation
- Import and Export Options
- VST Quick Controls
  - Connecting Quick Controls with Remote Controllers
  - Activating Pick-up Mode for Hardware Controls
- Side-Chain Input for VST Instruments
  - Using Instruments as Effects on Audio Tracks
- External Instruments (Cubase Pro only)
Installing and Managing Plug-Ins
- Installing VST Plug-Ins
- VST Plug-In Manager
  - VST Plug-In Manager Window
- Compiling a New Effects Collection
Track Quick Controls
- Assigning Parameters to Quick Controls
- Connecting Quick Controls with Remote Controllers
- Activating Pick-up Mode for Hardware Controls
- Quick Controls and Automatable Parameters
Remote Controlling Cubase
- Setting Up
  - Connecting the remote device
  - Selecting a remote device
- Operations
- The Generic Remote Device
  - Importing and exporting remote setups
- Track Quick Controls
- The Remote Control Editor
- Apple Remote (macOS only)
MIDI Realtime Parameters and MIDI Effects
- MIDI Track Parameters
  - Input Transformer
    - Input Transformer Window
    - Specifying Filter Conditions
- MIDI Modifiers
  - MIDI Modifiers Section
  - Freezing MIDI Modifiers
- MIDI Effects
- Transpose and Velocity on the Info Line
Using MIDI devices
- MIDI devices – general settings and patch handling
- About Device panels (Cubase Pro only)
  - Basic concept
  - Device panels in the program
MIDI Functions
- Transpose Setup
- Merging MIDI Events into a New Part
  - MIDI Merge Options Dialog
  - Applying Effects to a Single Part
- Dissolve Part
  - Dissolving Parts into Separate Channels
    - MIDI Channel Setting
  - Dissolving Parts into Separate Pitches
  - Dissolve to Lanes
- Bouncing MIDI Parts
- Repeating MIDI Events of Independent Track Loops
- Extending MIDI Notes
- Fixing MIDI Note Lengths
- Fixing MIDI Note Velocities
- Rendering Sustain Pedal Data to Note Lengths
- Deleting Overlaps
- Editing Velocity
  - Velocity
- Deleting Double Notes
- Deleting Controller Data
- Deleting Continuous Controller Data
- Restricting Polyphonic Voices
- Thinning Out Controller Data
- Extracting MIDI Automation
- Reversing the Playback Order of MIDI Events
- Inverting the Order of Selected MIDI Events
- Creating a Tempo Track from Tapping (Cubase Pro only)
MIDI Editors
- Common MIDI Editor Functions
- Key Editor
- Key Editor Operations
- Basic Score Editor (Cubase Artist only)
- Score Editor Operations (Cubase Artist only)
- Drum Editor
- Drum Editor Operations
- Drum Maps
- List Editor
- List Editor Operations
- In-Place Editor
Expression Maps (Cubase Pro only)
- Articulations
- Expression Map Setup
  - Expression Maps in the Project Window
- Creating and Editing Expression Maps
- Inserting Articulations
Note Expression
- Introduction
- Setting up the Note Expression Inspector Section
- Mapping controllers
- Recording
- Editing Note Expression data
- Note Expression and MIDI
- HALion Sonic SE
Chord Functions
- Chord Track
  - Adding the Chord Track
- Chord Events
- Scale Events
  - Editing Scale Events
- Voicings
  - Setting up Voicings
- Converting Chord Events to MIDI
  - Assigning Chord Events to MIDI Effects or VST Instruments
  - Assigning Chord Events to HALion Sonic SE Pads
- Controlling MIDI or Audio Playback Using the Chord Track
- Assigning Voices to Notes
- Extracting Chord Events from MIDI
  - Create Chord Symbols Dialog
- Recording Chord Events with a MIDI Keyboard
Chord Pads
- Chord Pads
  - Chord Pad Controls
  - Chord Pad Context Menu
- Functions Menu
- Preparations
- Chord Assistant
  - Chord Assistant – Proximity Mode (Cubase Pro only)
  - Chord Assistant – Circle of Fifths Mode
- Assigning Chords to Chord Pads
- Moving and Copying Chord Pads
- Playing Back and Recording Chords
- Chord Pad Settings – Remote Control
- Chord Pad Settings – Players
- Chord Pad Settings – Pad Layout
- Chord Pads Presets
  - Saving Chord Pads Presets
- Creating Events from Chord Pads
Logical Editor
- Window overview
- Filter Conditions
- Selecting a function
- Specifying actions
  - Action Target
  - Operation
- Applying the Defined Actions
- Presets
  - Storing your own settings as a preset
  - Organizing and sharing presets
Project Logical Editor (Cubase Pro only)
- Window Overview
- Filter Conditions
- Specifying Actions
  - Action Target
- Selecting a Function
- Applying Macros
- Applying the Defined Actions
- Presets
Editing Tempo and Time Signature
- Project Tempo Modes
- Track Time Base
- Tempo Track Editor
  - Toolbar
- Tempo Track
  - Tempo Event Editor
- Setting up Tempo Changes for Projects
- Setting up a Fixed Project Tempo
- Beat Calculator
- Tempo Detection (Cubase Pro only)
  - Tempo Detection Panel
- Exporting a Tempo Track (Cubase Pro only)
- Importing a Tempo Track (Cubase Pro only)
- Process Tempo (Cubase Pro only)
- Process Bars (Cubase Pro only)
- Time Warp (Cubase Pro only)
  - Adjusting Musical Positions to Time Positions
- Set Definition From Tempo
  - Adjusting the Audio Tempo to the Project Tempo
- Time Signature Events
Project Browser (Cubase Pro only)
- Window Overview
- Editing tracks
Rendering Audio and MIDI
- Render Tracks
  - Rendering Tracks
- Render Selection
  - Rendering Selections
Export Audio Mixdown
- Mixing Down to Audio Files
- Available Channels for Export
  - Channel Selection
  - Cycle Marker Selection (Cubase Pro only)
- File Location
  - Naming Scheme Dialog
    - Defining Naming Schemes
  - Resolve File Name Conflicts
- File Format
- Audio Engine Output
- Import Into Project
- Post Process
Synchronization
- Background
- Timecode (positional references)
  - Timecode standards
- Clock sources (speed references)
- The Project Synchronization Setup dialog
- Synchronized operation
  - Sync mode
- Example Scenarios (Cubase Pro only)
  - Personal music studio
    - Sync settings for personal music studio
- Working with VST System Link
- Activating VST System Link
Video
- Video File Compatibility
  - Video Container Formats
  - Codecs
- Frame Rates
  - Non-Supported Frame Rates
- Video Output Devices
  - Dedicated Video Cards
- Preparations for Creating Video Projects
- Preparations for Video Playback
- Editing Video
  - Extract Audio from Video
Exchanging Files with Other Applications
- OMF Files (Cubase Pro only)
  - Importing OMF Files
    - OMF Import Options
  - Exporting OMF Files
    - OMF Export Options
ReWire
- Introduction
- Launching and quitting
- Activating ReWire channels
- Using the transport and tempo controls
- How the ReWire channels are handled
- Routing MIDI via ReWire
- Considerations and limitations
  - Sample rates
  - ASIO drivers
Key Commands
- Adding Key Commands
- Searching for Key Commands
- Removing Key Commands
- Setting Up Macros
- Saving Key Commands Presets
- Loading Key Command Presets
- Importing Key Command Settings
- Resetting Key Commands
- The Default Key Commands
- Setting Up Tool Modifier Keys
Customizing
- Workspaces
- Using the Setup Options
  - Setup Context Menus
  - Setup Dialogs
- Customizing the Meter Colors
- Customizing the User Interface Colors
- Color Selector Pane
- Coloring Tracks, Parts, or Events Manually
  - Resetting the Default Track Color
- Auto Track Color Mode
- Colorizing Track Controls
  - Colorizing Folder Track Controls Only
- Project Colors Dialog
  - Adding and Editing Individual Colors
- Profiles (Cubase Pro only)
  - Profile Manager
- Where are the Settings Stored?
  - Updating from a Previous Version of Cubase
  - Disabling the Preferences
Optimizing
- Optimizing Audio Performance
Preferences
- Preferences Dialog
  - Saving a Preference Preset
  - Saving Partial Preferences Settings
- Editing
- Editors
- Event Display
- General
  - General - Personalization
- MIDI
  - MIDI - MIDI File
    - Export Options
    - Import Options for MIDI Files
  - MIDI - MIDI Filter
- MediaBay
- Metering
  - Metering - Appearance
- Record
  - Record - Audio
    - Record - Audio - Broadcast Wave
  - Record - MIDI
- Scores (Cubase Pro only)
- Transport
  - Transport - Scrub
- User Interface
- VST
  - VST - Plug-ins
  - VST - Control Room (Cubase Pro only)
- VariAudio (Cubase Pro only)
- Video
Index

Preferences

The Preferences dialog provides options and settings that control the global behavior of the

program.

Preferences Dialog

The Preferences dialog is divided into a navigation list and a settings page. Clicking one of the

entries in the navigation list opens a settings page.

● To open the Preferences dialog, select File> Preferences.

In addition to the settings, the dialog provides the following options:

Preference Presets

Allows you to select a saved preference preset.

Store

Allows you to save the current preferences as a preset.

Rename

Allows you to rename a preset.

Delete

Allows you to delete a preset.

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