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Steinberg Cubase Pro 10 - Music

User Manual for Steinberg Cubase Pro 10 - Music Production Software

• Product category: Music Production Software Steinberg
• Brand: Steinberg
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• Technical information and basic settings
• Frequently asked questions – FAQ
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Product description

What's New in Version 10

VariAudio 3
• • Completely integrated vocal editing and pitch alteration of individual notes in monophonic vocal recordings
  • Solve intonation and timing problems with just a few clicks
  • Provides MIDI-style note editing of monophonic audio tracks, automatic voicing harmonization, and auto-tuning effects
  • Smart Controls significantly speed up your workflow by allowing direct control of all parameters at each segment

Audio Alignment
• • Makes stacking vocals and other recordings fast, easy, and efficient
  • Sync multiple tracks simultaneously to a designated reference track with the timing corrected automatically

New Channel Strip
• • Completely redesigned Channel Strip significantly extends the functionality and usability of its modules with additional controls
  • New metering elements offer direct visual feedback for each of the modules with detailed views for the compressors

Groove Agent SE 5
• • All-new user experience, gigabytes of new sounds, and workflow improvements
  • Fully resizable interface
  • Acoustic drum kit named appropriately The Kit
  • 20 new Beat Agent kits for electronic productions
  • One-click routing setup
  • Pad presets
  • In-kit preview in the new content browser, and more

MixConsole Snapshots
• • Conveniently save your current mix in a tab directly in the MixConsole for instant recall at any time
  • Create alternative mixes for your project and compare the results within seconds
  • Add notes to each Snapshot, recall only the EQ settings, or even recall just the settings of an individual track

Fresh Sounds and Loops
• • Comes with 5GB of fresh sounds and loops exclusively produced by some of the most acclaimed producers in their genres
  • Analog Techno Library: Deep, grooving sounds by Berlin-based Florian Meindl with his modular synthesizer setup
  • The Hip Hop Vault: Great-sounding drums and unique loops by The Beat Butcha, whose production credits include Jay-Z, Beyonce, Mobb Deep, and many others
  • Soul Assembly: A collection from Soul Surplus, with a vibe perfect for the foundations of new creations
  • Raw Ambience: Highly aesthetic sound library perfect for electronica, ambience, and dubstep by drum & bass duo Rawtekk
  • Blockbuster Library: Produced by Nashville-based producer Allen Morgan, the perfect inspiration for electronic music film trailers
  • Mystic Spaces: A collection of extraordinary experimental sounds produced by musician, sound designer, and instrument builder Ferdinand Försch

MPE Support
• • Supports MIDI Polyphonic Expression (MPE)
  • The most common MPE controllers are automatically detected and set up with convenient assignments to any kind of instrument parameter
  • Includes libraries of exclusively designed MPE-ready presets for Retrologue and Padshop

Steinberg Virtual Reality Production Suite
• • Steinberg Virtual Reality is a collective term for Steinberg's VR initiative, bringing you professional, yet easy-to-operate tools for producing Virtual Reality content—from audio capture to final mixing
  • The VR production suite includes an array of plug-ins and seamlessly integrated functions such as a third-order Ambisonics bus, a fully integrated Binauralizer, and a VR panning device in the VST Multipanner

32-Bit Integer and 64-Bit Audio
• • High-quality audio engine supports recording, importing, exporting, and converting audio files with bit depths of 32-bit integer and 64-bit floating-point

Easy Side-Chaining
• • Quickly and easily set up side-chaining to make space for the kick drum or create pumping effects
  • Create the desired routing with just a few clicks
  • Activate side-chaining in your FX plug-ins
  • Select the track from the track list

AAF Import and Export
• • Supports the widely used Advanced Authoring Format (AAF) to exchange data with all of the most popular applications

Improved Editing to Picture
• • Provides frame-accurate representation of the video at the exact position where the audio needs editing
  • Video follows each edit you make, allowing you to instantly see your audio matched to picture

New Distroyer Processor
• • Distroyer provides non-linear distortion to add extra body, character, and harmonics to your sound

MixConsole Latency Monitor
• • Latency Monitor section shows total latency and latency for each plug-in within the effects chain

Vintage Verbs for REVerence
• • Complete redesign of REVerence plug-in
  • 20 new impulse responses of vintage analog and digital reverbs

HiDPI Support
• • User interface supports HiDPI for high-resolution displays with macOS computers

Effects in the Media Rack
• • Assign effect plug-ins to a track by dragging them directly from the Media Rack
  • Drag any VST instrument plug-in directly into the project to create instrument tracks
  • All plug-ins are displayed as tiles

Redesigned Plug-Ins
• • Cubase plug-ins now have a new look with a modern user interface that improves your workflow

Top Features you Need to Know

• • Award-winning 64-bit / 192 kHz Steinberg audio engine, flexible routing, and full automatic delay compensation
  • Simultaneous playback of unlimited audio tracks, unlimited MIDI tracks, and unlimited VST instrument tracks
  • 256 physical inputs and outputs
  • 8 VST instruments with over 3000 sounds
  • 75 VST audio-effect plug-ins
  • 18 MIDI effects plug-ins
  • 256 group channels
  • MixConsole with integrated high-end channel strip, VCA faders, loudness meter, wave meters, for a pro mixing desk experience
  • Channel Strip for pro mixing desk experience
  • Control Room integrates performer mixes and monitoring setups into your recording workflow
  • Intelligent compositional tools like Chord Track and Chord Pads for creative and playful composing of harmonic progressions and advanced voicings
  • Comping function for producing the perfect take with the lane track concept for lightning-fast multitake comping
  • VariAudio provides MIDI-style note editing for improving monophonic vocal lines
  • Sampler Track lets you import any audio to create a sampler track, play the sample chromatically, manipulate it, and have fun experimenting
  • Drum Editor provides an intuitive beat-making tool
  • MixConsole History lets you record every change made in the MixConsole, allowing you to undo/redo and choose the mix you prefer
  • Audio Alignment tool lets you synchronize stacked vocals in no time
  • Thousands of MIDI construction kits, audio loops, and samples that can be used as building blocks to create sketches, play-alongs, or even full songs with just a few clicks
  • Applications include composing, sequencing, beat making, recording, audio editing, vocal production, mixing, mastering, and collaborating

General

Next-Generation Audio Engine
• • Audio engine with 64-bit floating-point resolution at 192 kHz sample rate delivers crystal-clear sound
  • True surround capability with each track offering up to six discreet channels for 5.1 surround mixes

Workspaces
• • Workspaces allows you to organize windows and specific dialogs for your frequently-used workflows
  • Multiple workspaces can be defined, each saving the size, position, and layout or settings of important windows and dialogs, such as the Project window, MixConsole, or Transport panel
  • Allows you to quickly switch between different work modes via the Workspaces menu or key commands

Track Archives
• • Export Cubase tracks (audio, FX, group, instrument, MIDI, and video) as track archives for import into other Cubase projects, including all the information associated with the tracks

Project Logical Editor
• • Allows you to combine filter conditions with actions to create complex procedures
  • Edit special track type operations on tracks that are identically named, delete all muted MIDI parts, toggle the open states of all folder tracks in a project, and more

Project Browser
• • Project Browser window provides a list-based representation of the project
  • Allows you to view and edit all events on all tracks by using direct value editing in a list

Softube Console 1 Support
• • Full integration with Softube Console 1 hardware controller
  • You can select tracks and control various track parameters like volume, pan, or sends through this intuitive controller.

WaveLab File Exchange
• • Allows you to open an audio file in WaveLab directly from within a Cubase project and use WaveLab's restoration, editing, analysis and mastering tools to polish your audio material, even during the mixing process

Channel Batch Export
• • Activate this option if you want to mix down several channels simultaneously

Track Visibility
• • Track Visibility shows a list of all tracks for your project
  • Allows you to show and hide individual tracks and to determine the position of certain channels in the lower zone of the MixConsole window

MediaBay
• • The MediaBay helps you to find and organize your content

Track Import
• • Audio, instruments, MIDI, chords, markers, and video tracks can be imported directly from other Nuendo or Cubase projects
  • You can import audio, instrument, and MIDI tracks either as new tracks or as new Track Versions of existing tracks

VST System Link
• • VST System Link is a network system for digital audio that allows you to have several computers working together in one large system

Notepad
• • Each channel in the MixConsole window has its own Notepad, which allows you to enter notes and comments about each channel

Disabling Tracks
• • System resources can be conserved by disabling audio, instrument, MIDI, and sampler tracks, which you may not want to play or process at any chosen time

Track Icons
• • Identification of tracks is made very easy by the ability to add pictures to each one
  • Track pictures are available for audio, instrument, MIDI, FX channel, and group channel tracks

ReWire
• • ReWire is a special protocol for streaming audio between two computer applications, developed by Propellerhead Software and Steinberg

OMF support
• • Open Media Framework Interchange (OMFI) is a platform-independent file format intended for the transfer of digital media between different applications
  • Cubase can import and export OMF files (file extension .omf), allowing you to use the software in conjunction with other audio and video applications

Composing

Chord Track
• • The global Chord Track facilitates working with chords in a project context, enabling transform and harmonize functions throughout the application
  • Advanced voicing options are used in a harmonically correct and melodic way to reflect any changes made in the Chord Track to both MIDI and audio tracks processed with VariAudio

Chord Pads
• • Chord Pads are an inspiring tool to help you compose music quickly and creatively
  • Jam with chords and patterns in real time and control multiple parameters to change chords as you go
  • The chord pads are playable via a MIDI keyboard and real-time parameters allow you to easily improvise chord performances by changing voicings, tensions, and more

Note Expression
• • Note Expression provides an intuitive and accurate way for editing controller data
  • Controller data can be viewed and edited directly on the associated MIDI note events in the event display
  • A note and its associated controller data are treated as a unit so, when you quantize, move, copy, duplicate, or delete notes, the associated controller information follows

Global Transpose Track
• • The transpose track allows you to transpose either the entire project or any individual section

Time Warp
• • The Time Warp tool allows you to move the musical positions of events or parts to specific time positions

Arranger Track
• • The arranger functions in Cubase lets you work in a non-linear fashion
  • Using an arranger track allows you to specify how and when specific sections are played back, even in live performances, meaning you do not need to move, copy, and paste events in the Project window

Chord Assistant Proximity Mode
• • The Chord Assistant proximity mode uses a set of harmonic rules to offer suggestions that match the original chord
  • The tonal center is highlighted by the original chord at the bottom center of the Chord Assistant window, and the further away a chord suggestion is from the center; the more complex the suggestion will be
  • The suggested chords are either triads or four-note chords

Recording

Control Room
• • Control Room is a unique recording and monitoring environment, which seamlessly integrates performer mixes and monitoring setups into your recording and mixing workflow
  • Create and manage up to four unique studio mixes to feed performers with their own tailored mix
  • Use the integrated talkback function
  • Manage feeds from external audio sources

Comping
• • Comping allows you to create the perfect version of a recording from multiple takes
  • When recording several takes, Cubase instantly creates a Lane Track for each one
  • Simply swipe across the best parts and Cubase automatically creates a master take that contains all selected parts
  • In addition, the Comp tool offers extremely useful click-and-drag features for immediate results

Audio Prerecord
• • This allows you to specify how many seconds any incoming audio that you play is captured in buffer memory during playback or in stop mode

Pool
• • Every time you record on an audio track, a file is created on your hard disk
  • A reference to this file (a clip) is added to the Pool

Punch In / Punch Out
• • The punch in and punch out points are a pair of markers that determine the record start (punch in) and record stop (punch out) positions

Marker Track
• • You can use marker tracks to add and edit markers, to help you quickly locate certain positions in your project

Retrospective Record
• • Retrospective Record allows you to capture any MIDI notes that you play in Stop mode, or during playback, and turn them into a MIDI part

Sequencing

Key Editor
• • The Key Editor is where melodies, chords, arrangements and performances take shape and where ideas are sketched out, developed, and taken to their full potential

Drum Editor
• • The Drum Editor is a tool for constructing and reworking beats, rhythms, and grooves
  • Designed to help you come up with the perfect rhythm for your song or production

Logical Editor
• • The Logical Editor is a tool for complex MIDI data editing
  • It allows you to combine filter conditions with actions to create complex procedures triggered event

Quick Controls
• • The Quick Controls section is where your most important parameters are gathered in one place, saving you from having to click through the various windows and sections relating to your track

Drum Maps
• • Different MIDI drum instruments often use different key assignments, which can be troublesome if you have created a drum pattern using one MIDI device and then want to play it on another
  • Drum Maps help you solve this problem and simplify several other aspects of MIDI drum kits, such as using drum sounds from different instruments in the same drum kit

List Editor
• • The List Editor is an advanced MIDI editing tool that gives you fast access to every single aspect of a MIDI note, a huge time saver in complex projects

Metronome Click
• • The Click Pattern Editor allows you to compose custom metronome patterns with up to four different accent levels
  • You can assign several different patterns to the Signature Track, making it easy for the click to follow any time signature change
  • Select one of the many preinstalled click sounds or load your own

Audio Editing

Direct Offline Processing
• • Apply any kind of process offline in a VST plug-in chain for single or multiple selected events, with the feel of real-time effects but without the CPU load

Audio Alignment
• • The Audio Alignment tool allows you to automatically match the timing of audio events, which you want to play back simultaneously
  • It also allows you to match the timing of different instrument or vocal tracks

Group Editing
• • Track Edit Groups is a simple and efficient time-saving tool, which ties tracks that belong together
  • It allows these tracks to be edited at all once

Audio Warp Quantize
• • By creating warp markers straight from hitpoints, both single audio loops as well as the entire arrangement can be non-destructively quantized with a single mouse click (just like MIDI parts)
  • Warp-quantize multiple audio tracks at once using the convenient Quantize panel
  • Because the audio events are warped rather than sliced, they automatically follow any tempo or pitch changes of your project

Hitpoint Detection
• • Hitpoints mark musically relevant positions in audio files
  • Cubase can detect these positions and create hitpoints automatically by analyzing onsets and melodic changes within the audio

Render In Place
• • Render In Place allows you to easily bounce MIDI and audio parts, defining exactly what to include

Time Stretch
• • This function allows you to change the length and tempo of the selected audio without affecting its pitch

Sample Editor
• • The Sample Editor delivers a comprehensive set of tools for a wide range of functions, from common editing tasks down to sample-level adjustments

Mixing

MixConsole
• • MixConsole offers not only the usability, look and feel, but also sounds of a high-end analog mixing console
  • Optimized for mouse-free operation with virtually all channel elements accessible via the computer keyboard and screen reader software for the visually impaired
  • Scalable, dedicated full-screen mode
  • View Sets and Channel Zones for flexibility
  • One-click direct routing
  • Customizable track icons
  • Drag-and-drop support
  • Plug-in / channel search function

Channel Strip Modules
• • The channel strip modules are integrated into every Cubase channel
  • Includes high- and low-pass filters, EQs, noise gate, de-esser, compressors, and more
  • Modules are carefully crafted in close collaboration with seasoned audio engineers

Surround Sound
• • Cubase has integrated surround sound features, with support for several formats
  • All audio-related channels (audio and instrument tracks as well as group channels) and busses can accommodate multichannel speaker configurations
  • A channel in the MixConsole can either carry a complete surround mix or an individual speaker channel, which is part of a surround setup

Direct Routing
• • Available for audio, instrument, and FX channel tracks, groups, and output busses, Direct Routing means you can set and activate outputs for all selected channels at once, including the main output and up to seven routing destinations

VCA Faders
• • VCA faders serve as remote controls for groups of linked channel faders in the MixConsole
  • Simplifies working with submixes
  • Each VCA fader controls the volume, mute, solo, listen, monitor, and record functions of every channel in the linked group

Link Groups
• • The Link Group option on the MixConsole toolbar allows you to link channels and to edit links and the linking configuration

Stereo Combined Panner
• • The stereo combined panner links the left and right pan controls, maintaining the relative distance between them if pan settings are changed

Wave Meters
• • Wave meters let you switch the meter type from PPM to waveforms

Loudness Meter
• • The Loudness meter allows you to analyze, measure, and monitor the loudness of your project in real time

Multichannel True Peak Master Meter
• • The master meter functions as a multichannel true peak meter and a loudness meter
  • Meter allows you to measure loudness in compliance with the R128 recommendation of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU)

Listen Mode
• • Listen Mode lets you quickly check the signal from selected channels without interrupting or interfering with the mix

Precise Automation Curves
• • Precise automation curves allow you to create and edit smooth transitions, while keeping mouse clicks to a minimum

Automation of Virgin Territories
• • For adding extra, empty automation lanes
  • Automation data is only applied where it is needed, with no initial value or post-application data

A/B Comparison
• • Effect parameter settings can be used as a starting point for further fine-tuning and then be compared to the revised settings

Virtual Instruments

• • Sampler Track: Use any piece of audio to create a Sampler Track, play the sample chromatically, manipulate it with its onboard filters and controls
  • Retrologue 2 brings back the sound of analog circuitry and vintage warmth, but with a modern twist. Offers raw analog lead and bass sounds, ephemeral, delicate pads and structures, dark drones, and ultra-aggressive comps
  • Padshop: Granular synth for spacious atmospheres and evolving textures
  • HALion Sonic SE 3: Sample player and synthesizer. Features an arpeggiator module with four variations and over 150 dynamic sounds. Effects include tape saturator, wah-wah, auto-filter, step flanger, ring modulator, octaver, vintage ensemble, envelope-shaper, and rotary
  • Padshop: Granular synth is perfect for high-tension atmospheres and unusual effects, thanks to its two independent layers that generate up to eight different grain streams, a comprehensive edit section and built-in modulation and delay effects
  • Trip: Virtual analog synth that comes with three oscillators, a sub oscillator, a ring modulator, and a noise generator
  • Spector: Based on two colorful and versatile spectrum filters, it utilizes up to six oscillators per voice with two different waveforms each
  • Mystic: Uses a combination of physical modeling and comb filtering to generate unique and colorful sounds, and is based on three parallel comb filters with feedback
  • LoopMash 2: Audio analysis/synthesis engine matches similar elements across loops and beats, generating fresh and inspiring mashups from any rhythmic audio material. LoopMash provides controllable live and slice-based effects such as scratches, stutters, and tape stops, which are entirely synced to the Cubase Tempo
  • Groove Agent SE: MPC-style drum sampler includes a wide range of effects, pattern playback functions, and sample editing. It emulates the character of the 12-bit era and comes with a variety of drum kits and ready-to-go grooves, from crackling vinyl beats to realistic acoustic drum sounds
  • Prologue: Polyphonic subtractive synthesizer with great sounding multimode variable resonance filters, powerful modulation capabilities and cranking onboard effects
  • Flux: A wavetable synth, which combines HALion’s synthesis with two main wavetable oscillators, a classic sub oscillator, and a flexible noise generator

Sounds, Loops, Presets

• • Production Grooves: Feeds Groove Agent with over 400 drum loops and presets for all contemporary styles of music including basic drum accompaniment for a songwriting session, epic electronica, or serious rock beats
  • Allen Morgan Signature Drums: High-quality percussive sounds in 30 drum kits with 150 intricately grooving MIDI Loop patterns. All Beat Designer patterns were produced by Allen Morgan, whose artist credits include Taylor Swift, Nine Inch Nails, and more
  • Production Presets: FX chain presets for all kinds of instrument and vocal tracks, and mastering for different types of production
  • Caleidoscope: Dedicated sample library for the Sampler Track, with hundreds of samples and presets to get you started immediately
  • Allen Morgan Rock-Pop Toolbox: Includes 30 construction kits, each with 25 to 30, audio and MIDI loops for contemporary music productions
  • The EDM Toolbox: Comes with 30 construction kits in groups of 25 to 30 MIDI loops, routed to predefined instruments (including mix settings) to deliver immediate inspiration.

Effects

Equalizer
• • Standard Channel EQ
  • StudioEQ
  • Frequency EQ
  • DJ EQ
  • GEQ 10
  • GEQ 30
  • Voxengo CurveEQ

Dynamics
• • Brickwall Limiter
  • Multiband Envelope Shaper
  • Compressor
  • Vintage Compressor
  • Tube Compressor
  • Soft Clipper
  • Expander
  • Multiband Expander
  • Channel Tube Saturation
  • Channel Tape Saturation
  • VST Dynamics
  • DeEsser
  • Limiter
  • Maximizer
  • Gate
  • Multiband Envelope Shaper
  • Envelope Shaper
  • MIDI Gate
  • Chopper
  • Magneto 2

Reverb and Delay
• • Roomworks
  • Roomworks SE
  • REVelation
  • MonoDelay
  • PingPong Delay
  • StereoDelay

Distortion
• • AmpSimulator
  • VST Amp Rack
  • VST Bass Amp Rack
  • ToneBooster
  • Distortion
  • DaTube
  • Quadrafuzz 2
  • Grungelizer
  • Bitcrusher

Filter, Pitch, and Spatial
• • Dual Filter
  • Step Filter
  • Morph Filter
  • Wah Wah
  • Pitch Correct
  • Octaver
  • Stereo Enhancer
  • Mono To Stereo

Modulation
• • Mod Machine
  • Cloner
  • Studio Chorus
  • Chorus
  • Flanger
  • Phaser
  • Tremolo
  • Vibrato
  • Auto Pan
  • Rotary
  • Tranceformer
  • Ring Modulator
  • Metalizer
  • LoopMash FX

Mastering and Tools
• • UV22HR
  • Mix6to2
  • Test Generator
  • Mixer Delay
  • Tuner
  • SMPTE Generator
  • Mix Convert V6

Others
• Loop Mash FX

MIDI Effects

• • Beat Designer: MIDI pattern sequencer
  • Arpache SX: Advanced, versatile arpeggiator
  • Auto LFO: Works like the LFO in a synthesizer
  • Compressor: Even out or expand differences in velocity
  • MIDI Control: Generic control panel allows you to select up to eight different MIDI controller types and set values for them
  • Transformer: Real-time version of the Logical Editor
  • Density: Generic control panel for adjusting the density of the notes being played
  • Quantizer: Allows you to apply quantizing in real time
  • Chorder: MIDI chord processor, which allows you to assign complete chords to single keys in a multitude of variations
  • MIDI Echo: Generates additional echoing notes based on the MIDI notes it receives
  • Step Designer: MIDI pattern sequencer that sends out MIDI notes and additional controller data according to the defined pattern
  • Micro Tuner: Lets you set up different microtuning for the MIDI instrument by detuning each key
  • Track Control: Features three control panels for adjusting parameters on a GS- or XG-compatible MIDI device, from within the host application
  • MIDI Monitor: Monitors incoming MIDI events
  • Arpache 5: Arpeggiator that accepts a chord as input and plays back each note in the chord separately, with the playback order and speed set by the user
  • Context Gate: Allows for selective triggering/filtering of MIDI data
  • MIDI Modifiers: Duplicate of the MIDI Modifiers section in the Inspector
  • Note To CC: Generates a MIDI continuous controller event for each incoming MIDI note

Collaboration

VST Transit
• • Cloud distribution service that allows you to upload audio and MIDI tracks to the cloud, continue working from another location, and synchronize the changes back to the cloud
  • Collaborate on shared projects with friends and band members

VST Connect SE 4
• • VST Connect is a complete remote recording solution that lets you collaborate with any musician that has an Internet connection and a computer, anywhere on the planet
  • Data encryption, multitrack recording, live video chat, audio stream protection, and MIDI support make geographical distance irrelevant to studio workflows

Audio for Video

Video Import
• • Compatible video files can be imported into a project, creating a video track with a video event

Video Player
• • Video Player window provides different-size options for video playback on your computer screen

Extract Audio from Video
• • When video is imported, the audio stream can be extracted
  • It is added to the project as a new audio track and can be edited like all other audio material

Video Track
• • The video track is used to play back video events

Video Formats
• • Supports MOV, MPEG-4, and AVI video formats

Use Video Follows Edit Mode
• • The Use Video Follows Edit Mode allows you to edit audio while the video display provides continuous visual feedback

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