All of Cubase preferences on one page

Treat Muted Audio Events like Deleted

If you have 2 overlapping audio events in your project and you mute the top one (the event you hear during playback), playback of the other (obscured) event will still only start at the end of the overlapping section.

If this is not what you want, Treat Muted Audio Events like Deleted allows you to immediately play the obscured event when muting the top event.

Use Mouse Wheel for Event Volume and Fades

• If this option is activated, you can use the mouse wheel to move the event volume curve up or down.

• When you hold down Shift while moving the mouse wheel, the fade curves will be affected. To move the end point of the fade in, position the mouse in the left half of the event. To move the start point of the fade out, position the mouse in the right half of the event.

On Import Audio Files

This setting determines what happens when importing an audio file into a project:

• Open Options Dialog

  An Import Options dialog opens when you import, allowing you to select whether you want to copy the file to the audio folder and/or convert it to the project settings.

• Use Settings

  Allows you to set the following standard actions:

  Copy Files to Working Directory — copies the files to the project’s audio folder before import.

  Convert and Copy to Project If Needed — copies the files to the project’s audio folder before import and converts them if the files have a different sample rate or a lower resolution than the project settings.

  Split channels/Split multi-channel files — copies the files to the project’s audio folder and splits stereo or multi-channel audio files into a corresponding number of mono files – one for each channel. Use the Split File Name Format pop-up menu to specify how the split files are named. This allows for compatibility with other products when exchanging audio files and avoids confusion if the source file contains no stereo or surround material, but poly-mono audio.

Remove Regions/Hitpoints on all Offline Processes

If this option is activated, and you perform offline processing on an audio range that contains regions, these will be removed.

On Processing Shared Clips

This setting determines what happens when you apply processing to a shared clip, that is, a clip that is used by more than one event in the project:

• Open Options Dialog

  An Options dialog appears, allowing you to select whether you want to create a new version of the clip or apply the processing to the existing clip.

• Create New Version

  A new editing version of the clip is automatically created, and the processing is applied to that version (leaving the original clip unaffected).

• Process Existing Clip

  The processing is applied to the existing clip (which means that all events playing that clip will be affected).

Enable Automatic Hitpoint Detection

If this option is activated, and you add an audio file to your project by recording or by importing, Cubase automatically detects its hitpoints. This allows you to navigate to hitpoints of an audio file from within the Project window.

Time Stretch Tool Algorithm

Use this option to select a default algorithm that is applied when using the Object Selection tool in Sizing Applies Time Stretch mode. This mode allows you to resize parts and events in the Project window and apply time stretch to their contents in the process, so that the audio material is adjusted to fit the new length of the part or event. The following settings are available:

• MPEX – Preview Quality

  Use this mode only for preview purposes.

• MPEX – Mix Fast

  This mode is a very fast mode for preview. This works best with composite music signals (mono or stereo material).

• MPEX – Solo Fast

  Use this mode for single instruments (monophonic material) and voice.

• MPEX – Solo Musical

  Same as above but higher quality.

• MPEX – Poly Fast

  Use this for processing monophonic and polyphonic material. This is the fastest setting that still provides very good results. You can use this for drum loops, mixes, or chords.

• MPEX – Poly Musical

  Use this for processing monophonic and polyphonic material. This is the recommended MPEX default quality setting. You can use this for drum loops, mixes, or chords.

• MPEX – Poly Complex

  This high quality setting produces high CPU load. Use this setting when processing difficult material or for stretch factors above 1.3.

• Realtime

  This algorithm is much quicker and allows for better CPU performance than MPEX, but produces a lower sound quality.

Default Warping Algorithm

Determines which warp algorithm is used for new audio clips in the project.

‘X’ Chords Mute Notes on Tracks That are in Follow Chord Track Mode

This determines what happens when you play back a track that follows the chord track and the cursor reaches an undefined chord event (X chord). Activate this option to mute playback. Deactivate this option to continue playback of the last defined chord event.

Disable ‘Acoustic Feedback’ during Playback

If you activate this option, Acoustic Feedback is automatically disabled on playback. This ensures that chord events are not triggered twice.

Hide muted Notes in Editors

If you set up a MIDI track to follow the chord track by activating one of the Follow Chord Track options, some of the original MIDI notes may be muted. Activate this option to hide these notes in the editors.

Value Box/Time Control Mode

The menu contains the following options:

• Text Input on Left-Click

  In this mode, clicking a value box will open it for editing by typing.

• Increment/Decrement on Left/Right-Click

  In this mode, you can click with the left or right mouse button to decrease or increase the value. To edit values by typing in this mode, please double-click. Under Mac OS, right-clicking is the same as Ctrl/Cmd-clicking. We recommend that you use a 2-button mouse and set up the right button to generate a Ctrl/Cmd-click.

• Increment/Decrement on Left-Click and Drag

  In this mode, you can click and drag up or down to adjust the value (much like dragging a vertical fader). Double-click to enter values manually.

Knob Mode

The menu contains the following options:

• Circular

  To move an encoder, click on it and drag in a circular motion, such as turning a real encoder. When you click anywhere along the encoder’s edge, the setting is immediately changed.

• Relative Circular

  Works like the Circular option, but clicking does not automatically change the setting. This means you can make adjustments to the current setting by clicking anywhere on an encoder and dragging. There is no need to click on the exact current position.

• Linear

  To move an encoder, click on it and drag up or down (or left or right) with the mouse button pressed – as if the encoder was a vertical (or horizontal) slider.

Slider Mode

The menu contains the following options:

• Jump

  In this mode, clicking anywhere on a slider will make the slider handle instantly move to that position.

• Touch

  In this mode, you have to click on the actual slider handle to adjust the parameter. This reduces the risk of accidentally moving sliders.

• Ramp

  In this mode, clicking anywhere on a slider (but not on the actual handle) and keeping the mouse button pressed causes the handle to move smoothly to the new position.

• Relative

  In this mode, clicking on a slider will not immediately change the setting. Instead you click and drag up or down – the setting will be changed according to how far you drag, not according to where you click.

Select Controllers in Note Range: Use Extended Note Context

If this option is activated and you move notes together with their controllers, for example, in the Key Editor, the extended note context will be taken into account. This means that controllers between the last selected note and the following note (or the end of the part) will also be moved. If this option is deactivated, only the controllers between the first and the last selected note will be moved.

Legato Overlap

Determines the result of the Legato function on the MIDI menu.

• If Legato Overlap is set to 0 Ticks, the Legato function extends each selected note so that it reaches the next note exactly.

• Setting Legato Overlap to a positive value causes the notes to overlap by the specified number of ticks.

• Setting Legato Overlap to a negative value makes the Legato function leave a slight gap between the notes.

Legato Mode: Between Selected Notes Only

If this option is activated, the length of selected notes will be adjusted so that they reach the next selected note, allowing you to apply Legato only to your bass line, for example.

Split MIDI Events

If you split a MIDI part in the Project window (with the Cut tool or one of the split functions) so that the split position intersects one or several MIDI notes, the result depends on this setting.

• If Split MIDI Events is activated, the intersected notes are split. This creates new notes at the beginning of the second part.

• If Split MIDI Events is deactivated, the notes will remain in the first part, but stick out after the end of the part.

Split MIDI Controllers

If you split a MIDI part containing controllers, the result depends on this setting:

• If Split MIDI Controllers is activated and the part contains a controller with a value other than zero at the split position, a new controller event (of the same type and value) will be inserted at the split position (at the start of the second part).

• If Split MIDI Controllers is deactivated, no new controller events will be inserted.

Note

If you just split a part and play back the result, it will sound the same regardless of this setting. However, if you split a part and delete the first half or move the second half to a different position in the project, you may want to activate Split MIDI Controllers to make sure all controllers have the correct value at the beginning of the second part.

Select Channel/Track on Solo

When you activate this option, a track in the track list or a channel in the MixConsole automatically gets selected if Solo is activated. Deactivating this option always keeps the current selection status, regardless of the solo setting for the tracks.

Select Channel/Track on Edit Settings

When you activate this option, a track in the track list or a channel in the MixConsole automatically gets selected when you click the respective edit button. Deactivating this option always keeps the current track/channel selection.

Scroll to selected Track

If you activate this option, selecting a MixConsole channel automatically scrolls the track list to display the respective track.

Sync Selection in Project Window and MixConsole

If this option is activated, and you select a track in the Project window, the corresponding channel is automatically selected in the MixConsole and vice versa.

This can be a very handy feature when making detailed settings for audio and MIDI channels: open the Channel Settings window for a track by clicking its edit button, and position it so that it can remain open without obstructing the view. Then you can simply select the track for which you want to make settings in the Project window. The Channel Settings window will automatically change to show the settings for the selected track.

Enable Record on Selected MIDI Track

If this option is activated, the selected MIDI tracks are automatically record-enabled.

Enable Record on Selected Audio Track

If this option is activated, selected audio tracks are automatically record-enabled.

Enable Solo on Selected Track

If this option is activated, the selected tracks are automatically soloed.

Deep Track Folding

If this option is activated, any folding settings that you make on the Track Folding submenu of the Project menu also affect the subelements of the tracks. For example, if you fold in a folder track that contains 10 audio tracks, of which 5 have several open automation tracks, all these audio tracks within the folder track will also be folded in.

Enlarge Selected Track

Activate this option to enter a mode where the selected track in the Project window will be enlarged. You can adjust the size directly in the track list if the default enlargement factor does not suit you. When you select another track in the track list, this track is automatically enlarged, and the previously selected track is displayed in its previous size.

On this page you can specify which modifier keys are used for additional functionality when using tools.

Procedure

1. Select an option in the Categories list.
2. Select the action for which you want to edit the modifier key in the Action list.
3. On your computer keyboard, hold down the modifier keys and click Assign.

Result

The current modifier key(s) for the action is replaced. If this tool already has assigned modifier key(s), you will be asked whether you want to replace them.

Controls		Reset to default value	Ctrl
Drag n Drop		Constrain Direction	Ctrl
		Copy	Alt
		Share Copy	Alt + Shift
Erase tool		Delete later events	Alt
Glue tool		Glue all following events	Alt
Info line		All events same value	Ctrl
Range tool		Exclude row	Ctrl
		Select full vertical	Ctrl + Shift
Select tool		Edit velocity	Shift
		Set position	Ctrl + Shift
		Slip event	Ctrl + Alt
		Split event	Alt
Size objects		Common position	none
		Disable snapping	Ctrl
		Repeat event	Alt
		Time stretch	None
Split tool		Split repeated	Alt
Time wrap tool		Adjust or delete	Shift
		No correction	Alt
Trim tool		Constrain direction	Ctrl
		Trim start	Alt

Pop-up Show Toolbox on Right-Click

If this option is activated, the toolbox opens on right-click in the event display and editors. You can change the number of rows in which the tools are arranged on the toolbox. Keep the right mouse button pressed until the mouse pointer changes to a double arrow and drag to the bottom or right.

• To open the context menu instead of the toolbox, press any modifier key when right-clicking.

Cross-Hair Cursor

This allows you to set up a cross-hair cursor when working in the event display and editors, facilitating navigation and editing, especially when arranging in large projects. You can set up the colors for the line and the mask of the cross-hair cursor, and define its width. The cross-hair cursor works as follows:

• If the Selection tool (or one of its subtools) is selected, the cross-hair cursor appears when you start moving or copying a part/event or when you use the event trim handles.

• If the Draw tool, the Cut tool, or any other tool that makes use of this function is selected, the cross-hair cursor appears as soon as you move the mouse over the event display.

• The cross-hair cursor is only available for tools where such a function is of any use.

Show vertical line

Show horizontal line

Line Color

Mask Color

Mask width

Note

If the Key Editor, Drum Editor or the Audio Part Editor is open in the lower zone of the Project window and Link Project and Lower Zone Cursors is activated, the cross-hair cursor is shown in the lower zone editor and in the Project window.

Zoom Tool Standard Mode: Horizontal Zooming Only

This affects the result when using the Zoom tool (magnifying glass).

If this option is activated and you drag a selection rectangle with the Zoom tool, the window is only zoomed horizontally and the track height does not change. If this option is deactivated, the window is zoomed both horizontally and vertically.

Select Tool: Show Extra Info

Activate this to show a tooltip for the Object Selection tool in the Project window event display. This tooltip indicates the current pointer position and the name of the track and event at which you are pointing.

Show Notification when switching Tool Mode with key command

If this option is activated, a warning opens if you select the Timewarp tool and the ruler is not set to Bars and Beats.

Interpolate Audio Waveforms

If you have zoomed in to one sample per pixel or less, the appearance of the samples depends on this setting. If this option is deactivated, single sample values are drawn as steps. If this option is activated, the sample values are interpolated to form curves.

Show Event Volume Curves Always

If this option is activated, event volume curves, as created by the fade and volume handles, are shown for all events, regardless of whether they are selected or not. If this option is deactivated, volume curves are only shown for selected events. However, note that you can still adjust fades and volumes for events that are not selected, by clicking and dragging the top left, middle, or right edge respectively.

Show Waveforms

If this option is activated, audio waveforms are displayed for audio events.

Show Hitpoints on Selected Events

If this option is activated, hitpoints are displayed for audio events.

Waveform Brightness

Increases or decreases the brightness of the displayed waveforms.

Waveform Outline Intensity

Increases or decreases the intensity of the waveform outline.

Fade Handle Brightness

Increases or decreases the brightness of the set fade lines within audio events.

Background Color Modulation

If this option is activated, the backgrounds of audio waveforms reflect the waveform dynamics. This is especially useful to get an overview when working with small track heights.

Pitch Notation

• The Note Name pop-up menu lets you select between 3 ways of displaying chords: English, German, and Solfège.

• The Naming Format pop-up menu lets you determine how MIDI note names (pitches) are displayed in editors, etc. The options are: MIDI, MIDI + MIDI Note Number, and Classic (Helmholtz).

• The options Display ‘Bb’ as ‘B’ and Display ‘B’ as ‘H’ allow you to change the corresponding pitch names.

• If you activate Enharmonics from Chord Track, and your project contains a chord track with chord events, these chord events determine if the enharmonically equivalent notes in the Key Editor and in the List Editor are displayed as sharp or flat.

Chord Font

Allows you to specify a font for all chord symbols.

Chord Symbols

There are several ways of indicating chord types, for example, major and minor chords. These options allow you to select your preferred display method for major 7th chords, minor chords, half-diminished chords, diminished chords, and augmented chords.

Custom Chord Symbols

You can modify the default chord symbols that are used on the chord track, for the chord pads, and in the Score Editor.

• The New Custom Chord button allows you to add a new custom chord symbol.

• The options to the left allow you to specify the chord for which you want to change the chord symbol.

• Click the Type and Tension fields and enter your custom symbol.

  Note

  You must define custom symbols for each set of tensions.

• The Result field shows how the chord will be displayed.

• The Remove Custom Chord button allows you to remove the custom chord symbol that is selected in the list.

Show Event Details

If this option is activated, event details are displayed. If this option is deactivated, data blocks are displayed.

This setting depends on the Show Data on Folder Tracks setting.

Show Data on Folder Tracks

Determines in which case data blocks or event details are displayed on folder tracks.

• Always Show Data

  If this option is activated, data blocks or event details are always displayed.

• Never Show Data

  If this option is activated, nothing is displayed.

• Hide Data When Expanded

  If this option is activated, the display of events is hidden when you open folder tracks.

Part Data Mode

Determines if and how events in MIDI parts are shown: not shown, as lines, as score notes, as drum notes, or as blocks. Note that this setting is overwritten for tracks with drum maps if the Use Drum Editor when Drum Map is assigned option is activated.

Show Controllers

Governs whether non-note events such as controllers, etc. are shown in MIDI parts.

Note Brightness

Increases or decreases the brightness of note events.

Controller Brightness

Increases or decreases the brightness of controller events.

Show Marker Lines

Allows you to specify if marker lines are shown on other tracks in the Project window.

• Off

  Marker lines are only shown on marker tracks.

• From Active Marker Track

  Marker lines of the active marker track are shown on other tracks in the Project window.

• From All Marker Tracks

  Marker lines of all marker tracks are shown on other tracks in the Project window.

Default Track Name Width

Allows you to determine the default name width for all track types.

Default Author Name

Allows you to specify an author name that is used by default for new projects. This will be included as metadata when exporting audio files with an iXML chunk.

Default Company Name

Allows you to specify a company name that is used by default for new projects. This will be included as metadata when exporting audio files with an iXML chunk.

Export Options

These options allow you to specify what data is included in exported MIDI files.

Export Inspector Patch

If this option is activated, the MIDI patch settings in the Inspector - Bank Select and Program Select (used for selecting sounds in the connected MIDI instrument) are included as MIDI Bank Select and Program Change events in the MIDI file.

Export Inspector Volume/Pan

If this option is activated, Volume and Pan settings made in the Inspector are included as MIDI Volume and Pan events in the MIDI file.

Export Automation

If this option is activated, the automation data (just as it is heard during playback) is converted to MIDI controller events and included in the MIDI file. This also includes automation recorded with the MIDI Control plug-in.

Note that if a continuous controller (e. g. CC7) has been recorded but the Read button is deactivated for the automation track (i. e. the automation is effectively switched off for this parameter), only the part data for this controller will be exported.

If this option is deactivated and the Read Automation button is activated, no continuous controllers will be exported. If the Read button is deactivated, the controller data of the MIDI part are exported (these will now be handled like “regular” part data).

It is recommended to activate the “Export Automation” option.

Export Inserts

If this option is activated and you are using MIDI modifiers or any MIDI plug-ins as insert effects, the modifications to the original MIDI notes that occur as a result of the effect(s) will be included in the MIDI file. A MIDI delay, for example, will produce a number of repeats to a MIDI note by actually adding additional, “echoing” notes at rhythmic intervals - these notes will be included in the MIDI file if the option is activated.

Export Sends

If this option is activated and you are using any MIDI plug-ins as send effects, the modifications to the original MIDI notes that occur as a result of the effect(s) will be included in the MIDI file.

Export Markers

If this option is activated, any markers you have added will be included in the MIDI file as Standard MIDI File Marker events.

Export as Type 0

If this option is activated, the MIDI file will be of Type 0 (all data on a single track, but on different MIDI channels). If you do not check this option, the MIDI file will be of Type 1 (data on separate tracks). Which type to choose depends on what you want to do with the MIDI file (in which application or sequencer it is to be used).

Export Resolution

You can specify a MIDI resolution between 24 and 960 for the MIDI file. The resolution is the number of pulses, or ticks, per quarter note (PPQ) and determines the precision with which you will be able to view and edit the MIDI data. The higher the resolution, the higher the precision. The resolution should be chosen depending on the application or sequencer with which the MIDI file will be used though, because certain applications and sequencers may not be able to handle certain resolutions.

Export Locator Range

If this option is activated, only the range between the left and right locator will be exported.

Export includes Delay

If this option is activated, any delay settings you have made in the Inspector will be included in the MIDI file.

Import Options

Extract First Patch

If this option is activated, the first Program Change and Bank Select events for each track are converted to Inspector settings for the track.

Extract First Volume/Pan

If this option is activated, the first MIDI Volume and Pan events for each track are converted to Inspector settings for the track.

Import Controller as Automation Tracks

If this option is activated, MIDI controller events in the MIDI file will be converted to automation data for the MIDI tracks. If this option is deactivated, controller data for the MIDI parts will be imported.

Import to Left Locator

If this option is activated, the imported MIDI file will be placed so that it starts at the position of the left locator - otherwise it will start at the beginning of the project. Note that if you choose to have a new project created automatically, the MIDI file will always start at the beginning of the project.

Import Markers

If this option is activated, Standard MIDI File Markers in the file will be imported and converted to Cubase markers.

Import dropped File as single Part

If this option is activated and you drag and drop a MIDI file into the project, the whole file will be placed on a single track.

Ignore Master Track Events on Merge

If this option is activated and you import a MIDI file into the current project, tempo track data in the MIDI file is ignored. The imported MIDI file will play according to the current Tempo track in the project.

If this option is deactivated, the Tempo Track Editor will be adjusted according to the tempo information in the MIDI file.

Auto Dissolve Format 0

If this option is activated and you import a MIDI file of type 0 into the project, the file will automatically be “dissolved”: For each embedded MIDI channel in the file, a separate track will be inserted in the Project window.

If this option is deactivated, only one MIDI track will be created. This track will be set to MIDI Channel “Any”, allowing all MIDI events to play back on their original channels. You can also use the “Dissolve Part” function on the MIDI menu to distribute the events onto different tracks (or lanes) with different MIDI Channels at a later stage.

Destination

This allows you to specify what happens when you drag a MIDI file into the project:

• Select MIDI Tracks to create MIDI tracks for the imported file.

• Select Instrument Tracks to create instrument tracks for each MIDI channel in the MIDI file and let the program automatically load appropriate presets.

• Select HALion Sonic SE multi-timbral to create several MIDI tracks, each routed to a separate instance of HALion Sonic SE in the VST Instruments window and load the appropriate presets.

Import Karaoke Lyrics as Text

Activate this to convert karaoke lyrics in the MIDI file to text that can be displayed in the Score Editor. If this option is deactivated, lyrics are only shown in the List Editor.

This page allows you to prevent certain MIDI messages from being recorded and/or echoed by the MIDI Thru function (thruput).

The page is divided into 4 sections:

Record

Activating any of these options prevents the corresponding type of MIDI message from being recorded. It will, however, be thruput, and if already recorded, it will play back normally.

Thru

Activate any of these options to prevent the corresponding type of MIDI message from being thruput. It will, however, be recorded and played back normally.

Channels

If you activate a Channel button, no MIDI messages on that MIDI Channel will be recorded or thruput. Already recorded messages will however be played back normally.

Controller

Allows you to prevent certain MIDI controller types from being recorded or thruput.

To filter out a controller type, select it from the list at the top of the section and click “Add”. It will appear in the list below.

To remove a controller type from the list (allow it to be recorded and thruput), select it in the lower list and click “Remove”.

On this page you can assign colors to level meter values to quickly identify what levels are reached. You can adjust the colors for the channel meter or the master meter. For the master meter you can only make changes for the Digital Scale scaling mode. Changes take effect when you click Apply or OK.

To adjust the levels and colors, activate the channel meter or master meter option and proceed as follows:

• To specify the level for a color change, double-click a handle to the right of the meter scale and enter the level (dB) value. Note that for dB values less than 0, you must add a minus sign before the entered number. You can also click a handle and drag it to a specific level. Press Shift for more accurate positioning. Alternatively, you can nudge with the Up Arrow/Down Arrow keys. Press Shift for faster positioning.

• To assign a color, click the upper or lower part of a handle, and use the color selector pane to select a color. Selecting the same color for the upper and lower part of the handle results in a meter that changes its colors gradually, while different colors indicate level changes even more precisely.

• To add more color handles, click Add, or Alt-click at a level position to the right of the meter scale. Each new handle is automatically associated with a default color.

• To remove a handle, select the handle and click Remove, or Ctrl/Cmd-click the handle.

Audio Pre-Record Seconds

This allows you to specify for how many seconds any incoming audio you play is captured in buffer memory during playback or in stop mode.

When Recording Wave Files larger than 4GB

This allows you to specify what happens if you record Wave files that are larger than 4 GB.

• To split the Wave file, activate Split Files.

  Use this if you work on a FAT32 file system that supports only file sizes up to 4 GB.

• To save the Wave file as RF64 file, activate Use RF64 Format.

  RF64 files use the .wav extension. However, they can only be opened with an application that supports the RF64 standard.

Create Audio Images During Record

If this option is activated, Cubase calculates the waveform image and displays it during the actual recording process.

Note

This realtime calculation uses some extra processing power.

Record › Audio › Broadcast Wave go to top

This page allows you to specify the Description, Author, and Reference text strings that are embedded in recorded Broadcast Wave files. The settings you make here also appear as default strings in the Broadcast Wave Chunk dialog when you export files to certain formats (not only Broadcast Wave files can contain embedded information, but also Wave, Wave 64, and AIFF files).

Description

Author

Reference Value

Record-Enable allows MIDI Thru

Activate this option if you do not want record-enabled MIDI or instrument tracks to echo incoming MIDI data. This prevents hearing doubled notes on record-enabled tracks to which a VST instrument is assigned.

Snap MIDI Parts to Bars

Activate this to lengthen recorded MIDI parts automatically to start and end at whole bar positions. If you are working in a Bars+Beats-based context, this can make editing (Moving, Duplicating, Repeating, etc.) easier.

MIDI Record Catch Range in ms

When you record starting at the left locator, this setting helps you make sure that the very start of the recording is included. If you raise the Record Catch Range, Cubase will catch the events played just before the recording start point, eliminating this problem.

Retrospective Record

If this option is activated, the program captures MIDI input in buffer memory, even when not recording. The contents of the buffer memory can then be retrieved and turned into a MIDI part on a record-enabled MIDI track. This therefore allows you to capture any MIDI notes you play in stop mode or during playback and later turn them into a recorded MIDI part.

Retrospective Record Buffer Size

Use the Retrospective Record Buffer Size setting to determine how much MIDI data can be captured in the buffer.

ASIO Latency Compensation Active by Default

This determines the initial state of the ASIO Latency Compensation button in the track list for MIDI or instrument tracks.

If you record live on a VST instrument, you usually compensate the latency of your audio card by playing too early. In consequence, the timestamps are recorded too early. By activating this option, all recorded events are moved by the current latency, and playback sounds like during the recording situation.

Add Latency to MIDI-Thru Processing

This determines the initial state of the ASIO Latency Compensation button in the track list for MIDI or instrument tracks.

If you record live on a VST instrument, you usually compensate the latency of your audio card by playing too early. In consequence, the timestamps are recorded too early. By activating this option, all recorded events are moved by the current latency, and playback sounds like during the recording situation.

Replace Recording in Editors

This affects the result of recording in a MIDI editor when Replace Mode is selected (Linear Record Mode on the Transport panel):

• None

  Nothing is replaced, even though Replace Mode is selected.

• Controller

  Only controller data is replaced, not notes.

• All

  Replace mode works as usual - notes and controllers are replaced when recording.

Display Object Selection tool after Inserting Symbol

If this option is activated, as soon as you add a symbol, the program switches back to the Object Selection tool. If this option is deactivated, the Draw tool remains active after inserting a symbol.

Double-Click Symbol to get Draw tool

If this option is activated, you need to double-click with the Object Selection tool in a Palette to activate the Draw tool. If this option is deactivated, a single click is enough to bring out the Pencil.

Keep Crescendo Symbols “Horizontal”

If this option is activated, crescendo symbols are never “slanted”.

Keep moved Notes within Key

If this option is activated, and you move notes vertically (to transpose them), you will be restricted to pitches within the current key.

Tied Notes selected as Single Units

If this option is activated, and you click on either note in a tied note pair, both notes will be selected.

Global Staff Spacings with [Alt-Gr + Ctrl] (Win)/[Option]-[Command] (Mac)

If this option is activated, pressing AltGr + Ctrl on Windows or Alt-Cmd on Mac OS and adjusting the spacing of staves applies the spacing to all staves on the current page and on all the following pages. If this option is deactivated, the spacing is only applied to the current page.

Auto Layout: Don’t hide first staff

This option affects the Auto Layout functions “Hide Empty Staves” and “Optimize All”. When “Don’t hide first staff” is activated, staves in the very first grand staff will not be hidden, even if they are empty.

Show Braces in Edit Mode

Normally, braces are only shown in Page Mode. With this option activated they will also be visible in Edit Mode.

“Apply” closes Property Windows

Normally, when you open a Property window or any non-modal score dialog (e. g. Set Note Info or Score Settings), you can adjust the settings and click Apply to apply the changes without closing the window. If this option is activated, clicking Apply closes the window.

Show Position Cursor

If this option is activated the Project cursor position is shown as a vertical line in the score. You can click and drag the line to move the cursor or hold down Ctrl/Cmd and click anywhere in the score to move the cursor directly there.

Show pitch when inserting notes

If this option is activated the pitch of inserted notes is indicated.

Show Note Info by the Mouse

If this option is activated and you insert or drag a note in the score, a tooltip will appear below the pointer, showing the current pitch and position. If you feel screen redraws are too slow, you may want to turn this feature off.

Snap Slurs when dragging

If this option is activated, the endpoints of slurs will snap to notes when you draw or move them.

Unlock Layout when editing single parts

If there are more than one part on a track, and you open score edit for one of these parts, the other parts are displayed as “empty space” to preserve the layout. If this option is activated, this empty space is avoided, so you can print this single part without endless rests.

Note

Note that this option will erase the layout for the whole track! The next time you open the entire track, the previous layout will be overwritten with the layout settings you made for the single edited part.

Double-click on staff flips between full score/part

If this option is activated, double-clicking on a staff will switch between display of either the whole track or the current part.

Note

Note that in this case, the Score Settings dialog will only open if you select the “Settings...” option on the Scores menu.

Layout Tool Compatibility Mode

The behavior of the Layout tool was different in older versions of Cubase. Activate this option if you have an old project in which the Layout tool was used to ensure that the project is displayed as expected.

Hide Notes beyond limits

If this option is activated, any notes outside the Note Limits range set in the Score Settings dialog (Staff page - Options tab) will be hidden.

Computer Keyboard Note Entry: Enter Notes instantaneously

If this option is activated, you can insert notes without pressing Return.

Computer Keyboard Note Entry: Legato

If this option is activated, the length of the previous note is changed on inserting notes.

Computer Keyboard Note Entry: Require ALT-Key

If this option is activated, you must hold down Alt to insert notes.

Computer Keyboard Note Entry: Use Virtual Keyboard Keys

If this option is activated, you can insert notes by pressing the keys that correspond to the note on the virtual keyboard (qwerty).

Default Number of Bars per Staff

This is used in 2 cases:

• In Edit Mode to set how many bars are shown across the page.

• In Page Mode to decide how many bars there are shown across the page in a new layout.

Note

When using the Auto Layout function, you will be asked for the maximum number of bars across the page, overriding this setting.

Scrub Volume

This lets you set the playback volume for the Scrub function in the Project window and audio editors.

Use High Quality Scrub Mode

When you activate this option, effects are enabled for scrubbing and the resampling quality is higher. However, scrubbing will be more demanding on the processor.

Use Inserts While Scrubbing

When you activate this option, you can activate insert effects for scrubbing with the shuttle speed control. By default, insert effects are bypassed.

Warn Before Removing Modified Effects

If this option is activated, a dialog will appear whenever you remove an effect plug-in for which you have made parameter changes, asking for confirmation as to whether you really want to remove the effect.

If you do not want this dialog to appear and modified effects to be removed without confirmation, leave this option deactivated.

Open Effect Editor after Loading it

If this option is activated, loading an effect or VST instrument (e. g. in one of the plug-in slots of the Send or Insert sections) will automatically open the control panel for the plug-in.

Create MIDI track when loading VSTi

This pop-up menu allows you to what specify happens when you add a VSTi in the VST Instruments window. The following options are available:

• Always

  When this is selected, a corresponding MIDI track will always be created when you add a VST instrument.

• Do not

  When this is selected, no MIDI track will be created when you add a VSTi in the VST Instruments window. This is the behavior from earlier versions of Cubase.

• Always ask to

  When this is selected, you will be asked whether a corresponding MIDI track is created when you add a VSTi in the VST Instruments window.

Synchronize Plug-in Program Selection to Track Selection

If you route multiple MIDI tracks to multi-timbral instruments and activate this option, track selection and plug-in program selection are synchronized.

Suspend VST 3 plug-in processing when no audio signals are received

If this option is activated, VST plug-ins will not consume any CPU power during “silent” passages, i. e. when no audio is passing through them. This can improve system performance noticeably.

Note

Note however that this might lead to situations where you loaded more plug-ins in Stop mode than the system will be able to play back simultaneously. As a safety measure, try playing back the part of your project which contains the largest number of audio events to make sure that your computer system can handle the current number of VST plug-ins.

Plug-in Editors “Always on Top”

If this option is activated, the control panels for effect plug-ins and VST instruments will always be shown on top of other windows.

Show Control Room Volume in Transport Panel

If this option is activated, the Transport panel will display the Control Room Volume if the Control Room is enabled. If the Control Room is disabled, the volume of the Main Mix bus will be shown in the Transport panel.

Auto Disable Talkback Mode

Allows you to specify if Talkback is disabled during recording, during playback and recording, or not at all.

Note

Set the Talkback DIM level to 0 dB so as not to radically change the mix level when punching in and out of record mode.

Use Phones Channel as Preview Channel

If this option is activated, the Phones channel will be used for monitoring. If this option is deactivated, the Monitor channel in the Control Room will be used.

Dim Cue during Talkback

If this option is activated, the cue mix heard in a studio will be dimmed (by the amount set in the Talkback Dim Level field in the Control Room) for as long as the Talkback channel is used. If this option is deactivated, the cue mix level remains the same during Talkback.

Exclusive Device Ports for Monitor Channels

If this option is activated, the port assignment for Monitor channels is exclusive. If your scenario does not require you to assign ports to several Monitor channels, it is recommended to activate this option. This way you can make sure that you do not accidentally assign ports to inputs/outputs and Monitor channels at the same time.

Note

This setting is saved with the Control Room presets.

Reference Level

The reference level is the level that is used in calibrated mixing environments, such as film dubbing stages. Use this option to specify the reference level that can be assigned to the Control Room level.

Note

You can also manually adjust the reference level in the Control Room settings.

Main Dim Volume

Use this to set the amount of gain reduction applied to the Control Room channel when the DIM button is activated.