Editing Cubase (section)

==Operation==
Cubase can be used to edit and sequence audio signals coming from an external sound source and [[MIDI]], and can host [[Virtual Studio Technology|VST]] instruments and effects. It has a number of features designed to aid in composition, such as:
*'''Chord Tracks''': Helps the user keep track of [[chord (music)|chord]] changes, and can optionally be used to [[Harmonization|harmonize]] audio and MIDI tracks automatically, as well as trigger [[arpeggio]]s and chords with basic [[Voicing (music)|voicings]] or voicings for piano and guitar. Chords can be either entered manually or detected automatically.
*'''Expression Maps''': Adds a lane to the Key Editor (Cubase's [[Piano roll#In digital audio workstations|piano roll]]) that allows the user to define changes to the instrument's [[Articulation (music)|articulation]]s and [[Dynamics (music)|dynamics]].
*'''Note Expression''': Allows MIDI controllers such as pitch bend, volume, pan, and [[Audio filter|filters]] to be applied only to the selected notes. This overcomes one of the limitations of MIDI, where such controllers normally affect the entire channel (For example, all notes of a chord are equally affected by a pitch bend message).
*'''Key Editor Inspector''': Provides precise control over chord drawing, [[Inversion (music)#Chords|chord inversions]], [[Quantization (music)|quantization]], [[Transposition (music)|transpositions]], [[Scale (music)|scale]] correction, note lengths, and [[legato]]. Changes can be applied either to only the selected notes or the entire MIDI part being edited.
*'''Audio Warp Quantize''': Create ''warp markers'' straight from hitpoints, both single audio loops as well as the entire arrangement can be non-destructively quantized.

MIDI parts can be edited using a piano roll, a dedicated drum editor, a score editor, or as a filterable complete list of MIDI events.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Music technology workbook : key concepts and practical projects|url=https://archive.org/details/musictechnologyw00midd|url-access=limited|last=Middleton|first=Paul|publisher=Elsevier/Focal Press|others=Gurevitz, Steven.|year=2008|isbn=9781136125652|edition= 1st|location=Oxford, UK|pages=[https://archive.org/details/musictechnologyw00midd/page/n11 3]|oclc=870677689}}</ref>

The user can also mix the various tracks down into a stereo [[.wav]] file ready to be burned to a [[compact disc]] (CD) in [[Red Book (audio CD standard)|Red Book]] format, or [[.mp3]] burned to CD or DVD as files, or to be published on the Web.