Cubase SX

Mixing
- Mixing and Monitoring of External Instruments in VST Mixer
- Copy/Paste channel settings for multiple selected channels in one go
- New Panner Mode: Equal Power
- Panner Bypass Function
- New Key Command Set for Mixer functions
- Command Target filters for Mixer functions
- Inspector sub-section for MIDI Tracks routed to a VST Insert Plug-in

Files and Formats (Import and Export)
- Extended Search functions in Pool
- Exclude Media when exporting Tracks as Track Archive
- Select individual Tracks when importing a Track Archive
- Support for Steinberg Dolby Digital and DTS encoders

Recording and playback
- Smart controller reset after recording
- Recovery of audio recordings after system failure
- New pre-count options, sensitive to tempo and time signature changes
- Optional Sample-Rate Conversion when importing Tracks

Editing
- Freeze Function for External Instruments and FX
- Glue multiple parts with single mouse-click
- Glue all following parts on selected track
- New Crosshair-Cursor option
- Process Bars in Tempo Track
- Duplicate Track option
- Freeze MIDI Track Play Parameters
- Optimize Display when dissolving Parts
- Apply Legato to selected notes only
- Select equal Pitch > all Octaves/same Octave for all Positions
- Transpose for single or multiple Audio Events via Info Line

Project/General
- New "External Instruments" options in VST Connections
- External Instruments added to VST Instrument Rack
- Associated External Instruments Track Inspector added to MIDI Track
Inspector
- Associated Audio Track Inspector added to MIDI track inspector routed to
VST Insert Plug-in
- External FX/Instruments Favorites
- Advanced CPU-saving scrubbing mode
- New Appearance options: Brightness, Contrast and Saturation
- Sophisticated user-definable level meter coloring
- Automatic Track Coloring
- Incremental Auto-Save
- Track Folding: Toggle Selected Track
- Track Folding: Fold/Unfold Tracks
- Track Folding: Flip Fold States
- Resize Tracks without selecting
- OSX Performance Optimization: integrated support for MacOSX Quartz 2D
graphics system
- Additional Processor Optimization: support for DualCore and Multi-Processor
PC systems (systems with more than two processors)
- Safe Recovery of corrupt projects after system failure

MIDI & Music
- MIDI Output Delay Compensation for External Instruments
- Associate MIDI Device to External FX
- Associate MIDI Device to External Instruments
- Option to convert MIDI Controller Lane volume data to Track Automation
volume data

Studio Connections
- Studio Connections Audio Integration
Remote
- Access Mixer Device Panels (user Panels) from Hardware Remote
Controllers (for Houston, Mackie Control/HUI, Yamaha DM xxxx
series, 02r96/01v96, Radical SAC2K und CM Motormix)

Various
- Preferences: Redesigned Appearance settings panel
- New preference: Use Up/Down Navigation Commands for selecting Tracks
only
- New Preference: Default Track Time Type (Audio and MIDI)
- New Preference: Auto Track Color Mode
- New Preference: Sync Project and Mixer Selection
- New Preference: Deep Track Folding
- New Preference: Enlarge Selected Track
- New Preference: Select Channel/Track on Solo
- New Preference: Select Channel/Track on Edit Setting
- New Preference: Maximum Backup Files
- New Preference: Insert Reset Events after Record
- New Preference: Chase Events – Chase not limited to Part Boundaries
- New Preference: Option to export warnings as text file
- New Preference: Warn on Processing Overloads
- New Preference: global Tail value for External Instruments and FX
- New Preference: Map Input Bus Metering to Audio Track (in Direct
Monitoring)
- Single Key command to open and close Pool Window
- New Key Command to open Device for selected Track
- Appearance: User-definable intensity for active drum lane
- New Key Command to toggle status of "Select Channel/Track on Edit
Settings"

The following new features have been added in Cubase SX version 3.0.2 :
- The status of the Play Order Track is now saved with the project
- Additional "Appearance" options are now available, including User Meters

The following problems have been fixed in Cubase SX version 3.0.2
- dB Law: relative automation levels for multiple points or multiple event volumes do not retain their correct logarithmic dB relation
- Generic Remote: arming/disarming audio tracks could result in program freeze
- When changing the Audition Channel from one configuration to another (as from 5.1 to stereo) the mixer isn't updated immediately. Audition Channel is missing
- Link Editor preference does not work with MIDI list editor
- Closing the application with "Ctrl+W" and a surround panner open will cause crash
- Synchronization: Timecode Source = ASIO Audio Device: Record does not work if you push record before SX/Cubase goes into sync although tracks are record-enabled. Cubase goes only into Play mode
- Some windows are "gone" when a project was saved on a dual-monitor setup but is loaded on a single-monitor setup
- Realtime-time stretching of event is not reflected in audiotempo/ tempodefinition-tool in sample-editor
- Margins in Print Dialog may not be recognized
- Audio files from frozen audio material won't be deleted after "prepare archive" is executed
- The first send slot of the Default Output Bus is setup automatically with the Audition Channel as a destination. Even if the user changes the destination, pressing the "Listen" button on any channel will change the send destination again to "Audition Channel"
- Text input not working in Japanese version
- Audio Channel button "Bypass all Sends" does not work after loading a project
- UNDO crossfades in "Fixed Lane" record mode can cause errors
- Playing QuickTime Video can cause random crashes if the system performance is maxed out and the preference "Show Video Thumbnails" is ON
- OMF: if fad in or fade out touches a crossfade, OMF export might fail - Function "Delete Time" may cause a crash
- "Rename" function does not work if "Date Format 1" is used
- Closing the application using the project window close button ("x") will cause crash
- Splitting a MIDI part resets the Transpose and Velocity information in the info line
- Drag & Drop from Pool may create wrong channel type
- "REX Shared Library.dll" – wrong version was used
- Track record arming irregularities
- In Extended Mixer view, the MIDI meters don't work on narrowed MIDI channels
- Levels for event volume and level automation can get stuck when set to "00"
- Opening the Drum Editor after enabling Score drum notation leads to crash

Audio Warp: Realtime Time Stretching and Pitch Shifting offer extensive new audio editing and processing capabilities, including ACID® File support: loops automatically adopt a project's tempo; audio files can follow tempo changes in realtime.

Intuitive Play Order Track for pattern-based arranging adds a new level of creative music editing. Divide your song into sections, and then re-arrange it on the fly. Compare alternative versions of your song and then convert them back into a linear form for mixdown and mastering.

New Inplace Editor supports ultra-fast direct MIDI event editing from within the project page. Edit MIDI events in context with audio or video.

New MIDI Device Maps / Panels support direct access to external MIDI hardware with user-definable graphic editing panels. Import VST Mixer Maps or create your own editing panels, even for the Track Inspector or the mixer's channel strip.

User-definable Workspaces (window layouts) help organizing your desktop. Create and save a separate workspace for each step of the production process. Switch Workspaces on the fly, as if working on multiple computers or monitors.

Studio Connections "Total Recall" support (optional integration of Yamaha's Studio Manager 2). The first step into a new dimension of software/hardware integration. This modular editing system builds a powerful bridge between the virtual and physical studio. Opening a project can recall an entire studio setup within seconds.

External FX Plugins allow for direct integration of external hardware effects processors into the VST audio mixer. Use your favorite outboard gear just like plugins – including automatic delay compensation.

Extended Freeze function for virtual instruments and audio tracks with added flexibility and improved performance. Freeze virtual instruments with or without insert effects. Then automatically unload the instrument to free up RAM. Freeze audio tracks with insert effects to free up even more CPU performance.

New part-based Volume Envelopes for direct control of dynamics. Fix level problems on the fly without wasting automation tracks. Then move events with their volume envelopes.

User-definable Color Coding for tracks and VST mixer channels provides more clarity and better orientation – especially in complex projects.

Logical Editor presets can be now assigned as key commands

MIDI feedback for velocity editing in controller lane of the key editor

Fixes:

Audio export on multi processor machines should work now without drop outs and occasional lockups

MIDI quantize: Fix for groove quantize multiple parts several times

OMF: Fix for potential OMF import problem on OSX (not finding the files)

Score: Fix for a crash when opening score editor while another one is already opened - Score: Fix for problems when moving events between different contexts

Support for Mackie Control Extender

Improved Generic Remote implementation

New option "Use System Timestamp" in DirectMusic Setup improves MIDI timing for DirectMusic devices

New virtual instrument: Monologue - monophonic analog modelling synthesizer

New virtual instrument: Embracer - surround-capable polyphonic pad synthesizer

New VST effects plugin: Tonic - analog modelling multimode filter

Various minor product enhancements