Customizing Cubase 12 V2 Workspaces

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Customizing Cubase 12 V2

Workspaces

Workspace Types

Workspaces for External Projects

Creating Workspaces

Editing Workspaces

Workspaces Organizer

Setup Options

Setup Context Menus

Setup Dialog

Customizing

In Cubase you can organize windows and dialogs in workspaces, set up the appearance of specific elements, and save program settings as profiles.

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Workspaces

Workspaces in Cubase allow you to organize windows and specific dialogs for your common work routines.

A workspace saves the size, position, and layout or setting of important windows and dialogs, such as the Project window, MixConsole, or Transport panel. You can define several workspaces. This allows you to quickly switch between different working modes, either through the Workspaces menu or by using key commands.

You can define different workspace types that are either available for all projects on your computer or specific for one project. However, when you open a project, its last saved view is opened by default. A view is the window layout and setting that you defined for your project. The last saved view can either be a workspace view or a view that you saved without having any workspace selected. When you open an external project, the last used view on your computer is used by default.

The Workspaces Organizer and the Workspaces menu allow you to create and modify workspaces.

Note

• You can also work without workspaces. In this case, the last used view of the former project will be used when you create a new project.
• In the Preferences dialog (General page), you can select which view is used when you open a project.

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Workspace Types

You can create global workspaces or project workspaces.

Global Workspaces

Allows you to save a specific layout of dialogs and windows for all projects on your computer. Global workspaces are indicated by the letter G on your Workspaces menu.

Project Workspaces

Allows you to save a specific layout of dialogs and windows that is saved with your current project. This allows you to open your project layout on other computers. Project workspaces are indicated by the letter P on your Workspaces menu.

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Workspaces for External Projects

You can determine the view of external projects when you open them in Cubase.

When you open external projects, which are projects that have been created on other computers, the window and dialog settings that you last used on your computer are applied by default. This can either be the last used view that was saved on your computer or one of your specified global workspaces.

If you want to open the original layout setting of a project, you have the following options:

• Select the project’s original layout from the project workspaces on the Workspaces menu or in the Workspace Organizer.
• In the Preferences dialog (General page), select Never from the Open Projects in Last Used View menu. This opens all external projects using their original layout. However, this may lead to a modification of your custom layout.

To return to the view that you last saved without any workspace assigned, select No Workspace on the Workspaces menu.

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Creating Workspaces

To save your current dialog and window setting for future use, you can create a new workspace.

Procedure

1. Select Workspaces > Add Workspace.
2. In the Name field of the New Workspace dialog, enter a workspace name.
3. Select the type of workspace that you want to create.
• Global Workspace
• Project Workspace
4. Click OK.

Result

The workspace is saved and added to the Workspaces menu.

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Editing Workspaces

You can modify your created workspaces.

Note

To change a global workspace to a project workspace and vice versa, you must save it as a different workspace type.

Procedure

1. On the Workspaces menu, select the workspace that you want to modify.
2. Make your changes as required.
3. On the Workspaces menu, select one of the following:
• To update your current workspace, click Update Workspace.
• To save your workspace as a different workspace or workspace type, click Add Workspace.

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Workspaces Organizer

The Workspaces Organizer allows you to manage the existing workspaces.

• To open the Workspaces Organizer, click Workspaces > Organize.

The Workspaces Organizer displays the global workspaces and the project workspaces in separate lists. Every workspace has an assigned key command that lets you switch views quickly. Moving or deleting workspaces within the lists changes the key command assignments. When you change the position of a workspace, the key command assignments remain in their original list position. You can click a key command of a selected workspace to open the respective key command assignment in the Workspace category of the Key Commands dialog.

To organize your workspace, you have the following options:

Add

Allows you to create a new workspace using the New Workspace dialog.

Delete

Deletes a selected workspace.

Move Up

Moves up a workspace by one position.

Move Down

Moves down a workspace by one position.

Note

• You can also click and drag a workspace to another position within a list.
• You can move workspaces only within a list. For a global workspace to become a project workspace and vice versa, you must save it as a different type of workspace.
• To rename a workspace, you can double-click the workspace name.

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Setup Options

You can customize the appearance of the following elements:

• Transport panel
• Status line
• Info line
• Toolbars
• Inspector

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Setup Context Menus

Setup context menus are available for the Transport panel, the toolbars, the info lines, or the Inspector.

• To open the setup context menus, right-click the corresponding element.
• Note
  You can also click the corresponding setup buttons to open the context menu.

The following general options are available on the setup context menus:

• Show All makes all items visible.
• Reset All resets the interface to the default setting.
• Setup opens the setup dialog.

If presets are available, they can be selected on the lower half of the menu.

The info line setup context menu

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Setup Dialog

The setup dialog allows you to specify which elements are visible/hidden and in what order they are shown. You can save and recall setup presets.

• To open a setup dialog, right-click the element that you want to set up, and select Setup.

Hidden Items

Lists the elements that are hidden.

Visible Items

Lists the elements that are visible.

Add

Select an item in the list of Hidden Items, and click Add to make it visible.

Remove

Select an item in the list of Visible Items, and click Remove to hide it.

Move Up

Select an item in the list of Visible Items, and click Move Up to reorder the items.

Move Down

Select an item in the list of Visible Items, and click Move Down to reorder the items.

Store

Allows you to name the current configuration and save it as a preset.

Delete

Remove a selected preset.

Reset All

Reverts to the default configuration.

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