Thank you for good video. Cubase nailed zooming almost perfectly. The only things I am missing is zooming vertically with mouse wheel and being able to have (temporarily) zoom tool while holding modifier keys, like in Logic or Studio One.
I use the F and G-key to zoom vertically. And the scroll wheel for horizontal zooming. So I have all motions right under my fingertips with one hand at the keyboard and the other on my mouse . (shift + scrolling-wheel for scrolling along the project would also belong to this context ...) Another thing I've changed is the undo-function. I use only the Z-key for it. WHY NOT? This works perfectly fine!
I personally use Z key to zoom to selected and Shift+Z to undo zoom to previous state. It would be also nice if Zoom to selected has "toggle" state so we can use only Z, like Logic or Studio One has ability, but I am comfortable with Z Shift+Z by now. Cheers :)
Thanks Greg another awesome tutorial,i went mention about Zoom MEM and Zoom ZAP also great trick in Cubase,many thanks and keep working wonderful series,cheers
Vertical zoom with mouse wheel has been suggested 5 years ago. Alt + mouse wheel is still unassigned. Still waiting, Cubase! Look at Reaper. I also bought MX Master 2s yesterday to use side wheel function. Works really clumsy with Cubase :/
Hear hear! I have the MX Master as well - I'm not sure it's that mouse, but I find the scroll sensitivity to be incredibly bad. Like it just takes me to the respective end of the projects. Have you found a workaround for that?
Informative and clear -- thank you. My issue is, when I uncheck the box for horizontal only, it zooms too far in, almost to the sample level for audio; and once there, empty space is often not readily visible to double-click in. I've tried to find an alternate way to zoom back out, but often resort to using Shift+F. Any advice is appreciated! :)
Being able too zoom in/out and navigate quickly and easily, is perhaps the most important function in any DAW. @Sven Bornemark but what is missing badly is a vertical zoom with the mouse wheel!!!! Why isn't it there Steinberg? Thanks!
QUESTION: Cubase has the Ctrl + Mouse Scroll Wheel for HORIZONTAL zoom, but does it have a mouse behaviour setting for VERTICAL zoom let's say Ctrl + Shift + Mouse Scroll Wheel?
Hi Greg, great video, quick question . I noticed that you were vertically scrolling, probably with a mouse wheel, and it wa smooth scrolling in that each scroll movement only moved the tracks up and down a little. When I scroll with my mouse wheel (rather than the sliders) each scroll increment on the wheel makes it scroll in jumps of say 5 track heights which is jarring to the eye and means you easily lose your place in a session. It’s not a mouse setting as cubase is the only app that behaves this way with this mouse. Any ideas? On a Mac like yourself by the way. Many thanks
Thanks Greg, I was give this video from Steinberg to help solve my Media Management issue, I forgot to SAVE AS so I had the CPR missing - so my files were not connected with the file (audio Folder), So I will try this and see if it collects all my information so I can successfully work on my project and have all the files in the correct location. I'm lucky as the recording session was with my new iMac and everything is not too far, I can also see everything in the POOL which I assume I can recover the files from that point also??? Not too sure on how to do it successfully but will try your example "Back Up Project" fingers are crossed. Thanks again for all you valuable information. Cheers Bruce
is there a shortcut to zoom to the selected locators..otherwise i have to go to the zoom out and point the curser middle of the selection and zoom in to the full screen
@Cubase it seems that there are multiple comments about vertical zoom with the mouse wheel. Please reduce the uncertainty by letting it be known the comments have been acknowledged. Thanks.
I keep coming to Cubase videos hoping to learn how to do things all my other DAWs do with ease, and in very similar fashion. Like having the pointer tool be multifunction simply by pressing a modifier to have it change to, say, the pencil tool (that could be user defined behavior as well). Or using the scroll wheel to zoom track height, like everyone is doing with soundflow on the Mac. For example, why can't we just grab and drag one end of the horizontal scroll bar to change its length and zoom the project that way. Or perhaps make the Navigator bar at the very top usable, like the one in Adobe's Audition, where you can also grab one end to zoom the window of visibility. There are so many little things that could improve the UX in Cubase. As a new user, I'm really struggling. Everything seems so non-intuitive.
Great video again Greg. Just one question. I see on your mixer screen that some of the instrument names are written over two lines. Is there a setting to make that happen?
Can anypone tell me how to change the direction in which the mopuse scroll wheel works?Also the sensitivty is ridiculous, any help with changing that? Cheers
Dear Steinberg Team, for God's sake! VERTICAL ZOOM WITH MOUSE... PLEASE!!! I am waiting for it over a decade already... Ctrl + Shift + Wheel or Ctrl + Alt + Wheel... Why you keep ignoring SO MANY community comments?
I remember having on Cubase 5 the option to just simply zoom in and out on the project just with the mouse wheel alone. I have now a new PC with Cubase 11 but dont see that option. Any help on this?
so kinda related question... i had a session where i recorded for hours... the horizontal area became so huge it got unwieldy, especially when using the zooms and horizontal scroll tab to click and drag, i click and drag it a inch back and it would go back like to areas not even close to where i want... so i did a save as and started saved as session/project so that all my input settings and what not all stayed. then i deleted out the waveforms and whatnot. but still that horizontal still has all that time/space/bars/beats in place on the horizontal and i got the same prob still. without just starting a new session so i dont have to redo all my inputs and outputs and levels... how can i reset that horizontal to only be as big as the waveforms that are in the project? oh btw i have really old cubase 5.
i reinstalled cubase and all of a sudden i lost this exact function (1:07)... does anyone know if there's a toggle to it? i couldn't find anything under the prefs menu
I feel that there could be a Preferences check box named: "Enable Vertical (and Horizontal) Zoom with Mouse Scroll Wheel" Same command (control) modifier. This way, its win/win for those who prefer the default 'horizontal-only' mouse zooming.
Hey Greg, is it possible to change mouse scroll function sensitivity inside Cubase? I use a Magic Mouse and unfortunately is totally unbearable. The zoom speeds up and I either zoom in to a complete frame, or zoom out so much that the whole session becomes so small I can barely see it. Or even remove that function?? Sometimes I press CMD to select several events, and it zooms in or out. I've reduced the magic mouse sensitivity to the lowest parameter in the mac preferences, but it's still over sensitive.
Excuse me, can I somehow zoom with my mouse in the timeline WITHOUT moving the playback cursor? Every time I do zoom in the timeline during playback it jumps to the point I clicked in the timeline, this is driving me nuts honestly. I work in several DAWs and Cubase is unique in this matter.
Why Do you think he said to zoom VERTICALLY use shift+G/H and didn't mention how to do it with a mouse wheel??? Because you can't zoom vertically with a mouse wheel which is a huge anchor in a typical workflow.
Dividing the timeline into two regions - hand to switch the loop state and compass to zoom - is most of not liked features to me. So inconvenient, imho. Thanks for the video, though, I have discovered some new things I didn't know.
pls stop being weird and just add an option with which you can zoom horizontally and vertically using your mouse wheel, both in the playlist and in the piano roll. simple as that, every other DAW does it thx.
Are you deliberately ignoring Mouse Wheel Vertical Zoom requests??? Vertical Zoom with a Mouse Wheel is an intuitive and convenient feature implemented in every other DAW out there. This feature has been requested for several years as of June 2021. Just saying.
This video deserves a Cubase oscar..... one of the most useful ever.
Being able too zoom in/out and navigate quickly and easily, is perhaps the most important function in any DAW. Thanks for enlightening us, Greg! :-)
I am happy that it was helpful.
Absolutely true... It could very well be the difference between feeling like giving up on music production and becoming a successful producer.
The tool I was looking for was the the very last, but the entier video was great and helpful thank you!
How to zoom quickly plus options I didn't even know = massive workflow improvement! Thank you so much for this video!
Awesome, topic specific and concise. well done
Thank you very much.
Finally. Thank you! ❤
Excellent video!
Thanks Greg! Very helpful!
Thank you so much! As always, very useful.
Very good useful video, Greg! Thanks!
GREAT tips - especially "Control + F" .. which zooms to the "full" project.
Thank you!!!
Some very useful tips
Excellent! Thank you.
This video is really perfect. I was using only a third of those zooming capabilities and will use one third more now. Thanks for it :-)
Thank you sir❤
Excellent!! Many thanks, Greg, I had no idea about cycle markers, much appreciated!
Yes, Zoom Tool! Works almost exactly like Logic. Just what I was looking for as a recent Cubase convert.
Thank you for good video.
Cubase nailed zooming almost perfectly.
The only things I am missing is zooming vertically with mouse wheel and being able to have (temporarily) zoom tool while holding modifier keys, like in Logic or Studio One.
I use the F and G-key to zoom vertically. And the scroll wheel for horizontal zooming. So I have all motions right under my fingertips with one hand at the keyboard and the other on my mouse .
(shift + scrolling-wheel for scrolling along the project would also belong to this context ...)
Another thing I've changed is the undo-function. I use only the Z-key for it. WHY NOT? This works perfectly fine!
The Z key... I think im gonna try that. Thanks!
I personally use Z key to zoom to selected and Shift+Z to undo zoom to previous state. It would be also nice if Zoom to selected has "toggle" state so we can use only Z, like Logic or Studio One has ability, but I am comfortable with Z Shift+Z by now.
Cheers :)
Thanks Greg another awesome tutorial,i went mention about Zoom MEM and Zoom ZAP also great trick in Cubase,many thanks and keep working wonderful series,cheers
Great Vid as always. Thank you so much Greg.
very useful tutorial as each time ! Thanks a lot
Vertical zoom with mouse wheel has been suggested 5 years ago. Alt + mouse wheel is still unassigned. Still waiting, Cubase! Look at Reaper.
I also bought MX Master 2s yesterday to use side wheel function. Works really clumsy with Cubase :/
Hear hear! I have the MX Master as well - I'm not sure it's that mouse, but I find the scroll sensitivity to be incredibly bad. Like it just takes me to the respective end of the projects. Have you found a workaround for that?
Informative and clear -- thank you. My issue is, when I uncheck the box for horizontal only, it zooms too far in, almost to the sample level for audio; and once there, empty space is often not readily visible to double-click in. I've tried to find an alternate way to zoom back out, but often resort to using Shift+F. Any advice is appreciated! :)
great zooming tips TU^ 130 ;-) Trevor
How do you do vertical zoom with mouse-wheel? Thanks
You can't unfortunately..
Being able too zoom in/out and navigate quickly and easily, is perhaps the most important function in any DAW. @Sven Bornemark but what is missing badly is a vertical zoom with the mouse wheel!!!! Why isn't it there Steinberg? Thanks!
very useful indeed.
Amazing video! Very clear and very detailed. Thanks a lot, it's been really helpful.
Excellent tutorial!!! As I am getting into recording with Cubase, knowing these fundamentals of editing with Cubase is really handy!! Thanks a bunch!
Thanks 🙏 so much again learning a lot stay awesome Greg peace ✌️
What is the shortcut for the last zoom function shown? Enlarging/ruducing wave form in events
tnx 4 tips ... good one
Thank you Greg :-)
QUESTION:
Cubase has the Ctrl + Mouse Scroll Wheel for HORIZONTAL zoom,
but does it have a mouse behaviour setting for VERTICAL zoom
let's say Ctrl + Shift + Mouse Scroll Wheel?
Hi Greg, great video, quick question . I noticed that you were vertically scrolling, probably with a mouse wheel, and it wa smooth scrolling in that each scroll movement only moved the tracks up and down a little. When I scroll with my mouse wheel (rather than the sliders) each scroll increment on the wheel makes it scroll in jumps of say 5 track heights which is jarring to the eye and means you easily lose your place in a session. It’s not a mouse setting as cubase is the only app that behaves this way with this mouse. Any ideas? On a Mac like yourself by the way. Many thanks
Thanks Greg, I was give this video from Steinberg to help solve my Media Management issue, I forgot to SAVE AS so I had the CPR missing - so my files were not connected with the file (audio Folder), So I will try this and see if it collects all my information so I can successfully work on my project and have all the files in the correct location. I'm lucky as the recording session was with my new iMac and everything is not too far, I can also see everything in the POOL which I assume I can recover the files from that point also??? Not too sure on how to do it successfully but will try your example "Back Up Project" fingers are crossed. Thanks again for all you valuable information. Cheers Bruce
Very helpful, thank you.
You saved my life. Accidently press "Z" and dont know how to go back. :) :)
Logic has the best zoom function with a click and double click im out like a birds eye viewing 100 tracks at once in less than a second
is there a shortcut to zoom to the selected locators..otherwise i have to go to the zoom out and point the curser middle of the selection and zoom in to the full screen
@Cubase it seems that there are multiple comments about vertical zoom with the mouse wheel. Please reduce the uncertainty by letting it be known the comments have been acknowledged. Thanks.
Can you talk about Cubase9.5 and Touchscreen fonctionality in the future episode ?
I keep coming to Cubase videos hoping to learn how to do things all my other DAWs do with ease, and in very similar fashion. Like having the pointer tool be multifunction simply by pressing a modifier to have it change to, say, the pencil tool (that could be user defined behavior as well). Or using the scroll wheel to zoom track height, like everyone is doing with soundflow on the Mac. For example, why can't we just grab and drag one end of the horizontal scroll bar to change its length and zoom the project that way. Or perhaps make the Navigator bar at the very top usable, like the one in Adobe's Audition, where you can also grab one end to zoom the window of visibility. There are so many little things that could improve the UX in Cubase. As a new user, I'm really struggling. Everything seems so non-intuitive.
Thanks
Great video again Greg. Just one question. I see on your mixer screen that some of the instrument names are written over two lines. Is there a setting to make that happen?
Can anypone tell me how to change the direction in which the mopuse scroll wheel works?Also the sensitivty is ridiculous, any help with changing that? Cheers
Dear Steinberg Team, for God's sake! VERTICAL ZOOM WITH MOUSE... PLEASE!!! I am waiting for it over a decade already... Ctrl + Shift + Wheel or Ctrl + Alt + Wheel... Why you keep ignoring SO MANY community comments?
I remember having on Cubase 5 the option to just simply zoom in and out on the project just with the mouse wheel alone. I have now a new PC with Cubase 11 but dont see that option. Any help on this?
so kinda related question... i had a session where i recorded for hours... the horizontal area became so huge it got unwieldy, especially when using the zooms and horizontal scroll tab to click and drag, i click and drag it a inch back and it would go back like to areas not even close to where i want... so i did a save as and started saved as session/project so that all my input settings and what not all stayed. then i deleted out the waveforms and whatnot. but still that horizontal still has all that time/space/bars/beats in place on the horizontal and i got the same prob still. without just starting a new session so i dont have to redo all my inputs and outputs and levels... how can i reset that horizontal to only be as big as the waveforms that are in the project? oh btw i have really old cubase 5.
Still waiting for Vertical Zoom via Scroll Wheel.
Is there a way to zoom full horizontally and vertically with one shortcut thereby showing the entire project?
i reinstalled cubase and all of a sudden i lost this exact function (1:07)... does anyone know if there's a toggle to it? i couldn't find anything under the prefs menu
How can I use the trackpad on my Mac book too zoom in or out ?
Is it possible to have the zoom tool toggled ON while pressing down lets say "CMD"?
Hi Greg, is there a way to increase the waveform size of a single track instead of all tracks as described in this video?
I feel that there could be a Preferences check box named: "Enable Vertical (and Horizontal) Zoom with Mouse Scroll Wheel"
Same command (control) modifier.
This way, its win/win for those who prefer the default 'horizontal-only' mouse zooming.
Hey Greg, is it possible to change mouse scroll function sensitivity inside Cubase? I use a Magic Mouse and unfortunately is totally unbearable. The zoom speeds up and I either zoom in to a complete frame, or zoom out so much that the whole session becomes so small I can barely see it. Or even remove that function?? Sometimes I press CMD to select several events, and it zooms in or out. I've reduced the magic mouse sensitivity to the lowest parameter in the mac preferences, but it's still over sensitive.
Its 2022. Reaper does it, Ableton does it, Logic does it.
Vertical zoom with the scroll wheel, please!
How can I make the color of the track not inverted when touching the mouse???? PLS Help !!!
1:08 - PLEASE tell me how to disable this!!!!
Excuse me, can I somehow zoom with my mouse in the timeline WITHOUT moving the playback cursor? Every time I do zoom in the timeline during playback it jumps to the point I clicked in the timeline, this is driving me nuts honestly. I work in several DAWs and Cubase is unique in this matter.
But still no keyboard-shortcut for the amplitude-slider😢
Why Do you think he said to zoom VERTICALLY use shift+G/H and didn't mention how to do it with a mouse wheel??? Because you can't zoom vertically with a mouse wheel which is a huge anchor in a typical workflow.
how to disable mouse drag zoom.....
Zoom out in Score Editor??
What about EASY zooming VERTICALLY? Shift+F/G is not so efficient, as it could be, specially in editor wiew. Nice video, BTW.
Dividing the timeline into two regions - hand to switch the loop state and compass to zoom - is most of not liked features to me. So inconvenient, imho.
Thanks for the video, though, I have discovered some new things I didn't know.
Sound Peaks
So true, I to often click the loop region instead of the time...
Greg Ondo - Cubase savant.
👍
Cubase make you work to find stuff
pls stop being weird and just add an option with which you can zoom horizontally and vertically using your mouse wheel, both in the playlist and in the piano roll.
simple as that, every other DAW does it
thx.
Are you deliberately ignoring Mouse Wheel Vertical Zoom requests???
Vertical Zoom with a Mouse Wheel is an intuitive and convenient feature implemented in every other DAW out there. This feature has been requested for several years as of June 2021. Just saying.