[WIKI] All Key Commands in Cubase 11.0.41

Commands: Preferences

Part Three

Command Default Key Function My Rating Link
Record - Deactivate Punch In on Stop Activates/Deactivates. Self-explanatory. When activated: Pressing stop will deactivate punch in. Secures one-off punches, eliminates the need to micromanage punch in activation/deactivation. 3 Record
Record - Stop after Automatic Punch Out Activates/Deactivates. Self-explanatory. When activated: If Punch Out is activated, when record reaches that point, Stop will be pressed. In the same vein as above, it makes for more focused one-off punches. 3 Record
Scrub - Use High Quality Scrub Mode Activates/Deactivates. Per manual: Enables effects for scrubbing and uses a higher resampling quality. However, scrubbing will be more demanding on the processor. 3 Transport - Scrub
Scrub - Use Inserts While Scrubbing Activates/Deactivates. Self-explanatory. 3 Transport - Scrub
Tools - Select Tool: Show Extra Info Activates/Deactivates. When activated, the select tool is accompanied everywhere by a tooltip that shows the part’s name and the time position over which the mouse cursor hovers. 5 Editing - Tools
Tools - Show Horizontal Cross-Hair Cursor Line Activates/Deactivates. When activated, the draw, split, and line tools will get a horizontal line, forming a crosshair at the exact position of the mouse cursor’s edge. 3 Editing - Tools
Tools - Show Notification when Switching Tool Mode with Key Command Activates/Deactivates. When activated, a notification will be shown in the middle of the screen every time you switch the modes of a tool with a key command. 3 Editing - Tools
Tools - Show Toolbox on Right-Click Activates/Deactivates. When activated, right clicking will bring up the toolbox. When deactivated, it will bring up the “regular” right click menu, which has the tools one level deep, but also more contextual functions. Comment: An infamous preference, due to the fact that the right click menu available now has seen some pruning, and users want the removed functions back. 3 Editing - Tools
Tools - Show Vertical Cross-Hair Cursor Line “Changes”", does not inform of state. Well, when activated, the draw, split and line tools will get a vertical line, forming a crosshair at the exact position of the mouse cursor’s edge. 3 Editing - Tools
Tools - Zoom Tool Standard Mode: Horizontal Zooming Only Activates/Deactivates. When activated, using the Zoom Tool will only allow Horizontal Zooming. 3 Editing - Tools
Track & MixConsole Channel Colors - Auto Track/Channel Color Mode Cycles between “Use Track’s Default Color”, “Use Previous Track Color”, “Use Previous Track Color +1”, “Use Last Applied Color”, “Use Random Track Color”. All these determine what color the next created track shall be. 6 User Interface
Transport - Clicking Locator Range in Upper Part of the Ruler Activates Cycle Activates/Deactivates. When activated, clicking on the upper part of the ruler between the left and right locators will activate the “cycle” (loop) 3 Transport
Transport - Locate when Clicked in Empty Space Activates/Deactivates. When activated, clicking in empty space in the project window the move the cursor to the click’s position. Comment: People are asking for this feature to be extended to the MIDI editors. 3 Transport
Transport - Playback Toggle Triggers Local Preview Per manual: Allows you to use Space on your keyboard to start/stop local playback of the selected file in the Sample Editor or the Pool. When the Sample Editor is not open or when there is no audio file selected in the Pool, Space still toggles the global project playback. 3 Transport
Transport - Return to Start Position on Stop Activates/Deactivates. When activated, pressing stop will return the cursor to where it was when start was pressed to initiate playback. 3 Transport
Transport - Show Timecode Subframes Activates/Deactivates. Self-explanatory. When activated, subframes will show too for timecode. (It goes without saying that a ruler must show timecode for this to work.) 3 Transport
Transport - Stop Playback while Winding Activates/Deactivates. Self-explanatory. When activated, if you press rewind or forward while the project is playing, stop will be pressed, and when you finish winding you’ll need to press play again. When deactivated, you can wind while the project is playing, and once you cease winding, playback will resume. 3 Transport
Transport - Zoom while Locating in Time Scale Activates/Deactivates. Self-explanatory. When activated, clicking and dragging up/down on the ruler will zoom out/in respectively. 3 Transport
VariAudio - Inhibit warning when applying Offline Processes Per manual: Inhibits the message that warns you when you apply offline processes to audio material that is used in several places in the project. 3 VariAudio
VariAudio - Inhibit warning when changing the Sample Data Per manual: Inhibits the message that warns you when you modify audio material that is used in several places in the project. 3 VariAudio
Video - Extract Audio on Import Video File Activates/Deactivates. Self-explanatory. When activated, importing a video file will extract the audio too. 3 Video
VST - Activate ‘Link Panners’ for New Tracks Activates/Deactivates. When activated: If you create a new track, the pan of its sends will automatically follow the panner of the channel itself. When deactivated, you have to set the sends pan manually. 3 VST
VST - Auto Monitoring Cycles between “Manual”, “While Record-Enabled”, “While Record Running” and “Tapemachine Style”. 4 VST
VST - Connect Sends Automatically for Each Newly Created Channel Activates/Deactivates. When activated: If you have FX tracks created, and then you create audio/instrument/sampler tracks, those will have their sends automatically connected to the existing FX tracks. 3 VST
VST - Default Send Level Cycles between “0dB”, “-6dB”, “-12dB”, “-inf. dB”. 3 VST
VST - Default Stereo Panner Mode Cycles between “Stereo Dual Panner (Remote Control Devices Only)”, “Stereo Combined Panner”, “Stereo Balance Panner” 3 VST
VST - Do Not Connect Input/Output Busses When Loading External Projects Activates/Deactivates. Per manual: Prevents connecting input and output busses to the ASIO ports of your system when loading external projects. 3 VST
VST - Group Channels: Mute Sources as well Activates/Deactivates. When activated: Muting a group channel will press mute on the source channels too. 3 VST
VST - Instruments use Automation Read All and Write All Activates/Deactivates. When activated, pressing the “Activate/Deactivate Read (or Write) for All Tracks” will affect instruments too. Comment: It doesn’t seem to work? Activated or Deactivated, instruments still get the R and W when giving the command for all tracks. Maybe I don’t understand the preference? 0 VST
VST - Mute Pre-Send when Mute Activates/Deactivates. When activated, muting a track will also mute its “pre” sends. 6 VST
VST - Warn on Processing Overloads Activates/Deactivates. When activated, when a cpu overload/audio dropout is detected, a message will pop up where you must confirm to continue. 3 VST