I can’t even begin to use Cubasis 3.5.1. The most basic need is to place a cursor and zoom in/out on it without the cursor moving. If anyone knows how this ultra-basic step is accomplished, I’d love to hear from you.
iPadOS 16.4, iPadPro 12.9 gen 3
Hi Peter,
Navigation
- Move around by dragging your finger across the screen.
- Pinch to zoom in / out. Vertical zoom is performed on the left column (track list).
- Tap and hold a track to move it.
Hi @Peter_Yianilos,
Please give it a try to place your thumb and index above the cursor position, and move your fingers accordingly to zoom in and out. To learn more about Cubasis, you may check out our Getting started with Cubasis tutorial and other clips.
Does this work out for you?
Best,
Lars
Thanks, Lar. It’s so easy to forget to take the tablet approach coming from decades of desktop DAW work. It is a very effective method for Zoom focus.
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Peter J Yianilos
py@comcast.net
954.294.9000
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Hi @Peter_Yianilos,
Hopefully you will enjoy using Cubasis after having checked out its options…
Stay safe
& warm greetings,
Lars
Lar,
You are wonderfully attentive to your users and I appreciate that.
Now that I’ve spent some time, I realize its downfall is editing, unfortunately the number one reason I purchased. As there was no trial version at the time, I made a hasty decision.
Again, many thanks for your help.
Peter
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Peter J Yianilos
py@comcast.net
954.294.9000
Hi @Peter_Yianilos,
I’d suggest to spend some time with Cubasis, which offers many ways to produce great tracks (in my view). If you regret your purchase, you may check with Apple about the options for a refund.
Hope that helps!
Best,
Lars
Hi Lars,
I am finding its strengths, top of that list is sound. It sounds great! The built-in processes are absolutely top-notch and easy to use. I also know that many of its best features are not part of my daily workflow.
For precise editing, I need to look elsewhere, as those tools are notably lacking.
At the end of the day, I feel it is a good investment and have no intention to seek a refund. I hope you don’t mind what I feel are constructive criticisms. I will always give them thought, never a rant.
All the best,
Peter
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Peter J Yianilos
py@comcast.net
954.294.9000
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Hi Peter,
I have been a user for many years and have picked up many useful tips along the way. Just out of curiosity- what kind of editing features are you looking for? Maybe one of us can help in some way🙂
Lars is and always will be a great source of useful information, but many of us would be willing to help if we can
Mike
Hey, Mike.
Thanks for reaching out! I compose in ProTools using stems of my band’s live creations, no MIDI, no bars/beats, no grid - ever. It’s a breeze in Pro Tools but I spend time traveling and want the option of fleshing out ideas on my iPadPro. I need to isolate segments, sometimes notes, name them, treat them, assemble them. Without Markers I wouldn’t even consider it.
Once in awhile I just need a simple cut and head/tail fades. Today, I wanted to build a montage of two different recordings. I knew exactly what I wanted & struggled with timing where, in Pro Tools, I cut pieces, keyboard nudge them on the timeline while auditioning, done.
Some classic editing tools are missing or have strange behavior.
Scrub, for examp, is that crazy stuttering when I just need to slowly ‘rock the reels’ to find my point.
Fades. Am I missing something or are they one type fits all, no fade curve editing?
Selection. Apparently this tool is for MIDI as I don’t see it working at all on audio.
Again, very kind of you to offer help, Mike. I look forward to your thoughts.
Peter
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Peter J Yianilos
py@comcast.net
954.294.9000
Take a look at this video, it will explain editing midi and audio methods, this is at leas5 a start t9 help you on your way - if you want to nudge individual tracks without snapping to a quantized position, turn the Snap Grid to “off” (top right corner of screen) you can zoom out with pinch and line up your audio, I reckon you already know all this.
Hope this helps…and please don’t hesitate to ask further - you will soon get to know Cubasis 
Mike
Also checkout this video, fast forward to 12.20, “how to export/import stems into Cubasis 3”
I do know all that, but there is no nudge tool, so…. Everything is so non-precise, non repeatable. That drives me crazy.
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Peter J Yianilos
py@comcast.net
954.294.9000
There is no nudge tool but if you turn the snap grid off, tap the audio clip then drag it either way to suit with your finger or pencil, you may have to zoom in to be more precise, you can also pinch the track list column to expand vertically.
I’m afraid that’s as good as it gets.
That does not cut it for me as I can tell you imagined. This is the crux of all my complaints. No commands exist to permit perfect repeatable moves accurate to sub-millisecond values. It’s all just winging it. That’s a pass.
Thanks, Mike.
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Peter
So in Pro Tools, from this, what nudge accuracy does it have.? Down to 1 sample.? Given these are ‘free-form’ recordings not locked to grid or time division necessarily, remind me, how do you know when you’ve aligned clips exactly as needed (maybe I’ve missed this already, somewhere through the thread).?
Hi Puma0382
Pro Tools nudge commands are single-key activated (– and +) and can be set to any value. I prefer 5ms for music editing. By adding a modifier key, the value temporarily switches to 10x or 1/10th that custom value. These values are global, same for every session. The convenience of this is so great, it is impossible to live without. Editing dialogue is actually fun.
A key command is all it takes to snap any clip’s head-tail-custom point, to the head-tail-custom point of another clip, or alternatively, the cursor on any track. The cursor is the thinnest possible single pixel line, too, rather than this senselessly huge block in Cubasis, which hides a world of music. Not quite sure why that is.
Any now that we’re mentioning Pro Tools, crossfading is effortless and can even be made to happen automatically wherever two clips touch. That auto version, by the way is not destructive, can be removed or modified for each instance or all at once. 5ms auto will fix so many situations you might forget it’s there.
You know exactly where the edits are because a small counter directly above tells you constantly, its values updating live while nudging.
These same tools have been around for 25 years for good reason.
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Peter
Ok - thanks for taking the time @Peter_Yianilos . Understood.
I don’t have (never used) ProTools so was curious whether it had anything ‘special’ about it - seems, as you say, the same as other apps ‘nudge/snap’ tools since years.!
Yes, they are common sense editing tools, and I think very well sorted. I’ve never seen anything better. Things snap when they should, don’t when they shouldn’t. And settings are customizable while in the app. No visiting external windows!
Incidentally, every one of these tools appears nowhere in Cubasis. That’s a shame and I hope my criticism will be taken constructively by Lars.
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Peter J Yianilos
py@comcast.net
954.294.9000
Of course, and by now we’ve diverted enough, away from the main point of this thread you started - ‘Zoom at the cursor’ concerns… 
Attention for the other ‘missing’ nudge/snap/fades editing tools to be added, would IMO benefit a new topic - unless a request thread exists already. I haven’t tried searching myself…