Segmenting Monophonic Audio

To be able to edit the pitch and to correct the timing of monophonic recordings, Cubase must analyze the audio and split it into segments.

Procedure

  1. In the Project window, double-click the monophonic vocal recording to open the Sample Editor.
  2. In the Sample Editor Inspector, click VariAudio to open the VariAudio section.

    A waveform image of the audio is shown.

  3. Activate Edit VariAudio.

Result

Cubase automatically analyzes the audio and splits it into segments that are shown in the waveform image. The segments allow you to associate the individual notes with their pitch, which is displayed on the piano keyboard to the left, and their duration, which is displayed on the timeline. If you hover the mouse pointer over a segment, the pitch of that segment is shown on the segment.

Note

The analysis of long audio files may take some time.