Cubasis VST 4.0 – Manual - School of Computing, Engineering and ...

SavingSongOnce you have created some music of your own, you’ll probably wantto save it to your hard disk. When you save your music in Cubasis VST,there are three document formats you can use for saving your music:song, arrangement or MIDI file. You should only choose MIDI files if youwant your music (MIDI only – no audio) to be playable in other sequencers.If you want to save your music for further use in Cubasis VST, youshould use either the song or the arrangement format:When you save a song, the following is saved:• All the arrangements.• All settings in the dialogs, on the Transport Bar, etc.• The Pool, all audio settings and audio file references (but not the actual audiofiles themselves).• The settings in the VST and MIDI Track Mixer windows.ArrangementWhen you save an arrangement, the following is saved:• All the things you see in one Arrange window; the tracks, the parts, Inspectorsettings, tempo, etc.• The audio file references for the audio parts used in the arrangement.The arrangement format is often perfectly adequate for saving a pieceof music. The pros and cons of both formats are shown in the table onthe next page:CUBASIS VST19 – 336 Saving and Opening