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CD Player The CD Player

This utility allows you to play back audio CDs from your CD-ROM drive. You already have at least one such utility, included with Windows, but this one provides a couple of features that make it more convenient to record from sampling CDs into Cubase VST.

Inserting and Ejecting the CD

When you insert a CD, it is automatically detected by the CD Player, if Cubase is in Stop mode. When Cubase is playing, CDs are not recognised.

If you have problems detecting CDs this might be because your drive requires a very long time to detect the CD after the door has been closed. If this happens, you can open a file called cdplayr.ini, located in the Cubase Modules folder, and change the LOAD_DELAY value. This value is normally set to 200, which equals 2 seconds.

The Transport Controls

The CD Player window contains the normal controls for Eject, Play, Stop, Pause, Rewind, Fast Forward and move to next/previous Track.

However, by using keyboard modifiers together with Fast Forward and Rewind you get more control over CD position than is normally available, as describes in the table below:

Key Modifier: None
[Shift]
[Control]
[Shift]+[Control]

Description:
Move one frame back/forward Move ten frames back/forward Move one second back/forward Move ten seconds back/forward

In addition to this, if you keep the mouse button pressed over one of the buttons, winding accelerates.

The Position Displays and Controls

Time Display pop-up

 

This allows you to select between a number of options for the Time Display.

 

Time Display

 

This shows the current time, as specified in the pop-up above.

 

Track

 

This shows you which Track is playing. You can also use it to select any Track on the CD. Double click on the value and type in the desired number.