Some years ago there was Cubase Wiki (non-Steinberg) but it didn’t really seem active at all. Just did a Google search and it didn’t appear on the first 2 pages - didn’t really expect it to.
Could be, but I literally know nothing about wikis, let alone make one or maintain one. But I am willing to create a thread in which I will be documenting, explaining, maybe offering little examples, or even rating 10 - 20 keycommands per day.
Others could chip in, as I would start from the top, and work my way down the list, posting once per day.
Coming to Cubase as a 15+ year user of Cakewalk/SONAR, this was one of the first things I went looking for. All I could find was very spread out reference in the manual that spanned too many pages. I wound up taking them and copy, pasting and tweaking into a Google Spreadsheet that I could easily reference. I found weird stickers online, but it would be fantastic if there were a “Keyboard Shortcut Reference” option in the help menu that produced a PDF, or even a keyboard layout version.
I attached a PDF of my spreadsheet in case it helps anyone. (I had to 7zip it since the forum wouldn’t allow attaching a PDF)
EDIT: Maybe there can be a thread that attempts to capture all the shortcuts, and a separate section for suggested ones to add? I don’t like having to dig into user forums for something so useful, but it’s better than nothing! EDIT 2: Please note, this is only the shortcuts I found documented in the manual online!! It’s likely not everything - as this thread suggests Cubase Keyboard Shortcuts - All Shortcuts.7z (82 KB)
Did you adapt your Cubase Key Commands to Cakewalk/SONAR version? If yes, maybe you could even share the Key Commands.xml file (if you are willing to do so).
No, I didn’t. I tend to try to adopt the predominant shortcuts of whatever the software is that I’m using… unless it’s just a little strange. A couple changes I made was:
Zoom Tool: Z
Undo Zoom: Shift-Z
Zoom to Project (it’s a macro built-in!): Ctrl-Shift-Z
I can’t remember the others… Cubase’s UI is like a decade old, and they need to improve the experience for customization and key commands… Like making it easier to click a button to “show customizations” or similar. I’m really trying to warm up to Cubase and so far the responsiveness of the the Sonar/Cakewalk/BandLab folks is really putting the Steinberg folks to shame. They just fixed a long-standing bug in Cakewalk/Sonar where the track “interlave” toggle (stereo vs. mono) wasn’t quite allowing stereo effects on a mono track. Cubase, despite it’s massive commercial nature, still requires a whole new track that’s configured as stereo to be able to do that. Kinda lame, IMHO. (I’m really trying folks… )