Cubase/PT question I will pay you!!!

I will paypal aynone $25 if they can answer me who I can get this acomplished!! I transfered a project from ADATS thru my MOTU 828 into CUBASE 2 tapes AKA 16 tracks lockedup. In the middle of the tapes there was an error so we had to instatiate a new recording lockup halfway through the tapes each time. So here is the big issue. I need to make the files on each track one BIG File with its start at zero. OR I need a way of getting a sample acurate start time for regions in CUBASE! I hate CUBASE with every inch of my body and am tired of searching for a solution so here is some more details. The first audio files for one set of 1-8 came into record at 6 seconds ish The second tape 9-16 came in record at 4 seconds ish. Since I cant import the track info into Pt What I wanna do is what I would normally do in PT which is highlight the duration of the Audio regions and then drag the blank space back to 0 in the timeline and the consolidate the region so there is blank space in the new audio file before the region originally started. So that way if i did this on all tracks they would all start at zero when i put them in the new program. The only other solution i can come up with is if i could get a readout of the regions start time by samples in CUBASE then I could just put each region in PT to the same sample and then life would be great. Any solutions. If you fix my problem i will imediatly paypal you 25$ PLEASE PLEASE HELP!!!! So here is the issue:

Consolidate (i.e. make one contiguous track) your Cubase regions so that all start at exactly bar 1, beat 1. Then, Import Audio to Tracks in PT and line them up at bar 1, beat 1. Remember to write down the tempo.

I understand that but I dont know how to consolidate regions in cubase so they go back to bar1 beat 1. That is the problem. Jesse

For each audio track, add a snip of blank audio starting at beat 1, 00:00:00 etc. Then consolidate the entire tracks individually. This will create "whole" audio files regradless of the locations of the indiviual regions. Donate the $25 to Save the Children...

My reocuring problem seems to be i dont know how to consolidate multiple regions in cubase.

If the region doesn't already start at bar 1/beat 1, create a blank region with the "pencil" tool then use the "join" tool and command-click on each region. This will consolidate your regions into one contiguous audio file. Donate that $25 to your favorite charity.

I feel your pain with Cubase. I used to endorse it. My experience would be that you would have to do 2 track bounces at a time. This would start at bar1 beat1. Remember that the tracks you are bouncing the panning is far left & right. I know this maybe a long time consuming method but it's the only way.

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