Here's a collection of the most recent and previous 100 Cubase Notes monthly articles from SOUND ON SOUND magazine. The most recently-published 5 workshops are locked and accessible only to subscribers, but the others are now free for all to enjoy.
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Making The Most Of Cubase
Cubase Tips & Techniques
Try out some ’80s-style high-frequency enhancement by recreating the famous ‘Dolby A’ trick with Cubase’s bundled plug-ins.
Cubase Tips & Techniques
Cubase 7’s Mix Console is far more capable than its predecessors, but can be daunting to newcomers. We show you how to configure it to your needs.
Cubase Tips & Technique
Steinberg’s Padshop can be used to create excellent rhythmic effects.
Previous 100 CUBASE NOTES workshops (unlocked)
Cubase Tips & Techniques
Learn how to march to a different beat in Cubase, by locking a tempo-varying performance to a fixed beat — and vice-versa.
Cubase Tips & Techniques
If you want to overdub programmed parts to a performance that varies in tempo, Cubase has all the tools you need.
Cubase Tips & Techniques
These simple steps in Cubase 5 will make your programmed acoustic drum tracks sound more authentic.
Cubase Technique: Audio Examples
Cubase Tips & Techniques
Find out how to build a natural-sounding acoustic drum kit in Cubase’s Groove Agent One.
Audio files
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
Cubase’s quantise tools aren’t just for MIDI these days: find out how to make your recorded audio parts sit in the same groove.
• Read Part 1 (July 2012)
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
The groove‑quantise functions in Cubase allow you to tighten your performance without killing that all‑important human feel.
• Read Part 2 (August 2012)
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
Learn to switch between monitor systems with Cubase’s Control Room.
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
Manage multiple monitor mixes with Cubase’s Control Room.
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
If you’ve ever wanted to tighten the timing of multitrack drums in Cubase, look no further...
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
Cubase’s new comping facilities allow you to assemble the perfect multitrack recording from several takes.
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
Mastering keyboard shortcuts makes Cubase easier to use and is good for your health!
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
Recording and mixing with outboard gear in Cubase 6.
Liven Up Your Drum Loops, Part 3
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
Mangling your old drum loops is easy with Cubase 6’s LoopMash 2 plug-in.
• Read Part 1
• Read Part 2
Liven Up Your Drum Loops, Part 2
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
We introduce even more ways to spice up your drum loops in Cubase.
• Read Part 1
• Read Part 3
Liven Up Your Drum Loops, Part 1
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
If you want to breathe new life into your drum loop library, Cubase has the tools. You just need the know-how!
• Read Part 2
• Read Part 3
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
Comping the perfect vocal from multiple takes is a common editing task — and Cubase 6 makes it easier than ever.
Send Effects: More Than Reverb & Delay
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
Cubase’s send effects aren’t just for reverb and delay!
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
Not everyone uses keyboards to get their MIDI into Cubase, and with other controllers you may need to do a little more work...
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
They shoot, you score! Cubase includes all the tools a would-be media composer needs to get started.
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
Have you ever wondered how best to use the different automation modes in Cubase? Then read on...
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
John Walden considers the leap from 32 to 64.
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
Even a handful of knobs and sliders on a MIDI master keyboard are enough to give you hands-on control of your Cubase mix.
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
Knowing how to interpret and act on Cubase's level meters can help you to make better mixes.
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
Creating your own project templates is one of those useful housekeeping jobs you can do when you’re in a less creative mood.
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
In Cubase 5, Steinberg introduced some powerful batch-export options, which have removed many project archiving and transfer frustrations.
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
Administration is a bore, but Cubase 5's Project Logical Editor can take the hard work out of keeping your projects tidy.
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
Just how do you write musical cues to match the length of a video in Cubase?
Cubase Notes & Techniques
Waves’ ground-breaking Vocal Rider plug-in takes the pain out of vocal level-automation, but if your budget can’t stretch that far, you can get part of the way there using nothing more than Cubase 5’s built-in processors.
Cubase: DIY Vocal Rider | Audio & Project Files
Hear For Yourself
Audio files in our SoundCloud player, with downloadable high-res WAVs for your convenience.
Dance Music Filter Effects with Cubase 5
Cubase Notes & Techniques
Filter sweeps and rhythmic filter effects are a key element in dance music — and they’re easy to create with Cubase 5’s bundled plug-ins...
Dance Music Filter Effects with Cubase 5 | Audio
Audio Examples from Cubase Techniques May 2010
Using Cubase's Chorder Plug-in
Cubase Notes & Techniques
We show you how to coax a more convincing performance from your VST instruments using Cubase’s Chorder plug-in.
Cubase Notes & Techniques
Unlike other DAWs, Cubase has no dedicated support for phase-locked timing correction of multitrack drums. But with a little imagination, it is possible...
Building Your Own Multi-articulation Instrument
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
Last month, we introduced Cubase’s VST Expression facility. Now it’s time to build your own multi-articulation instrument.
Cubase: Multi-articulation | Audio
Audio Examples From Cubase Techniques February 2010
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
VST Expression, introduced in Cubase 5, enables you to extract the best from multi-articulation sample libraries.
Cubase: VST Expression | Audio
Audio Examples From Cubase Techniques January 2010
Replacing Drums With Groove Agent One
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
We examine the potential of Cubase's Groove Agent One for drum replacement.
Audio Examples From Cubase Techniques December 2009
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
Links to Audio files which accompany this month's Cubase techniques article.
VariAudio: Extracting MIDI From Audio Files
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
More than just a pitch-correction tool, Cubase's VariAudio offers a means of extracting MIDI data from audio files.
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
Breathe new life into your loops with Cubase's LoopMash.
Electric Guitar Effects Chains
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
No guitar effects in Cubase? Actually, there are more options than you can count...
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
In VariAudio, Cubase 5 users have a sophisticated pitch-correction tool.
Quick Controls | Track Presets | Media Files
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
Download a ZIP file of the Track Presets that accompany July 2009's Cubase Notes workshop on Quick Controls automation.
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
With even a basic hardware MIDI controller, Quick Controls make writing automation in Cubase much more convenient.
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
If you want something to spice up rhythm-guitar loops to use in your funk and dance tracks, Cubase has just the Tonic
Cubase: Funky Guitar Processing | Audio Files
Hear For Yourself
Links to audio files that accompany the SOS JUNE 2009 Cubase article, for newsstand/bookstore readers who do not have eSub-access to the main web article.
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
Learn how to avoid frequency clashes in your mix, with our tutorial on advanced ducking techniques in Cubase.
Hear For Yourself
Links to audio files that accompany the SOS MAY 2009 Cubase article, for newsstand/bookstore readers who do not have eSub-access to the main web article.
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
We explore some of the advanced parallel compression techniques used by top mix engineer Michael Brauer — and how you can recreate them using Cubase.
Cubase: Advanced Vocal Compression — Audio Files
Hear For Yourself
We explore some of the advanced parallel compression techniques used by top mix engineer Michael Brauer — and how you can recreate them using Cubase.
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
Many Cubase users also own high-quality drum virtual instruments and sample libraries that aren't mapped to the GM standard. Fortunately, you can create your own dedicated drum maps.
Download DRM Files
Here are the files that accompany SOS February 2009's Cubase 4 workshop on Drum Maps.
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
With Cubase 4.1, Steinberg overhauled the Sample Editor, creating a very powerful new tool for real-time pitch and time manipulation.
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
Having done your best to capture a high-quality recording of your vocals, how best do you go about processing them so they work in your mix?
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
If you want to group tracks in Cubase, Group channels aren't always the best option. We explore what you can and can't do with the Link Channels function.
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
Kick drums and bass instruments underpin most contemporary popular music, and it sometimes pays to tweak performances so they work better together.
Exploring Cubase 4.1's Audio Input Routing
Cubase's new routing options enable you to export multiple audio tracks in one go: we take you step by step through the process.
Loop Management: SoundFrame & MediaBay
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
For some, the jury is still out on Steinberg's ambitious SoundFrame and MediaBay concepts, but for certain tasks they can definitely be useful — getting your loop library organised, for example...
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
Our recent explorations of the new software synthesizers introduced in Cubase 4 conclude with a tour around Spector...
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
Here are the URL links to the audio examples that accompany and enhance the July 2008 Cubase Notes article.
Making More Of The Mystic Synth
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
We dive deeper than the presets to discover what you can do with Cubase 4's most complex bundled soft synth.
Making More Of The Mystic Synth | Audio Files
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
Links to the Mystic Synth audio examples that accompany June 2008's Cubase Notes.
Building Bass Sounds With Prologue
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
There's more to Prologue than its presets — and it doesn't take long to create some excellent and unique patches.
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
Crafting the perfect mix is a difficult task, but often all you need is a bit of organisation to make things quicker, easier and more rewarding.
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
Cubase 4.1 brings a wealth of new features: we explore what you can do with the new side-chaining function.
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
It's so easy to reach for the same audio plug-ins time after time — but MIDI plug-ins such as Arpache can bring something different and shouldn't be overlooked.
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
Early notes, late notes, stacked notes... There's a range of problems that could stem from MIDI timing issues — but fortunately we have solutions to offer.
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
Cubase's audio warp facilities provide a powerful toolkit for manipulating the timing of recorded audio to fit grids and grooves.
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
Reverb and delay are vital tools for mixing. We explain how to get the best from Cubase's bundled plug-ins.
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
Cubase is packed with as much functionality as Doctor Who's TARDIS for bending the laws of time, and while the basics are easy, it pays to explore a little deeper.
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
Controlling your synth's dynamics using MIDI, rather than audio plug-ins, can offer you greater flexibility and good results. Here's how you do it.
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
Controlling your synth's dynamics using MIDI, rather than audio plug-ins, can offer you greater flexibility and good results. Here's how you do it.
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
Love it or loathe it, computer-based recording has made compiling the perfect performance a whole lot easier than with that pesky tape. We look at 'comping' techniques in Cubase 4.
Creating Rhythmic Effects With MIDI Gate
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
Using a gate to create rhythmic performances from sustained sounds is a classic dance music trick, but the same approach can work in almost any contemporary music style. Find out more...
Creating Rhythm Effects With MIDI Gate | Audio Files
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
For newsstand readers without subscriber access rights, here is an unlocked version of the MP3 audio files that accompany the June 2007 Cubase Notes article.
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
If you've ever wanted a cheap and easy way to do drum replacement with Cubase, there are some good solutions out there...
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
Dynamics processing plays an important part in almost all modern music production. We look at some practical examples using Cubase 4's built-in dynamics plug-ins.
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
Cubase's Play Order Track is a powerful, but often overlooked, facility that is a Godsend for songwriters, composers and remixers alike.
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
Creating your own synth patches is one way to add a unique element to your music projects. This month we look at how you can get started designing your own pad sounds using the VST Instruments supplied with Cubase.
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
Track Presets might not add anything to the sonic possibilities offered within Cubase 4 but Steinberg have been very keen to blow this particular marketing trumpet. So just what can Track Presets do for you?
Simultaneous Multitrack Audio Exports & Flexible Routing
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
Limitations to Cubase's audio routing and audio export facilities have always been frustrating, and are still present even in Cubase v4. Thankfully, there are some free or inexpensive third-party solutions...
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
Cubase's Tempo Editor offers some powerful ways to manipulate tempo and time signatures in your Projects. This month we take a detailed look at these features.
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
The acoustic guitar has its place in almost every style of contemporary music. So how can you use the processing tools of SX to help find the right place in your mix for all that strumming and picking?
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
Cubase SX supplies us with a comprehensive set of editing tools, but the manner in which they can be used varies enormously — and also depends upon the task at hand...
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
When sequencers first allowed you to record musical notes in real time, one of the features that became ubiquitous in all systems was quantisation. Here we take a look at how quantise has evolved and is currently utilised in Cubase SX.
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
This month we continue to explore Cubase's automation features with a look at the different modes available to SX users, and the issues you'll face when using automation and MIDI Controller data on MIDI Tracks.
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
When Cubase VST became Cubase SX, one of the big improvements was a better automation system for audio-based tracks and channels. This month, we show you how to make the most of this newer system.
Cubase Notes & Techniques
While mastering in a home or project studio is unlikely to produce the very best results, Cubase SX does have some basic tools for those who want (or have) to adopt a DIY approach.
Write In Cubase, Mix In Pro Tools
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
If you like Cubase's sequencing capabilities but prefer to mix your projects in another application (eg. Pro Tools), we show you how to get your soft-synth parts from one app to the other.
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
We delve into the Boolean operations in the Logical Editor, offer some tips for entering numeric values in the Transport Panel, and take a first look at Cubase running on dual-processor, dual-core systems.
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
The world is awash with plug-in audio effects, but don't miss out on those included within Cubase SX — there are some excellent creative possibilities on offer.
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
Cubase contains many powerful features for processing MIDI data, such as the Logical Editor and Macros. This month we look at how using them together can create some powerful solutions to potentially tedious problems.
Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques
This month we take a look at building tempo maps for writing to picture in Cubase, using Markers, Time Warping and the Process Tempo command.
Working With Video In Cubase SX/SL
Technique
Since its SX reincarnation three years ago, Cubase has once again become one of the most flexible tools for writing music to picture. Let's investigate...
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