Steinberg Cubase | SOS Tutorials, Techniques & Workshops
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Steinberg CUBASE | SOS Tutorials, Techniques & Workshops
Making The Most Of Cubase Cubase Notes & Techniques We examine the potential of Cubase’s Groove Agent One for drum replacement. Audio Examples From Cubase Techniques December 2009 Audio Examples From Cubase Techniques November 2009 Links to Audio files which accompany this month's Cubase techniques article. Cubase Notes & Techniques More than just a pitch-correction tool, Cubase’s VariAudio offers a means of extracting MIDI data from audio files. Cubase Notes & Techniques Breathe new life into your loops with Cubase’s LoopMash.  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. (Use the SEARCH page to find even more past articles.) Previous 100 CUBASE NOTES workshops (unlocked) Cubase Notes & Techniques No guitar effects in Cubase? Actually, there are more options than you can count... Cubase Notes & Techniques In VariAudio, Cubase 5 users have a sophisticated pitch-correction tool. Downloadable Files Download a ZIP file of the Track Presets that accompany July 2009's Cubase Notes workshop on Quick Controls automation. Cubase Notes & Techniques With even a basic hardware MIDI controller, Quick Controls make writing automation in Cubase much more convenient. Cubase Notes & Techniques If you want something to spice up rhythm-guitar loops to use in your funk and dance tracks, Cubase has just the Tonic 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. Cubase Notes & 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. Cubase Notes & 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. 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. Cubase Notes & 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. Cubase Notes & Techniques With Cubase 4.1, Steinberg overhauled the Sample Editor, creating a very powerful new tool for real-time pitch and time manipulation. Cubase Notes & 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? Cubase Notes & 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. Cubase Notes & 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. Cubase Notes & 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... Cubase Notes & Techniques Our recent explorations of the new software synthesizers introduced in Cubase 4 conclude with a tour around Spector... Hear For Yourself Here are the URL links to the audio examples that accompany and enhance the July 2008 Cubase Notes article. Cubase Notes & Techniques We dive deeper than the presets to discover what you can do with Cubase 4's most complex bundled soft synth. Hear For Yourself Links to the Mystic Synth audio examples that accompany June 2008's Cubase Notes. Cubase Notes & Techniques There's more to Prologue than its presets — and it doesn't take long to create some excellent and unique patches. Cubase Notes & 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. Cubase Notes & Techniques Cubase 4.1 brings a wealth of new features: we explore what you can do with the new side-chaining function. Cubase Notes & 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. Cubase Notes & 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. Cubase Notes & Techniques Cubase's audio warp facilities provide a powerful toolkit for manipulating the timing of recorded audio to fit grids and grooves. Cubase Notes & Techniques Reverb and delay are vital tools for mixing. We explain how to get the best from Cubase's bundled plug-ins. Cubase Notes & 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. Cubase Notes & 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. Cubase Notes & 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. Cubase Notes & 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. Cubase Notes & 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... For newsstand readers 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. Cubase Notes & Techniques If you've ever wanted a cheap and easy way to do drum replacement with Cubase, there are some good solutions out there... Cubase Notes & 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. Cubase Notes & Techniques Cubase's Play Order Track is a powerful, but often overlooked, facility that is a Godsend for songwriters, composers and remixers alike. Cubase Notes & Technique 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. Cubase Notes & 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? Cubase Notes & Technique 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... Cubase Notes & Technique 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. Cubase Notes & 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? Cubase Notes & 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... Cubase Notes & 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. Cubase Notes & Workshop 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. Cubase Notes & 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. Cubase Notes & 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. Cubase Notes & 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. Cubase Notes & 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. Cubase Notes & 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. Cubase Notes & 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. 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... News & Tips This month we look at how to use the facilities available to Cubase's MIDI tracks to recreate certain master keyboard functions. Workshop Sometimes the click can steal the life from a session, so why not start with a live performance? News & Tips With Cubase SX/SL 3.1 now available, we answer a question about integrating Gigastudio with Cubase, investigate a new Preference and discuss 3.1's new multi-processor support. News& Update Preferences could be the key to more predictable behaviour and smoother operation — for Cubase, at least! Workshop Although there are many third-party equaliser plug-ins available, the EQ built into Cubase SX and SL is both functional and convenient, and has the unique advantage of being closely integrated with the Mixer, Inspector and Channel Settings windows. Cubase Notes We investigate the major and minor new features on offer in Cubase SX/SL v3.1. Workshop You've recorded a real drummer, but the drum sound just doesn't cut it. Is there anything you can do to rescue things? Cubase Notes This month we investigate an interesting script for exporting audio and look at the various options for automating tedious tasks in Cubase. Workshop When you come over all creative or are facing a tight deadline, a lean, mean music-recording machine is a definite advantage. The tools for customising the Cubase SX work environment may not sound very sexy, but they can certainly help the workflow. Cubase Notes This month we look at the possibility of DSD higher-quality audio support in Cubase, a plug-in to help you write ringtones for Nokia phones, and a new patch for Windows users of Cubase SX/SL 3.02. Workshop We take a look at the concepts of audio files, clips, events, parts and regions in Cubase, and explain how you can manage these objects in the Pool window. Cubase Notes Steinberg originally introduced the concept of Folder tracks in Cubase VST, as a way of organising the track list in the Arrange window. This month we look at how this feature became even more powerful in Cubase SX, and how to make the most of it. Cubase Notes While processing hundreds of channels with effects in real time has increasingly become the norm for most of us, there are still times when not processing audio in real time can be useful. This month we look at how to achieve this in Cubase SX. Cubase Notes Device Panels were introduced in Cubase SX 3 to enable the creation of on-screen interfaces for controlling MIDI devices. This month we look at how you can create one to control plug-ins. Cubase Notes Returning to Cubase's Mixer window again this month, we explore ways to make it more manageable when working with Projects that contain a large number of channels. Cubase Notes Cubase SX has a wide selection of real-time MIDI effects that can often substitute for the more processor-hungry audio effects, as well as opening up other creative possibilities. Cubase Notes We take a look behind the behaviour of Cubase's most common mixing controls, to show the many options beneath the seemingly simple surface. Cubase Notes We take a closer look at the Embracer, Tonic and Monologue plug-ins that come supplied with Cubase SX. Cubase Notes This month we provide an exclusive preview of \nthe new version of Cubase — SX 3 — and offer advice on how to get the most out of Cubase's Range Selection tool. Cubase Notes Cubase SX's MIDI Device Manager provides a
way of choosing patches and banks on your external MIDI hardware by name rather than by number. We look at how to create your own MIDI Patch Name Scripts to make this possible. Cubase Notes It's just a jump to the left, and then a step to the right. With your hands on your hips, you bring your knees in tight. But it's the pelvic thrust that really drives you insane. Let's do the time-warp again? Cubase Notes The Key Editor is a seemingly straightforward
MIDI editor, yet under its surface lie a number of features that can really speed up your editing tasks. We explain, as well as reporting on the new version 2.2 Cubase update. Cubase Notes If you get that sync'ing feeling when using Cubase in conjunction with external hardware devices, you may need to know more about its
synchronisation options. This month's column explains what's what. Cubase Notes Continuing our exploration of surround sound in Cubase SX 2, this month we turn to using stereo and multi-channel plug-ins in a surround mix. Cubase Notes As more musicians and audio engineers begin to explore the potential of surround sound in project studios, we take a look at Cubase SX 2's revised multi-channel architecture, which gives it advanced surround capabilities. Cubase Notes While Cubase's graphical environment makes the application easy to use, it's not always clear exactly where signals are being routed. This month, we open the virtual bonnet and take a look at signal routing in the VST 2.3 audio engine used in both Cubase SX and Nuendo 2 Cubase Notes They're moderately priced and very flexible, but audio sample CDs can be tedious to use, so this month Cubase Notes offers a quick guide to speedy importing and editing of audio CD loops in SX. Cubase Notes Until its recent update, Cubase SX did not have all the specific tools needed for easy tempo changes when, for example, working to picture -- but a close look at the tools it does have reveals ways of getting the job done for those who haven't yet upgraded. Cubase Notes This month we take a look at how you can get the most out of Cubase and Reason using Rewire, and report on the release of the significant, yet seemingly insignificant, Cubase SX 2.01 revision. Cubase Notes This month we report on Steinberg using Nuendo to record a three-day music festival, and look at how a Cubase Drum Map can assist you in finding and working with all the one-shot drum and percussion sounds in your studio. Cubase Notes The Drum Editor has been a part of Cubase for over 10 years now, and in this month's Cubase Notes we investigate its latest incarnation within Cubase SX, as well as bringing you news of a major update to Steinberg's popular sequencing software. Cubase Notes Your computer screen really doesn't need to be cluttered when you're working with Cubase's many windows, because Steinberg have provided handy window-management features. Cubase Notes Both SX and Nuendo offer plenty of scope for recording and mixing in surround sound formats... Cubase Notes This month we take another look at Cubase's Macro facility and discuss a selection of examples for adding some rather neat features to the program. Cubase Notes Navigating complex arrangements can often be frustrating, but by taking advantage of Cubase's Marker Track, you can easily define a structure to simplify the process. Cubase Notes The Logical Editor window is a powerful way to process MIDI data in Cubase, although it can often appear daunting to new users. What's more, it provides excuses for writers to dust off their Mr Spock quotes. Project Browser One of the many innovations to be inherited by Cubase SX/SL from Nuendo is the Project Browser, and this month we investigate some of its potential uses. Grooves Features Cubase provides powerful features for working with grooves, but they aren't totally intuitive. We shed some light on the subject for users of VST and SX/SL. Working With Video Cubase SX/SL offers something of a mixed bag of features for those working with video, so this month we offer some advice on what you can do - and what you can't. Keyboard shortcuts; Key Commands While using keyboard shortcuts in a sequencer is nothing new, this month we explain how Cubase SX/SL takes the idea further, and look at Hans Zimmer's unique solution for accessing Key Commands in Cubase. Managing Multiple Takes Following on from last month's exploration of recording multiple takes with Cycle Record, this month's Cubase Notes looks at some features to assist in managing multiple takes without using Cycle Record. Multiple Takes In Cubase Recording multiple takes is something that musicians need to accomplish all the time when working on a track - so how do you work with multiple takes in Cubase? Cubase SX for Mac OS X This months Cubase Notes brings you exclusive coverage of the Mac OS X version of Cubase SX, and offers more advice on working with Hitpoints. Tempo-independent Loops Cubase has always had good facilities for creating tempo-independent loops, and this month we take a look at how Cubase SX makes this procedure even more accessible. Segment-based Atomation Last month we looked at the channel-based automation features of Cubase VST and, as promised, this time we're going to explore VST's segment-based automation abilities and ponder their absence in SX. Mixer and Plug-in Parameters Cubase provides comprehensive recording and editing facilities for its mixer and plug-in parameters. Here's how to get them to work for you.
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