Cubase: Quick Controls : July 2009
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| Cubase: Quick ControlsArticle Preview :: Cubase Notes & TechniquesPublished in SOS July 2009 Technique : Cubase Notes With even a basic hardware MIDI controller, Quick Controls make writing automation in Cubase much more convenient.
Whether it’s for mixing audio tracks or tweaking synth parameters, the ability to record, edit and save automation data as part of your music projects is now a powerful feature of all but the most basic of DAWs. Even a simple hardware control surface, such as a bank of sliders or rotary knobs on a MIDI keyboard, makes the whole process more tactile. The ease with which you could do this took a big leap forward with the Device Panels that were introduced in SX3 (see SOS March 2005), but Cubase 4 took things further by adding Quick Controls. These are much easier to configure than Device Panels, and offer some of the same functionality, though they are not full replacements. So, if you have a suitable collection of knobs to twiddle, let’s work through some examples of Quick Controls in use. I Want It Now
Quick Controls is one of the panels that appears in the Inspector for both audio and MIDI tracks, and has eight parameter slots available. Setting up your Quick Controls is a three-stage process, and I’ll start with an overview of these stages before looking more closely at each in turn, offering some practical examples along the way. I’ll also discuss a couple of less positive aspects. The first task is to link a series of knobs or faders on your external hardware controller to the Quick Control slots. You can do so via a dialogue box found at Devices / Device Setup / Quick Controls (see screenshot opposite). Once made, these links are global, and apply to all tracks in all projects. So, if you’ve assigned QC1 to be controlled by the first knob on your MIDI hardware controller, that assignment will be consistent for any track that uses Quick Controls. This consistency is a big advantage of this approach. ...
Published in SOS July 2009 
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