Gearwire Q&A: Cubase SX 3
Editing and Mixing
- Why are there three different mixing boards in Cubase SX?
- How do I create a copy of my project with audio from zero with effects printed on the tracks in Cubase SX?
- How do I create a copy of my project with audio from zero in Cubase SX?
- What is the purpose of the Audition Bus in Cubase SX?
- When should I use Group channels in Cubase SX?
- What's a ReWire channel in Cubase SX?
- What's the easiest way to repeat events in Cubase SX?
- Does Cubase SX allow me to edit multiple audio parts in the same audio editor window?
- What's the best way to archive my Cubase session after I'm finished mixing?
- How do I tell Cubase SX what files I wish to export when I mix?
- Why do the handles in Cubase suddenly push my audio around?
- What does Snap to Zero Crossings mean in Cubase SX?
- How do I make a completely new file (not a copy!) from an Audio Event in the Arrangement Window?
- Once I've grouped events together using the Group function in Cubase SX, can I still edit them individually?
- What's the difference between editing a Range and a Group?
- How do I create "Parts" for Audio and MIDI files in Cubase SX?
- When I create a new project in Cubase SX, I get this dialog box, and I'm not sure about some of the settings. What do they mean?
- I'm confused about parts and events in Cubase SX. What are the differences between the two?
- Is there another way to set the left and right locators instead of dragging them in Cubase SX?
Recording
- Does the Retrospective Record feature in Cubase SX allow me to record MIDI after the transport has fully stopped?
- When I've recorded cycled recordings in Cubase SX, can I cut and paste portions of the cycle to other tracks or will this ruin the timing of the other takes?
- Can you explain the different methods and concerns for recording overlapping events in Cubase SX?
- What's the difference between Record Enabled, Manual, Record Running and Tape Machine style monitoring in Cubase SX?
- Should I use 32 bit float Record Format as opposed to 16 or 24 bit depth for my files in Cubase SX?
- Do I need to change the meter settings to check input levels to Cubase SX?
- I've heard there are three or four ways to activate recording in Cubase SX. What are they?
- What do Postroll and Preroll mean in Cubase SX, and how do I set it up?
- How much difference is there between recording at 16 bit and 24 bit?
- When should I use stacked audio takes in Cubase SX?
- Are special microphone preamps really necessary?
- Do I need an external mixing board for digital recording?
- How do I set up busses in Cubase SX?
Effects and Plugins
- I heard there was a way to change all effects plugins to simpler layouts with linear faders in Cubase SX. How do I do this?
- Is there a limit to the amount of effects I can use as Inserts in Cubase SX?
- Are there some VST plugins that can figure out the tempo automatically for delays?
- I've heard it's better to apply destructive effects as Offline Process plugins in Cubase SX. Is this true?
- I've been modifying fades in the Fade Dialog box to create special fades of my own, but I have to do this every time. Is there a way to store a specific curve fade preset of my own in Cubase SX?
- I've heard there's a way to emulate the sound of tube mic preamps built right into Cubase SX. Is this true?
- In Cubase SX, how do I process just the EFX part of a track?
- Why do some audio files accept the crossfade command in Cubase SX and others don't?
- I want to increase the volume on a quiet note in Cubase SX, but I screw up the file with the Gain Command in the Sample Editor, and I have to keep undoing and redoing the process to get it right. Is there an easier way to do this?
- Are there other ways to create fades aside from using the handles on the files and using automation in Cubase SX?
File Formats
- Is there any reason to use the Wave 64 file format in Cubase SX?
- Are Broadcast Wave files are better to use in Cubase SX if I want to take my project to other platforms?
Key Commands
- What are the most useful operations I can assign to key commands in Cubase SX?
- How do I set up key commands to perform tasks in Cubase SX?
Navigation
- What is the Shuttle feature used for in Cubase SX?
- Is there an easy way to nudge the cursor and audio files in Cubase SX?
- When is the Scrub feature in Cubase SX useful?
- If I have a good understanding of the Left and Right Locators, why would I need to bother with the Markers in Cubase SX?
MIDI and Virtual Instruments
- Can I filter MIDI messages in one main preference file in Cubase SX, or do I have to do it track by track?
- I'm having trouble with the MIDI Event Display page in Cubase SX. What do all of these options mean?
- Can I transpose MIDI notes right on the Info Line in the Project Window in Cubase SX?
- What does the MIDI Record Catch Range feature perform in Cubase SX?
- What are Sysex MIDI messages and are they useful today?
- What kinds of MIDI messages can Cubase SX record, and how to I set filters for ones I don't want?
- Do the cycle recording modes for MIDI work the same as the cycle recording modes for Audio in Cubase SX?
- How do I select banks, channels, programs and maps via MIDI in Cubase SX?
- What is MIDI "thru" and when how should I use it in Cubase SX?
- What is MIDI Chase, and how do I enable this feature in Cubase SX?
- What are I-notes and O-notes for MIDI drums in Cubase SX?
- Is there a new way to edit velocity lines in Cubase SX?
- What kind of keyboard is best for use as a MIDI controller?
- Why do my VST instruments (VSTis) sound out of time?
Performance, Latency, and Monitoring
- Is it true that cards like EMU O404 allow me to monitor with zero latency in Cubase SX?
- I have a multiprocessor machine. Does Cubase SX take advantage of this?
- Cubase SX is stuttering, and I'm not evem using any plugins. What's the problem?
- I've heard of Delay Compensation, but what's the Constrain Delay Compensation button used for in Cubase SX?
Track Management
- I'm using Cubase SX and files seem to be jumping over each other when I move them. In fact, the order of the files changes altogether, and I just want to move one file without any of that happening. What's wrong?
- I've got a track soloed in Cubase SX, and I want to solo another track. However, when I click on the track in the Track List, it solos the new track and I have to go back to the other track, etc. It seems crazy. Why is this?
- Is there a difference between using the Mute tool in the tool bar and the Mute button on tracks in Cubase SX?
- How do I open and close the Track Inspector in Cubase SX and what does it do?
- Can I use Folder tracks inside Folder tracks without crashing Cubase SX?
- What is the Divide Track List feature used for in Cubase SX?
- How do I move a bunch of tracks at once in Cubase SX? Will this change how they appear on the Mixer?
- Is there a faster way to add tracks to my project than using the Project Menu in Cubase SX?
- What is the Overview Line for on tracks in Cubase SX?
- Is there one control I can use to restore all tracks to the same size in the Project Window in Cubase SX?
- What's the fastest way to zoom in on tracks in Cubase SX?
- What are Folder tracks used for in Cubase SX?
- How do I create a custom User Panel in the Track Inspector in Cubase SX?
- When should I "freeze" audio tracks?
- When is it best to "normalize" an audio track?
- When should I use the Play Order Track in Cubase SX?
Working with Tempos
- What's the difference between Musical and Linear time base settings for audio tracks in Cubase SX?
- Can I change the pitch and the actual sounds of the metronome in Cubase SX?
- Can I use the Time Warp button to create a tempo track in Cubase SX?
- Can I move tempo tracks from one project to another in Cubase SX?
- My audio drum loops sound great no matter what tempo is shown. Is there any reason I need to make the tempo correct?
- Why can't I change the tempo in the transport window in Cubase SX?
- When I use the repeat function to repeat my audio events in Cubase SX, sometimes I find they're out of sync over time. Why is this?
- I've snapped my drum loops to the grid in my Arrangement Window in Cubase SX, but they seem out of time with the arrangement. Why?
Working with Video
- I'm trying to sync my audio to a QuickTime movie in Cubase SX, but it's not showing the video's thumbnails correctly across the track. Why?
- Is the Frame Rate setting in Cubase SX important if I'm not locking to video?
Cubase SX vs. Nuendo
Cubase Feng Shui
- I'm used to seeing my Wave images as framed waves. Is there a way to change this view in Cubase SX?
- How do I change the way my waveforms are colored in Cubase SX?
- How do I apply different skins in Cubase SX?
- I'd like to get less clutter on my mixers in Cubase SX. How do I do this?
- The big Transport window in SX doesn't collapse like earlier versions of Cubase. Is there a way to trim the size of the Transport window down easily?
- Can I have more than one Ruler Track in Cubase SX?
GREG ENDO: Hi. I'm Greg Endo from Steinberg where we're going to take a look at some of the latest features in Cubase SX 3.1.
Cubase has been around since 1989 and is the world's most popular creation tool for music making software. One of the things we did to introduce the SX range was to actually work with making things much faster and easier. For instance, if I wanted to zoom, I can just take my cursor to time line, just zoom right down to the sample level.
Editing my audio and MIDI is seamless under project window. I can right-click on any screen and access my tools. So if I want to come over here and cut, if I wanted to erase, I can just simply come in here and use my eraser tool. I can come here and move my audio around. Now, if I wanted to even do a simple fader, I can just simply grab that window there. If I wanted to adjust my amplitude, want to increase my volume control. I can just simply come in here and draw in automation independent of that.
Now, everything I did also I have completely unlimited levels of undo, so I go over here to my edit history. No matter what edits I made, I can simply just scroll back in time and have all my edits just simply have completely unlimited levels of undo.
Now, so one of the things that we've also integrated in is better hardware support, so we can now come over here, and if we go to our device menu, one of the things that we can do is go to our studio manager. So now, with a lot of the Yamaha hardware, whether it's digital console or even a Motif, I can now just simply access built-in editors and have those all the parameters that are stored, so id I wanted to adjust my volume, my panning, or even select patch list, I can do that all from my software interface then store that and recall that within the project itself.
Now we can also have a very new exciting thing called external instruments so you can now take older instruments and connect them into your audio interface, go to our VST connections window, and just simply add them in here, so if I want to add my Yamaha Motif or any other MIDI device, simply add it in there, and now I can come over here and access my VST instruments, and now I can treat my hardware instruments just like a normal software plugin. So now I can simply come over here, and as I do that we go to my external instruments, go to the Motif ES6, and now my software editor comes up. So, I can treat my external hardware just like software and yet still have it go through the audio engine with total sample accuracy, so we have the best software integration and the best hardware integration with Cubase SX 3.1.
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I have elected to try a version of cubase LE that i received with purchase of sound card EMU 0404.The version allows me to record midi with limited latency but will not rcord audio.Metronome does not click.Is this version outdated.I notice there is no dialog addressingit.My system records another software that is available.I am ready to graduate from the use of this more elementary software to a more advanced host like cubase
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