Cubase 4 Power! The Comprehensive Guide

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ISBN: 9781598630022 | 1598630024
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 12/19/2006

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Get ready to dive into Cubase 4! This book provides a thorough look at the most common as well as lesser-knownfeatures of this impressive digital audio production software. Beyond describing the features of the programand how they work, Cubase 4 Power! tells why to use certain features and when they are most beneficial toyour project. You'll gain a better understanding of Cubase while learning how to use all the exciting new toolsin version 4, including its new professional-level Control Room mixing environment, numerous new audio andMIDI plug-ins, the new SoundFrame asset management system, and much more. Packed with useful tips anddetailed explanations, this book is your guide to taking advantage of all that Cubase has to offer to make apowerful difference in your music creation.

Setup	p. 1
Basic Concepts	p. 3
What Is Cubase?	p. 3
What Is MIDI?	p. 5
Anatomy of a MIDI Message	p. 5
MIDI Connectors	p. 6
A Brief Overview of Digital Audio	p. 9
What Is Analog Sound?	p. 9
What Is Digital Audio?	p. 11
How Sampling Works	p. 11
About 32-Bit Recording	p. 13
Cubase Terminology	p. 15
Audio Connections	p. 15
Input Busses	p. 17
Output Busses	p. 17
Audio Track	p. 18
Audio Channels	p. 18
MIDI Connections	p. 19
MIDI Ports	p. 19
MIDI Channel	p. 21
MIDI Track	p. 22
Mixer Channel	p. 22
Cubase Environment	p. 23
About Audio Terminology	p. 24
Destructive and Nondestructive Editing	p. 26
Working with Events, Regions, and Parts	p. 27
The Browser Window	p. 29
Browser Window Areas	p. 29
Understanding the Information	p. 30
Linear and Musical Timebases	p. 31
Setting Up Peripherals	p. 33
Audio Hardware and Drivers	p. 34
ASIO Drivers	p. 34
ASIO DirectX Full Duplex Drivers	p. 35
MIDI Interfaces and Drivers	p. 36
Setting Up Devices in Cubase	p. 38
Setting Up MIDI Ports	p. 39
Setting a Remote Device	p. 41
Setting Up Audio Ports	p. 43
Running Other Applications Simultaneously	p. 46
Background Processes	p. 47
Other Audio Applications	p. 48
Monitoring Audio	p. 51
Monitoring Methods	p. 51
Monitoring Through Cubase	p. 52
Monitoring Externally	p. 54
Direct Monitoring	p. 54
Hooking Up Your Equipment	p. 55
Setting Up VST Connections	p. 58
Input Connections	p. 58
Output Connections	p. 60
Group/FX Connections	p. 61
External FX Connections	p. 61
External Instrument Connections	p. 64
Studio Connections	p. 65
Saving Connections	p. 66
New Project	p. 69
Create a New Project	p. 70
Project Setup	p. 71
Creating Audio Tracks	p. 74
Setting Up an Audio Track	p. 75
Creating an Instrument Track	p. 76
Creating a MIDI Track	p. 78
Setting Up an Instrument Track	p. 79
Recording	p. 81
Control Room Mixer	p. 83
Project Studio Control Room	p. 84
External Inputs	p. 88
Monitoring Options	p. 89
Listen Enable Bus	p. 90
Talkback Options	p. 91
Dim and Reference Levels	p. 92
Dim(d)CRM Extended View	p. 93
Studio Sends	p. 94
SoundFrame	p. 97
MediaBay	p. 98
Browser	p. 99
Viewer	p. 101
Scope	p. 103
Tag Editor	p. 104
Manage Tags	p. 105
Customizing the MediaBay	p. 108
Instrument Tracks	p. 108
VST Presets	p. 110
Track Presets	p. 112
About VST3	p. 114
Recording Audio	p. 115
Metronome and Tempo	p. 115
Click Settings	p. 116
Tempo and Time Signature	p. 117
Recording Audio	p. 118
Recording Audio in Cycle Mode	p. 120
Stacked Cycle Record Modes	p. 122
Importing Content	p. 124
About Audio File Imports	p. 124
About Audio CD Track Imports	p. 125
Importing Audio from Video Files	p. 127
About OMF	p. 127
Using Instruments	p. 129
VST Instruments (VSTi)	p. 129
Setting Up an Instrument Track	p. 130
Setting Up a VSTi	p. 132
Using Presets	p. 137
VSTi and Latency	p. 137
The Device Manager	p. 138
Adding a MIDI Device	p. 138
Managing a MIDI Device	p. 140
Using Devices in the Inspector	p. 144
Recording MIDI	p. 147
Record Modes	p. 147
Left and Right Locators	p. 150
MIDI and Audio Activity Indicators	p. 152
Recording MIDI	p. 153
Importing MIDI Files	p. 154
ReWire	p. 157
ReWire Setup	p. 157
VSTi and ReWire Channels	p. 160
Exporting VSTi and ReWire Channels	p. 162
Insert Effects	p. 165
Audio Track Inserts	p. 165
Inserts on Control Room Connections	p. 168
Pool	p. 171
Pool Folders	p. 171
The Pool Areas	p. 172
Understanding the Information	p. 174
Pool Functions	p. 177
Dealing with Missing Files	p. 177
Optimizing the Pool	p. 179
Archiving and Exporting a Pool	p. 180
Pool Interaction	p. 181
Offline Processes in the Pool	p. 182
Advanced Recording Options	p. 183
MIDI Recording Preferences	p. 183
MIDI Filtering	p. 186
Overdub Recording Techniques	p. 188
Punch-In/Punch-Out	p. 189
Pre-Roll/Post-Roll	p. 190
Navigation	p. 193
Project Navigation	p. 195
Changing Your Focus	p. 195
Using the Overview Panel	p. 196
Using the Zoom Tools	p. 197
The Transport Panel	p. 198
Performance	p. 198
Shuttle, Jog, and Nudge	p. 199
Main Transport	p. 200
The Project Window	p. 201
Project Window Areas	p. 201
Constrain Delay Compensation	p. 203
View Switches	p. 204
Automation Mode	p. 204
Transport	p. 205
Tools	p. 205
Autoscroll	p. 207
Snap/Quantize	p. 207
Context Menus in the Project Window	p. 209
The Inspector	p. 210
The Track List	p. 211
The Event Display	p. 215
Track Classes	p. 215
Adding Tracks	p. 216
Ruler Tracks	p. 217
Video Tracks	p. 218
MIDI Tracks	p. 219
MIDI Events in Cubase	p. 219
Setting Up a MIDI Track	p. 220
Notepad	p. 224
User Panel	p. 224
MIDI Channel	p. 225
MIDI Channel Settings	p. 228
MIDI to Mixdown	p. 230
Audio Tracks	p. 233
Audio Objects in Cubase	p. 234
Setting Up an Audio Track	p. 235
Inspector Sections	p. 237
Equalizers Section on Audio Tracks	p. 237
Equalizer Curve	p. 242
Channel	p. 243
Channel Settings Window for Audio Tracks	p. 244
Editing	p. 247
Sample Editor	p. 249
Sample Editor Areas	p. 250
Basic Editing Functions	p. 253
About Musical Mode	p. 254
Working with Regions	p. 255
Snap-Point	p. 256
Hitpoints	p. 257
Creating Hitpoints	p. 257
Audio Processing Options	p. 263
Audio Time Stretching	p. 264
Musical Mode	p. 264
Warp Audio	p. 266
Creating Warp Tabs from Hitpoints	p. 268
Time Warp	p. 269
Editing Audio and Time Warp Tabs	p. 270
Audio Processing Options	p. 270
Using Audio Processes	p. 271
The Offline Process History	p. 278
The Edit History	p. 279
Editing MIDI Events	p. 281
In-Place Editor	p. 282
Muting Events	p. 284
Splitting and Resizing Note Events	p. 284
Merging Note Events	p. 285
Using the Draw Tool	p. 286
Using the Line Tool	p. 287
Zooming	p. 290
The Info Line	p. 290
MIDI Controllers	p. 290
Key Editor	p. 293
Editor Toolbar	p. 294
Solo Editor and Acoustic Feedback	p. 294
Show Info	p. 294
Tool Buttons	p. 295
Autoscroll	p. 296
Auto Select Controller	p. 296
Part Editing Options	p. 296
Insert Velocity	p. 297
Snap and Quantize	p. 297
Step Input of MIDI Events	p. 298
Mouse Position	p. 300
Independent Track Loop	p. 300
Color Scheme Selector	p. 300
Other Toolbar Items	p. 301
Key Editor Display Areas	p. 302
Using Step Input	p. 304
Editing Multiple Tracks	p. 304
Drum Editors	p. 307
Drum Editor	p. 307
Drum Editor Display Areas	p. 308
Working with Drum Maps	p. 310
MIDI Menu Options	p. 315
Transpose	p. 315
Merge MIDI In Loop	p. 317
Dissolve Parts	p. 318
O-Note Conversion	p. 319
About MIDI Functions	p. 320
Arranging	p. 323
Quantizing Your Events	p. 325
Quantize Methods	p. 326
Setting Up a Quantize Grid	p. 329
Quantize Parameters	p. 330
Applying Quantize	p. 332
Creating Groove Quantize Presets	p. 333
MIDI Track Effects	p. 335
MIDI Modifiers	p. 335
About MIDI Effects	p. 338
MIDI Inserts	p. 339
MIDI Sends	p. 340
Edit Menu Options	p. 343
Splitting	p. 344
Split at Cursor	p. 344
Split Loop	p. 344
Split Range	p. 345
Range Crop	p. 346
Insert Silence	p. 346
Pasting Functions	p. 347
Copying	p. 348
Duplicate	p. 348
Repeat	p. 350
Fill Loop	p. 351
Resizing Objects	p. 353
Normal Sizing	p. 353
Sizing Moves Contents	p. 354
Sizing Applies Time Stretch	p. 354
Shifting Events Inside an Object	p. 356
Muting Objects	p. 357
Lock	p. 357
Play Order Track	p. 359
Creating a Play Order Project	p. 359
Play Order Part	p. 361
Play Order Editor	p. 362
Populating a List	p. 362
Navigating the Play Order List	p. 363
Creating Order	p. 363
Managing Lists	p. 364
Flattening a List	p. 364
Tempo Track	p. 367
Tempo Track Editor	p. 367
Time Warping	p. 371
Warping Inside Editors	p. 374
Working in Sync	p. 375
About Word Clock, SMPTE, and MIDI Clock	p. 376
Timecode	p. 376
MIDI Clock	p. 379
MIDI Machine Control	p. 380
Digital Clock	p. 381
Resolving Differences	p. 383
Internal and External References	p. 383
Setting Up Synchronizations	p. 386
Synchronizing Cubase	p. 388
Mixing and Mastering	p. 391
Mixer	p. 393
Mixer Areas	p. 393
Common Panel	p. 394
Extended Common Panel	p. 400
Routing Panel	p. 403
Working with Mixer Settings	p. 404
Output Bus Channels	p. 405
Input Bus Channels	p. 407
Can Hide	p. 408
FX Channel Tracks	p. 411
FX Channels Options	p. 411
Audio Track Sends	p. 413
FX Channel through VST Connections	p. 417
Group Channel Tracks	p. 419
Anatomy of a Group Track	p. 419
Group Channels	p. 420
Using Group Channels	p. 420
Groups as Monitor Mix (Cubase Studio 4)	p. 422
Writing Automation	p. 425
Using Read and Write Buttons	p. 425
Writing Channel Track Automation	p. 426
Writing Parameter Automation	p. 428
About Automation Modes	p. 429
Drawing Automation	p. 430
Hiding and Removing Automation Subtracks	p. 434
Editing Automation	p. 435
Using Write Automation	p. 435
Using Automation Subtracks	p. 435
Automation Techniques	p. 439
Automation in the Mixer	p. 439
Automation Tracks	p. 440
Using SysEx	p. 442
Recording SysEx	p. 443
Transmitting Bulk Dumps	p. 446
Using a Remote Control Mixer	p. 447
Surround Mixing	p. 451
Multichannel Configurations	p. 451
Surround Bus	p. 452
Surround Routing Options	p. 454
Surround Panner	p. 455
Routing Effects in Surround Outputs	p. 460
Exporting a Surround Mix	p. 463
Final Mix Export	p. 465
Audio Exporting Options	p. 465
Lossless versus Lossy Formats	p. 468
Broadcast Wave Properties	p. 469
OMF Export Options	p. 470
About Mastering	p. 473
Creating an Audio Compact Disc	p. 475
About Dithering	p. 476
Backing Up Your Work	p. 478
Managing	p. 481
Project Customization	p. 483
Workspaces	p. 483
Creating Templates	p. 485
Customizing Key Commands	p. 487
Macros	p. 488
Customizing Toolbars	p. 490
Customizing Your Transport Panel	p. 492
Customizing Track Controls	p. 493
Project Optimization	p. 495
Disabling Audio Tracks	p. 495
Using VST Plug-Ins	p. 496
Optimizing Projects after Processing	p. 498
About Freeze	p. 499
Freeze an Audio Channel	p. 500
Freeze Edits	p. 500
Freeze Real-Time Processes	p. 500
Freezing VSTi	p. 501
Working with Video Files	p. 502
Folder Track	p. 504
Index	p. 507
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