How to Guide - Cubase MIDI Tips

Starting off with a new section of software can generally assume a alarming process, so let's yield a attending through some basal processes in Cubase and kick-start your ability database! Remember to analysis out our comment if you charge some advice with any of the abstruse agreement acclimated in this or any of our tutorials.
To accessible a project:
1. Book - new activity - abandoned - actualize a binder and name it "track 1" for example
2. Save - cntrl - s again name the activity aural the binder you accept created
To acceptation audio samples:
1. Book - acceptation - audio file
To set up basic instrument:
1. In dejected cavalcade to larboard appropriate click- add MIDI track
2. Accept instrument... F11 - accept synth of your choice
3. Go aback to your MIDI clue -make abiding the "show inspector" tab is accent dejected (top left)
4. Go to "out" and baddest the synth you accept added
Arranging content:
1. Accept your sample/ MIDI block eg. bang drum
2. Click- authority -alt - annoyance - drop
3. Change quantize to clothing canal (top right) >I eq -> sends
2. Inserts... anticipate of them as guitar fx pedals such as distortion
3. EQ is to appearance the sound... try presets (top atramentous toolbar)
4. Sends are for ambient furnishings such as adjournment or reverb, or buses for archetype if you capital to forward bang to a accumulation boom channel
Setting up ambient sends:
1. Appropriate bang in dejected cavalcade and baddest "add fx clue channel"
2. Baddest stereo and the aftereffect you wish such as reverb
3. On the aftereffect box for archetype reverb... accept a preset for archetype "hall"
4. Turn the mix up to 100%
5. Go to mixer (F3) & sound/instrument you wish reverb on and columnist baby E
6. To the appropriate duke ancillary you accept your sends.... baddest your new aftereffect (reverb for example)
7. Turn it on and forward the signal
Automation:
1. For audio... add an insert/eq or forward that you wish to adapt for archetype a filter
2. Go to the baby + at the basal larboard of the audio corpuscle and bang it
3. Baddest the constant that you wish to automate again columnist the R button. sometimes you may charge to columnist "more" to acquisition the one you want
4. The band is now activated and draw in your changes
5. For synths the aforementioned applies about instead of acute the + on the midi clue you accept to acquisition the absolute synth
6. This can be begin in "vst instruments tab"
To save a song:
1. Columnist cntrl A to highlight tune
2. Columnist P to bend accomplished track
3. Book - consign - audio mixdown
4. Accept book blazon & accomplish abiding its stereo interleaved (channel tab)
EQ & Level tips:
1. To accomplish abiding you don't distort... if you alpha a activity put your loudest arresting bisected way on the mixer
2. EQ use accepted faculty for archetype guitar is a mid ambit frequency, cymbals are high, bass is low.... so either trim or enhance it in these areas
3. A capital aphorism for EQ is to yield abroad bass area it isn't bare - this will advice accumulate your mix clear.
Keyboard shortcuts (speed up your work-flow!):
F1 - CHANGES CURSOR TYPE
F2 - TRANSPORT BAR ON/OFF
F3 - MIXER ON OFF
F4 - CHANGES INPUT/OUTPUT SETTINGS
F8 - OPENS & CLOSES VIDEO SCREEN
F9 & F10 - SWITCHES CURSOR TOOLS
F11 - VST INSTRUMENTS
F12 - COMPUTER RAM & PROCESSOR LEVELS
CNTRL-A - SELECT ALL
P - LOOP SELECTED
CLICK -> ALT -> DROP - COPY ITEMS
D - DUPLICATE
+ - SKIP FORWARD
- - SKIP BACKWARD
SPACE - PLAY & STOP
1 - GO TO BEGINNING OF LOOP