boyd wrote:forensix (mcr) wrote:boyd wrote:Haven't come across templates in cubase before (only got it recently), how do they work?
Cubase has been a bit of a bitch to work on but I find it better than reason and fruity having demoed them before. Though there are things that I feel should be simple that are bloody annoying to do, like assigning effects to midi tracks where you have to find a secret passageway. And even just volume mixing if you've got a load of vst's involved, the mixer turns into a metre long nightmare. I'm probably missing some shortcuts though, got a lot to learn..
To make a template create a new project and insert all the channels, fx tracks, eqs, group tracks etc that you normally use and save the project as a template then when you start a new project you can select your template
The mixer has buttons on the side to hide the midi tracks/audio tracks/instrument tracks this helps reduce the size of the mixer I normally click off the midi tracks
To assign effects to VSTi is easy go to the channel view at the left hand side of the screen open the insert panel under the instrument name and select a plug in
Thanks a lot for the help man.
Re mixer - I have hidden midi but my problem is using battery for drums, so trying to locate my kick for example will mean finding one channel out of a million sitting there doing nothing labelled battery something.. and because I use a different battery for each bit of the drum kit there are countless battery channels showing in the mixer with only about one in 20 actually doing anything. If any of that makes any sense. I see there's an option to hide channels marked as hide (or something), but I can't see how to mark the channels to hide them!
Re effects on VSTs - the method you describe is cool for audio tracks but not midi, the inserts list doesn't have any of my own effects plug-ins. I have to go into the mixer, try and locate the channel I want and click edit to then add the effect.
You only need one instance of Battery open.
In Battery
Click File --> Options.
In the bottom right corner click Audio Outputs and change to your desired outputs.
Close.
Click on your drum hit and goto the Effects Tab.
In the bottom right corner, select the channel you want to go out to.
Look in your mixer to see all the Battery outputs firing away
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Sometimes it doesnt register properly and I found a restart of a Cubase and a new Project to make it all show up in the mixer.
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Re: VST Inserts.......your clicking on the wrong "e".
You need to click the bottom one, not the MIDI.
You don't have to go into the mixer
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