Music Applications etc

Basic CubaseSX how-to (work in progress)

This is a basic how to for getting cubaseSX running its very much a work in progress but it should be helpful if you dont know where to start with cubase as just about all music programs it looks scary when you first look at it

 

/**Update 12/05/05: the images on this page had been broken for quite a long time there now working again so it should be useful for anyone who finds this page useful speaking of which if theres any tutorials concerning cubase that anyone would like done just post a request on my forum and ill get it done as soon as i can cubase is such an immense program that its hard to pick one area to write a tutorial on but if someone brings something that is holding them back id gladly write up something**/

 

 

Step 1 open cubase

 

Step 2 click on the file menu then go to new

(A menu will appear with choices of what you wish to use weather it be a midi track or an audio track or a blank track which you can add what you like to it is probally preferable to select the empty one seeing it 1 uses less cpu power and 2 it lets you customize it how you want it)

*NOTE this maybe different for you if you have a higher version then sx1.0 which is what i used when writting this*

Step 3 assuming that you selected empty track click on project then go to addtrack and select midi

(It is the same step to add other audio tracks but im just using midi for this how-to as its easier to use even if you have no midi interfaces if you have midi songs or audio tracks that you want to use instead you would put them in by going to file then import)

now we need something to let us actually hear something this is where we install the instrument

Step 4  click on the devices menu

(the option you are looking for here is the 8th one down labled "vst instruments")

 

step 5 click on vst instruments

(a dialog box will appear)

 

step 6 click on the first box

(a list of instruments will appear depending on the plugins you have installed you may have more or less instruments)

step 7 click synths then click a1

(a1 is a basic instrument pack that has a bit of everything enough to make a song with)

step 8 click on out under the midi track you added earlier and select a1

(it may not be obvios at first where out is under the midi box there is a spot where you can resize pull that down so you can see the out box)