Cubases Tips

Cubase Tips

On this page I have a list of some less known Cubase features. I will gradually update this post, thus keep an eye on it.

• Key editor
  • Chords. In the Key Editor you can select Chord Type and, subsequently, draw in a single note that will automatically be expanded to a chord. Using the Alt and Cursor Up/Down will adjust to the different chord types.
  • Select specific notes. Ctrl-Click on the keyboard to select all notes (also works in the drum editor).
• Project window
  • Cursor. In Edit > Preferences > Transport > Locate when Clicked in Empty Space. This will set the cursor at the position you click.
  • Event Name. Shift-Enter to copy the Track name to the Event name.
  • Solo follows track. In Edit > Preferences > Editing > Project & MixConsole > Enable Solo on Selected Track. If you solo a track and then select another track, the new track will be soloed instead. Very convenient for AB comparisons.  Add a key command to switch this behavior on and off.
  • Toggle time display. Use a dot (.) to toggle time display between bars/beats and seconds.
• Other
  • Audio Pool vs Library. The audio pool contains all the audio events used in a project. These can be export as a library. In File -> Open Library you can open this again to select specific audio clips to be used in your new project.
  • Supervision. Double click on meter to get full window meter.
  • Track archive. A set of tracks (including Group and FX tracks/routing) can be Exported to a track archive. In contrast Track Presets do not preserve the routing.
  • Mid/Side solo. As far as I know it is not possible in Cubase (unlike WaveLab) to audition the Mid and Side channels. I use the free bx_solo (brainworx) plugin for this.
  • Starting a song at bar 2 (or later). It might be convenient to set the timecode at zero at the start of the song (Project > Set timecode at cursor). In addition, in Project > Project Setup set the ‘duration of the song’. Then, when zooming out to the max, the song nicely fits the project window.
  • Detect Silence. This allows you to detect and remove silent sections of your multitracks (Audio > Advanced > Detect Silence). Very useful to get an overview of a song.
• Also useful
  • If you own Cubase Pro but want to start another Cubase version (eg, Artist, Elements)? Start Cubase and hold the Alt key until you get a popup to choose a specific version.
  • Setup a Cubase project to test your plugins. I included tracks (e.g., drums, vocal, guitar, piano, etc) from different songs. Also included several complete mixes, and some commercial reference tracks. Now I can easily play with specific plugins (e.g., compressors) and determine how they work with different tracks.

More useful stuff

• Skippy Studio
  • Time and Tempo manipulation
  • Tempo Warp.
  • Using multiple outputs from Kontakt 7
  • Analyze Cubase Crash or freeze
  • How to backup your Cubase project?
• Greg Ondo  (Steinberg)
  • Tempo Warp
  • Slicing audio files
• Dom Sigalas
  • Bounce vs Render vs Freeze
  • Comp tool
  • Multipart MIDI editing
• Anthony Chisnall
  • Configure Media Bay in Cubase 13 Pro
  • Expression Maps in Cubase 12
  • Managing Track Quick Controls and VST Quick Controls
  • HALion 7 tutorial
• Lanewood Studios
  • Click track
• Communities
  • CubaseINDEX.com is a huge Search INDEX for Steinberg’s Cubase DAW to search in all videos Q&A Hangout.
  • Cubase communities can also be found on Discord (e.g., Cubase Nation, Cubase).
• Steinberg
  • Setting files
  • Location/file paths
• Other
  • Nice tool to print key commands

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