Cubase Posts

Why I’m upgrading to Cubase 8
I posted a while back about how I was locking down my installation whilst I was working on an album, but my good intentions went

The case of the missing click
One of the most irritating things in Cubase is its propensity for losing some of its settings at the slightest provocation. One of the things

Reamping with VST AmpRack
It’s easy to overlook the software that comes bundled with your DAW, but sometimes, in the wealth of features that the “full-fat” versions of Cubase

Faking Acoustic Guitar
This video draws together some techniques I’ve looked at in previous videos to emulate a plucked guitar part on a song, where the arrangement cried

Alternatives to Automation
Automation is an invaluable tool for adding colour to a mix, as well as its more mundane use for controlling volume, be it levelling peaks

Video Tutorial – Editing Automation
Once you’ve got your automation data recorded in your project, whether you wrote it in on the lane or recorded it in real time, there’s

Video Tutorial – Writing Automation
Sometimes, it’s not possible to record the automation data you need by moving a mouse as the song plays back – for example, a MIDI

Video Tutorial – Recording Automation
There are a couple of different ways of setting up automation on your DAW. The simplest, but perhaps not always the most accurate, is to

Video Tutorial: Stereo Panning Options
It’s easy to visualise how the panning of a point source, such as a snare drum, works in stereo , but what happens when your