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PC Publishing Releases Cubase 4 Tips and Tricks Instructional Book
May 21, 2007
Cubase 4 is undoubtedly one of the most powerful MIDI and audio production suites around - but are you realising its full potential? This highly readable book is crammed with practical 'insider' tips and tricks on using
the program creatively.
Keep it by you as you work. You'll find it not only a great companion for troubleshooting and advice but also a source of inspiration.
Discover the art of recording, arranging, editing, using plug-ins and VST instruments, processing audio, mixing and much more - all
within the realms of Cubase 4.
Author Keith Gemmell is a composer/arranger and
music technology author who uses Cubase 4
professionally on a regular basis.
Features:
- For Cubase 4 and Cubase Studio 4
- Recording, editing, mixing and mastering
- Time saving shortcuts
- Discover Cubase 4's hidden secrets
- Become a power user
- Improve your workflow
Contents:
1. Setup tips
First and foremost. Speed matters. Who's driving? Setting buffer size. Become an expert.
2. Working methods
Manual work. Conduct a search. Suits you.
Looking good. Start it up. Working templates.
Tool up. First things first. Your own devices.
Renaming MIDI ports. MIDI Thru. Remote control. Workspace layouts. Window box. Just
browsing. Different strokes. Enter to exit! Switch
keys. Macro. Plug watch. Regular
savings. Crossing platforms. Backing up. Archive
back up. Opening files. Importing audio.
Cleaning up. Slide control. History lesson. Handy
Edit menu key commands. Join the Library. The
main frame. Bay Watch. Suits you.
Track exchange. Data dump. Jot it down. Choice
editing.
3. Project window tips
Open windows. Take a shortcut. Make it snappy.
Stay Informed. Oversee events. Breaking the
rules. Making the rules. New Order. Zooming
about. Show for me. Keeping track. Lock up. Fol-de-ro-do. Auto fades. Shuffle along. It's a drag.
Under the Cursor. Share and share alike. What a
drag. Use drag and drop. A Range of options.
Silence please. Fast moves. Follow me. Personal
transport. Jogging along. Edit on the move.
Marking time. Recycling. Jumping locators.
Colouring in. Importing MIDI files. What no project? Renaming parts. Renaming events. Split
screen. Making tracks.
4. Mixer tips
Less is more. Why so many mixers? Missing extension. Quick mix. Changing
channels. Save that mix. D'You Wanna be in My
Gang. Copy and paste settings. Your own views.
Start from scratch. Reading and writing. Group
channels. Tweak tweak. 2 in 1. What no VST Send
Effects? Simultaneous reading and writing.
One-way route. Insert Switch.
5. Audio recording tips
Start right. Chase up. Cycle tracks. Dangerous
doubles. A pile up. What's the catch? Retro
record. The hidden Sound Module (well not
exactly). Get real. Mind the gap. Multiple notes.
Pitch bend and modulation. Smooth things over.
Weeding. Avoid dropout. Just velocity. Smoother
playing. Human touch.
Plug-in fun. Step by step. Shut the gate.
Transposing parts. Hidden data.
6. MIDI recording tips
Start right. Chase up. Cycle tracks. Dangerous
doubles. A pile up. What's the catch? Retro
record. The hidden Sound Module (well not
exactly). Get real. Mind the gap. Multiple notes.
Pitch bend and modulation. Smooth things over.
Weeding. Avoid dropout. Just velocity. Smoother
playing. Human touch.
Plug-in fun. Step by step. Shut the gate.
Transposing parts. Hidden data.
7. Time and tempo tips
Take your pick. Change your signature. Slow
down. The right clicks. Count base settings.
Musical or Linear time based tracks? Frozen in
time. Stretch to fit. Crossed time. On the beat.
On tap. Tapping and mapping. Tempo
mapping with the Time Warp tool. Transfers. As
time slides by.
8. Inspector tips
Multi change. Show for me. Alternative mixer.
Also under inspection. Auditioning MIDI instruments. Sound choice. Create your own Track
Presets. Transform your playing. Hidden extras.
The long and the short. Decisions, decisions.
9. Key Editor tips
Colouring in. Velocity values. Getting around. Get
the habit. Tonic Sol-Fa. Easy piano. Easy note
editing. Do the splits. Sweeping changes.
Express yourself. Changing lanes. Hidden controllers. What's the chord? Loop back. All
together now. Defining borders.
10. List Editor tips
F is for Filter. Behind the mask. Set-up bars.
Move on up. The hidden editor.
11. Score Editor tips
Page or Edit mode. Destructive behaviour. The
special relationship. Quick cleanup. Jazz quavers.
Using force. The last resort. No notes. Garbled
score. Jumpin' and scrollin'. All together now.
Quick clicks. A touch of style. Do the splits.
Transposing instruments. Fast entry. Keeping
tabs.
12. Drum track tips
Drum Editor v Key Editor. No drum tracks? Map
reading. Map making. Exporting MIDI drum
tracks. Spread the load. Different optimize. The
rubber pencil. Diamonds aren't forever. Getting
around. Drum solos. Speedy entry. The virtual
drummer. Spread the kit.
13. Logical Editor tips
Examine the presets. Preset functions and tips
on use. Share your knowledge. Bass notes to kick
drum. No comment?
14. Audio tips
Stretch fit. Regions. Instant harmonies. It isn't
normal. Detect Silence. Creative silence.
Reinventing history. Cut and paste. Use the blue
box. Zero Crossings. Inserting audio clips into a
Project. Crowded Pool. Pool cleaning. Missing
files. Reconstruction work.
15. Quantize tips
Which Quantize value? Homegrown grooves. 'A'
levels. Grooves to go. Quantizer - the plug-in.
Automating the Quantizer. Automatic Quantize.
16. Loops and hitpoints
Creating Hitpoints. Slicing and dicing. Mind the
gap. Seven ways to edit
hitpoints. Try these. Looping and grooving.
Feeling groovy.
Appendix 1: Key commands
Appendix 2: Tools summary
Appendix 3: Useful contacts
May 2007
160 pages • 244 x 172 mm
ISBN 978-1-906005-01-6
£9.95
For more information, visit their web site at
http://www.pc-publishing.com/.
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