Steinberg Cubase 4 Getting Started Manual

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If you want to clear or deactivate all the mutes or solos, 
click on the “Deactivate all Mute” or “Deactivate all Solo” 
buttons in the common panel to the left of the Mixer.
There may be times when you want certain tracks to al-
ways play even if another track has solo active. If you [Alt]/
[Option]-click on the “S” button, this will place the track in 
“Solo Defeat” mode. This allows the track to always play 
even if you solo another track.
To take a track out of “Solo...

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4.Click and move the EQ point up, down, right or left. 
Moving the EQ point up or down raises or lowers the gain 
of the EQ. The gain makes that particular EQ louder or 
softer. The “EQ Band Gain” at the bottom of the EQ win-
dow gives you the value of gain.
If you hold down [Ctrl]/[Command], you can restrict the movement of the 
EQ to just up and down.
5.Moving the EQ point right or left changes the frequency 
of the EQ. The “EQ Band Freq” setting at the bottom of the...

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8.You can bypass the EQs by clicking on the “Bypass 
Equalizers” button. If you [Alt]/[Option]-click, you can reset 
the EQ. A dialog window will open to confirm if you are sure 
you want to reset the EQs. If you are sure, click “Yes”.
Experiment with the EQs on all your tracks in this tutorial. 
A good tip when using EQ is that it’s usually better to take 
away EQ (lower the gain) than to add it.
Now let’s move on to effects.
Audio effects
Now let’s start using some...

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2.Choose “Stereo” for “Configuration”, select the “Ste-
reoDelay” effect and click OK.
3.We are going to put delay on the “Elec Guitar” track. 
Let’s set the delay so that the left side and right side have 
different delay settings and make sure the “Mix” is set to 
“100.0”.
Giving the stereo delay different left and right settings creates a more dy-
namic effect.
4.With the delay set, click the “Edit Channels Settings” 
button of the “Elec Guitar” track.
5.Select “FX...

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1.We created a fade in on the “Elec Guitar” track earlier. 
Let’s remove the fade on this audio event and create some 
automation instead. Zoom in so that you can see the first 
audio event more clearly.
2.Select the event and choose “Remove Fades” from 
the Audio menu.
3.Click the “Show/Hide Automation” button at the far 
left of the track. 
You may need to hover your mouse over the far left bottom area until you 
see the button appear as this is only shown when you...

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1.Set the left locator to bar 1 and the right locator to bar 
65 on the Transport panel. This will make sure we have all 
the music for export.
2.On the File menu–Export submenu, select “Audio Mix-
down…”.
3.The “Export Audio Mixdown” dialog opens.
This dialog is described in detail in the chapter “Export Audio Mixdown” in 
the “Operation Manual”. Please refer to this for more complete information.
4.“File Name” is for naming the file for export. Let’s name 
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11.When you are done making all the settings, click the 
Export button.
12.You will now see the exported stereo mix on a new 
stereo track.
13.You can check to see if the audio mixdown sounds the 
way you want it by soloing the mixdown track
!Load the project called “Mixing 9” found in the “Tuto-
rial 6” folder to see the results of this export. 

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Tutorial 7: Surround production
(Cubase only) 

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Surround busses
Using surround sound in Cubase is effortless. Surround 
becomes an extension of what we’ve already learned - just 
with a few more channels added. Let’s set up our inputs 
and outputs so that we are surround-ready.
To fully use surround sound on your computer, you will 
need an audio card that has 6 or more inputs and outputs. 
If your audio card only has between 2-5 inputs or outputs, 
there may be sections of this tutorial that will not...

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Recording with a 5.1 input bus
Having a 5.1 bus allows you to record surround as one 
multi-channel audio file on one audio track. This is very con-
venient and keeps the files aligned so they don’t go out of 
phase. Below is an example of recording with a 5.1 bus.
Recording with 6 mono input busses
You can however create separate mono busses for your 
5.1 inputs. This allows for greater flexibility in terms of 
routing, EQ, effects, etc. Below is an...