Steinberg Cubase 6 Quick Start Guide Spanish Version

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6.Click in the “Device Port” column to select the audio inputs of your audio 
device for the stereo and mono inputs.
That’s it! You are now ready to record audio in Cubase and play it back.
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About this chapter
In this chapter you will learn how to record a bass guitar in mono from the 
“Mono In” input. Make sure that you have your audio hardware set up and you 
have read through the section 
“Setting up the VST connections” on page 29. 
You also need an empty project, see “Creating your first project” on page 24.
Creating a mono track
Let’s create an audio track for recording: 
1.On the Project menu, open the “Add Track” submenu, and select the 
“Audio” option.
2.Choose “Mono” for Configuration and “1” for Count. Click “Add Track”.
This adds a mono audio track to the Project window.
3.Click on the new track you have created and take a look at the Inspector.
The Inspector allows you to see and manipulate a lot of information for the selected track.
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4.Open the “Input Routing” pop-up menu and select “Mono In” for the audio 
track’s input.
By selecting “Mono In”, you will be able to record the audio from the left input of the audio device.
5.Open the “Output Routing” pop-up menu and select “Stereo Out” for the 
audio track’s output.
Setting the output to “Stereo Out” allows you to hear what you are recording. See the chapter 
“VST Connections” in the Operation Manual for more detailed information. 
Turning on the metronome click
To have a click or metronome play in the background so that your recording 
aligns with the bars and beats in Cubase, proceed as follows:
1.On the Transport panel, activate the “Metronome/Click” button.
2.If you would like to hear a two bar count in before you record, also activate 
the “Precount/Click” button.
Next you have to set the speed or the tempo for your project. This will directly 
affect how fast the click plays. 
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3.Click the Tempo button so that the text field to the right reads “Fixed” 
(instead of “Track”), then click in the value field and enter a new tempo value.
The tempo is set in bpm (beats per minute).
Setting levels
For this example, we assume that you have an instrument playing through an 
amplifier with a microphone in front of the amplifier’s speaker. This microphone 
is plugged directly into the audio device’s input. The level has to be set so that 
there is enough volume without clipping. Proceed as follows:
1.Make sure that the “Record Enable” button on the track is enabled.
This way Cubase knows that you want to record on this track.
2.Click the Monitor button so that you can hear the instrument playing.
You should now see and hear the incoming audio signal.
Audio coming into this track.
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3.In the Inspector, open the Channel tab.
This will display the channel fader for the selected track.
4.Do the best you can to send the maximum amount of volume to the audio 
inputs of your audio device, but avoid distortion. 
Most audio devices show some kind of level or volume indication. If yours does not, don’t worry, 
you can change the amount using the channel fader.
Click here to display the channel fader.
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5.Move the fader up or down so that the volume is loud enough without going 
into the red on the channel meter. 
If the meter goes into the red, clipping or distortion can occur. You will see a line near the top of the 
channel meter – make sure that the level does not go over this line!
Once the level is set, you are ready to record!
Recording
To record the instrument you are playing (in our example a bass guitar), pro-
ceed as follows:
1.Position the cursor at the beginning of the project.
This will make sure you start recording on bar 1.
2.Click the Record button to start recording.
Since the “Precount/Click” button is activated, you will hear two bars of click before recording 
begins.
3.Click Stop when you are finished.
This is the safe area for recording. Do not allow the audio level to go past this line!
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4.Turn off the Monitor and “Record Enable” buttons on the track.
By turning off the “Record Enable” button you make sure that you do not accidentally record on the 
track again.
Congratulations! You have just recorded your first piece of audio in Cubase. 
Move ahead to the next section to learn how to play back audio.
Playback
In this section, you will learn how to play back in Cubase. You might think this is 
very simple – just hit Play. It is actually this simple, but there are a few tricks to 
learn so that you will be playing back what you want with precision.
Starting playback
There are a few ways you can start playback in Cubase:
•Click the Play button on the Transport panel.
Playback starts at the project cursor position.
•Press the [Enter] key on the numeric keypad.
Playback starts at the project cursor position.
•Press [Space] on your computer keyboard.
This toggles between start and stop.
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•Double-click in the lower half of the ruler.
Playback starts from the position where you clicked.
Stopping playback
There are also several ways to stop playback in Cubase:
•Click the Stop button on the Transport panel.
Clicking the Stop button twice moves the cursor to the position in the project where you started 
playback.
•Press [Space] on your computer keyboard.
This toggles between stop and start.
•Press the [0] key on the numeric keypad.
Cycle playback
In Cubase, you can play back a section of your project in a continuous cycle or 
loop. Proceed as follows:
1.On the Transport panel, set the left locator to “1” and the right locator to “5”. 
This tells Cubase that you want to cycle between the beginnings of bars 1 and 5. That way you will 
get a 4-bar cycle.
2.Make sure that the Cycle button is activated.
Double-click in this area.
The left locator is set to “1”.
The right locator is set to “5”.Cycle activated.
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3.Click the Play button.
Cubase will repeat the cycle over and over until you stop playback.
•To playback the selected audio event or MIDI part in a cycle, you can also 
select the event or part and choose “Loop Selection” from the Transport menu.
This is the quickest way to set up a cycle and start playback; the default key command for this is 
[Shift]-[G].
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