Steinberg Cubase 8 Manual

Audio Effects
Insert Effects
381
Adding Insert Effects to Group Channels
You can add insert effects to group channels. This is useful if you have several audio 
tracks that you want to process through the same effect (e.
 g. different vocal tracks 
that you want to be processed by the same compressor).
PROCEDURE
1. Create a group channel track and route it to the desired output bus.
2. Add the desired effect to the group channel as an insert effect.
3. Route the audio track to the group channel.
RESULT...

Audio Effects
Send Effects
382
After freezing the Inserts for a track, you hear the track play back as before but the 
insert effects do not have to be calculated in real time, easing the load on the 
computer processor. Typically, you would freeze a track when it is finished and you 
do not need to edit it anymore.
NOTE
You can only freeze audio tracks this way, not group channel tracks or FX channel 
tracks.
NOTE
Post-fader inserts can not be frozen.
• To unfreeze a frozen track, click its Freeze...

Audio Effects
Send Effects
383
Adding an FX Channel Track
PROCEDURE
1. Select Project > Add Track > FX Channel.
A dialog opens.
2. Select a channel configuration for the FX channel track.
Normally, stereo is a good choice since most effect plug-ins have stereo outputs.
3. Select an effect for the FX channel track.
4. Click Add Track.
An FX channel track is added to the track list, and the selected effect, if any, is loaded 
into the first insert effect slot for the FX channel (in that case, the lit...

Audio Effects
Send Effects
384
Adding and Setting Up Effects
You can add a single insert effect when you create the FX channel track. To add 
and set up effects after the FX channel track is created, you can either use the 
Channel Settings window or the Inspector for the track.
PROCEDURE
1. In the track list, the MixConsole, or the Inspector, click the Edit button for the 
FX channel track to open the Channel Settings window.
On the left in the window you can find the Inserts section.
2. On the toolbar,...

Audio Effects
Send Effects
385
Routing an Audio Channel to the FX Channel
The next step is to set up a send for an audio channel and route it to the FX channel.
This can be done in the MixConsole, in the Channel Settings window, or in the 
Inspector for the audio track. The example below shows the Channel Settings 
window, but the procedure is similar for all the sections:
PROCEDURE
1. Click the “e” button for an audio channel to bring up its Channel Settings 
window.
Each of the sends has the following...

Audio Effects
Send Effects
386
4. Click and drag the send level slider to determine how much of the signal from 
the audio channel is routed to the FX channel.
Setting the Send level
You can also double-click and enter a value numerically. If you hold down 
[Alt]/[Option] when double-clicking, the send destination is shown in the Channel 
Settings window. If you have routed the send to an FX channel, the plug-in panel 
opens.
NOTE
To determine how much of the signal from the FX channel is sent to the...

Audio Effects
Send Effects
387
NOTE
Use the channel’s Mute button to determine whether a send in pre-fader mode is 
affected. This is done with the “Mute Pre-Send when Mute” option in the 
Preferences dialog (VST page).
NOTE
Cubase Pro only: The FX channels themselves have sends, too.
Setting Pan for the Sends (Cubase Pro only)
There are several possibilities to set up pan for the sends:
• To position the send signal at center pan in the stereo FX channel (or 
anywhere you like), route a send from a mono...

Audio Effects
Side-Chain Input
388
2. Click and drag the pan control for the desired send(s) in the display.
You can reset the pan control to the center position by [Ctrl]/[Command]-clicking on 
the pan control.
If the FX channel is configured in a surround format, the pan control will be a miniature 
surround panner.
You can click and drag the “ball” in the miniature panner display to position the send 
in the surround field, or double-click in the display to bring up the surround panner.
NOTE
If both...

Audio Effects
Side-Chain Input
389
About drag & drop
When you drag effects from one insert slot to another (on the same channel or 
between different channels), the following applies:
• When you move an effect within a channel (e. g. from slot 4 to slot 6), the 
side-chain connections will be kept.
• When you drag and drop an effect between two channels, the side-chain 
connections will not be kept.
• When copying an effect into another effect slot (for the same or a different 
channel), the side-chain...

Audio Effects
Side-Chain Input
390
6. On the Output Routing selector, locate the Side-Chain node and select the 
PingPongDelay effect that you set up for the vocal track.
This way, the signals from the second (duplicate) track are routed to the effect (and 
do not end up in the mix).
RESULT 
Now every time the signals on the vocal track exceed the threshold, the delay will 
be deactivated. Since the threshold for the delay effect is fixed, you may have to 
adjust the volume of track 2, in this example,...