Steinberg Cubase SE 3 Operation Manual

 
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Other documents
 
Apart from the Operation Manual and the help, the following documents 
are included with Cubase SE: 
Getting Started
 
In this book (also available in Adobe Acrobat pdf format) you will find: 
• Requirements, installation and setting up your system.
• Basic concepts and terminology.
• Basic methods – e.g. how to set values, use tools and menus.
• A list of all default key commands.
• A number of tutorials, helping you get started with working in...

 
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VST Connections: Setting up
input and output busses 

 
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About this chapter
 
As described in the Getting Started book, Cubase SE uses a system 
of input and output busses to transfer audio between the program and 
the audio hardware. 
• Input busses let you route audio from the inputs on your audio hardware into 
the program. This means that when you record audio, you will always do this 
through one or several input busses.
• Output busses let you route audio from the program to the...

 
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You can add the following busses: 
Input busses
 
• Most likely you need at least one stereo input bus assigned to an analog input 
pair. This would let you record stereo material. If you want to be able to record 
in stereo from other analog input pairs as well, you could add stereo input 
busses for these too.
• Although you can record mono tracks from one side of a stereo input, it may be 
a good idea to add a dedicated mono input...

 
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The VST Connections window
 
You add and set up busses in the VST Connections window, opened 
from the Devices menu.
There are two tabs in the window: the Input and Output tab for viewing 
input busses or output busses, respectively. 
For the time being we shall focus on how to set up input and output 
busses.
Depending on which tab you have selected, Input or Output, the win-
dow lists the current input or output busses, with the...

 
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Adding a bus
 
1. 
Click the Inputs or Outputs tab depending on which you want to add. 
2. 
Click the Add Bus button. 
A dialog appears.
 
3. 
Select the desired (channel) configuration. 
The pop-up menu contains Mono and Stereo options.
 
• 
Alternatively you can right-click (Win) or [Ctrl]-click (Mac) in the VST 
Connections window and add a bus in the desired format directly 
from the context menu that appears. 
The new bus...

 
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Using the busses
 
This section describes briefly how to use the input and output busses 
you have created. This is described in more detail in the chapters “Re-
cording” and “The mixer”. 
Routing
 
When you play back an audio track (or any other audio channel in the 
mixer – VST Instrument channels, ReWire channels, etc.), you route it 
to an output bus. In the same way, when you record on an audio track 
you select from which input...

 
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Viewing the busses in the mixer
 
Only the output busses are visible in the mixer! You cannot make any 
specific mixer settings for the input busses. 
Output channels
 
The output channels are shown to the right in the mixer. Here you can 
do the following: 
• Adjust the total output level for the busses with the faders.
• Add effects or EQ.
 
These will affect the whole bus. Examples of effects you may want to add here include...

 
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