Steinberg Cubase SX/SL 3 Operation Manual

 
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Other documents
 
Apart from the Operation Manual and the help, the following docu-
ments are included with Cubase SX/SL: 
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...

 
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Using Cubase SX/SL with DSP Factory (Windows only)
 
In this pdf document you will find detailed information about Cubase 
SX/SL’s implementation for the Yamaha DSP Factory audio card. 
All pdf documents can be opened from the Help menu in the program, 
from the folder /Contents/Documentation/ within the program folder or 
 
the folder /Library/Documentation/Cubase SX/SL 3 under Mac OS X. 

 
2
 
VST Connections: Setting up
input and output busses 

 
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About this chapter
 
As described in the Getting Started book, Cubase SX/SL uses a sys-
tem 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...

 
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So, which type of busses do you need? This depends on your audio 
hardware, your general audio setup (e.g. surround speaker setup) and 
what kind of projects you work with. Here’s an example:
Let’s say you are using audio hardware with eight analog inputs and 
outputs and digital stereo connections (10 inputs and outputs all in 
all). Furthermore, you work with a surround setup in 5.1 format (rele-
vant for Cubase SX only)....

 
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Preparations
 
Before you set up busses, you should name the inputs and outputs on 
your audio hardware. For example, if you are using a 5.1 surround 
speaker setup, you should name the outputs according to which 
speaker they are connected to (Left, Right, Center and so on). 
The reason for this is compatibility – it makes it easier to transfer 
projects between different computers and setups. For example, if you 
move your...

 
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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 five tabs in the window: 
• The Input and Output tabs are for viewing input busses or output busses, re-
spectively. 
• The Group/FX tab allows you to create Group and FX channels/tracks and to 
make output assignments for these. See page 25. 
• The External FX tab (Cubase SX only) allows you to create...

 
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Depending on which tab you have selected, Input or Output, the win-
dow lists the current input or output busses, with the following three 
columns: 
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 as well as the most common sur-
round formats...

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Adding a child bus (Cubase SX only)
A surround bus is essentially a set of mono channels – 6 channels in 
the case of 5.1 format. If you have a mono track in the project, you can 
route it to a separate speaker channel in the bus (or route it to the 
whole surround bus and use the surround panner to position it in the 
surround image). But what if you have a stereo track that you simply 
want to route to a stereo channel pair within...

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Other bus operations
•To change the port assignment for a bus you proceed as when you 
added it – make sure the channels are visible (by clicking the + button 
next to the bus, or by clicking the “+ All” button at the top of the win-
dow) and click in the Device Port column to select ports.
•To remove a bus you don’t need, select it in the list, right-click (Win) 
or [Ctrl]-click (Mac) and select “Remove Bus” from the pop-up menu....