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    Articles Recording Equipment The 10 Fastest Ways To Learn Cubase

    Are you having a hard time learning Steinberg's Cubase?

    This article wi ll help you speed through the learning curve.

    I often get

    emails that

    ask the best

    / fastest way

    to learn

    Cubase.

    I'm not sure

    if it's my

    technical

    nature or

    just luck, but

    I didn't find

    Cubase to be

    nearly as

    complex as

    many people

    claim. While

    I can't say

    whether

    Cubase isright for you,

    I can give

    you a few

    pointers to save you some grief.

    The 10 Fastest Ways To LearnCubase

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    #1 Watch Killing With Cubase series.I've put together twenty or so videos that cover what I

    consider to be the crucial elements of Cubase. They are

    highly informal. I screw up the names of various Cubase

    windows. I ramble a bit. However, I also give you my

    hardcore opinion on exactly what works in Cubase for me.

    #2 Use The Getting Started PDF Included

    With CubaseCubase comes with a PDF for getting started. It's going toknock out all your basic day-to-day stuff. I'd say that 95%

    of the functionality you need for your next session is

    covered here. The people that struggle for three months

    with Cubase seem all fall under the Ignored-Getting-

    Started-PDF category.

    #3 Outside GuidesWhen I jumped into Cubase SX3 back in 2005, I bought a

    set of instructional videos on Ebay. They were long,

    boring, and hard to watch. I forced myself to use them,

    but ultimately I don't remember much from the videos.

    Really, they were more of a demonstration of what is

    capable....kinda like Eddie Van Halen playing through aguitar emulator plugin. Yeah, that's one way of doing it. I

    got a feeling I'm doing to end up with something different.

    I would place the video instruction I purchased in the

    Attempting To Be Thorough Class. It was trying to cover

    everything. Learning the possibilities is great.....maybe

    even required. Attempting total mastery of ALL functions

    is completely unnecessary, impractical, and inefficient.

    That's like test driving EVERY woman on Earth before you

    buy one.

    The other style of video I've encountered is what I'm

    putting in the Rehashed Basics Class. These are often

    much more personable ways of learning the same stuff

    covered in the included Cubase guide. These videos are

    generally pleasant to watch. They often have some

    personal anecdotes that are insanely helpful. The not

    comprehensive nature of these videos makes them better

    as you actually get someone with an opinion. A little bias

    is good if the person as a similar workflow to what you

    want to do.

    A downside to these more personal videos is there are

    often details missing that the manual wouldn't miss. I

    personally use Cubase each and every day and make a

    living with it, but there are many little details that I don't

    know. I screw up all the time when teaching Cubase, but

    all these deta ils are so miniscule that they don't affect my

    results.

    My advice is to save your money and use a blend of video

    tutorials and the Cubase Getting Started PDF that comes

    bundled with every copy of Cubase.

    #4 It IS LearningSome people mistake learning recording software with

    something fun. It's not.. It's much like on a lazy day when

    the remote is 6 away. You've got to muster up the

    strength and find the will to actually get your butt off the

    couch.

    I recommend setting your alarm clock, getting up a bit

    early, and just plan on a hard day of work.

    If you approach this as pain-in-the ass job that you have

    to simply bust through with effort, you'll be surprised how

    quickly you get it done. I don't see an alternative.

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    #5 Cubase Is OverbuiltCubase is kinda li ke a real army hummer. It has a winch, a

    rocket launcher, multiple spare tires, bullet-proof glass, a

    flare gun, and two dozen other items that could be fun on

    a boring Saturday. With that said, I drove 10 hours

    yesterday, saw probably 50 military hummers on the

    highway, and not one of them was shooting at insurgents.

    They were using the same features as I was in my Civic.

    For my task, I simply had to hold a hold down a gas pedal

    and use the steering wheel to get back on center after

    grazing the concrete side rails in between naps. Simpleenough....until I need my rocket launcher. Cubase is the

    same. If you don't need the rocket launcher, don't bother

    fiddling with it until you are ready.

    #6 Learn The ShortcutsI know some people that complain that they mix up the

    hardcore features with the day-to-day stuff. I don't have

    this problem at a ll. I think a major reason for this is I

    made a point to learn the shortcuts early. In particular, I'm

    talking about the number key row above the letters. When

    you get these down, you can work extremely fast in

    Cubase without an ounce of thought. The helicopter tool

    throws people off. You can see my Killing With Cubase

    video tutorial on this one. You won't figure that one out byust tinkering, most likely.

    #7 Use Custom ShortcutsSetting up custom shortcuts in Cubase takes 2 seconds

    once you understand it...which takes 2 minutes, maybe.

    Note: For this sort of thing, see your real-deal manual.

    When you find that you use something constantly, go

    ahead and assign it an unused keystroke or just override

    something you don't use. It's rather impressive what you

    can call up via shortcuts.

    This is where things get interesting. Steinberg makes

    Cubase to be a dangerous weapon for everyone doing hip

    hop remixing to death meta l to folk music. Your way ofworking will be different than mine. If you find you are

    being slowed down somewhere, speed it up. Create a

    shortcut for it.

    #8 You Can't Try CubaseQuite a few people are using X and decide they want to

    try Cubase. That's impossible. You either use it or you

    don't. Breaking off a little piece of Cubase and taking a

    bite is kinda like flying with just a rudder and a landing

    gear. Dive in all the way and DO IT or don't.

    #9 Why Switch?This is the big one. If you are already using X (Pro Tools,

    Logic, Sonar, Reaper, Digital Performer, etc....stuff I

    consider to be Real Deal Software) and decide you want

    to USE Cubase (not try it), you should probably make a

    quick list of how you are limited. I have a hard time

    believing that any of these programs are remotely

    limiting. Cheaper stuff may be. Not sure.

    I knew back in the day when I was using Sonic Foundry

    Vegas (back before Sony bought it and before it had any

    real video capabilities) I realized that there were many

    things I was missing out just on just by talking to people.

    The big one for me was an advanced MIDI Sequencer. The

    other was the dramatically faster editing within Cubase.

    Use The Cubase ForumEven though I'm pretty freakin' handy with Cubase in a

    session (a zil lion hours of anything will do that to you), I

    don't know much about it. Kinda like how humans know

    extremely little about what's really under the ocean,

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    there's a whole bunch of Cubase stuff that I'm rather

    clueless on, too.

    While I'm POSITIVE that there are e lements of Cubase

    that would make my life easier, I don't make much time to

    get serious with learning them. I have mixing deadlines

    and articles that need to go up Tuesday morning.

    When there is a feature that I suspect Cubase has and

    using it would save me more time than doing the task

    manually, I check Google or the big manual. It's shockinghow often Cubase has it taken care of. Every once in a

    blue moon I like to do a lit tle homework and understand a

    new feature just to see what it can do for me. Otherwise,

    it's back to work.

    Deciding when to invest time into searching and learning

    a better, faster method is tricky. It's sometimes easy to

    spend two hours and not come up with a better method

    than you have now. Other times you find a 30 second tip

    that saves you six hours of work that day and any other

    day you need to handle the task.

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    dudermn - 11-08-2011, 06:40 PM

    If cubase is like a hummy, acid must be

    like an abrams Tank . Think about it,

    we have the ability to zoom in just by

    dragging the scroll wheel, just like how a

    tank would move it's turrent and use i t's

    camera about. Both can use the sametools, and both can run over clay-mores

    and what not, but acid backs things up

    every time you move the cursor, if you

    want. So a tank has more security than a

    hummy. Of course the hummy will get

    you there faster, but tank technology is

    catching up, and a tank can go through

    more terrain (can't wait to see what acid

    8 will do, maybe it'll be voice activated).

    Cubase might be more customizable, just

    like a hummy, but acid is like a tank,

    where you sit in your driver position and

    only a few things are customizable. Yes

    yes yes, I could go on for days...... In theend if you want to learn cubase first you

    gotta get your head around how it works,

    I still remember the first time I got into

    it. I couldn't even record something, it

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    must've took me a whole week to figure

    it out. So ya patience is import. Then in

    cubase there's also the whole file

    management system which, is unknown

    to me. But yea, I'm a tank person. Cool

    article.

    Dee-Funked - 11-08-2011, 08:34 PM

    I'm with Brandon, I've always been drawn

    to Cubase because it seemed to workintuitively, have everything (and more)

    you'll ever need and the further I get into

    it, the more I find things that make me

    go, "Woah! I've wished my DAW could do

    that for ages... now I know it does!" That

    said, with the immense lists and varieties

    of functions (setting up midi control for

    the editing/arrangement window was the

    most fun so far) the included

    documentation really is your best friend...

    a quick fiund search in the .pdf and your

    usually where you need to be in the

    comprehensive operation manual. It also

    has a very impressive output/monitor mixcapability, providing your interface

    supports multiple outs from the computer.

    Nad above all I think I just like the

    aesthetic and feel: it's German, precise,

    concise, understated and focussed on

    funtionality.

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    Prado Escondido - 11-08-2011, 11:35 PM

    I've had a different experience with the

    videos. I thought the ones from AskVideo

    were fantastic. Sure you don't remember

    everything ... but you get an overview of

    all the features and then when you wantto do something and you're not sure how,

    you suddenly remember ... "Oh! that's on

    the video." Then you have the reference,

    right there. I love Cubase. I'm always

    finding deeper things ... like using the

    'Input transformer' to limit what i s coming

    in on a midi track or how friggin' easy it i s

    to sequence hardware and record it in

    real time on a track in Cubase. Internal

    summing ... using 'dummy' output busses

    ... to record your VSTi tracks in real time

    to audio without having to render is

    amazing. Most of all I love the midi

    functionality. I always steer anyonestarting out towards Reaper ... but once

    you've got the time and money sunk in

    Cubase, I don't think you every would

    want to go back. I al so own Reaper, Acid

    Pro 6 and Ableton 6 ... and they most ly

    gather digital dust ... although I'm not

    above rewiring Acid from time to time

    when I want to use it's great pitch and

    tempo stretching. Were money no object,

    I'd also get ProTools as I think it has

    some mixing capabilities beyond anything

    else ... the ability to set up multiple fader

    groups so you can adjust different groups

    of channels together once you have their

    relative levels with one another set ...and then there's Transfuser! The Cubase

    Forum has some absolute gurus who love

    to help and have amazingly deep Cubase

    knowledge. There is one guy called

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    'Vic_France.' who every time I see his

    name in a thread I read his post ... and 9

    times out of 10 learn something new.

    Prado

    Equilibrium8 - 11-09-2011, 04:35 AM

    "That's like test driving EVERY woman on

    Earth before you buy one. " I'm failing to

    see how this is unnecessary. Except that

    I'd have no time to learn to use Cubase.

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    Electriclight - 11-09-2011, 08:39 AM

    Yeah, I use Acid for a few tasks and it

    feels as agile as a Abrahms tank. Some ofthe most elementary things, like starting

    and stopping playback, seems

    unnecesarily complex or unintuitive. I can

    right click in Cubase and it performs

    common tasks the same as MS Word or

    Excel. I dont' have to think about what I

    am doing. When I'm in Acid I have to

    concentrate on everything but the music.

    I'm sure it's just lack of experience - but

    that being said, it amazes me that people

    can shift between 15 di fferent programs

    without going nuts.

    Originally Posted bydudermn

    If cubase is like a hummy,

    acid must be like an abrams

    Tank .

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    screamindave - 11-09-2011, 10:28 PM

    I 1st got started with Cubase LE, jumped

    straight into Cubase Studio 4, upgraded

    to Cubase 5 64 bit, and now I'm waiting

    for Cubase 6 to get delivered. I

    absolutely love this platform and couldn't

    imagine using anything else. The more I

    use it, the more I learn about it's

    capabilities and I'm far from mastering it.

    Kudos to Steinberg!

    Reply

    famouspatrick- 11-10-2011, 12:17 AM

    I'm a Sonar user, and I found that a ll ofthe advice in this article works for Sonar

    as well. There is a getting started PDF,

    there are a couple of good video tutorial

    series, and a freaking gazillion page

    manual on PDF that is searchable.

    Everything from #4 on is applicable to

    every major DAW, and I agree with every

    one. Great advice!

    Reply

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    Just curious. Can't Cubase do this by

    linking channels or are you talking about

    something more fancy?

    You may think it's necessary to try out

    every woman on Earth. We'll say each

    woman can be tried in 3 weeks. My super

    quick math says it would take

    200,000,000 years to do it.

    Most likely. I'd guess that all programs

    feel natural once you use them

    enough.Then again, I find video editing in

    Premiere to be TOTALLY cumbersome.

    I've taken many hours to look and find a

    way to find shortcuts and such so I don't

    have to perform 3-4 tasks to get to the

    spot I want to be and such. These

    shortcuts for speedy workflow just don't

    seem to be there.So maybe some

    programs just are slow and force you to

    use to much of the brain. Not sure.

    Agreed! Maybe it's because I'm multi-

    tasking to the max now, but if I had to

    learn one more damn program, it had

    better do something breathtaking.

    Great point. I think this is going to be the

    case with any good software. The

    differences between the top stuff now are

    so slight that it's not even that

    the ability to set up

    multiple fader groups so

    you can adjust d ifferent

    groups of channels together

    once you have their relative

    levels with one another set

    "That's like test driving

    EVERY woman on Earth

    before you buy one. " I'm

    failing to see how this is

    unnecessary.

    When I'm in Acid I have toconcentrate on everything

    but the music. I'm sure it's

    just lack of experience

    it amazes me that people

    can shift between 15

    different programs without

    going nuts.

    I'm a Sonar user, and Ifound that all of the advice

    in this article works for

    Sonar as well. There is a

    getting started PDF, there

    are a couple of good video

    tutorial series, and a

    freaking gazillion page

    manual on PDF that is

    searchable. Everything from

    #4 on is applicable to every

    major DAW, and I agree

    with every one. Great

    advice!

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    interesting to discuss it,

    anymore.Brandon

    screamindave - 11-10-2011, 08:37 PM

    Yes - linking multiple channels is a key

    feature of Cubase.

    Originally Posted bybrandondrury

    Just curious. Can't Cubase

    do this by linking channels

    or are you talking aboutsomething more

    fancy?Brandon

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    BenJaMan - 11-11-2011, 01:11 AM

    yes, you can "link" channels in cubase .

    but then you have to un-link if you want

    to make any change to relative volumes

    then remember to re-link them . possible,

    but probably the long way around .much

    more usable / time-friendly >> hit F4,

    create bus (3 seconds) then set desired

    channel outputs to that bus . now you

    have a fader to control the group . as a

    powerful extention, you can even bus

    busses !

    Originally Posted by PradoEscondido

    ... the ability to set up

    multiple fader groups so

    you can adjust d ifferent

    groups of channels together

    once you have their relative

    levels with one another set

    ...

    Originally Posted byscreamindave

    Yes - linking multiple

    channels is a key feature of

    Cubase.

    Reply

    brandondrury - 11-11-2011, 06:39 PM

    That's what I always do if I need to

    manipulate a bunch of tracks. I rarely

    have less than 15 buses in a mix.I was

    under the impression that someone in

    Pro Tools found a magic, exclusive

    feature.Brandon

    hit F4, create bus (3

    seconds) then set desired

    channel outputs to that bus

    . now you have a fader to

    control the group .

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    Prado Escondido - 11-15-2011, 11:00 PM

    Right, you can group multiple faders ...

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    but what i said was "multiple fader

    groups." You can link as many faders as

    you like in Cubase, but only in one group

    at a time. In PT you can have multiple

    groups of faders.For example, link all the

    drum tracks coming into your drum buss

    after you have set the individual track

    levels. Do the same for other groups of

    say, guitars. Now you can change the

    track levels coming into the buss for each

    group for mixing while keeping thebalance of the tracks the same.There are

    situations where easily reseting the

    levels of tracks within the buss is better

    than simply adusting the output levels of

    the buss. Think about sends. Post fader

    sends levels from the individual tracks

    will get changed in the mix ... increased

    or decreased ... when you use the buss

    level to change the group in the mix. But

    if you have the track faders 'ganged' in

    the buss, the relative send level of each

    track can be maintained.AFAIK, this is an

    exclusive feature of PTPrado

    brandondrury - 11-16-2011, 01:28 AM

    I see. Thanks for the explanation. On my

    more complex mixes I do find this to be a

    bit of a pain. When I've got a vocal track

    flowing into a chorus_vocal bus into a

    vocal bus it can get maddening trying to

    track back where I used the send.

    Of course, in these cases, I find that

    simpler is better 99% of the time and I

    just undo all that dumb processing I did

    previously.

    Brandon

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    LRM - 11-16-2011, 01:43 AM

    I'm not sure I get you...

    Do you essentially mean linking a single

    fader - or multiple faders - into multiple

    fader groups and each fader group has

    exclusive control over that fader - or

    faders?

    Or do you mean as you first state it,

    having multiple groups of linked faders?

    As to the latter, you are not limited tohaving just one group (at least not with

    Cubase 6), you can have multiple sets of

    different faders independently linked. But

    you can't link one fader or set of faders

    more than once.

    To me though, for the most part linking

    tracks is a limi ted function better done

    through group tracks or additional buses

    in Cubase. You can assign a

    track/group/bus output to a group track

    or bus or use a sends to up to 8 different

    group tracks or buses - pre as well as

    post fader.

    Reply

    Prado Escondido - 11-16-2011, 01:01 PM

    Originally Posted by LRM

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    Yes, an individual track can belong to

    more than one group at the same time.

    So you can, for example, have a group for

    snare top and snare bottom but also havea larger group containing those snares

    and all other drum tracks. Additionally

    you can have your sends linked for the

    group, so if you use send 2 on al l tracks

    to send to a plate, those individual track

    amounts can be adjusted within the

    group and retain their relative levels.

    Finally, you can create VCA mix t racks

    which provide a virtual fader that moves

    all the track levels in the group.

    See this video: Pro Tools 9 - Creating and

    Using Edit & Mix Groups - Mac OS X &

    Win 7 - YouTube

    Note how the group membership info and

    whether the group is active or not is

    clearly displayed in the track itself in the

    mixer. Notice how many more colors you

    can use to create easy visualization of

    groups beyond Cubase's 16 tracks.

    I love Cubase, but there is no question

    that Pro Tools is the superior platform for

    mixing.

    Prado

    I'm not sure I get you...

    Do you essentially mean

    linking a single fader - or

    multiple faders - into

    multiple fader groups and

    each fader group has

    exclusive control over that

    fader - or faders?

    Or do you mean as you first

    state it, having multiplegroups of linked faders?

    As to the latter, you are not

    limited to having just one

    group (at least not with

    Cubase 6), you can have

    multiple sets of different

    faders independently

    linked. But you can't link

    one fader or set of faders

    more than once.

    To me though, for the most

    part linking tracks is a

    limited function better done

    through group tracks or

    additional buses in Cubase.

    You can assign a

    track/group/bus output to a

    group track or bus or use a

    sends to up to 8 different

    group tracks or buses - pre

    as wel l as post fader.

    brandondrury - 11-16-2011, 01:26 PM

    I love Cubase, but there is

    no question that Pro Tools

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    Interesting. I'm not sold yet. What else

    does Pro Tools do better?

    The only difference I see in what Pro

    Tools does is the way the sends are

    handled. I'm guessing this would save me

    10 seconds of time on a 5 hour mix and it

    won't sound any better. If I understandyou correctly, we are talking the different

    between Pro Tools getting 999 out of

    1,000 and Cubase getting 997 out of

    1,000.

    Interesting. I always wondered why

    people wanted 16. I do pretty well with 5

    or 6.

    is the superior platform for

    mixing.

    Notice how many more

    colors you can use to create

    easy visualization of groups

    beyond Cubase's 16 tracks.

    LRM - 11-16-2011, 02:05 PM

    Originally Posted by PradoEscondido

    Yes, an individual track can

    belong to more than one

    group at the same time. So

    you can, for example, have

    a group for snare top and

    snare bottom but also have

    a larger group containingthose snares and all other

    drum tracks. Additionally

    you can have your sends

    linked for the group, so if

    you use send 2 on all tracks

    to send to a plate, those

    individual track amounts

    can be adjusted within the

    group and retain their

    relative levels. Final ly, you

    can create VCA mix tracks

    which provide a virtual

    fader that moves all the

    track levels in the group.

    See this video: Pro Tools 9 -

    Creating and Using Edit &

    Mix Groups - Mac OS X &

    Win 7 - YouTube

    Note how the group

    membership info and

    whether the group is active

    or not is clearly displayed in

    the track itse lf in the mixer.

    Notice how many more

    colors you can use to create

    easy visualization of groups

    beyond Cubase's 16 tracks.

    I love Cubase, but there is

    no question that Pro Tools

    is the superior platform for

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    So I watched the video and got it now. To

    a certain degree, it's looks more like it

    encompasses track linking, groups, folder

    tracks and send buses while staying

    within a track linking view and literally

    controlling the track faders with a group.I can see some advantage to it in certain

    cases but my method of chaining groups

    and folders and buses gets me "almost"

    all of the same functionality within less

    space and less faders... even if it might

    be costing me more brain cell fry

    stepping forwards and backwards through

    the chains than the way PT9 allows you

    to do it.

    hmm...If this is new to PT9, I'm

    wondering though if Cubase 6 doesn't

    have the missing functionality stashed

    away somewhere that I haven't looked

    into yet. Probably not but now I'm going

    have to go look tonight anyhow.

    mixing.

    Prado

    Prado Escondido - 11-16-2011, 02:09 PM

    It all boils down to a couple of things ...

    once we are agreed that it is better to

    adjust levels inside the buss as opposed

    to with the buss fader.Cubase channels

    can be linked or unlinked. Channels can

    only belong to one group. There is no

    way to acitvate or deactivate a group:

    unlink it and it is gone. There is no

    visualization of what is linked or what itis linked to: you don't know until you

    select one of the channels and they all

    highlight. There is no 'master fader' for

    the linked groups, i.e., VCA channels,

    which can be automated.Pro Tools does

    all the above. IMO these are powerful

    and efficient mixing tools. If when you

    see and understand from the video what

    they do and you then see no use or

    advantage for your work flow, then you

    will be satisfied without them.I have and

    use Cubase 6, but wish it also contained

    similar tools.This lenghty digression

    arose because I stated I wished Cubase

    had faders groups like Pro Tools, you

    asked the question ' ... something more

    fancy?' and someone replied Cubase can

    do the same thing.I think it is clear to all

    now that what Cubase can do is not the

    not the same thing.I think everyone

    would agree that what Pro Tools does

    with this is better, but how much better

    or how much more useful is another

    question.For recording and mixing bands,

    maybe not so much. For dance music or

    post production, maybe a lot.BTW, this

    thread has gotten me around to making a

    feature request on the Cubase

    forum.Anyway, peace to all. Prdo

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    I think since PT 7. But I'm not sure.Prado

    hmm...If this is new to PT9,

    I'm wondering though if

    Cubase 6 doesn't have the

    missing functionality

    stashed away somewhere

    that I haven't looked into

    yet. Probably not but now

    I'm going have to go look

    tonight anyhow.

    LRM - 11-16-2011, 02:30 PM

    Don't get me wrong, I'm not denying the

    functionality being useful and for some

    things (maybe a lot) even better and

    beyond Cubase's functionality - and if I

    ahd the chance I'd probably play with it

    to see how it would suit how I do things.

    hehe - all this also reminds me of the

    back and forth that went on over MIDI

    Tracks vs. Instrument Tracks.

    If it's been that long and not a pointed

    out feature of Cubase,I can't see it be ing

    hidden in there somewhere. oh well...

    I think since PT 7. But I'm

    not sure

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