Going Pro with Cubase 5


Book Description

Going Pro with Cubase 5 provides a useful guidebook for those who are ready to jump to the next step with Cubase and would like some expert-level tips, tricks, and advice to help them truly master the program. Do you already know how to record MIDI and audio in Cubase? Do you already know Cubase's basic tools and terminology? Do you think and work in musical terms, such as bars and beats? Great, than you're ready to "go pro" with Cubase! The overall goal is to get you working quickly and utilizing the newest and best features in Cubase 5 at a professional level without wasting your time. Certain components are summarized in ways that the manual doesn't so that you can get a quick overview without getting lost in details. You'll learn how to get the most out of Cubase 5 when using Steinberg's innovative CC121 controller and MR816 CSX audio interface. You'll also get an inside look at WaveLab and HALion 3 and why you might want to consider adding them to your setup if you haven't already. You'll discover pro mixing techniques that can be acheived without even touching a fader. And you'll get step-by-step instructions on how to interface your Cubase projects with Pro Tools, Nuendo, and other DAWs available on the market. You'll also discover many more expert-level recording techniques in this succinct, to-the-point guide that will have your friends and colleagues asking "how'd you do that!?" So what are you waiting for? Increased mastery is only a few clicks away.




Going Pro with Cubase 6


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Going pro with Cubase 6. Do you already know how to record MIDI and audio in Cubase? Do you already know Cubase's basic tools and terminology? Do you think and work in musical terms? Great then you're ready to "go pro" with Cubase. Going Pro with Cubase 6 is a powerful guidebook for those who are ready to jump to the next level with Cubase and who would like some expert tips, trucks, and adviice to help them master the program. The book cuts through the topics in a massive Cubase manual to focus on the meat and potatoes of Cubase and shows you how to work efficiently under pressure. Further, it covers all the newest features from Cubase 5 and 6, making it an invaluable reference for those users upgrading from earlier versions of Cubase. This book's goal is to get you to the pro level quickly, using the newest and best features in Cubase 6 and without wasting your time and basics you already know.. So what are you waiting for? Increased mastery is only a few pages away! You'll learn: How to quantize and edit live acoustic drums, even if they're recorded live across multiple audio tracks without using a click. How to use Note Expression to take MIDI and VST3 instruments further than they've ever gone before. How to interface you Cubase projects with Pro Tools, Nuendo, and other popular DAWs. How to make new, exciting grooves using LoopMash 2 and replace or enhance drums tracks using Groove Agent ONE. How utilizing Steinberg's innovative CC121 controller and MR816 CSX audio interface can take your studio productivity to new heights. And much more!




Digital Audio Editing


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Whether you’re comping a vocal track, restoring an old recording, working with dialogue or sound effects for film, or imposing your own vision with mash-ups or remixes, audio editing is a key skill to successful sound production. Digital Audio Editing gives you the techniques, from the simplest corrective editing like cutting, copying, and pasting to more complex creative editing, such as beat mapping and time-stretching. You’ll be able to avoid unnatural-sounding pitch correction and understand the potential pitfalls you face when restoring classic tracks. Author Simon Langford invites you to see editing with his wide-angle view, putting this skill into a broad context that will inform your choices even as you more skillfully manipulate sound. Focusing on techniques applicable to any digital audio workstation, it includes break-outs giving specific keystrokes and instruction in Avid’s Pro Tools, Apple’s Logic Pro, Steinberg’s Cubase, and PreSonus’s Studio One. The companion websites includes tutorials in all four software packages to help you immediately apply the broad skills from the book.







Mixing and Mastering with Cubase


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MIXING AND MASTERING WITH CUBASE - QUICK PRO GUIDES SERIES







Creative Sequencing Techniques for Music Production


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Pejrolo is an experienced musician, composer/arranger, MIDI programmer, sound designer and engineer. In this illustrated guidebook he focuses on the leading audio sequencers: ProTools, Digital Performer, Cubase SX and Logic Audio, showing how to get the most out of them. The accompanying CD includes examples of arrangements and techniques covered in the book.







Creative Sequencing Techniques for Music Production


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An inspirational guide for all levels of expertise, Creative Sequencing Techniques for Music Production shows you how to get the most out of the four leading audio sequencers, Logic, Pro Tools, Digital Performer, and Cubase. Using real-life examples, Andrea Pejrolo demonstrates a wide range of technical and creative techniques, giving you tips and new ideas to help you take your work to the next level. If you are producing music and looking to build your skills in orchestration, composition, and mixing you will find all the techniques and practical advice you need in this book. Featuring essential tools, that are now part of the everyday creative process in a digital production environment, to give you the most recent and cutting edge techniques- including swipe-comping, time-stretching, pitch correction, elastic-time, advanced-freezing, and new software synthesizers. The material on the website contains loops, templates, audio examples, and end of chapter exercises to practice new skills, this illustrated practical guide provides all the tools you will need to give your music the vital edge. Whether you are a student or amateur aspiring to more professional results, or a professional wanting to master new skills, this book will help you to improve and take the quality of your work to the next level. *Covers all key sequencing topics such as recording and editing techniques and automation groove quantization, converters, sounds layering, tap tempo, creative meter, tempo changes, and synchronization *Teaches mixing techniques that takes advantage of plug-in technology, maximizing the use of effects such as reverb, compressor, limiter, equalizer, and much more *A website loaded with more than 90 examples of arrangements and techniques, giving you advice on how to troubleshoot those common mistakes and perfect your music production.