CUBASE questions

costafonix

Some Cubase questions :-

1. I can load a MIDI file and it plays back fine, but when I export it to a WAV file, nothing comes out, what am I doing wrong here?
2. Has anyone used the Groove Agent VST's in Cubase? How do you program these drumtracks i.e. without actually playing and recording them in Real time?
3. Does anyone have any scrolling issues? eg. when looking at a track and you scroll to the right, then back to the left the image gets distorted.

AlanRatcliffe

I stopped using Cubase after VST 32, but a few general things apply:

What softsynth are you using? To do a direct mixdown, your softsynth needs to be a plugin hosted in your DAW (Cubase). If you are using the Windows one, that is not hosted within your DAW, but is a separate program - merely takes the MIDI and plays back the notes. A few ways to work around this:

- Use a real plugin that is hosted within the DAW

- Rout the audio output from the softsynth back to the DAW and record it the way someone still using hardware would do it. This can be done the old fashioned way using cables (cables to connect the outputs to the inputs on the interface, solo the MIDI tracks and record the audio output to a new stereo pair of audio tracks) or you can find a piece of software that does it before it goes to the interface (something like Rewire - you might need to search for something that will work with Windows software synth). The downside to this method is that if you want to change anything in the MIDI, you have to redo the whole process again. You can even solo each midi instrument and record them one by one, which will give you more options at mixdown.

costafonix

Alan Ratcliffe wrote: I stopped using Cubase after VST 32, but a few general things apply:

What softsynth are you using? To do a direct mixdown, your softsynth needs to be a plugin hosted in your DAW (Cubase). If you are using the Windows one, that is not hosted within your DAW, but is a separate program - merely takes the MIDI and plays back the notes. A few ways to work around this:

- Use a real plugin that is hosted within the DAW

- Rout the audio output from the softsynth back to the DAW and record it the way someone still using hardware would do it. This can be done the old fashioned way using cables (cables to connect the outputs to the inputs on the interface, solo the MIDI tracks and record the audio output to a new stereo pair of audio tracks) or you can find a piece of software that does it before it goes to the interface (something like Rewire - you might need to search for something that will work with Windows software synth). The downside to this method is that if you want to change anything in the MIDI, you have to redo the whole process again. You can even solo each midi instrument and record them one by one, which will give you more options at mixdown.

thanks Alan I'll take a look and see what softsynth Cubase is hosting.
thanks for your help ?

Mo-Facta

CostaFonix wrote: Some Cubase questions :-

1. I can load a MIDI file and it plays back fine, but when I export it to a WAV file, nothing comes out, what am I doing wrong here?

If your MIDI track is routed to a VSTi (VST Instrument) in the VSTi Rack (F11), make sure the MIDI track AND the VSTi's output is soloed when you export. Cubase should do this automatically when you solo the MIDI track as long as it's routed to a VSTi. If you're using Cubase 4 or later you can actually select which output is exported in the audio export dialogue without soloing anything. If you're using an LE or Aritist version, some of these features might not be available.

CostaFonix wrote:2. Has anyone used the Groove Agent VST's in Cubase? How do you program these drumtracks i.e. without actually playing and recording them in Real time?

1. Add MIDI or Instrument Track.
2. In the case of a MIDI track, route it to Groove Agent in the VSTi Rack. In the case of an Instrument Track, merely select Groove Agent when prompted.
3. Using the pencil tool (8) you can write a MIDI event to the desired length, directly to the track in the project window.
4. Double click the newly created MIDI event to display the MIDI piano roll editor.
5. You can now manually write in MIDI data to the piano roll using the pencil tool.

CostaFonix wrote:3. Does anyone have any scrolling issues? eg. when looking at a track and you scroll to the right, then back to the left the image gets distorted.

Um, no. This may be a graphics card issue that is particular to your system.

Hope that helps.

Cheers ?

costafonix

Thanks Mo Facto will check it.