Everything About Cubase! Step by Step Masterclass (+ Nuendo)

Record audio in Cubase by setting up a mono input, enabling monitoring, and adjusting gain to avoid clipping, then record with metronome, pre-count, and looped takes using tracks and lanes.

Record MIDI by creating instrument tracks with Halion Sonic or Groove Agent, and load external plugins like Contact. Use looping and soft quantize to refine drums and melodies.

Edit audio in the timeline by trimming, muting, soloing, and duplicating clips. Master grid snapping, beat mode, quantize, fades, and tools like scissors, glue, and reverse for bpm-aware edits.

master midi editing with the piano roll, adjusting velocity, length, and soft quantization, and layer instruments using Halion Sonic and Groove Agent to create drums and melodies.

Learn practical Cubase and Nuendo effects to enhance arrangement quality: apply brickwall limiter on the master, use post-fader placement, explore reverb, gate, EQ, compression, de-esser, saturation, delays, and vocal doubling.

Select all events (ctrl a), export audio mixdown, and consider extra bars to preserve tails; choose mp3 320 or wav for future work, and set a limiter on the master.

Explore how delays in Cubase work, from mono delays and feedback to ping-pong and stereo delays, adjusting time, sync, and filters to shape the delay effect.

Learn how distortion plugins in Cubase shape aggressive, cutting sounds or creative textures using amp simulators, bit crushers, vinyl and tape emulations, multi-band distortions, and other distortion tools.

Explore how compression and expansion shape dynamic range in drum signals by adjusting threshold, ratio, knee, attack, release, makeup gain, and parallel compression, with practical Cubase steps.

Explore expansion in Cubase by comparing it to compression, adjust threshold and ratio, and see how expander increases dynamic range; learn to use noise gate with attack, release, and hold.

Explore sidechain techniques in Cubase: use external signals to drive compressor and gate, set threshold, adjust attack, and shape pumping effects with drums, reverb, and spectrum filters.

Explore how equalization in Cubase sculpt low, mid, and high frequencies to improve intelligibility and create space in the mix, using quick and parametric EQs, dynamic and sidechain techniques.

Master creative sound shaping with cubase filters, from auto filter and dual filter to pulse notch and step filter, exploring frequency, resonance, and drum-driven dynamics.

Explore modulation in Cubase, from amplitude and frequency modulation to chopper, tremolo, auto pan, flanger, phaser, chorus, and vibrato, plus multi-effect chains with the affect modulator and automated reverb.

Master Cubase reverb from Room Works to convolution reverbs, tuning time, mix, pre-delay, diffusion, and early reflections for realistic ambience.

Explore real-time pitch shifting and octave transposition in Cubase, using parallel paths, pitch correction, detune and formant controls, and vocoder setups with external MIDI to sculpt robotic vocal textures.

Explore how waveform phase and phase cancellation affect stereo signals and the mid and side concepts in Cubase. Discover how to use stereo enhancer and imager for balance.

Learn how envelopes follow attack, decay, sustain, and release. Explore Cubase's envelope shaper, including a master effect and a four-band version with a sensitivity knob for drum dynamics.

Explore upward processing in Cubase, analyzing envelope shaper behavior, upward compression and expansion, and their impact on peaks, dynamic range, and overall loudness.

Explore how a de-esser acts as a specialized compressor to target sibilants, typically 2.5 kHz to 7 kHz, reducing harsh consonants in voice and even on masters.

Explore compressors that use input amount rather than threshold, including limiter, vintage compressor, tube compressor, brickwall, and maximizer, with sidechain, parallel compression, and post fader safety.

Learn to use midi inserts in cubase pro to enhance performances with arp ache, coda chords, compressor, midi echo, and quantizer, including play mode and record mode for flexible processing.

Master automation in Cubase to dynamically shape voice and instrument tracks using a panner and macro knob, linking reverb, delays, and gate-driven dynamics for expressive mixes.

Explore how group tracks and sends route signals in Cubase, comparing serial processing to parallel processing. The lesson uses bass heavy metal, pre-fader vs post-fader, and reverb on sends.

Master VariAudio in Cubase to precisely retune vocal performances, analyze notes in a piano-roll view, snap them to the scale, and subtly adjust vibrato for natural results.

Explore how to use the Cubase sampler to import audio, slice it in slice mode into keyboard-triggered samples, and render in place before applying denoise and effects.

Learn to craft drum tracks in Cubase using sampler tracks with independent samples and per-sample settings, assign kicks, snares, hats, and load templates to quickly inspire beats.

Master the Cubase mixer as the control center to route, monitor, and sculpt both audio and midi tracks, using shortcuts, drag-and-drop effects, and track presets for efficient mixing.

Explore subtractive and additive synthesis, and learn how oscillators, envelopes, filters shape sounds in Cubase. Dive into modulation, lfo, aftertouch, and Retro Log patches for polyphonic and monophonic textures.

Explore six modulators in Cubase, learning to route LFO, envelope follower, noise shaper, macro knob, step modulator, and mod scripter to any parameter.

Learn to achieve cleaner mixes by high-passing tracks, applying selective de-essing, carving space with dynamic EQ and multiband compression, and arranging instruments in the stereo field with clear hierarchies.

Master a Cubase mastering workflow by creating headroom, removing DC offset with a 20 Hz high-pass, applying preamp saturation, monitoring lofts loudness, and balancing stereo imaging, compression, and final export.

Master granular synthesis in cubase with Pad Shop and Pet Shop, reading small sample windows with multiple grains, while adjusting pitch, spread, and random position for evolving textures.

Master sound design in Cubase and Nuendo by shaping proximity, direct sound with reverb and filters, plus panning, interchangeability, filler sounds, and hyper realism.

Import an mp4, fetch the video frame rate, and sync video events to audio attacks using snapping and frame-by-frame shortcuts; then export the synchronized video as mp4 for further editing.

Learn to find and lock a song's bpm in cubase by discovering transients, chopping bars, and refining tempo with snapping, event cursor, and tempo track automation for dynamic bpm.

Use folders to duplicate entire song sections in Cubase while preserving automations. Create a folder, move all events, and duplicate the macro with Ctrl D for perfect sync.

Insert or delete bars in cubase using the bar's menu and Ctrl+T to process bars, shifting all events and automations in sync and then verifying with automation checks.

Learn how to change tempo in Cubase and how MIDI events auto-adapt while audio events stay fixed, then use slicing, musical mode, and tempo tracks for dynamic BPM shifts.

Master the transpose track to safely bulk transpose a song by semitones, while excluding drums and placeholder chops, and apply independent mode for drums and sampler tuning for samples.

Learn to change time signatures in Cubase by creating a signature track, adjusting to three four, and ramping bpm to alter the groove and vibe of a track.

Open the media bay to import audio samples, filter wav and mp3 files, preview and search, synchronize folders, then drag samples into a timeline or drum track for instant playback.

Synchronize an external midi step sequencer with Cubase by configuring external sync, clock destination, and midi timecode, then record in time and adjust latency and tempo with project bpm.

Master marker workflow in Cubase and Nuendo by creating marker and range markers, adding descriptions, duplicating, jumping with shortcuts, and exporting cycle markers in bulk.

Learn to reduce cpu and ram usage in Cubase and Nuendo with freeze, render in place, and controlled bypass automation, plus optimized settings like local ssd and proper sample rate.

Archive and share Cubase projects by copying all used media into a dedicated folder, creating standalone versions, and managing the pool to remove unused files.

Learn to override the eight-sends limit in Cubase by routing through a group track. Extend sends with direct routing summing mode and understand post-fader versus pre-fader behavior.

Master safe mode to diagnose crashes in Cubase, reset or delete preferences, deactivate problematic plugins, and back up your presets and preferences for easy transfer to a new computer.

Learn how VCA tracks control the volume of multiple audio tracks simultaneously without creating new tracks, using a master fader to offset several faders and map to external controllers.

Explore the theory of sample rate and bit depth, from ADC and DAC to Nyquist and aliasing, and compare 44.1/48/192 kHz with 16/24/32-bit depth for Cubase and Nuendo.

Import and reuse tracks from other projects in Cubase by selecting tracks, choosing import options for events, instruments, channel settings, and automation, then align and transpose them within your project.

Export every track as a separate WAV 32-bit floating point file via audio mixdown. Exclude the master and use a naming scheme that includes the track name and index.

Use the export queue to schedule multiple exports in formats like mp3, wav, and flac. Add tasks to the queue, review them, and execute the batch at once.

Learn to perform bulk actions with the logical editor to reroute tracks from master to submaster, using conditions and actions for efficient routing and cleanup.

Learn to re-amp live sound experiments in Cubase by recording on a new audio or instrument track, render in real time, and save the result as an offline audio file.

Master the control room in Cubase or Nuendo: use Listen and Talkback for vocal monitoring, adjust attenuation, metering, and mono downmix, with a safety limiter for clipping prevention.

Design immersive game sounds in Nuendo, then drag them into Wwise via Project Game Audio Connect. Edit, re-synchronize in a new window, or render in place for precise exports.

Spectralayers is an extension for Nuendo that enables spectral control to denoise tracks and remove unwanted noises by selecting regions with rectangle or laser tools.

Learn how to use ADR (automated dialogue replacement) to redub video performances, detect silences, create markers, record high quality takes, and align dialogue in any language.