From Cubase to CuPro: Instruments

Discover how to customize Cubase key commands to speed up production by assigning shortcuts, creating macros, and saving presets for quick access to monitor, export, and quantize actions.

Design drum loops with the beat designer, adjust velocity and swing, and map drums with midi drum maps and Groove Agent to save patterns for quick use.

Export audio from a Cubase-style project by selecting the export area with locators, exporting entire project or specific tracks, and configuring mp3 or wav formats, naming, and save destination.

Navigate the instrument edit screen and envelope parameters (attack, decay, sustain, release) in Serum and Halion Sonic. Learn to use effects and inserts—delay, reverb, eq, filters, distortion—in Cubase.

Practice creating and editing track automation in Cubase, using write and read modes to shape volume and pan, view automation tracks, and manage inserts and data.

Route multitimbral Halion Sonic presets to separate outputs in Cubase, then load inserts per output and assign MIDI tracks to these outputs to shape the mix with delays and reverbs.

Organize your Cubase projects by customizing track control settings, toggling visible and hidden controls, using drum map, lock, and edit in place to edit piano roll directly on the track.

Track versions let you create a new sketch without duplicating tracks, compare versions, rename, duplicate, and copy parts between versions while preserving automations and instrument inserts.

Master the marker track in Cubase to mark song sections and navigate between opening, verses, choruses, and ending; use cycle markers for exporting sections and lock markers to prevent movement.

Organize your cubase projects using folder tracks to group similar parts, like drums, by dragging tracks onto a folder track, collapsing and coloring, and applying group editing for synchronized edits.

Master the arranger track to sequence song parts with pencil drawing, chains, and repeats; play through arranged events and flatten the project for a fresh Cubase file.

Use a group track to route multiple drum tracks to a single output, allowing shared inserts, automations, and effects for easier control, stereo routing, and CPU efficiency.

Learn to export audio in Cubase using locators, track selection, and batch exports. Choose formats like mp3 or wav, 44.1kHz/16-bit, and import options including project or SoundCloud.

Learn how to install VSTs in Cubase 9, including 64-bit requirements, choosing VST2 versus VST3, and organizing plugins with the plug-in manager for an efficient workflow.

Explore drum basics in a DAW, including kick, hi-hat, snare, toms, crashes, and ride; learn to place notes, vary dynamics, and keep the rhythm.

Identify scales by listening to the root note and build major or minor chords from it. Practice with familiar songs and apply these scales to your instrument.

Explore 12 tips to find your muse, including leveraging known song structures, exploring unfamiliar genres, recording every idea, using arpeggios and loops, jamming, learning theory, and embracing emotion.

Conclude your journey through instruments and MIDI, previewing the next course on audio, recording vocals, using microphone techniques, effects, and samples to integrate with MIDI and instruments.