Before it hits the mixer means before the inserts. If for vocals you want to get rid of volume peaks so that a compressor doesn't have to do too much work it must be before the mixer. With the volume fader (and therefore with volume autmation) it's after the inserts of the mixer. Adjusting the volume after the mixer doesn't help the compressor to deal with huge volume peaks.
Hi Greg absolutely love your videos and the knowledge you have. I have a problem my vocal wave form come out blurred and 3D like and I'm not sure why, any ideas please. Thanks
Learning Cubase as we type... There's also Input filter pre-gain automation (pre-FX automation, same as Clip Gain but with all the automation options) Many thanks for all the great video's! :)
Thank you for the video! Maybe I missed it or it wasn't discussed but how do I raise the volume of one specific drum? My kicks and snare are great but my crash cymbals too low.
One thing I was struggling with was not really knowing where you are DB wise in the automation lane for volume. I wanted to write volume automation with the line tool, but I didn't know where the volume db corresponded to the line I was drawing or seeing. Does that make sense? Seeing the wave in the automation lane is helpful, but still kind of drawing values blindly. I could use the fader and put it at a starting value, but I still am not sure exactly where -2db down from the existing value line is. is there a way to display the db in automation lane? Hope that makes sense
how are you presenting the drop menu at 2:18, 2:28, etc. (shows 'object selection' then 'range selection', etc.) ? thanks. these vid's are very helpful.
Great tutorial. Came to know of more ways to control volume. Can we get more tutorials on MIDI Effects as well? Individual effects explained in detail?
great demonstration, but unbelievable: you show: to create a gain change in selected audio having the necessity to write a macro. I cannot believe this. I have to rethink my intention to switch to cubase from my existing daws.
Have a doubt, the fader is post or pre insert/channel processing? I mean, if I put a comoressor on channel/inserts and then automate fader for some reason...will I be moving the compressed signal level? Or the movement will go into the compressor and disturb the audio? I have this confusion in mind
how to control volume gain in midi channel or vst instrument channel?? as like audio channel waveform itself has a volume square in middel of the waveform the same is not given in midi or vst intrument waveforms? What are the other ways to control volume gain of midi/vst channel
It seems though like the only way to adjust pre mixer volume for all different kind of tracks especially when programming ( instrument / audio etc ) is the pre gain feature. Is there any way so that we can do it literally with one move ? I've tried to assign it to a quick knob ( so that i could do it with an external controller ) but even if you have to save a preset it's faster to first open the channel editor then adjust accordingly. I'm searching for a way where it would be done like in a physical mixer "workflow". You open an instrument grab the knob and turn down pre-gain at once ( since all instruments are too hot from scratch ) in the same way you can do it after the mixer with the "post" volume fader . I did try to save a preset where by default all channels open at -15 pre-gain but that causes the opposite problem when recording ( where the external hardware chain has been already set up correctly and you need minor adjustments there depending on the artist - musician ) and of course all the fx - group tracks etc. In that case one move would bring pre-gain up to the "correct' value. To summarize is there a way to adjust pre-gain ( with an external controller or even with the mouse ) without opening first the channel editor or the mixer window ... ? Thanks ! PS : I guess i'm searching for something like a "pad switch" ?
Hey guys when I drop my vocal are any samples in the track it's really zoomed in at 0db difference is at 33db I turn the volume down to see the sample but the its at - 33db 0 difference any idea how to reverse it was never like this before
How do I automate volume post audio inserts, pre-fader? I only use vst instruments and no audio clips whatsoever. I want my volume automation after all my fx
hi iv got a problem in Cubase 5. the audio is going in and out of Cubase but not recordingyou can see the meter for the audio working fine but when in record it is just blank ? any ideas or help. thank you
Great stuff, I have duplicated the macro except for one step, Tool-Select, on my system that option does not come under the Tool directory, I am on Windows, does that make a difference? There were a couple of differences in the Menu selection on the way through, this is the only step I cannot find
Thank you, this was very helpful. I ran into an issue, I'm sure is addressed. I accidentally found that in a late night tweak of a few tracks, the automation WRITE was on. I didn't note which tracks I played with, so I abandoned and reloaded the track forfeiting my work, rather than destroying my original mix. Is there a way to turn toggle write on and off for all tracks? I only used automation on a few tracks and only would turn write on as needed. Thanks.
Greg how do you lower the overall volumes in automation. I tried using the trim function like i read in the forums by selecting trim start stop and write automation. Lowered the volume and deselecrted write but it goes back to the recorded automation.
If there are multiple lanes with events on a track, the waveform in the automation lane becomes a visual mess because every event gets displayed in layers. Is there a way to view only the active front most event of a track in the automation lane?
Why is that when you adjust the pre gain and have the metering set up to input, the individual channels still display the same levels. I understand the faders won’t affect on this setting but the pre gain should. Still, it reduces the volume and you get the respective visual feedback in the master, but not in the channels. How can you fix this and get pre gain feedback on input metering on every channel?
Thank you Greg for all the knowledge you share about the cubase program. It’s invaluable and helps us all save so much time. Question, is there a list of what types of hardware the built in cubase plugins are emulating.. For instance, is the classic compressor based on a LA2A? Even more so what type of console/ channel strip is the cubase based on? Thanks for your time.
I have never asked if they were modeled on any particular gear or if it was an almagam of processors. I think the intention is to provide great sounding tools for the plug-ins and channel strip that work for a broad variety of uses rather than model a specific box . I will see if I can find out when I am in Germany next
Hi. Just a quick question. Does the change of clip volume affect how much signal goes into plugins (ie compressor)? Is this change similar to pre-fader gain control like in Pro Tools? I am asking about this, because I'm considering buying Cubase and right now I am in the process of learning what it can do and how it works :)
Greg, another thing (if I can explain it well enuf) regarding when I zoom into a track to see where I want to split a track. As I play the track, the area of the track i'm trying to view keeps advancing into area's of the track further down the line that is past the one area i'm trying to look at. (as the default setting follows the vertical bar that marks a point of a track) How do I freeze the small, zoomed in area of a track on my monitor, while the track is playing, so to inhibit the position of the vertical bar from advancing to the next sections of a track? thanks.
I miss a simple relative volume automation in Cubase Elements. A simple checkbox "Relative automation" would work fine. A typical example asked about many times in many forums. You create some nice and complex volume automation curve on a track to create nice fade-ins and outs and whatnot (no matter, audio or synth instrument track). And then at the end you open the mixer and want to adjust levels of all the tracks to create balanced sound... but the volume of the automated track obeys the automation curves and you cannot adjust it. I guess, I'll have to use the Input Filter -> Pregain or the track fader automation instead of volume, so I still can adjust the volume in the mixer.
Same question same annoyance... How did you manage the problem (sorry I know it's a very very old comment of yours!!). The clip volume curves are probably the solution?
How do monitor properly? When i have say 8 channels for drums with monitor and record enabled and the drummer wants to hear and practice to the track without recording. I am using the tape machine setting. How do professional studios deal with this problem? And its not group tracks..... Please someone let me know. Thanks.
Have you tried to just manually monitor on the tracks themselves? the tape machine style monitoring is ideally suited for punch recording scenarios. I would place all of the drum tracks in a folder and monitor all of the tracks from the folder when the drummer wants to hear themselves.
What's the purpose of teaching, when almost all important questions by users aren't answered? Cubase is a program, the deeper you use it the more questions you'll have.
I seriously wish you guys would offer a trial on iLok (crazy, right?!), I'm a Pro Tools user and honestly it's hard to make sense of buying your eLicenser just to be able to try the software.
Guys whats the difference between " adjusting gain before the signal hits the mixer VS after it hits the mixer" ? Great video btw!
Before it hits the mixer means before the inserts. If for vocals you want to get rid of volume peaks so that a compressor doesn't have to do too much work it must be before the mixer. With the volume fader (and therefore with volume autmation) it's after the inserts of the mixer. Adjusting the volume after the mixer doesn't help the compressor to deal with huge volume peaks.
Can we get clip gain in Cubase/Nuendo like it is in Pro Tools? The little fader with in the wave form
Greg Ondo’s Cubase tips and tricks are the best
Can we have the pre-mixer volume envelope to be positioned at the centre of the waveform of the clip? Like in Studio One?
Thanks Greg. Cubase always more features hidden away that we need! Appreciate you bringing them out.
how do i get that extra black part where the automated volume control is in cubase 10 pro? i cant find it.
Ondo, greatest Cubase ambassador.
Hi Greg absolutely love your videos and the knowledge you have. I have a problem my vocal wave form come out blurred and 3D like and I'm not sure why, any ideas please. Thanks
If I find it helpful?? Dude it changed my life
Did you create macros to this (I mean clip gain range because ít's not ready in cubase)?
Learning Cubase as we type... There's also Input filter pre-gain automation (pre-FX automation, same as Clip Gain but with all the automation options) Many thanks for all the great video's! :)
Thank you for the video! Maybe I missed it or it wasn't discussed but how do I raise the volume of one specific drum? My kicks and snare are great but my crash cymbals too low.
Thank you for the helpful tutorial
Beautiful explanation thank you Sir
Great video thanks
at 2:30 When he says "adjust the volume" he means adjusting the gain of the track?
One thing I was struggling with was not really knowing where you are DB wise in the automation lane for volume. I wanted to write volume automation with the line tool, but I didn't know where the volume db corresponded to the line I was drawing or seeing. Does that make sense? Seeing the wave in the automation lane is helpful, but still kind of drawing values blindly. I could use the fader and put it at a starting value, but I still am not sure exactly where -2db down from the existing value line is. is there a way to display the db in automation lane? Hope that makes sense
how are you presenting the drop menu at 2:18, 2:28, etc. (shows 'object selection' then 'range selection', etc.) ? thanks. these vid's are very helpful.
Go to Preferences - Editing - Tools - and uncheck Pop Up Tool Box on Right Click
Great tutorial. Came to know of more ways to control volume. Can we get more tutorials on MIDI Effects as well? Individual effects explained in detail?
I have some completed on MIDI plug-ins that should be released soon . Any particular plug-ins that you want a tutorial on?
More excellent tips.
My workflow is accelerating
Thank you Greg! Always clear and useful ;-)
great demonstration, but unbelievable: you show: to create a gain change in selected audio having the necessity to write a macro. I cannot believe this. I have to rethink my intention to switch to cubase from my existing daws.
Thank you so much 🙏
Have a doubt, the fader is post or pre insert/channel processing? I mean, if I put a comoressor on channel/inserts and then automate fader for some reason...will I be moving the compressed signal level? Or the movement will go into the compressor and disturb the audio? I have this confusion in mind
Is the clip gain control command by drawing tool (like automation) in Artist version, too?
how to control volume gain in midi channel or vst instrument channel?? as like audio channel waveform itself has a volume square in middel of the waveform the same is not given in midi or vst intrument waveforms? What are the other ways to control volume gain of midi/vst channel
Perfect Greg, thank you so much.
Really in depth - I like it!!!
It seems though like the only way to adjust pre mixer volume for all different
kind of tracks especially when programming ( instrument / audio etc ) is the pre gain feature.
Is there any way so that we can do it literally with one move ?
I've tried to assign it to a quick knob ( so that i could do it with an external controller )
but even if you have to save a preset it's faster to first open the channel editor then
adjust accordingly.
I'm searching for a way where it would be done like in a physical mixer "workflow".
You open an instrument grab the knob and turn down pre-gain at once ( since all instruments are too hot from scratch )
in the same way you can do it after the mixer with the "post" volume fader .
I did try to save a preset where by default all channels open at -15 pre-gain but that causes the opposite problem
when recording ( where the external hardware chain has been already set up correctly and you need minor adjustments there depending on the artist - musician ) and of course all the fx - group tracks etc. In that case one move would bring pre-gain up to the "correct' value.
To summarize is there a way to adjust pre-gain ( with an external controller or even with the mouse ) without opening first the channel editor or the
mixer window ... ?
Thanks !
PS : I guess i'm searching for something like a "pad switch" ?
Hey guys when I drop my vocal are any samples in the track it's really zoomed in at 0db difference is at 33db I turn the volume down to see the sample but the its at - 33db 0 difference any idea how to reverse it was never like this before
How do I automate volume post audio inserts, pre-fader? I only use vst instruments and no audio clips whatsoever. I want my volume automation after all my fx
Is there a shortcut key to inc/dec say by 0.1 dB?
THANKS again Greg. Thumbs up #221
Keep up the great work Steinberg.
BTW is there a way to use the scroll wheel to do crossfades after gain clipping? I'm assuming I just have to set up a separate macro...correct?
Much appreciated, these videos are awesome, Cubase rules.
hi iv got a problem in Cubase 5. the audio is going in and out of Cubase but not recordingyou can see the meter for the audio working fine but when in record it is just blank ? any ideas or help. thank you
Thank you Greg.
thanks a lot !
perfect, this is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks Greg
Great stuff, I have duplicated the macro except for one step, Tool-Select, on my system that option does not come under the Tool directory, I am on Windows, does that make a difference? There were a couple of differences in the Menu selection on the way through, this is the only step I cannot find
Thank you, this was very helpful. I ran into an issue, I'm sure is addressed. I accidentally found that in a late night tweak of a few tracks, the automation WRITE was on. I didn't note which tracks I played with, so I abandoned and reloaded the track forfeiting my work, rather than destroying my original mix. Is there a way to turn toggle write on and off for all tracks? I only used automation on a few tracks and only would turn write on as needed. Thanks.
Greg how do you lower the overall volumes in automation. I tried using the trim function like i read in the forums by selecting trim start stop and write automation. Lowered the volume and deselecrted write but it goes back to the recorded automation.
What about normalize? When would u use that?
If there are multiple lanes with events on a track, the waveform in the automation lane becomes a visual mess because every event gets displayed in layers. Is there a way to view only the active front most event of a track in the automation lane?
What about the gain knob in the channel strip? Any reason you didn't talk about that?
Hey Man very very helpful! Keep going . Very great
Why is that when you adjust the pre gain and have the metering set up to input, the individual channels still display the same levels. I understand the faders won’t affect on this setting but the pre gain should. Still, it reduces the volume and you get the respective visual feedback in the master, but not in the channels. How can you fix this and get pre gain feedback on input metering on every channel?
Thank you Greg for all the knowledge you share about the cubase program.
It’s invaluable and helps us all save so much time.
Question, is there a list of what types of hardware the built in cubase plugins are emulating..
For instance, is the classic compressor based on a LA2A? Even more so what type of console/ channel strip is the cubase based on?
Thanks for your time.
I have never asked if they were modeled on any particular gear or if it was an almagam of processors. I think the intention is to provide great sounding tools for the plug-ins and channel strip that work for a broad variety of uses rather than model a specific box . I will see if I can find out when I am in Germany next
I really want to know about how to Vocal Mixing.
How can I make the color of the track not inverted when touching the mouse???? PLS Help !!!
How would that work for VST audio outputs?
You would have to use automation for the VST outputs as there are no events associated with the outputs.
Thank you for your reply, Greg
Hi. Just a quick question. Does the change of clip volume affect how much signal goes into plugins (ie compressor)? Is this change similar to pre-fader gain control like in Pro Tools? I am asking about this, because I'm considering buying Cubase and right now I am in the process of learning what it can do and how it works :)
Nice!
The input level on my mixer is only affected when I adjust the clip gain. When I adjust the pre-gain the input level stays the same.
Greg, another thing (if I can explain it well enuf) regarding when I zoom into a track to see where I want to split a track. As I play the track, the area of the track i'm trying to view keeps advancing into area's of the track further down the line that is past the one area i'm trying to look at. (as the default setting follows the vertical bar that marks a point of a track) How do I freeze the small, zoomed in area of a track on my monitor, while the track is playing, so to inhibit the position of the vertical bar from advancing to the next sections of a track? thanks.
It sounds like you need to turn auto-scroll off . Try hitting the F key on your computer keyboard to disable it.
I miss a simple relative volume automation in Cubase Elements. A simple checkbox "Relative automation" would work fine.
A typical example asked about many times in many forums. You create some nice and complex volume automation curve on a track to create nice fade-ins and outs and whatnot (no matter, audio or synth instrument track). And then at the end you open the mixer and want to adjust levels of all the tracks to create balanced sound... but the volume of the automated track obeys the automation curves and you cannot adjust it.
I guess, I'll have to use the Input Filter -> Pregain or the track fader automation instead of volume, so I still can adjust the volume in the mixer.
Same question same annoyance... How did you manage the problem (sorry I know it's a very very old comment of yours!!). The clip volume curves are probably the solution?
Ty
Thank you Greg :-)
That's awesome!
Thank you sir.
I like your video💟
I installed cubase pro 10 , setup all outputs and inputs and try to record my guitar and audio track is NOT RECORDING !!
Any ideas why ??
dont know why but its not working for me
Can this be done w/o splitting the audio clip?
As he explains later on the video, it can be done with the drawing tool.
@Delphi I'm afraid I cannot help you with that, I use the pro version.
How do monitor properly? When i have say 8 channels for drums with monitor and record enabled and the drummer wants to hear and practice to the track without recording. I am using the tape machine setting. How do professional studios deal with this problem? And its not group tracks..... Please someone let me know. Thanks.
Have you tried to just manually monitor on the tracks themselves? the tape machine style monitoring is ideally suited for punch recording scenarios. I would place all of the drum tracks in a folder and monitor all of the tracks from the folder when the drummer wants to hear themselves.
Awesome!! Thanks. I am still new. That helps me. Thanks again so much. :)
DIDNT FIND MY RANGE SELECTION... WHERE IS IT??
I'm tired of Cubase throwing me curve balls like this... TANK YOU!
Awesome Stuff, thank you Obi Wan!
What's the purpose of teaching, when almost all important questions by users aren't answered? Cubase is a program, the deeper you use it the more questions you'll have.
I seriously wish you guys would offer a trial on iLok (crazy, right?!), I'm a Pro Tools user and honestly it's hard to make sense of buying your eLicenser just to be able to try the software.
You can check out the Cubbase Elements trial version which does not need a USB elicenser..
Is it possible to try any version of Nuendo without the eLicenser too?
You can also buy a LE license on ebay.
big TU^ 108 ;-)
I just use cut and go to town.
Such a shame it seems no DAW other than Pro Tools can do multiple gain stages within a single clip without cutting up the clip into multiple clips..
ctrol + mouse scroll wheel wud have been more practical ..
Worst tutorial ever. All I want is where to draw volume lines, but this goes off on grouping, overall levels, & making it a process.
I want Japanese
Nice!