Wow, I don't know what I like the most. The fact that Cubase makes comping this easy or Dom's excellent guide for getting the perfect take. Great job man!
I am definitely getting Cubase as my DAW, since I have found such a brilliant teacher of it in you! (I also like the way they use colours 😅). I am sure other DAWs are good too, but half the problem is learning all the features! When I get it, I will probably end up watching the totality of all your Cubase videos! 😂 I hope TH-cam is generous with you and add revenues, as you have a really brilliant channel! I have learnt video editing and carpentry (!!) from TH-cam, and digital music production is next. Now I have to search your channel for tips on computers that can handle the DAW, VSTs etc, which keyboard to choose and which microphone for singing! I don't know if you cover those topics, but hopefully I can find something in there!
Thought I had it sorted (when you play as badly as me, you learn comping fast!), but any watcher of Dom's videos knows that the chances are that Dom knows better. I've been alt-clicking the cuts, and didn't know about the "super easy" dragging. What I really like is that there are always 23 different ways of doing things in Cubase, but Dom's got the experience to know the besT. Those little bonus tips too, knew about versions, forgot about duplicating, never really bothered with delete overlaps, went straight to bouncing. Thanks!
I know this is an old video but I want to say , first you are an amazing bass player Dom , second thank you because I never realized about this tool in cubase , I always got my last take as the best one..but it's never like that...something might be better and something not and it's never the same
I've been using Cubase for many many years and absolutely swear by the comp tool. I recently found your channel after upgrading to Cubase 12 and wanting to see what's new. Subscribed and Liked of course! I love that you did the tutorial with bass, since I'm a bass player too! Comp tool makes my bass parts sound brilliant. 😂. I use comp tool for rhythm guitar, solos, vocals, etc. I combine a technique I learned doing bass session work with an amazing producer, which means I almost *never* punch. Here are some more tips I've learned: * Just play through the entire part several times and never stop even if a mistake is made. For a guitar solo, I'll have the guitarist just run through the solo section 4 or 5 times. Once I have a "safe" take or a take with good energy, everything else is bonus. I can use the good take for most of the part and then comp in the tasty licks. Same with vocals and the comp tool is amazing at being able to just drop in an amazing vocal run to spice the track up. For bass, I get a little more obsessive of course - I might record 8 to 10 full takes of the song and then comp together the track. * The only time I'll punch is if one of the lanes just doesn't have what I need. It happens occasionally. It's super rare though, and sometimes depending on the part, I can just lift a bit from some other section, or use VariAudio or Free Warp to fix a little thing here and there. Between all these tools, I'm very efficient at getting really good parts, both from myself and my session players, with very little angst! * I generally always keep the grid on, snapping either to bar or beat. Then I use comp tool to get the coarse grained part I like. After that I go in and tweak things here and there with the grid off, or with a 1/16 quantize, dragging the comp separator bar - another magical thing I love about Cubase. So when you're doing your first pass of comping, just keep the snap on to quickly make your editorial choices. I didn't know about Cmd temporarily disabling the snap. TIL - thanks for that! * Always set up your markers first - it helps you keep track of where in the song you are. Also, I generally build a comp linearly like 4 bars or a section at a time. * I always colorize my editorial choices. I start with the default track background, then as I pick the parts I like, I color them yellow. I might have a couple of comp choices I like at any place in the track and I just color all the good ones yellow. Once I've made my first pass of choices, I listen to the track again from the top and I might choose a different lane here or there, or move a comp point etc. Iterate until you have what you like but don't obsess over it too much. Go with your gut when you have more than one comp choice you love - it'll all work out once you listen to the track in context. After I like my choices, I color them all light green. The reason I do all this is because if I accidentally click on a comp point to change the choice, I'll know which ones to go back to. What I didn't know until today was about the track versions - TIL! Thank you for that, I think it will transform the way I build songs. * Once I've made all my choices, I solo the track and listen to where the comp chooses a different lane. The comp tool is amazing but occasionally you'll end up with a pop of you're crossing lanes. I've been able to comp in between notes or riffs and it's almost always clean out of the box. If you get a pop or other artifact, then you drop in a crossover to get it nice and clean. I also sometimes go through and cut out the parts where the instrument isn't playing, and then fade in and out to get a nice clean noiseless part. I generally don't delete overlaps, but now that I know about track versions I might give that a try. Start with the take that has the best energy and groove, and use the comp tool for "flavor".
Those are amazing tips! I'm just about to start comping in a more serious & structured way, and your tips and Dom's tips will be of great use! Thanks and happy comping!
I was stuck to logic pro x only for this feature,but since i am shifting back to windows i am looking for alternative DAWs, used cubase long time back but not aware of this feature,bro u r life saver
The comp tool is the deadline slayer !!! :D versions ... haven't hardly looked at them. BOOOH! :P I need to check them out in order to do better than that! Great video ... again!
omg... I was dragging and cutting all this versions, this was always for me a headache, not any more ))) thank youi so much for making my life easier !
Wow! I am a big fan of your channel. A real gem for Cubase users and producers in general. And you are such an amazingly versatile musician. Makes me wonder at times if I am a musician after all. Kidding of course. We are all musicians in our heart❤.
M. the Professor Dom Sigalas, Very difficult, as usual, you're very very strong, and You 're a musician ! So, I have to work a lot to studie the piano with "I school". At 65 years old, not so easy, but, never mind ! Thank's a lot to you to help us !!!
I’ve been using Cubase for 30 years now (I started on Atari ST 😊😬) and I know there are a lot of things I don’t know in the software (I know quite a bit though), but Dom, you keep on teaching me tricks!!! I wasn’t doing my perfect takes like that at all (cutting and pasting, yeah, I know, I’m a donkey 😄), so THANK YOU!!! 🙏🏻😍
After 10 years of music production I wish I knew about this way earlier! I often run many takes of synth patches all run through many effects chains and manually scrub through it all to then arrange the best parts. I learned more about comping since I started a music engineering course this year and they use logic, which I really personally don't like, so knowing how to do this in Cubase will help me out so much at Uni and my own productions! You always teach me new things about Cubase :D Thank you
Dom, you are a champ. I'm about to record a bunch of backing tracks for my daughter and don't have the time (or ability) to be good enough to nail them in a single take, so will have to comp my butt off to get the job done. Your style and energy make it such a pleasure to learn Cubase and for that I'm very grateful. Tons of work goes into making these vids and I hope you can feel the love all the way from Sydney, Aust! Cheers mate - Dave
I've used the multiple takes in a loop for a while, as it helps to get into the zone, but have always ended up slicing it up; but then I discover this - Cubase just keeps on giving! I have my daughter coming to do some vocals on my latest track - and she's defimitely into that 'syllable level detail' so yeah, this is a life saver. I've now subscribed, thank you Dom!
never even heard of "comping" before a couple days ago. always edited things together manually and by ear. this should be an interesting technique to find out about.
Dom! I spent hours cutting, editing the lanes to reach this result. Didn't know about comping. Once again,thank you so much. Great knowledge step tonight. Cheers
Again 🙏 It’s Often like this. Even though I know about this, it’s not all I know about THIS! That’s why I always check it out. Dom you’re great. Not too much unnecessary talk. Just right on to it. Convenient and easy to learn. Why? Because one can stop the video if there is something you don’t follow right away. Very pedagogical. Clear as water 💦
Dom, This video on Comping is great. I started using Cubase with 9.5 and never took the time to learn how to use this tool. I am working on a new project and will put this into practice. Until now I have been doing comping manually, making separate tracks and cutting and pasting bits into one new track. Which is a lot of work. Thanks for the time saving teaching.
Dom, you forgot to mention/show that the Comping tool behaves very smartly when it comes to getting back to the previously selected bit: you hit the last chosen bit AGAIN, and the previous bit is activated. Very handy indeed.
Love your videos, even though I've been using cubase for years, feels like I still don't know many tricks that it can do. Thanks to you I'm learning now! thank you Dom!
Another sick slick demo in the bag Dom. You are my main source for Cubase info. You explain things soo much better and faster than the manual. Great stuff.
Dom, I love the comping capabilities in Cubase (especially for vocals). But you’ve just shown me there is so much more I can be doing to use it well! Mind blown!
I have been looking for that delete overlaps function for ages, I’ve been using the down arrow on each segment. Thanks Dom! Cheers Dave great bass riff by the way
1. Select hand tool
2. Drag your selection
3. Hand pick vocal takes.
4. Comp ( Duplicate version, Delete Overlaps: Alt+D / Audio > Bounce Selection).
Bonus: The Pencil Tool
Thanks Dom
This is crazy, I have been learning lots with you man, can’t believe all the time I spent doing the wrong way of editing. This guy is legit!
100%
reading manuals helps a lot
Asf 🎉
Wow, I don't know what I like the most. The fact that Cubase makes comping this easy or Dom's excellent guide for getting the perfect take. Great job man!
Can't believe how much I learnt in 15 mins, thanks Dom!
I am definitely getting Cubase as my DAW, since I have found such a brilliant teacher of it in you! (I also like the way they use colours 😅). I am sure other DAWs are good too, but half the problem is learning all the features! When I get it, I will probably end up watching the totality of all your Cubase videos! 😂
I hope TH-cam is generous with you and add revenues, as you have a really brilliant channel! I have learnt video editing and carpentry (!!) from TH-cam, and digital music production is next.
Now I have to search your channel for tips on computers that can handle the DAW, VSTs etc, which keyboard to choose and which microphone for singing! I don't know if you cover those topics, but hopefully I can find something in there!
Thought I had it sorted (when you play as badly as me, you learn comping fast!), but any watcher of Dom's videos knows that the chances are that Dom knows better. I've been alt-clicking the cuts, and didn't know about the "super easy" dragging. What I really like is that there are always 23 different ways of doing things in Cubase, but Dom's got the experience to know the besT.
Those little bonus tips too, knew about versions, forgot about duplicating, never really bothered with delete overlaps, went straight to bouncing. Thanks!
Same -I tended to cut the version up which is messy. This will save lots of time with a cleaner result.
Comping in cubase is so intuitive.
it's nice/helpful to see it in action whether than someone just talking about it as a feature
Just the best Cubase channel out there - everything is so useable in real productions
8 years of mixing in cubase, and i got this tip today hahaa, tjhanks
I know this is an old video but I want to say , first you are an amazing bass player Dom , second thank you because I never realized about this tool in cubase , I always got my last take as the best one..but it's never like that...something might be better and something not and it's never the same
I've been using Cubase for many many years and absolutely swear by the comp tool. I recently found your channel after upgrading to Cubase 12 and wanting to see what's new. Subscribed and Liked of course! I love that you did the tutorial with bass, since I'm a bass player too! Comp tool makes my bass parts sound brilliant. 😂. I use comp tool for rhythm guitar, solos, vocals, etc. I combine a technique I learned doing bass session work with an amazing producer, which means I almost *never* punch. Here are some more tips I've learned:
* Just play through the entire part several times and never stop even if a mistake is made. For a guitar solo, I'll have the guitarist just run through the solo section 4 or 5 times. Once I have a "safe" take or a take with good energy, everything else is bonus. I can use the good take for most of the part and then comp in the tasty licks. Same with vocals and the comp tool is amazing at being able to just drop in an amazing vocal run to spice the track up. For bass, I get a little more obsessive of course - I might record 8 to 10 full takes of the song and then comp together the track.
* The only time I'll punch is if one of the lanes just doesn't have what I need. It happens occasionally. It's super rare though, and sometimes depending on the part, I can just lift a bit from some other section, or use VariAudio or Free Warp to fix a little thing here and there. Between all these tools, I'm very efficient at getting really good parts, both from myself and my session players, with very little angst!
* I generally always keep the grid on, snapping either to bar or beat. Then I use comp tool to get the coarse grained part I like. After that I go in and tweak things here and there with the grid off, or with a 1/16 quantize, dragging the comp separator bar - another magical thing I love about Cubase. So when you're doing your first pass of comping, just keep the snap on to quickly make your editorial choices. I didn't know about Cmd temporarily disabling the snap. TIL - thanks for that!
* Always set up your markers first - it helps you keep track of where in the song you are. Also, I generally build a comp linearly like 4 bars or a section at a time.
* I always colorize my editorial choices. I start with the default track background, then as I pick the parts I like, I color them yellow. I might have a couple of comp choices I like at any place in the track and I just color all the good ones yellow. Once I've made my first pass of choices, I listen to the track again from the top and I might choose a different lane here or there, or move a comp point etc. Iterate until you have what you like but don't obsess over it too much. Go with your gut when you have more than one comp choice you love - it'll all work out once you listen to the track in context. After I like my choices, I color them all light green. The reason I do all this is because if I accidentally click on a comp point to change the choice, I'll know which ones to go back to. What I didn't know until today was about the track versions - TIL! Thank you for that, I think it will transform the way I build songs.
* Once I've made all my choices, I solo the track and listen to where the comp chooses a different lane. The comp tool is amazing but occasionally you'll end up with a pop of you're crossing lanes. I've been able to comp in between notes or riffs and it's almost always clean out of the box. If you get a pop or other artifact, then you drop in a crossover to get it nice and clean. I also sometimes go through and cut out the parts where the instrument isn't playing, and then fade in and out to get a nice clean noiseless part. I generally don't delete overlaps, but now that I know about track versions I might give that a try.
Start with the take that has the best energy and groove, and use the comp tool for "flavor".
Those are amazing tips! I'm just about to start comping in a more serious & structured way, and your tips and Dom's tips will be of great use! Thanks and happy comping!
..love your spirits buddy!! You bring a smile to my face! Cheers from MTL! 8~D
Excellent! I do use comping but I wasn't using it correctly and this will give me better results and take less time. Thank you again!
Thanks for this, Dom! Cubase's comping is second to none, I can't imagine living without it.
I agree, but as an Ableton user, I'm excited Ableton is finally catching up with v11
Just hold Ctrl do disable snap temporarily ;)
Loved the video btw, this is going to make sifting through takes soooo much easier!
Was gonna ask this! Ha. Thanks.
You're very amazing. Thank you. I learn to much with your class.
Dom & Cubase rules
Thank you Dom - always learning new things from you
Thanks for sharing this great feature of Cubase, I didn't know about but was looking for ways to do the same somehow.... 👍
I was stuck to logic pro x only for this feature,but since i am shifting back to windows i am looking for alternative DAWs, used cubase long time back but not aware of this feature,bro u r life saver
Thanks once again my Cubase master!
Cool Tips, I have never used this function before. Thanks, DOM.
finally ! thank you , thank you THANK YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dom, you’re a God!
Super, thank you!
I love it Dom, you rule as always... Very helpful! :)
Brilliant! Thanks again Dom!
The comp tool is the deadline slayer !!! :D
versions ... haven't hardly looked at them. BOOOH! :P I need to check them out in order to do better than that!
Great video ... again!
Awesome video. I was looking for this option a lot. Thanks for showing it Dom!
Thanks, Dom!
Dom... Not only are you an excellent instructor , you are a fine musician as well... Dom you are the best... Thank You!!!
Amazing as always Dom!
This is the feature that convinced me to buy Cubase. Thank you for the great explanation.
Your excitement is infectious.
Thanks Dom!!!! 🎹🎹🎤🎤🎵🎵🎶🎶
This is pure gold. I spend sooo many time with the scissors.
This video was 100% solution for my recording problems, thank you again.
Only want to say your videos are SUPER and I love your enthusiasm! Can't get enough.
Thank you Dom, this is exactly what I need at this moment ;)
Awesome. Cubase is so deep it hurts. This is saving me tons of time, thanks as always.
I’m new to Cubase 12, and your channel is the best thing out there. Thanks so much!
great video.. That pencil feature. WOW! That was the best part of the video for me.
omg... I was dragging and cutting all this versions, this was always for me a headache, not any more )))
thank youi so much for making my life easier !
Wow! I am a big fan of your channel. A real gem for Cubase users and producers in general. And you are such an amazingly versatile musician. Makes me wonder at times if I am a musician after all. Kidding of course. We are all musicians in our heart❤.
M. the Professor Dom Sigalas,
Very difficult, as usual, you're very very strong, and You 're a musician !
So, I have to work a lot to studie the piano with "I school".
At 65 years old, not so easy, but, never mind !
Thank's a lot to you to help us !!!
Perfect job. Really interesting. Thank you very much
I’ve been using Cubase for 30 years now (I started on Atari ST 😊😬) and I know there are a lot of things I don’t know in the software (I know quite a bit though), but Dom, you keep on teaching me tricks!!! I wasn’t doing my perfect takes like that at all (cutting and pasting, yeah, I know, I’m a donkey 😄), so THANK YOU!!! 🙏🏻😍
Buddy it's always funny to watch you and learn so much cool stuff ... THX you
I do the "comping thing" the old fashioned way, you know with selection, scissors and mute tools (the "1-3-7" method). That's until now! Thanks Dom!
Wow! I did not know this! Thank you!
Another gem, thank you Dom. Cubase, so powerful. First you have to know what it can do, then learn how to do it. It’s awesome.
The best tutorials of Cubase! Thanks from Argentina!
Thanks so much! Great Video!
After 10 years of music production I wish I knew about this way earlier! I often run many takes of synth patches all run through many effects chains and manually scrub through it all to then arrange the best parts. I learned more about comping since I started a music engineering course this year and they use logic, which I really personally don't like, so knowing how to do this in Cubase will help me out so much at Uni and my own productions! You always teach me new things about Cubase :D Thank you
Great skillful knowledge here
This was incredibly helpful. You’re the man!
Dom, you are a champ. I'm about to record a bunch of backing tracks for my daughter and don't have the time (or ability) to be good enough to nail them in a single take, so will have to comp my butt off to get the job done. Your style and energy make it such a pleasure to learn Cubase and for that I'm very grateful. Tons of work goes into making these vids and I hope you can feel the love all the way from Sydney, Aust! Cheers mate - Dave
IT WAS REALY GREAT
DOOOOOOOOOOOM
i love this channel, been using cubase for years, and never knew all these awesome tips and tricks
I've used the multiple takes in a loop for a while, as it helps to get into the zone, but have always ended up slicing it up; but then I discover this - Cubase just keeps on giving! I have my daughter coming to do some vocals on my latest track - and she's defimitely into that 'syllable level detail' so yeah, this is a life saver. I've now subscribed, thank you Dom!
Holy god does this make sorting out a million vocals faster and better (not that someone should have so many).
Fantastic. Thank you Dom, I didn’t know about comp tool. This will save me a lot of headaches.
Yeaaa! Best cubase teacher on the planet. Thanks Doom.
never even heard of "comping" before a couple days ago. always edited things together manually and by ear. this should be an interesting technique to find out about.
I am using these features all the time for creating perfect take of vocals!! Thank you !
Dom! I spent hours cutting, editing the lanes to reach this result. Didn't know about comping. Once again,thank you so much. Great knowledge step tonight. Cheers
Dom, you are my teacher number one. Thank you a lot!!!
Once again Dom, gotta hand (!) it to you, a brilliant, useful, video. Thank you.
Dude….you’re my Yoda. 👍🏻🤟🏻🍻
Excellent tutorial!
Again 🙏 It’s Often like this.
Even though I know about this, it’s not all I know about THIS!
That’s why I always check it out. Dom you’re great.
Not too much unnecessary talk. Just right on to it. Convenient and easy to learn.
Why? Because one can stop the video if there is something you don’t follow right away.
Very pedagogical.
Clear as water 💦
Well that was fun and educational! I never knew how to use the hand tool, thank you Dom.......
Great video like always!
Dom, This video on Comping is great. I started using Cubase with 9.5 and never took the time to learn how to use this tool. I am working on a new project and will put this into practice. Until now I have been doing comping manually, making separate tracks and cutting and pasting bits into one new track. Which is a lot of work. Thanks for the time saving teaching.
Men... never dissaponted! just great!
Dom, you forgot to mention/show that the Comping tool behaves very smartly when it comes to getting back to the previously selected bit: you hit the last chosen bit AGAIN, and the previous bit is activated. Very handy indeed.
Briliant! I always discover new gems in your videos. When someone purchases Cubase it should come with an automatic subscription to your channel!
Great vid your the cubase Jedi
GREAT VIDEO! THANKS
Love your videos, even though I've been using cubase for years, feels like I still don't know many tricks that it can do. Thanks to you I'm learning now! thank you Dom!
Dude... your are tremendously helpful! Thank you!
This is one of the features i always wanted to have....Dom, you just showed me it was already right in front of me all the time. Thanks!
Excellent content! Thank you
Thank you, Mr Sigalas. Your work put to all Cubase videos is very useful and appreciated.
Another sick slick demo in the bag Dom. You are my main source for Cubase info. You explain things soo much better and faster than the manual. Great stuff.
Pure wisdom from Dom!
I would have taken 9:02 and then spicing up the drums rythm, but super cool didn't know that comp thing on cubase
very useful ! Thanks a lot.
Dom, I love the comping capabilities in Cubase (especially for vocals). But you’ve just shown me there is so much more I can be doing to use it well! Mind blown!
Great video, thanks!!
This will be perfect for recording guitar solos, thank you so much!!!
a ha never seen Doms "guitar face" awsome
Wow nice!!!
Oh yeah!!! So FUNKY!!!! 8~D
I have been looking for that delete overlaps function for ages, I’ve been using the down arrow on each segment. Thanks Dom! Cheers Dave great bass riff by the way
Dom youre the BEST!
Thank you!
Great tutorial, nice playing. Thanks
Great. Thanks a lot
So funny
40 years of doing music to the epiphany that destroys AI
"Make it real; not perfect"
Thanks for the vid, great as always Dom!