Quick Start

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Tutorial 1: Recording audio
To save a project
1. Select “Save As…” from the File menu.
The difference between Save and Save As are discussed in the chapter
“File Handling” in the Operation Manual.
2. You will notice that Cubase is in the “My First Project”
folder that you created earlier. This is where you want to
save your project. Type in a name for your Project – you
can use “My First Cubase Project” for example.
3. Click “Save” – and that’s it!
To close a project
1. Make sure the Project window is selected.
The Project window is the main window that you work in. See the chap-
ter “The Project window” in the Operation Manual.
2. Select “Close” from the “File” Menu.
If you have made any changes to the project since you last saved it, you
will be prompted to “Save”, “Don’t Save” or “Cancel”. Click “Save” if you
want your changes saved.
To open a project
Now that we have saved and closed your project, let’s
show you how to open it.
Open a project using the “Open” command
1. Select “Open” from the “File” Menu.
Here you can navigate to the folder that has the project you wish to open.
2. Once you have found the project click “Open” and the
project will load.
Open a project using the “Recent Projects” submenu
Cubase remembers recently open projects and lists them
in the “Recent Projects” submenu under the “File” menu.
1. Select “Recent Projects” from the “File” Menu.
2. Choose the project you wish to open by clicking once
on it.
Setting up the VST Connections
The VST Connections window allows you to set up the in-
put and output signals of Cubase to your audio card. Cu-
base calls these “busses”. This section will show you how
to set the busses up so that you can get playback and re-
cording working.
Make sure you read the chapters “System requirements
and installation” on page 8 and “Setting up your system”
on page 13, so that your audio hardware is properly setup
before proceeding.
Ö Note that the Tutorial projects are not installed by de-
fault during the installation of Cubase. You will find the Tu-
torial Projects on the program DVD, in the folder “Additional
Content”.
Adding outputs
1. Open the “Devices” menu and choose “VST Connec-
tions”.
The default key command for this is [F4].
• You’ll see several tabs at the top of the window. We’re
only going to cover Input and Output right now. See the
chapter “VST Connections” in the Operation Manual for
more details.
2. Let’s choose “Output” first. We want to start from
scratch and remove anything that is currently there, just in
case it’s set up incorrectly. If you see anything in the “Bus
Name” column, right-click with the mouse and choose
“Remove Bus”.
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Load the project called “VST Connections” found in
the “Tutorial 1” folder.