Quick Start
Table Of Contents
- English
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- System requirements and installation
- Setting up your system
- Tutorial 1: Recording audio
- Tutorial 2: Editing audio
- Tutorial 3: Recording and editing MIDI
- Tutorial 4: Working with loops
- Tutorial 5: External MIDI instruments
- Tutorial 6: Mixing and effects
- Tutorial 7: Surround production (Cubase only)
- Tutorial 8: Editing audio II - tempo and groove
- Tutorial 9: Media management
- Index
- Deutsch
- Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Einleitung
- Systemanforderungen und Installation
- Einrichten des Systems
- Lehrgang 1: Aufnehmen von Audiomaterial
- Lehrgang 2: Bearbeiten von Audiomaterial
- Lehrgang 3: Aufnehmen und Bearbeiten von MIDI
- Lehrgang 4: Arbeiten mit Loops
- Lehrgang 5: Externe MIDI-Instrumente
- Lehrgang 6: Anwenden von Effekten und Erstellen eines Mixdowns
- Lehrgang 7: Surround-Sound (nur Cubase)
- Lehrgang 8: Bearbeiten von Audiomaterial II - Tempo und Groove
- Lehrgang 9: Medienverwaltung
- Stichwortverzeichnis
- Français
- Table des Matières
- Introduction
- Système requis et installation
- Configuration de votre système
- Didacticiel 1 : Enregistrement audio
- Didacticiel 2 : Édition Audio
- Didacticiel 3 : Enregistrement et édition MIDI
- Didacticiel 4 : Travailler avec des boucles
- Didacticiel 5 : Instruments MIDI Externes
- Didacticiel 6 : Mixage et Effets
- Didacticiel 7 : Production Surround (Cubase uniquement)
- Didacticiel 8 : Édition Audio II - Tempo et Groove
- Didacticiel 9 : Organisation des fichiers de media
- Index
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Tutorial 1: Recording audio
Playback
We are going to learn how to play back audio in Cubase.
You might think this is very simple – just hit “Play”. It is ac-
tually this simple but there are a few tricks to learn so that
you’ll be playing back what you want with precision.
To start playback
There are a few ways you can play back in Cubase.
• Click the “Start” button on the Transport panel.
• Press the space bar on your computer keyboard.
This toggles between start and stop.
• Press the [Enter] key of the numerical computer keypad.
• Double-click in the lower half of the ruler.
• Select the audio event called “Audio 01_01” and
choose “Loop Selection” from the Transport menu.
To stop playback
• Click the “Stop” button on the Transport panel.
• Clicking the “Stop” button twice moves the cursor to
the position in the project where you started playback.
• Press the space bar on your computer keyboard.
This toggles between stop and start.
• Press the “0” key of the numerical computer keypad.
Cycle playback
Cubase has the ability to loop or cycle a section of your
project. To set the cycle location you need to use the left
and right locator.
1. On the Transport panel, set the left locator to “1” and
the right locator to “5”.
This tells Cubase that we want to loop or cycle between bars 1 and 5.
Meaning we will have a 4 bar loop since the end of bar 4 is the beginning
of bar 5.
2. Make sure that the “Cycle” button is activated.
3. Click the Start button on the Transport panel and Cu-
base will play looping over and over until you click “Stop”.
!
Load the project called “Playback” found in the
“Tutorial 1” folder.
Double-click in
the lower half of
the ruler…
… to start
playback
!
The default key command for this is [Shift]+[G]. This
is the quickest way to loop an audio event and start
playback!
!
Don’t forget – you can set the locators to encom-
pass the selected event, turn on “Cycle” and begin
playback all by the key command [Shift]+[G].
The left locator set to “1”.
The right locator set to “5”. Cycle activated.