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Tutorial 1: Recording audio
5. Make sure “Cycle” is activated, set the left locator to 2
and the right locator to 18.
This will loop or cycle between bars 2 and 18.
6. On the Transport panel, make sure “Mix (MIDI)” is se-
lected for the “Cycle Record Mode”.
This will allow us to record the electric guitar, and as each cycle repeats
a new take will be created. We will then choose the best take to keep as
our guitar line.
7. Activate the Record Enable and Monitor buttons on
the “Elec Guitar” track.
8. Click the “L” button on the Transport panel once.
This will make sure we start recording at the left locator.
9. Click the “Record” button on the Transport panel.
As you record the guitar, let the cycle repeat three times so we have
three different guitar takes.
10. Click “Stop” when you’re finished. We’ve just re-
corded three different guitar takes. Now let’s figure out
how to select the best sounding one.
Selecting different takes
1. Right-click on the new guitar audio event that we just
recorded and choose a take from the “Set to Region” sub-
menu.
Cubase has recorded all of the passes we made when we were record-
ing in loop mode (Cycle Recording). These passes are called “Takes”. In
our example we have three different guitar takes. We can pick between
them and choose which one sounds best.
2. Listen to the different takes and when you are done,
choose “Take 1”.
Stacked recording
Stacked recording is very similar to cycle recording but with
one difference – you can see the “Takes” that you record all
the time instead of them being hidden underneath.
1. Create a new “Mono” track.
2. Re-name the track “Guitar 2”.
3. On the Transport panel, select the Cycle Record
Mode “Stacked”.
The Cycle Record Mode pop-up menu.
4. Activate the Record Enable and Monitor buttons on
the track “Guitar 2”.
5. Click the Record button on the Transport panel.
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Load the tutorial called “Cycle Recording 2” found in
the “Tutorial 1” folder.
Cycle Record Mode
Current take Available takes