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Control Room (Cubase only)
• Adjustable Input Gain and Input Phase on all external inputs
and Speaker outputs.
• Full-sized meters on every Control Room channel.
• Support for up to four aux sends (Studio Sends) for creation
of discrete cue mixes for performers. Each Studio output has
its own cue mix.
• The ability to disable the Control Room Section when working
with an external monitoring solution or console.
Configuring the Control Room
The Control Room features are configured in several loca-
tions within Cubase.
• The VST Connections window has a tab labelled “Studio” in
which the hardware inputs and output are defined for the
Control Room channels.
• In the Devices menu you will find the Control Room Overview
that displays a visual overview of the Control Room channels
and signal flow.
• In the Devices menu you will find the Control Room Mixer
which allows operation of the Control Room features.
• In the Preferences (VST–Control Room page) you will find
some settings for altering the Control Room preferences.
VST Connections Studio tab
The Studio tab of the VST Connections window is where
you configure the inputs and outputs for the Control Room
Mixer. For more information, see the chapter “VST Connec-
tions: Setting up input and output busses” on page 13.
Control Room channels
There are five types of channels that you can create, each
defining either an input or output of the Control Room
Mixer. As more channels are created, the Control Room
Mixer expands to display controls for each channel.
• Monitors
Each Monitor channel is a set of outputs that are connected to monitor
speakers in the Control Room. Each Monitor can be configured for a
mono, stereo or up to a 6.0 surround speaker configuration. Up to four
Monitors can be created, each with a different speaker configuration.
• Phones
The Phones channel is used by the engineer in the control room for
checking cue mixes and as another option for listening to the mix or ex-
ternal inputs on a pair of headphones. It is not intended for cue mixes that
performers use while recording. Only one stereo Headphone channel is
available.
•Studios
Studio channels are intended for sending cue mixes to performers in the
studio during recording. They have talkback and click functions and can
monitor the main mix, external inputs or a dedicated cue mix. Up to four
Studios can be created allowing four discrete cue mixes for performers.
• External inputs
External inputs are for monitoring external devices such as CD players,
multi-channel recorders or any other audio source. Up to six external in-
puts can be created with various configurations from mono up to 6.0 sur-
round.
• Talkback
The Talkback is a mono input used for a communications system be-
tween the control room and performers in the studio. Only one mono
Talkback channel is available.
Control Room channels cannot share hardware inputs or
outputs with external FX or external instruments, as de-
fined in the VST Connections window (see “Connecting
the external effect/instrument” on page 21). As you create
connections for each channel, only those device ports that
have not been used for external FX or instruments will be
available. However, Control Room channels and inputs
and outputs can share the same device ports.
A great deal of confusion can result if outputs and Control
Room Monitor channels share the same device ports. As a
starting point, set all the outputs to “Not Assigned” while
the Control Room is set up. By default, one stereo Monitor
channel is created after installing Cubase.
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The Control Room Mixer is designed to display infor-
mation and controls only for the channels you have
defined in the VST Connections dialog. For example,
if you have not defined any Studio channels, they will
not appear in the Control Room Mixer. The Control
Room Overview displays all the possible channels
but only highlights the ones that have been defined.
To see all the available controls in the Control Room
Mixer, start by creating the maximum amount of
channels in the VST Connections Studio tab.