Quick Start

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Table of Contents
1 Getting Started
Cómo Empezar
3 Table of Contents
6 Introduction
7 Welcome
7 About the manuals and the help
8 About the program versions
8 Key command conventions
8 How you can reach us
9 System requirements and installation
10 About this chapter
10 Minimum requirements
12 Hardware installation
13 Installing Cubase
13 Defragmenting the hard disk (Windows only)
13 Register your software
14 Setting up your system
15 Setting up audio
19 Setting up MIDI
20 Connecting a synchronizer
21 Setting up video
21 Optimizing audio performance
23 Tutorial 1: Recording audio
24 Creating a new project
25 Setting up the VST connections
26 Level settings and recording
28 Playback
29 Recording modes with cycle off
29 Cycle recording
31 Stacked recording
32 Tutorial 2: Editing audio
33 Event operations
38 Event envelopes
38 Processing audio
39 Offline process history
40 Tutorial 3: Recording and editing MIDI
41 Introduction
41 Creating an Instrument Track
42 Browsing sounds
42 MIDI recording
43 MIDI playback
44 Recording modes with cycle off
44 Cycle recording
45 The Key Editor
46 The Controller lane
47 Tutorial 4: Working with loops
48 Loop Browser
48 Adding loops
49 Making copies
49 Insert into Project
50 Tutorial 5: External MIDI instruments
(Cubase only)
51 Introduction
51 Setting up MIDI devices
51 Setting up VST connections for external instru-
ments
52 Monitoring external MIDI instruments
53 Recording MIDI and external instruments
54 Tutorial 6: Mixing and effects
55 Introduction
55 Setting levels
56 Setting panorama
56 Mute and solo
57 Adding EQ
58 Audio effects
60 About automation
61 Exporting
63 Tutorial 7: Surround production (Cu-
base only)
64 Surround busses
66 Setting up a surround mix
67 Recording in surround
68 Exporting a surround file