User manual

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VST Connections: Setting up input and output busses
Viewing the busses in the mixer
In the mixer, busses are represented by input and output
channels (shown in separate panes to the left and right in
the window). You can show or hide these independently
by clicking the Hide Input Channels and Hide Output
Channels buttons in the common panel:
Ö In Cubase Studio, only the output busses are visible in
the mixer!
The input busses you have created in the VST Connections window are
available for selection on the Input Routing pop-up menus, but you will
not be able to make any specific mixer settings for the input busses.
Input channels (Cubase only)
The input channels are shown to the left in the mixer. As
you can see, each input channel resembles a regular mixer
channel strip.
Here you can do the following:
• Check and adjust the recording level using the Input
Gain knobs and/or the level fader.
See “Setting input levels” on page 71.
• Change the phase of the input signal.
This is done by clicking the Input Phase button next to the Input Gain
control.
• Add effects or EQ to the input bus.
See “Recording with effects (Cubase only)” on page 78 for an example
of how to add effects to your recording at the input bus stage.
Output channels
The output channels are shown to the right in the mixer.
Here you can do the following:
• Adjust the output level for the busses with the faders.
• Open the Channel Settings window to add effects or EQ.
These will affect the whole bus. Examples of effects you may want to add
here include compressors, limiters and dithering. See the chapter “Audio
effects” on page 150.
Hide Input Channels
(Cubase only)
Hide Output Channels
!
The settings you make in the input channel strip will
be a permanent part of the recorded audio file!