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Recording
Selecting an input bus for a track
Here we assume that you have added and set up the re-
quired input busses (see “Setting up busses” on page 22).
Before you record, you need to specify from which input
bus the track will record. You can do this in the Inspector.
• On the Input Routing pop-up menu in the top section,
Select an input bus.
As described in the section “The Inspector” on page 29, the Inspector
shows the settings for the selected track.
Selecting a folder for the recorded audio files
Each Cubase project has a project folder containing
(among other things) an “Audio” folder. By default, this is
where recorded audio files are stored. However, you can
select record folders independently for each audio track if
needed.
Proceed as follows:
1. To select the same record folder for several audio
tracks, select them by pressing [Shift] or [Ctrl]/[Com-
mand] and clicking on them in the track list.
2. Right-click the track list for one of the tracks to bring
up the context menu.
3. Select “Set Record Folder”.
A file dialog opens.
4. Navigate to the desired folder (or create a new folder
with the Create button).
Tip: if you want to have separate folders for different types of material
(speech, ambient sounds, music, etc.), you can create subfolders within
the project’s “Audio” folder and assign different tracks to different sub
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folders. This way, all audio files will still reside within the project folder,
which will make managing the Project easier.
• It is possible to have different tracks record to totally dif-
ferent locations, even on different disks. However, if you
need to move or archive the project, there is a risk of miss
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ing some files. The solution is to use the “Prepare Archive”
function in the Pool to gather all external files into the proj-
ect folder first, see “Prepare Archive” on page 204.
Setting input levels
When recording digital sound, it is important to set the in-
put levels correctly – loud enough to ensure low noise and
high audio quality, but not so loud that clipping (digital dis
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tortion) occurs.
Clipping typically occurs in the audio hardware when a
too loud analog signal is converted to digital in the hard
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ware’s A/D converters.
You need to check the level at the channel strip for the
track on which you are recording:
1. Locate the channel strip for the track you are about to
record on.
2. Activate monitoring for the channel by clicking the
speaker button next to the fader.
When monitoring is activated, the meter shows the level of the incoming
audio signal.
3. Play the audio source that you want to record and
check the level meter for the channel.
4. Adjust the output level of your audio source so that the
meters go reasonably high without reaching 0.0
dB.
Check the numerical peak level indicator below the meter in the bus
channel strip. To reset the peak level indicator, click on it.
Ö You must adjust the output level of the audio source –
you cannot use the faders in Cubase to adjust the input
level!
Ö An alternative way of checking the input levels is to
use the control panel for your audio hardware (if it features
input level meters). It may also be possible to adjust the in
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put level in the control panel. See the documentation of
your audio hardware for details.
Click here to select an input bus for
the track.