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Tutorial 1: Recording audio
Adding Inputs
Now let’s open the “Input” tab and set up the inputs we
are going to use for recording into Cubase AI.
1. Do the same as mentioned above for the outputs.
Right-click and select “Remove Bus”.
2. Click the “Add Bus” button. Choose “Stereo” for con-
figuration and “1” for count and click “OK”.
This has now added a new stereo bus (Left and Right) allowing us to have
audio from our audio card’s input routed to Cubase AI for recording.
• Having a stereo input is useful for recording audio with
two channels. An example of this is recording a keyboard
with a left and right audio channel. If we wanted to record
in mono or with one channel we can make separate bus-
ses. Let’s do this now.
1. Click the “Add Bus” button. Choose “Mono” for con-
figuration and “2” for count and click “OK”.
This has now added two new mono busses allowing us to have audio
from our audio card’s input routed to Cubase AI for recording.
2. Next, click in the “Device Port” column to select the
audio inputs of your audio card for the stereo and mono
inputs.
That’s it! You should now be ready to record audio in Cu-
base AI and then play it back.
Level settings and recording
For this section, we are going to record a bass guitar in
mono from the input “Mono In”. Make sure you have your
audio card set up and you have read through the section
“Setting up the VST connections” on page 24.
Adding a mono track
1. Now let’s add an audio track to record to. Open the
Project menu and choose “Audio” from the “Add Track”
submenu.
2. Choose “Mono” for Configuration and “1” for Count.
Click “OK”.
This adds a mono audio track to our Project window.
3. Click on the new track you’ve created and make sure
the Inspector is shown.
The Inspector allows us to see and manipulate a lot of information for the
selected track.
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Load the project called “Recording” found in the
“Tutorial 1” folder.
…to open the Inspector.
Click here…