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Tutorial 1: Recording audio
4. Make sure that “Mono In” is selected for the audio
track’s input and that “Stereo Out” is selected for the au-
dio tracks output.
You may have different inputs and outputs depending on your audio
hardware. See the chapter “VST Connections” in the Operation Manual
for more detailed information. By setting “Mono In”, we will be able to
record the audio from the left input of our audio card into a track in Cu-
base AI. Setting the output to “Stereo Out” allows us to hear what we are
recording.
Turning on the metronome click
We’ll want to have a click or metronome play in the back-
ground as we record the bass guitar so that what we
record aligns with the bars and beats in Cubase AI.
1. Activate the “Metronome/Click” button on the Trans-
port panel.
2. If you would like a two bar count in before you record,
also activate the “Precount/Click” button.
3. We now need to set the speed or the tempo of our
project. This will directly affect how fast the click plays.
You can set the tempo just below the click.
In this picture, we have a setting of 125, which means 125bpm (beats
per minute).
Setting levels
We have a bass guitar playing through an amplifier with a
microphone in front of the amplifier’s speaker. This micro-
phone is plugged directly into the audio card’s input. We
have set the level so that we have enough volume without
clipping.
1. Clicking the Monitor button will allow us to hear the
bass guitar.
You should see and hear the audio coming in to the right of the track.
2. Now click the “Record Enable” button on the track.
Setting the track to Record Enable lets Cubase AI know that you want to
record on this track and no other one. You can have many tracks Record
Enabled at a time.
Audio coming into
this track.