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Tutorial 1: Recording audio
3. In the Inspector, open the “Channel” tab.
This will display the channel fader for the selected track.
• Do the best you can to send the maximum amount of
volume to the audio inputs of your audio card before you
hear any distortion. Most audio cards show some kind of
level or volume indication. If yours doesn’t, don’t worry, we
can change the amount here.
4. Move the fader up or down so that the volume is loud
enough without going into the red on the channel meter. If
you go into the red you may cause clipping or distortion.
You will see a line near the top of the channel meter – make
sure the level does not go over this line!
• Once the level is set, you are ready to record!
Recording bass guitar
1. Position the cursor at the beginning of the project.
This will make sure we start recording on bar 1.
2. Click the Record button to record the bass guitar.
Since the “Precount/Click” button is activated, we’ll hear two bars of
click before recording begins.
3. Click “Stop” when you are finished.
4. Turn off the Monitor and Record Enable buttons on the
track so that we don’t hear the input or record on the track
any more.
Congratulations! You have just recorded your first piece of
audio in Cubase AI. Move ahead to the next section to
learn how to play back audio.
Playback
We are going to learn how to play back audio in Cubase
AI. You might think this is very simple – just hit “Play”. It is
actually this simple but there are a few tricks to learn so
that you’ll be playing back what you want with precision.
To start playback
There are a few ways you can play back in Cubase AI:
• Click the “Play” button on the Transport panel.
• Press [Space] on your computer keyboard.
This toggles between start and stop.
• Press the [Enter] key of the numerical computer keypad.
Click here to display the
channel fader.
This is the safe area for recording.
Do not allow the audio level to go
past this line!
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Load the project called “Playback” found in the
“Tutorial 1” folder.