9.5
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Setting Up Your System
- Audio Connections
- Project Window
- Project Handling
- Tracks
- Track Handling
- Adding Tracks
- Exporting MIDI Tracks as Standard MIDI File
- Removing Tracks
- Moving Tracks in the Track List
- Renaming Tracks
- Coloring Tracks
- Showing Track Pictures
- Setting the Track Height
- Selecting Tracks
- Duplicating Tracks
- Disabling Tracks (Cubase Elements only)
- Organizing Tracks in Folder Tracks
- Handling Overlapping Audio
- How Events are Displayed on Folder Tracks
- Modifying Event Display on Folder Tracks
- Track Presets
- Parts and Events
- Events
- Parts
- Editing Techniques for Parts and Events
- Range Editing
- Playback and Transport
- On-Screen Keyboard
- Recording
- Importing Audio and MIDI Files
- Quantizing MIDI and Audio
- Fades and Crossfades
- Arranger Track (Cubase Elements only)
- Markers
- MixConsole
- MixConsole in Lower Zone
- MixConsole Window
- Audio Effects
- Direct Offline Processing
- Time Stretch Algorithms
- Audio Functions
- Sample Editor
- Hitpoints
- Tempo Matching Audio
- Audio Part Editor
- Controlling Sample Playback with Sampler Tracks (Cubase Elements only)
- Pool
- Pool Window
- Working with the Pool
- Renaming Clips or Regions in the Pool
- Duplicating Clips in the Pool
- Inserting Clips into a Project
- Deleting Clips from the Pool
- Locating Events and Clips
- Searching for Audio Files
- About Missing Files
- Auditioning Clips in the Pool
- Opening Clips in the Sample Editor
- Importing Media
- Exporting Regions as Audio Files
- Changing the Pool Record Folder
- Organizing Clips and Folders
- Applying Processing to Clips in the Pool
- Minimizing Files
- Converting Files
- Conforming Files
- Extracting Audio from Video File
- MediaBay
- Automation
- VST Instruments
- Adding VST Instruments (not in Cubase LE)
- Creating Instrument Tracks
- VST Instruments in the Right Zone (not in Cubase LE)
- VST Instruments Window (not in Cubase LE)
- VST Instruments Toolbar (not in Cubase LE)
- VST Instrument Controls (not in Cubase LE)
- Presets for Instruments
- Playing Back VST Instruments
- Latency
- Import and Export Options
- VST Quick Controls (not in Cubase LE)
- Installing and Managing Plug-Ins
- Remote Controlling Cubase
- MIDI Realtime Parameters
- Using MIDI devices
- MIDI Functions
- Transpose Setup
- Merging MIDI Events into a New Part
- Dissolve Part
- Repeating MIDI Events of Independent Track Loops
- Extending MIDI Notes
- Fixing MIDI Note Lengths
- Fixing MIDI Note Velocities
- Rendering Sustain Pedal Data to Note Lengths
- Deleting Overlaps
- Editing Velocity
- Deleting Double Notes
- Deleting Controller Data
- Deleting Continuous Controller Data
- Restricting Polyphonic Voices
- Thinning Out Controller Data
- Extracting MIDI Automation
- Reversing the Playback Order of MIDI Events
- Inverting the Order of Selected MIDI Events
- MIDI Editors
- Common MIDI Editor Functions
- Key Editor
- Key Editor Operations
- Inserting Note Events with the Object Selection Tool
- Drawing Note Events with the Draw Tool
- Modifying Note Values while Inserting Notes
- Drawing Note Events with the Line Tool
- Moving and Transposing Note Events
- Resizing Note Events
- Using the Trim Tool
- Splitting Note Events
- Gluing Note Events
- Changing the Pitch of Chords (Cubase Elements only)
- Changing the Voicing of Chords (Cubase Elements only)
- Chord Editing Section (Cubase Elements only)
- Inserting Chords (Cubase Elements only)
- Applying Chord Events to Note Events
- Drum Map Handling
- Editing Note Events via MIDI Input
- Step Input
- Using the Controller Display
- Selecting Controllers within the Note Range
- Score Editor
- Score Editor Operations
- Drum Editor
- Drum Editor Operations
- Drum Maps
- Chord Functions
- Chord Pads
- Editing Tempo and Time Signature
- Export Audio Mixdown
- Synchronization
- Video
- ReWire (not in Cubase LE)
- Key Commands
- Adding Key Commands
- Searching for Key Commands
- Removing Key Commands
- Saving Key Commands Presets
- Loading Key Command Presets
- Importing Key Command Settings
- Resetting Key Commands
- The Default Key Commands
- Audio Category
- Automation Category
- Chords Category
- Devices (Studio) Category
- Direct Offline Processing Category
- Edit Category
- Editors Category
- File Category
- Media Category
- MIDI Category
- Navigate Category
- Nudge Category
- Project Category
- Quantize Category
- Set Insert Length Category
- Tool Category
- Transport Category
- Window Zones Category
- Windows Category
- Zoom Category
- Setting Up Tool Modifier Keys
- Customizing
- Optimizing
- Preferences
- Index
Synchronization
Working with VST System Link
you can switch between computers very rapidly. If you decide not to go this route, the network
will function just the same, but you may end up doing a lot of jumping from one machine to the
other while setting up!
Making connections
Below, we assume that you are connecting 2 computers. Should you have more than 2
computers, it is still best to start with 2 and add the others one by one once the system is
working – this makes troubleshooting easier if you run into problems. For 2 computers, you will
need 2 digital audio cables, one in each direction:
PROCEDURE
1. Use the first digital audio cable to connect the digital output of computer 1 to the digital
input of computer 2.
2. Use the other cable to connect the digital output of computer 2 to the digital input of
computer 1.
If a card has more than one set of inputs and outputs, choose whichever one that suits you
– for simplicity usually the first set is best.
Synchronization
Before you proceed, you need to make sure that the clock signals on your ASIO cards are
synchronized correctly. This is essential when cabling any kind of digital audio system, not just
VST System Link.
IMPORTANT
All digital audio cables by definition always carry a clock signal as well as audio signals, so you do
not have to use a special word clock input and output for this (although you may find that you
get a slightly more stable audio system if you do, especially when using multiple computers).
The clock mode or sync mode is set up in the ASIO control panel of the audio hardware.
PROCEDURE
1. Select Studio> Studio Setup.
2. In the Devices list, select VST Audio System.
3. In the ASIO Driver pop-up menu, select your audio hardware driver.
4. In the Devices list, select the your audio interface.
5. Click the Control Panel button.
6. Open the ASIO control panel on the other computer as well.
If you are using another VST System Link host application on that computer, check its
documentation for details on how to open the ASIO control panel.
7. Now you need to make sure that one audio card is set to be the clock master and all other
cards are set to be clock slaves (i. e. they listen for the clock signal coming from the clock
master).
The naming and procedure for this differs depending on the audio hardware – consult its
documentation if required. If you are using Steinberg Nuendo ASIO hardware, all cards
default to the AutoSync setting. In this case you must set one of the cards (and only one)
to Master in the Clock Mode section of the control panel.
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