Specifications

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Repositioning "freely recorded" Music
Many musicians find it constraining to record in time with a metronome. With the
Master Track editor you can record in "free time" and later adapt the recording to
Cubase VST’s meter positions:
1. Turn off the Metronome and perform a recording.
If you plan to preserve the feeling in the recording, make sure you get a take
that contains all the tempi just as you want them.
2. For safety, make a copy of the Track and Mute it.
3. Open the recording for editing, for example in Key Edit. Select all Events
and drag them so that the first Event winds up on position 1.1.0.
This assumes the Part begins on 1.1.0. If it doesn’t you can either move the
Part or use the Pencil in the Arrange window to adjust the beginning of it.
4. Select a number of Events on easily defined meter positions.
For example if the piece contains a relatively simple bass line (mainly hap-
pening on quarter notes and eighth notes), select the notes in this bass line. If
it is a more complex piece you might have to work a bit on the selection, or
maybe only do a bit at a time. Try to not select notes that are more tightly
spaced than quarter notes. (It probably isn’t necessary and linking them will
take more time.)
5. If selecting notes in the actual recording doesn’t work for you, you might
try recording a special Track with a drum sound, where you simply tap
the beat while listening to the recording. Then you can use this Track for
reference instead of the notes in the actual recording.
6. When you have the selection right, copy the Events (using Copy on the
Edit menu). Close the editor.
7. Open the Master Track editor. Position the Song Position on 1.1.0.
Pasting always happens at the Song Position!
8. Paste.
All the notes will now appear as Time Hits.
9. Use the Pencil to draw in Meter Hits on the musical positions that the
Time Hits refer to.
● Since the tempo is completely wrong at this point, the Meter ruler and the
Time ruler will not match up at all. This might lead to some confusion at first.
What you are supposed to do is to tell the program what meter positions the
Pasted Time Hits refer to. If the bass for example played on straight quarter
notes only, draw in one Meter Hit on each quarter note.
10.When you are done and have one Meter Hit for each Time Hit, use Link
One By One on the Pop-up Do menu to link all the Hitpoints together.