Steinberg Cubase

The dry logic of Cubase’s Logical Editors can seem at odds with the creative process of composition but you shouldn’t overlook their usefulness.

Over the past few issues, we’ve looked closely at Cubase’s in-built groove and beat tools. Here, we’re covering an even more exciting feature: LoopMash.

The practice of chopping up loops to make them easier to retime and manipulate is as relevant now as it was in the early days of sampling – Cubase’s beat-slicing abilities are a cut above.

House music veteran Simon FIeld breaks down his process for bringing vocals to the forefront of his productions

For a bundled plug-in included in most versions of Cubase, Groove Agent SE is a surprisingly powerful and flexible beat-building toolbox applicable to all styles and genres.

Last month, we examined Steinberg’s VST Connect and showed you how to collaborate from afar, focusing mainly on the SE version built into Cubase and Nuendo. Now, we turn our gaze towards Pro and inspect some deeper collaboration features.

Don’t let social distancing curtail your collaborations. With VST Connect, you can work with musicians anywhere in the world and still record directly into your Cubase project.

Dynamics processors are a mainstay of sound recording and can make the difference between paltry and top-tier results. Cubase has a healthy range of choice in this area to help ensure you end up with the latter.

In our last Cubase tutorial, we introduced you to the basics of the Score Editor. This time, we dig deeper to learn about score voices and layers.

The ability to convert MIDI notes into scored music, and vice versa, has been one of the strings to Cubase’s bow ever since the app’s inception, but there’s an awful lot more to using this feature than meets the eye.