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Recreate James Blake "Retrograde" synth chorus opening

In Cubase, I want to recreate James Blake "Retrograde" synth chorus opening (starting at 1:36). To be precise - since there are several synths layered there - I specifically want this one (...
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Cubase LE - why don't VST instruments "stick" when recording?

When inserting VST instruments (Halion, MT Power Drums, etc), I can hear them just fine in my monitors and all looks well. But when I record they leave only empty waveforms, and when I stop recording, ...
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Processing clean audio to sound like degraded shortwave radio

I'm trying to mimic the sound of a cold war era shortwave radio signal from halfway around the world. I've identified a few things to get me close: Bandpass to reduce frequency bands to a narrow ...
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Converting an audio file to a midi of the drums

Is there any tool which get as input a song (some audio file) and outputs the drums of the song to a midi file or any file that can be opened by Cubase? My goal here is to record a song with me ...
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Importing plugins in Nuendo and Cubase

I am having trouble with importing VST plugins to Nuendo 4 and Cubase 5. I copied the .dll file, pasted it in the Steinberg plugins folder that came with the installation of the software, tried adding ...
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Sharing Cubase Audio over Microsoft Teams and being able to speak over it and hear others

When I am on Microsoft Teams I want to be able to share my Cubase screen and playback with my team members. But they only see the screen and not the hear the Audio. If I set the realse Audio when ...
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Export or save audio on Cubase 10.5

I’ve been confused by exporting audio files in cubase. I export a stereo audio file and I get a mono one. Just a moment ago I tried saving the file and it’s fast and in stereo. Does anyone have a ...
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Is it okay to increase the gain of the master stereo output if enough headroom is available?

Will I suffer any quality loss if in my sequencer (Cubase 10) I turn up the master stereo out volume to reach a certain minimum volume, if this works out without clipping (enough headroom present on ...
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How to adjust playback volume of Cubase on Windows

On my machine, Cubase always plays back at full volume. I.e., the Windows volume setting is ignored - unless it is completely shut off. That means I have to use Cubase's master volume fader to adjust ...
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Volume in MIDI track keeps resetting

I imported a MIDI track, rearranged it, changed the volume of VSTi Instrument but that volume keeps changing by itself when it plays a new part (DAW: Cubase). What is going on?
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Crackle, pop and distorsion when recording in Cubase

What can I do about crackle and pop that comes when I do recording in Cubase? When I play the song it is clean but when I try and record it to an audio track is is distorted and crackeled.
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How to export an Apple sound to Cubase

I'm moving my projects from Logic Pro X to Cubase. For a midi track, I used an Apple sound (Infinity strings). I really need this sound and can't find anything similar in Cubase library (there must ...
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How can i record my digital piano's sound on PC?

I have a roland rp-302 digital piano.I love it's sound the problem is that i have gone sick of the VSTS such as addictive keys,ivory etc. and want to use the real sound of the digital piano itself in ...
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Can I change the MP3 encoder in Cubase Elements 7?

When trying to export MP3 format directly from Cubase I get an error regarding licensing: "No more encodings" I have Audacity, which uses the LAME encoder to make MP3 files. Currently the only way I ...
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No output signal in cubase when changing ASIO driver

I'm recording some mics with my Scarlet Focusrite 18i20 through Cubase 8 running on my MacBook Pro. Until yesterday everything worked just fine, both the inputs and outputs worked like a charm. ...
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Roland 808 via MIDI trouble with tone playing

I had a project in cubase that I recorded to audio file and everything was working fine a few days ago. Now when I open it again and play it in cubase the kick drum from the Roland 808 doesn't play (...
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How to copy track in cubase

I recently learned alt-dragging sounds in Cubase 5 which is convenient. Is it possible to copy a track even more directly so that the result is that the length doubles? If I start with 4 bars then a ...
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Checking for digital distortion of software synth

I had a problem with too low output before and we agreed that I should turn up the gain so I did that a little with good result. Now it seems that the trick is to pre-amp as much as possible in the ...
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Mute noise during export audio mixdown

While I export audio in cubase I get a "noise" which seems to be because it is saving the file, is it possible to mute that? I get the noise both when saving uncompressed and compressed audio. The ...
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How to identify a missing plug-in?

I had my MacBook Pro's motherboard replaced by Apple, and when i got the machine back everything was seemingly normal, yet there were strange things, such as that iCloud no longer knew my password. I ...
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Recording Microphone with Cubase problem

I am new to sound recording. I have a Steinberg UR22 MKII sound card that I have connected to mono inputs (one for my electric piano and one for my dynamic microphone). The microphone input only ...
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Why is cubase not displaying audio?

I'm new to Cubase and have just got a new MIDI keyboard. I installed the driver for the keyboard and recorded. I can see that the track has been recorded and can hear myself playing whilst recording, ...
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UX2 and Cubase, Input does not work

Im using Cubase Elements 7 (and in the future I want to introduce Guitar Rig in the loop). I have a Line6 UX2 device connected via USB and it works fine (I can user guitar rig and latency is fine) ...
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Cubase: How to import multiple tempo tracks or midi files in one project?

When you import a MIDI file into a Cubase project, you're asked to either create a new project to import into, or import into the currently active project. You cannot select multiple files in the ...
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Headphones don't work in cubase 8

I use Steinberg - UR22 as interface. My headphones are plugged into the front. I have no speakers connected to ur22 The headphones work when I listen to youtube, through the interface, but not with ...
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Does Cubase 8 Artist work well in Windows 10?

Does anyone know if Cubase 8 Artist work well in Windows 10?
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Does Cubase 8 import Cubase 7 projects?

I have many Cubase 7 AI projects. If I get Cubase 8 Artist, will I be able to open that projects?
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Input levels too high with Cubase 5 and Alesis IO2

I am having an issue with recording my guitar in Cubase 5. I am using Alesis IO2 as input and output. The input appears to be unreasonably loud. I can see the levels in cubase go right to the max ...
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Cubase Elements 7 signal routing

My soundcard is a DMX 6 Terratec. It has 6 out ports in the back. I have two stereo out channels and I am trying to send click to one and the rest to the other. However, both hardware ports are ...
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Cubase AI6 and Xonar U7 - weird noise and overdubbing problem

Let me first describe my setup. The PC is a pretty standard one with Win7 x64 Pro and Cubase AI 6. The soundcard is ASUS Xonar U7 with 2xRCA main output, PHONES and MIC jacks. The sound setup is a bit ...
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How can I control the patch in cubase 5?

I use cubase and I control my instruments with MIDI. Now I want to know how to control the patch. Specifically I am using a MIDI file where the patch makes a reset where the sound is reset to patch 1....
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How can I change the sound keeping the arpeggio in cubase?

I've made an instrument track with the Zebra2 synth playing an arpeggio. Now I want my Analogue 303 to play the pattern via MIDI. It has worked before but I don't know how I did it. How can it be done?...
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How can I automatically turn off track monitoring during playback?

In Cubase 7.5 (Artist), I often have a few inserts on my channels while recording, e.g. a reverb for a singer, or a compressor on an acoustic guitar. But when I track short passages that I want to ...
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Hook up home theatre subwoofer to Cubase Elements 7 / Saffire Pro 40 rig?

I'm running a (relatively cheap) pair of M-Audio near-field monitors out of my Focusrite Saffire Pro 40. My DAW is Cubase Elements 7. Recently, I was given a subwoofer from a home theatre setup that ...
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Track Configuration Pane in Cubase is GONE

A few weeks ago I was working on some project and I guess I hit a keyboard shortcut without knowing it, triggering the configuration pane usually left of the tracks list (I don't know what the ...
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Recording multiple songs that share channel settings and characteristics

I'm planning to record a few songs using Cubase 7.5 Artist. The arrangement for those is typically "rock", so several guitars, bass, synthies, and drums. All of the songs are a little different. For ...
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Microphone becomes inactive when I open a new project in cubase

I just bought a CAD USB microphone .Now using ASIO for all i managed to get it connected in CUBASE 5 and I can see the bars moving when i tap the microphone . But as soon as i open a new project the ...
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Is multi-threading important for DAWs?

I read an anandtech review of AMD's 8 core Vishera CPUs (sorry could not find the exact review) a little while ago which benchmarked them against intel's CPUs of similar power\cost. According to ...
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Latency in plugin while recording MIDI [closed]

I use Cubase 5, add MIDI track and on this track applied a plugin. I record MIDI from my electronic drums. When the track is recorder and I play it, it is played back OK with no latency at all. But ...
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No sound in VST & Audio (Cubase LE 5)

I got myself this Tasscam US-122 MKII audio interface and Cubase LE5 bundled. As I was testing it I was able to record both audio & VST, but can't hear no sound, just the click. There's no sound ...
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Does Cubase always assume music is tuned in 440 for VariAudio (or other stuff)?

The title says it all Does Cubase always assume music is tuned in 440 for VariAudio (or other stuff)? Can that be changed? Is there any tool (free or built-in) to analyse the tuning frequency of an ...
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How can I map midi controller faders to midi CC values through software in Cubase?

It seems like a simple question, but I'm at a loss. I have a simple MIDI keyboard with some knobs and faders, and I'd like to use one of the faders to control CC11. I cannot figure out how to do this, ...
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CuBase LE 5 Static Noises

I bought a Lexicon Lambda interface and connected it to my MacBook Pro late 2011. Specs: Intel core i5 2.4GHz 16GB Ram 512GB SSD OSX 10.9 Lexicon Lambda (Connected via USB to computer) Samson ...
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Cubase 7 Macros for exporting

Hi all I was wondering if any Cubase/Nuendo users could help me with a macro I am trying to create. I want to select all the slices of a track I have cut up and export them all as individual files. I ...
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Loading Harmor (and other synths) into Cubase 5

I Recently got a copy of Image-Line's Harmor (as well as a bunch of other synths made by the same company), and was hoping to load them into my copy of Cubase 5. I Do know this is possible as I have ...
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Cubase 7 - I can't find the timestamp for each sample

In Cubase 5 I used to be able to click on a sample and details would appear showing the start time of the sample, the length etc This option appears to have disappeared in Cubase 7. It used to ...
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Cubase randomly outputs noise/grain over playing audio

After about 10 or so minutes of working in Cubase, I will randomly be playing audio and end up with the audio outputted to my headset to be extremely grainy and noisy. When I stop playing the audio, ...
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How to instal addictive key with cubase 5

A recently got a version of cubase and addictive key from a sound engineer of my company. So I installed cubase OK When i instal addictive key it ask me for "stand alone" "32bit" "64bit" ? So i ...
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Why are VST instrument not recording in cubase?

When I do a recording in cubase of the entire song onto one track, all the tracks except the VST instrument are recorded. Why are not the VST instruments recorded?
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Monitoring MIDI Input from external Roland A-500PRO Controller

I'm trying to make a Roland A-500PRO USB MIDI Controller work with Steinberg's Cubase LE AI Elements 6 for Windows. By default, except the 49 keyboard keys, none of the other sliders, knobs or ...
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