10 Well Hidden Cubase Tips you SHOULD use!

[@LINKERmusic]

Another great thing I discovered a few years ago related to the last tip you gave - You can hold the 'Alt' key while dragging a plugin from one channel to another, and it will copy it to the new channel with the exact same settings :)

[@ThatGuyNL]

bro... this is such a great tip

[@TheChrispablo]

Dom i know we dont know each other in person BUT i want to THANK YOU SO MUCH for everthing you do! Im an SAE Alumni myself and i still learn stuff every day and this channel is such a blessing!

[@whole_caveman_or_lions_den]

It's a blessing!!!! For sure!!!!!!! I've learned so much here 🤯🤯🤯

[@whole_caveman_or_lions_den]

Normally, because of my ADD I can't pay attention to other KZbinrs because they make their videos too boring, but his videos are brilliant!!!

[@whole_caveman_or_lions_den]

Also I advise everyone who makes music, to get a bass shaker and mount it to your seat! It's sooo helpful to have something that not only makes you hear the bass but also literally makes you feel it!

[@auralsculpture]

I’m an SAE Dean and I’m still learning from Dom!

[@Am6-9]

Well, I guess I am an advanced Cubase user ;) knew most of these except the first one (I never draw chords anyway). Extra tip for the Step Designer: Hit “randomize”, to generate a random sequence. Then insert the MIDI Modifiers plugin after the Step Designer and use “Scale Transpose” to force the random sequence to your favorite scale and key, and Boom!, your random sequence now plays in keys instead of some 12 tone music.

[@kevinwilliams4855]

Nice! 😎👍

[@andersnilssondvm]

thats a great BOOM!!!!!

[@graphicsound5908]

I'm going to give you a tip that I think few people know. If it helps, give it a like! In the sending channel when we are in the channel strip sometimes we add an FX and we want to modify that FX so the normal thing is that we look for the effect channel and open the plugin and modify it. but you can save this step by pressing ALT+double click on the submission and the plugin will open!

[@ConquerMedia]

Great tips! I did not know most. TIP: to quickly copy a plugin to another track, in the mix window, hold ALT & click the plugin & drag & drop to the insert of a desired track = BOOM! Thx Dom

[@mgmthegrand]

I'm wondering if there's a way to copy the plugin settings to multiple instances in different channels - if there's a way of using the Q-link maybe...?

[@MarkTymchak]

You asked if there were any "Boom" moments ... I was blown away with most of these features you showed ... I didn't know about them. Thank you for making this video!

[@AnthonyWatsonMWArts]

Thank you so much for making me aware of the Re-Record function. You have added 6 years to my life! And showing me how to copy and paste plugin settings has added another 2 years to my life!

[@whole_caveman_or_lions_den]

Hahaha, that's a cool way of saying he saved you time haha! I'm going to use that, thanks haha!

[@Stereoforge]

Your channel is perfectly showing how to become Charlie Harper. You only have to want to learn it. Since I've purcased 14 artist I'm a regular visitor to harvest your secrets. Thx man! You are a producer with a soul.

[@ericsommer1682]

🎵 Dom’s the best…all around…no one’s ever gonna keep him down! 🎵

[@nomadptgalexandrecarvalho2133]

The chords one its a MEGA BOOM.

[@claudius3124]

Thanks Dom for the tips, most I knew, some I forgot, some I wasn't aware of... Now, all I need is a colour-changing t-shirt... lol!

[@bradrisley3036]

I just noticed that t-shirt when I was scrolling back through the video and wondered if anyone else had commented! 😁

[@JobForAMaxboy]

A lot of these are just cool little tricks, but that constrain delay function is an absolute life saver

[@NONFamers]

Great and informative as always! My own favourite tip is something I do when programming MIDI drums. First, I program all the drum parts to a grid - preferably 16ths. Then I use the MIDI Logical Editor to either 'Rockify' or 'Jazzify' (for lack of better phrases) the drums. Assuming about 120 BPM and starting with the kick, I randomize the kick from about -4 to +4 ticks. I do this to all the drums. Then, for 'Rockifying', I move all snare hits 4 ticks forward, so they fall a little bit later than the beat. Similarly, I move the hi-hat 6 ticks forward, and finally I move other cymbals and toms 8 ticks forward. This is an easy way to create the coveted 'pocket' which functions so well in rock and funk music. When 'Jazzifying', Instead I move the snare 4 ticks backwards making it fall a bit before the beat, hi-hat 6 ticks ahead and cymbals and toms 8 ticks ahead. As mentioned, this is easily done with the Midi Logical editor. This small trick can make even the stiffest, most boring beat danceable. Try it!

[@danserogermusic104]

Awesome tip, thanks! Will sure check it out!

[@iamfemo]

Great tips Dom. I use most of the tips so it's great to see. I love also using the 'P' key when a clip or a group of clips are selected to set left and right locator around the clips. Makes recording or looping easier and faster.

[@danpettimusic]

Oh thank you! I was trying to remember that one the other day lol

[@eagletown8977]

Yeah that one is a real time saver

[@staycalmwriteaboutit]

That chord editing tip is a real beauty! Thank you so much

[@gosampeinturemusique]

BOOM for the re-record fonction 👍🏻😯 BOOM for DOM 🩷🩵 BOOM for Cubase 💕

[@Wangai_KishWahiu]

Today I used some of your wisdom and I can boldly say..... You are an amazing teacher.

[@SnowAngelfish]

Almost every tip Dom gives about cubase is in the manual lol. But very few people have studied the whole cubase manual because it literally requires a 4 year university course to learn everything about this software!

[@Ranga1.0]

Changing the color of your t shirt is also a boom moment for me :3

[@musicforworldpeacerecords324]

Thanks so much for this! I only knew of about 4 of the 10, and forgot about 3 of the 4. The rest were totally new to me and I have been a Cubase user for almost 20 years.

[@anthonyh1298]

This channel is absolute GOLD ❤

[@MatrockRecords]

that delay compensation is going to save me so much time!! Thanks a mil

[@justatooth]

I wish there was a musician as good as you who gave tips for FL Studio! Your videos make me wanna change to Cubase, but I feel like it is a bit late for me to change DAWs, I've been using FL for years now

[@es__music]

It’s worth the change for sure!

[@BillyBanter100]

It's a learning curve but Cubase is a great all.rounder.

[@stevesoucy5932]

I started my musical journey back in 2007, with the FL Studio 8 demo. Stuck with FL all the way until December of last year when curiosity got the best of me, and I decided to give Cubase a try. Totally worth it! It's my main DAW now. I recommend trying it out if you're curious.

[@justatooth]

@@stevesoucy5932 I'll give it a try then! Thank you

[@jackc8120]

Never too late, I've been using Ableton for 15 years and switched to Cubase two months ago and absolutely love it.

[@TinyCometFilms]

It took me a few moments to realize your shirt was changing colors at the beginning haha!

[@KOnnectMedia]

I thought I was losing it. His shirt went from blue to green to purple to green....

[@yinksminks2346]

Dom's the guy. Generous Teacher😊

[@DomSigalas]

❤️❤️❤️

[@RealonomicsBook]

Love these Cubase tip videos Dom. There is so much that Cubase can do that we just don't know about! Please keep them coming. :)

[@bradrisley3036]

Those visual zooms to the right and left Cubase zones are EXTREMELY cool! And seeing your screen that closely is also wonderfully helpful for my aging eyes! 👀😁 Thank you 😎

[@mgmthegrand]

What about his T-shirt. Did you notice it change color? That was syck!🔥

[@whole_caveman_or_lions_den]

@@mgmthegrand syck? Just an easy video filter, cool, but not very impressive or hard to pull off, as long as the color of your t-shirt doesn't have the same color of the thing behind you. It's a nice touch, shows he's also a video editor as well!!!

[@rezarajabian9825]

Thank you so much🙏

[@OfficialVexOne]

Boom! Re-record. Can’t believe I’ve only just heard about this!

[@MarcOlivermusic]

Same with me. How could I not know, its so useful.

[@HugoPinaYOUTUBE]

The "Re-Record" is definitely a BOOM! tip!

[@jamesbondaygee]

Being able to record again over mistakes is pretty cool. Once it's enabled, what do you press to stop recording, and hit the record button again

[@abdulrahmanmohammed423]

The Chords tip is cool , I didn’t know about it. The other tips are not new for me but when you put them in the context they became more powerful and want to use them. I wish if you do more videos about the SuperVision, I’m sure when you explain it with a real examples we will appreciate it even more.

[@QWLMusic]

Dom bringing the pure gold!

[@val_de_mez]

Seriously, I always go into a video titled like this with a food in my hand just playing in the backround and end up sitting down wit a notepad. Cheers Dom 👍👍👍

[@lassorb4752]

Thanks Dom! ❤️ Can you make a vid to show how to “glide” an 808 sample - like people do in FL STUDIO? I love cubase and dont want to retoll daw!

[@shredcase]

Yo the recording trick is a huge time saver. Before I figured out how to stop the z key from zooming in on my selected track, if I tried to ctrl z too quickly after stopping the recording, it would be a hassle. Now I still go through all the steps you outlined here, but it’s so much simpler with this tip. Love it.

[@antoniogravina723]

Rerecord is definitely a boom moment. Thank you

[@its.danny2228]

Amazing tips! Thank you Dom❤️

[@MachineChosifiée]

Thanks ! I didn't know: re-record and the alt key + moving cursor to change the chord type

[@siarheykey]

A good addition would be if the plugin with automation in the insert was highlighted in a different color

[@guyshard]

As a Cubase user for some time this is OUTSTANDING. Zillion thanks Dom.

[@peterradd6836]

Hi Dom - "Re-Record" was absolutely a BOOM for me. I'll be using it during my very next track session, and beyond. Re: "Constrain Delay Compensation" - - I never took time to understand that it's less complicated than I thought. It's mostly a nice convenience tool for live tracking/recording when a project is already full. Nice :-) The copying of a plug-in setting is handy, and I'm sure many will like it a lot. I still prefer to save any good setting as a preset, then launch the plug-in and select the preset. GREAT video once again! Keep them coming.

[@daja2946]

Fantastically helpful, Dom! Thank you so much!

[@VassiliosPallis]

Hey Dom nice video as always. We also must not forget the Chord track in which we can define all of our chord progressions and then with a single drag and drop to a VST instrument or MIDI channel BOOM we get these chords immediately.

[@micwarren21]

Since I am not a keyboard player, using the chord options is great timesaver for me. For this, I no longer have to use step entry and I can adjust the chords to the rhythmic value I want. Thank you for the great idea.

[@AntonioKasuga]

"Expand Routing" is an eye opener... it will make my life with my live performance project so much easier... I can't thank you enough for this and the other tips!!!

[@Jura_JS]

14:56 definitely a BOOM moment

[@Phileosophos]

I did NOT know about the re-record option, and heck yes it's a BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! moment! Thanks so much!

[@TheLordGU]

Those videos are really helpful … and I wonder if anybody has started creating some kind of searchable index for them. More often than not, I find myself thinking: Dom sure has a video with a hint on this - I sure watched it, but which one was it? 😅 Anyway, thank you very much for investing the time to create these videos!

[@ParadiseProjectsGroup]

I've been using Nuendo (Cubase's big brother) for over 20 years, and every time I watch Dom, I learn something new. . . . thanks Dom!

[@Skijumptoes]

With this many gems up your sleeve, it must take hours to pass through airport security! :) Some killer tips in this video, can't believe i've never noticed that re-record option, and the alt+ to change chord types is brilliant.

[@anthonyjtravis]

Thanks Dom - revelation! You are a natural and inspirational teacher :)

[@wadebay]

Thank you, Dom. After 20 years with Cubase, I'm still a learner, and always appreciate what you do!

[@oldsaltyowl]

The icon tip is amazing. Thanks Dom!

[@EminoMeneko]

Without being the biggest Cubase user I knew a small third of them. Plugin Icons EQ Curves Full screen View in Supervision Now the ones that blew my mind is the alt key to change the chord voicings. Drag and dropping chords I knew. Likely learned it here. But this alt key trick is giving more interest to that feature.

[@matdube3577]

Re-record! That’s a boom!!! Thanks Dom

[@viniciusmarcilio3194]

Awesome. So practical. I knew I made the right choice when I started using cubase but this is just incredible.

[@NoirEtBlancVie]

Thank you again, Dom! I hate that when I watch I feel like I know nothing about Cubase, even though I've used it for over 10 years! hahaha. So many features, more than I even thought, I guess I've been producing in the same way for so long I've forgotten to explore, thanks for always being incredibly helpful and giving us a little taste of how much knowledge you have!

[@DomSigalas]

Aaah thanks man! I keep forgetting many things myself too! Once I remember them I make these videos 😝

[@MarkWarrington-z8s]

Dom just to reiterate what others have said - I knew some of these but not all and this will make life much easier. Thank you very much!

[@jondellar]

Every Dom Cubase video is a BOOM moment for me! 😂 Wonderful stuff - thank you 🎉

[@namipictures]

Dom's t-shirt changing to blue from time to time. 7:36 and at the end.👕

[@cykkm]

Dom is secretly an octopus! He changes colour to green from light blue when he gets excited!

[@djjuno106]

Dom...the cubase jedi ❤

[@j-gatzguitaristproducerson8569]

Re-record is huge especially with my guitar in my lap!! Thank you!! 💪🙌💯

[@DomSigalas]

Yes!!!

[@ruffselektah1]

Custom icons for the effects,❤, man is king

[@mystrat69]

For a home recording musician like myself you have been a Godsend. Thank you!

[@MarcoPolux]

@14:50 definitively a BOOM!!!!! moment 👍

[@groopuskul]

Amazing channel 🙏🏽⚡️

[@kzustang]

Great tips, Dom. I knew maybe 2 out of the ones you showed like the copy paste of plugins setup and the delay compensation. The Pulltec style EQ, the midi chord selection and the re-record are absolutely amazing tips. Thank you so much!! Your videos are simple and tight. Extremely helpful and I actually change my methodologies in realtime while testing your tips along with the video. It's really wonderful. btw, I'm using Cubase 12 and it's all there! So it's important that I don't need to upgrade to every version just to get these nice little goodies. Thank you so much, man!

[@neilio666]

The re-record was DEFFO a Boom moment. I went in and instantly changed my DAW to that!!!

[@IniresMirrors]

The track buttons options are something I’ve used and forgotten several times, the channel EQ has been my lazy self’s go-to since Cubase 6, and I’ve definitely been using the channel outs list more recently, but some of this stuff blew my mind. The rerecord option could probably have saved me cumulative days, over the 13 years I’ve had Cubase. The step designer is something I haven’t used, although I’ve used Arpache occasionally. I watched your video about Supervision, though, and that’s got me all sorts of geeking out. I knew there was a good reason (or hundred) why I went with Cubase.

[@doms8606]

Since I started following you last week, I get better at Cubase in a few days, after months of struggling 😅

[@v.miguelsilva9227]

Flipping Hell.... This is amazing, FFS...... Mate , you're a BOOMMMM guy!!!!!

[@EncounterCaneCorso]

So many “Boom” moments. Can’t wait to use in my workflow. Thank you!

[@mr_travismc1]

Re Record was my BOOOOM moment... I needed that one.

[@Nomasiac]

Dom = The gift that keeps on giving 🙏🏼

[@josephswenson2056]

The midi latency issue has been a problem. Thanks for showing me the shortcut to disable the plugins with latency! Re-record is very cool as well. Thanks!

[@JosiahVance-y2i]

Dom, you are a Cubase wizard - So impressed with all your tutorials and the mastery of your craft. If you're taking requests and haven't done so already, I'd like to hear more about some of the producers you admire and some of your influences. Thanks for all the tips!

[@yosoysoloyo4024]

As always, Dom gives us 110%!

[@cassandrahuskey8866]

I bought Cubase Pro 13 when it came out, I have never seen or heard of D.A.W.S before, so I am so fresh and new like a baby!! I watched the video tutorial how to get around in 14 minutes.. . And the whole set up screen was different! Can you please please do a NOOB video using Cubase Pro 13? From the basics up! So we are seeing the same thing and dont get lost!

[@lloydbrownmusic]

Bless up Dom, Here we go Tip 1: Didn't know this one or really use to be fair, however I use the Chord Pads for my work flow. Tip 2: Know this tip. I tend to use it on a fresh install of Cubase. Tip 3: BOOM! Knew this and still use this thanks to you on an earlier video you made The channel EQ is truly underrated. Tip 4: Didn't know this one, however I tend to put my Groups/Sends into the relative folders in the project window ie: Vocals Guitars Drums etc. in my workflow Tip 5: BOOM! Hadn't a clue on this one. Will be RINSING this on my synths going forward. Tip 6: Didn't know this one...oh my days...the example you describe I've experienced a few times of late. Will use this tip DEFFO! Tip 7: Didn't know this one. my workaround was record > make mistake > Ctrl + Z then record again. I'll will give this a go for sure Tip 8: BOOM! Yep knew this one. This is what my 2nd monitor calls home as well: ) Tip 9: didn't know this shortcut. I usually right-click on the timeline the choose the options, thanks for that Tip 10: Knew this one, I have my fave settings featured on the audio channels. Bonus Tip: Knew this one also, I have another tip to accompany the plugin settings and that is copying a plugin to another channel in the Mix Console by click/drag + Alt to the insert of choice then copy/paste settings as you describe. Thank you Dom for your guidance and wealth of inspiration you give us Cubasers Full appreciation amigo

[@Martinrodiaz]

There is a hidden feature in Cubase that I discovered recently, which was making me upset about my mixing in cubase and this is the “sends follow pan” on the top right settings of the channel window. I dont know if maybe this was added in cubase 13 or It was before but… life saver!!!🎉🎉

[@paulorobalo7216]

Great tips! Now, where can I buy one of your colour changing t-shirts? It's more awesome than all the tips together 😁

[@eddiecraigmusic]

Nice work Dom. Long term multi decade cubase user ✅

[@nicovanniekerk9240]

Finally...Thanx Dom, I always feel motivated and inspired after watching your video's. I think learning how your DAW works streamlines the creative process! There were a few tips I instantly tried out. My "BooM" moment was the hidden controles. Never could figure out how to customise my controles. Thanks Dom.

[@gmr900915]

When it comes to copying inserts between channels, I use the combination of Alt+Shift in Win, Command+Shift in Mac. when I hold these keys, the tab at the top "Q-Link" lights up, and when I grab a specific plug-in, still holding the keys, I simply grab it and drop it on the target channel, or in the same way, when I hold these two keys, I grab the "inserts" tab and drop the entire chain of inserts on specific channel. Also, the same Q-Link option is helpful when I have several channels and I want to remove several decibels at the same time or add them on specific channels. I mark the channels that interest me (also groups and midi) I hold Alt+Shift all the time and use the cursor to select one fader and adjust the entire selected section.

[@StargateMax]

Very useful video, I learned a lot! It seems "expand routing" and "copy/paste settings" are the only tricks here that I knew about. :D I use copy/paste settings all the time since Cubase 10. I've been using Cubase since early 2006.

[@whittymusic]

Dom, love your videos, can you please do a video on how to get around "regions" in Cubase. They are so annoying, overlapping midi, hiding notes, I cant believe Steinberg hasn't had an option to get rid of this workflow. Myself and many other composers absolutely hate it. Also when you bounce a standard midi file, Cubase "adds" all those hidden notes when you "glue" the midi together and messes up everything when I want to send to my orchestrator. Im sure if anyone has a solution its you, thanks in advance.

[@McAlby]

Thanks a lot for the tips, Dom! No matter how long I've been using Cubase, I still learned a couple of tricks I didn't know. But my favourite one is the t-shirt color change! 😆

[@royteicher]

Man the recording tip around 14:00 is definitely a BOOM moment for me! Thanks!

[@djpakknight]

Thanks Dom, this was super helpful. I especially like the one about delay compensation! My tip to add that I recently discovered is in creating user kit presets in Groove Agent!!! I'm currently producing for a singer songwriter client. Most of my other clients are R&B. Before our session I created a special session template for her and auditioned the sounds from my library - creating kits of things I found that could possibly work great with her specifically. So now I have a sonic pallet already saved and ready to go AND they can easily be loaded within ANY instance of Groove Agent. (side note, things got a little buggy when renaming the kits and also loading so many back to back to check each one. But other than that this is an AWESOME feature for me). Cheers!

[@CRISOL79]

A Boom moment when you changed your t-shirt color at the beginning of the video😂. Great tips! Thanks Dom!

[@Gricharias]

I can't work without Selected track enlarge setting on. VERY useful to easy workflow and follow at what track am I at the moment. Same as "locate when clicked in empty space. :)

[@reziahamed6654]

Thanks TRILLIONS dearest Dom... I knew all except for two - The Chord change with Alt key & the step sequencer..🤗 Enjoyed this sooooooooo much !!! Cheers... 🎉🎉👍👊👊

[@keyboardheuvelrug]

Thanks for the useful tips Don. New to me were the chord input function (although I'm a midi head from the eigthies, so I knew the midi step sequencer already from SX). New to me was also the Pulteq EQ curve in the standard EQ, also with curve IV. And Rerecord is a time saver, although Ctrl + Z worked a lot quicker already, compared to stop, delete, go the start en hit Record again. The . button for bars/seconds is new to me and copy plugin settings by right clicking in the mixer slot. So it was an educating video. Keep up the good work 🙂

[@Wendel_Kos]

holy moly!!! the first tip chord thing is freaking AMAZING!!!! i always hide these options due to Cubase-Option-Overload but this is a true gem! thanks Don, as always :P

[@delsurmusic]

Honestly I did not know any of them!. thanks Dom!

[@federz666]

Recently made the switch (back) to cubase from pro tools, and these videso are extremely helpful :D

[@musicwaala]

You’re a saviour!!!

[@jasonalexander5253]

The BOOM moment for me was the re-record function. Will be so useful. Thanx Dom. :)