FlexPhraser Composing in Cubase 13

[@michaelsullivan155]

wow great tutorial! So many questions I've had answered in 20 mins. Gotta go got some homework to do now.

[@hopekandle6707]

Now I can confirm that I don't know cubase at all 😅😅 what is happening in this channel is mind blowing. I salute

[@alexmoore7517]

I recently started experimenting with expression maps and the combination with the flex phraser takes it to another level. Thank you very much :)

[@perttuleinonen1443]

Yeah, I always pre-gain -10 for each channel to get things started. It is quite essential tip really to get the gain to make any sense.

[@peterleese2040]

Thanks Andrew. Just tried it out. Awesome! So much on cubase that we don't always no about so your tutorials really help. Big thank you!

[@PurpleMusicProductions]

Wow this is amazing. I always learn something new about Cubase watching your videos.

[@klauba]

1:20 Hi Andrew, thanks for pointing out the step input in Chord Pads. Haven't used that so far. Much appreciated.

[@EugeneGardyas-Composer-xb7xh]

I would like to praise Andrew for his exceptional ability to explain complex applications and contexts in a simple and understandable way. Thanks to his tutorials, I was able to quickly perfect my knowledge of how to use Cubase efficiently. His clear and precise way of imparting knowledge is really impressive and has helped me a lot. Thank you Andrew for your great work! Eugène

[@TheDigitalAudioManual]

thank you Eugene,,, those are words I will cherish,,, andrew

[@EugeneGardyas-Composer-xb7xh]

@@TheDigitalAudioManual The pleasure is on my side! Keep up the good work, please.

[@MikeUIibarri]

Geezus. Masterclass. (and pace) The school everyone wants to be taken to.

[@ArnoldSzathmary]

Great content!

[@QuaverloveStudio]

It's amazing! Thank you, AB!

[@GeraldWoodruff]

A terrific tutorial, I shall have hours of fun this afternoon - Many thanks.

[@EncounterCaneCorso]

Awesome content. Thanks 🙏🏿

[@twise9881]

You are a God Send! If you create an orchestration course, I'll be there. You are clear and concise. Your examples are simple and yet effective. What is your advise on. building a template?

[@stephenfleming8030]

Thanks for this. This is really an object lesson in perspective. I've been an engineer for 35+ years, I came from tape so my workflow has always been based around careful gain staging, because back then you had to. I've been spending way too much time messing with the outputs of samplers/VSTs to make sure they hit my meters at -18 dBVU. Just finding the master output on some VST instruments can be a chore at times if you're not using them everyday. All good practice...but...what I missed is that because the signal path is 64bit, as long as the VST isn't clipping internally, it's much faster to just gain the output using the pre gain on the channel, that way your signal is healthy before it hits the inserts etc. This method is way way faster.

[@TheDigitalAudioManual]

hi stephen,, finding what works for us is always the challenge,,, thank you for your comments,, andrew

[@omranalharmoodi8903]

super amazing sir

[@campingroadtrips]

Outstanding ! Thank you

[@alondraeolivo2434]

excellent!!!!!

[@grobinson9352]

This was absolutely wonderful. Thank you. I hope the Halion goes on sale. The drag and drop from it doesn't work with the free version, but I can work around that until I can purchase the full. Thank you so much, Cubase is becoming a monster in my eyes..loving this.

[@TheDigitalAudioManual]

hi grobin, I just wanted to share that everything in this video was done with the free Halion Sonic 7 that comes with Cubase 13.. if you want to tell me more about what drag and drop operation you are referring to, maybe I can clarify it for you, but for sure I wanted you to know you dont need the full Halion to do whats demonstrated here... andrew

[@grobinson9352]

@@TheDigitalAudioManual Thank you so much for the reply. I went back through your video, and what I noticed was the fact that I didn't have certain categories showing, such as 'Content Set'. That section for some reason confused the devil out of me. It took me a whole 5 minutes to get it together, reorder some things and follow what you did. The 'dragging' of the five instruments onto the track, creating five different instruments, was were I was stuck. Today i got it! Thank you so much for these videos. After I go thru this video, I'm heading back to your site. Again, thank you for the response.

[@heinrei2125]

That's amazing! Thank you!

[@dkkrecords]

dang sharp....took a while to get e'thing understood...just a couple of things not as were in yer clip on my 13, but got there....one of the best, or at least freshest sessions i've had in cubase in a long time...(given that i work in a genre that rarely pushes into iconica sketch. loved this; the real value is when you get your own composition up n' running....

[@TheDigitalAudioManual]

thats great to hear dkk,,, thanks for sharing,,, andrew

[@dkkrecords]

@@TheDigitalAudioManual andrew ...anytime...as you'd gather i dig your channel....but here's a curve ball...i'm on 14...(got me by surprise as well)...but there's no way i can find chord break out from Score/Functions....have you tried this yet....perhaps it's in a new menu or is accessed in another way, but man, it's eluding me till now.....

[@TheDigitalAudioManual]

hi dkk,, it appears they have removed that function in cubase 14,, but I have already found a new solution and will probably make a video on it shortly,,, andrew

[@dkkrecords]

@@TheDigitalAudioManual hey andrew....'phew' glad to know definitively speaking...spent hours last night ....and capitulated and broke them out manually....frustrating....look forward to seeing the workaround

[@TheDigitalAudioManual]

hi dkk,,, in a way, its good you went through that, because only someone who has done that operation manually can understand and appreciate just how energy and time consuming it is,,, and it compounds the more chords there are...

[@mochs3869]

I'm trying to follow this using 12, but it's difficult as it doesn't have the chord pad toolbar. I got the correct chords on the pads easy enough, but there's no step input button in 12, so not sure how to get around that...

[@terrygray7465]

Brilliant description of gain staging faders. They should never be "in the dirt". There is almost no resolution down there. Pre gain is the way...

[@ErixSamson]

I'd say the Gain is the Input Volume of the track while the fader controls the Outpout Volume. And you're right, Gain Staging is super important. The gain can also be managed directly on audio events, and it is not exactly the same behavior.

[@TheDigitalAudioManual]

hi Eric,, yes, you are correct, with a viable point of view, you always have good and thoughtful perspectives to share,,, for me personally its become,, pre gain is the course tune volume and faders are the fine tune volume,,,, andrew

[@ErixSamson]

What a video, thanks a lot!

[@dmitrynesterov8148]

Great video!! Thanks! How to edit, change the melody? Can we use score editor for that, especially if we upgrade to 14 version? How to set expression there? We need to compose eventually

[@TheDigitalAudioManual]

hi dmitry, the flexphraser is good for inspiration, and Iconica Sketch has a good set of sounds to begin with,, but if you want to compose,, then you need to compose, and typically that means actually playing the parts, the basic flexphaser will be of no help at that point, In the full version of Halion you have access to creating phrases but for all that I would just create my parts in the Cubase project and go from there,,, andrew

[@orrinbynum5978]

Good morning Mr. Andrew Blake. This was absolutely brilliant to set back and watch how you built this little arrangement. What is so sad about this is you told us in another video the Steinberg took the (Exploding the Chord) option out in Cubase 14. What you just did in Cubase 13 was masterful. I personally would love to duplicate what you just did in this video in Cubase 13 also in Cubase 14. Now I feel like I am going to wait to upgrade to Cubase 14 because of what you just showed me/us in Cubase 13. This was absolutely amazing to me. Do you have any suggestions on what I can do to complain to Steinberg to put the (Exploding the Chord option) back into Cubase 14? This is to wonderful, to take this option out in Cubase 14. Please get back to me on this issue. What’s you have done in this video has open up so many possibilities and opportunities to make even better orchestrational creations. Thank you so much for making this video. I absolutely loved watching create this demonstration of what you can do with (Exploding the Chord) option, in Cubase 13. I want this option put back in Cubase 14. As usual I wish you continued success with all of your future music videos and endeavors and I also wish you continued success financially as well. I am going to try to contact Steinberg and suggest to them that they should watch this video and suggest that they put this feature back into Cubase 14. Thank you, thank you, thank you for showing and sharing your knowledge with us beginning Cubase users. Have a wonderful day and weekend.

[@TheDigitalAudioManual]

thank you orrin once again for your heart felt thoughts and comments,, they mean a lot to me. Yes I would encourage you to go to the Cubase Forum and let them know you want your features back. It looks to me like they are listening and making lists of the things people want,, so let them know what you think. Also if you havent seen it yet, I made another video how you can still explode the chords in Cubase 14,,, I'll put the link here for you,, all the best, andrew..... kzbin.info/www/bejne/f6CseaOlmq-FgpY

[@orrinbynum5978]

@ I don’t anything about a Cubase forum but, I will find out about it. Thank you. I hope that I will be able to get some support with other Cubase users to help me try to get Cubase to Explode back into the Cubase. I am going to get them to see this video and recommend they reinstate the Explode the chord feature. I never heard anything about Explode the chord until I seen one of your videos. Thank you again for introducing me to this feature.

[@TheDigitalAudioManual]

hi orrin, here is the link to the official Steinberg Cubase forum forums.steinberg.net/c/cubase/6 this is where you want to go to report bugs, request new features, ect... andrew

[@Luimeme2020]

Hi Andrew, Great tutorial , however, on explode section mine is not working it crentes the 3 tracks but it is empty no event , i tried more than 10 times looks like it is bug from Steinberg.

[@TheDigitalAudioManual]

hi Luimeme,, it appears they have removed the explode function from Cubase 14 anyway, so that no longer even matters,, but I have found a new solution and I will make a video on it shortly,,, andrew

[@peterleese2040]

Thanks Erix

[@ricshaw4358]

Epic

[@ErixSamson]

Something I don't undersatnd: when I select the same Flex phrases as you do, I don't get the same result

[@apologiajosecarlos]

Cubase is the BEST!!!!!

[@ErixSamson]

Holy s..t !!! I didn't know that thing existed

[@peterleese2040]

Hi Andrew is this in HS SE7 or the full version??

[@ErixSamson]

I've just tried it, it's also included in the limited free Sonic version.

[@TheDigitalAudioManual]

hi peter,, I do have the full Halion on my system, so it may have peeked in there somewhere,, but I did all the work with the included Halion Sonic 7,, ,,, all the best andrew

[@Audiodstn]

😂 Bäämm 😂