How to PROPERLY backup your Cubase projects

[@jeroenfigee]

13:22 > "There is a specific DAW that couldn't even do offline export !" ha ha ha .... I really have noooo idea which one that is ;-p but it must be a really PROfessional one. One with a really large TOOLbox, ahummm..... . Looove Cubase. Use it since 1991, even on the Atari ST. . The export function are great. and what you are showing is the Batch-Export. That one is kind of a life-saver. . Cool video ! Thumbs up.

[@billithoumilli2952]

I lost literally all of my favorite sessions as an early cubase user when I hired great musicians and had the best collections of synths. I didn’t know that cubase wasn’t saving the audio in the same directory as the saved session and I ended up losing all audio in a 3 year period. These are the most important things to know and I wish I didn’t learn this the hard way. I’m sure this video will save a lot of people from some huge headaches

[@tronlady1]

But how? Cubase has always asked where u wanna put the audio before u begin 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@alanredversangel]

@@tronlady1 I had this issue and it was definitely user error. This was back when you could create song files or arrangement files. My housekeeping was dreadful. Somehow one session was saving in another session's folder and the rest is history.

[@jaimet1268]

you're not alone, we lost many project tracks, audios in Cubase because of medieval media pool, and very bad backup, wrong tracks ID and poor organization tools

[@RecitalRetro90]

​​@@jaimet1268yes, unfortunately. But now cubase 13 very successfull designed. Actually most of us are loosin procject because of not speaking or knowing english well

[@nickellion3657]

I've been working on Cubase elements for years. Upgrading every year. Very recently I decided to make the jump to Cubase Pro 11. It's amazing...The amount of new features is both exciting and daunting But It's hella inspiring learning from your videos. You do truly great and important work in these videos. Thank you.

[@matchmediafilms]

Your teaching skills are so good! Thanks again!

[@DomSigalas]

Don't make the mistake that I did in the past- backup your projects properly my friends- Cubase makes it SUPER EASY! The first 1000 people to use the link will get a free trial of Skillshare Premium Membership: skl.sh/domsigalas05211

[@highway5039]

The one important thing I got from this is that Dom is a "Breaking Bad" and "Better call Saul" fan...

[@jsp4132]

This is an amazing Feature. As a Professional Engineer I really Need to make sure my clients material is backed up and accessible at all thimes. I will definitly be using this feature from now on. Thank you!

[@HenryMittnacht]

Awesome! Now I go back to all my songs and do another backup😫😂😂😂

[@dinosirius]

I used to fear jumping to my next computer just because I was afraid not being able to open old projects...we'll not anymore ! Thanks Dom !

[@lucsolomusic]

I wish I had backups like this if all my projects (from 1997 - 2021). Thanks for sharing ♥️

Genius. I just purchased the new 11 version a few days ago. I ve been using cubase for a while, and there was a time when I wasn't very sure if the daw was the best option for me. Specially with producing. I don't care about the daw-wars, never have, but it felt like i was missing something to get fully comfortable with Cubase. Obviously it was all about working hours and knowing the tools. Now, and partly thanks to you Dom, I feel more in love with Cubase and its workflow than ever! It's exactly what I need and that gives you a wonderful experience while working. Steinberg should pay you more royalties man! ❤️ ❤️

[@rasputin1917]

Hi Dom, at 2:27 I dont think you need to check the pool regarding directories etc. Because by backing up the project, all files in the pool will be RESAVED afresh anyway inside the new backed-up project, neat and tidy in one place.

[@JohnnyOttosson85]

Yep. Switched from the one that can't do the offline export. And I am very happy for everything. Yes, Cubase has a bigger learning curve for me (I'm just an artist/songwriter) but it pays off. Thank you for all the cool stuff I'm learning from you.

[@lihatjalanan1979]

This is what I want for the long time... i had problems with my old projects.

[@YMIR]

Project Backup is SUCH an important topic, so I just want to mention a quick little blurb about blu ray storage for those who don't know! I have an uncle that works for Intel, when I was really young he mentioned to me how using blu-ray disks for backup is a great alternative to HDDs. non-spinning CDs in general last 20 to 50 years without corruption, compared to a hard-drive that's in use which can last 3 to 5 years until some data starts to corrupt. The corruption could be small, but its still not worth the risk if your job involves revisiting projects. Plus you can always set up a client with a blu ray project backup once the project is over. Single layer blu ray houses 25gb while dual layer houses 50 gb of storage. A 25pack of verbatim 50gb writable blu rays ( which equates to 1.2tb of storage) costa $106CAD on amazon. If u consider the lifespan I think its worth the extra buck. Definitely worth a look!

[@RogerBadgerDSFlyer]

Thanks Dom. More gold right here. Saved for future reference because I will never remember this by heart the first time. (Didn’t have my Dom notebook to hand right now!)

[@garrettjrussell]

Is it Friday? ✔️ Dom dropping a video? ✔️ Is it amazing as always? ✔️ Dom wearing a Breaking Bad Los Pollos shirt? ✔️ Is life good? ✔️

[@krishanu2009]

Its literally you Dom who made me buy Cubase 11 pro few months back. Its worth it.

[@DomSigalas]

❤️❤️❤️

[@jay4vice]

This video is very important to me. I have watched it several times. At 16 minutes I watch at SLOW SPEED .0.75 and it's EVEN LoNGER!!

[@jasonchu4400]

Dom has a GOATED Studio set-up in all of youtube.

[@Wendel_Kos]

Hi Dom! Something IMPORTANT for mac users: If you use "minimize audiofiles" the Sampler Tracks will shrink to silence and you loose all your audio in them. This is a bug, a couple of people notified Steinie...so be sure to mention this. On mac (im on Catalina, not shure if Big Sur and older OS have this problem) you have to clean up the audio in the arrangement and pool, then backup with Minimize Audio Files.

[@NIRAJmusic]

Cubase is on fire... Really , I always stuck when I want to export my vocal track without with sends. But now it's soo easy. Thank you 😀

[@MichaelBaugh]

Woo! I do this, it has saved me twice in the last 6 months

[@dannoscordino2k]

Amazing video this is by far the best video I have seen in ages , it’s going to kill a lot of wasted time exporting separately

[@PurpleMusicProductions]

I love the BOOMs and the digs a Slo Tools, I mean Pro Tools "industry standard."

[@ulrichhermes1315]

every video is pure gold! Thanks for your work, PS your 80´s Drumkit sounds dope!

[@barryclark4618]

Legendary advice Dom, will use this process for shure its a no brainer... 😊

[@kurtjlawther]

Dom in the past 1.5 months I have been diving write into my songwriting & producing because of you mate! The videos you are producing & the content within the videos is absolutely perfect and what any newbie or experienced Producer needs! I can't thank you enough mate :) This video has been particular helpful as I am in the next few months going to be trying to find clients and being able to back my work up and know it will be exactly the same as when I left it.... piece of mind... BOOM! Thanks mate!

[@tronlady1]

Diving right in

[@tronlady1]

I’ve been doing it on and off for 20 years and can’t get clients lol. Keep in touch it would be interesting to see how you get on dude?

[@LearnWithStephen]

Very helpful. These kinds of videos about the internal file system workings of Cubase are so very useful!. Thank you so much!

[@georgetheta]

I'm a Cubase user since Edition 4... I had no idea about all those options for the backup... Once again: Nothing Like Cubase Pro... Once again: Thank You Dom!

[@DomSigalas]

You’re welcome Γιώργο !

[@redfordmusicofficial]

I would love to spend an afternoon with Dom in the studio and just nerd out about music production and Cubase. It would make my life so good :)

[@yams900]

Going to start archiving from now on, promise Dom !

[@lofispace2384]

Nice work as usual ,-) And I am really digging the "Los Pollos Hermanos" shirt ,o)

[@JohnGalanakis]

You are a FUCKING LIFE SAVER. You know EXACTLY what wee need and how to deliver it to us. I cant thank you - love you enough. You are more than awesome

[@kimtaulbee260]

Thanks Dom. Super helpful. You are one of my favorite youtube teachers. Why? Info is solid, is explained very clearly, broken down logically and you have a great personality to deliver it all.

[@markheighes1218]

Great advise!! From now on...yep for sure. Thanks so much, so useful.

[@MrKingclaude1]

you are the man Dom!

[@val_de_mez]

BaKAP 😄 I'm laughing, but Dom is my number 1 go to when I need something in Cubase. Yo, THANK YOU for all the videos Dom! 🎉🎉🎉♥♥♥

[@idrumaton]

super important topic. thanks!

[@Flangephaser]

Hey Dom, This was a absolute cryptonite Video... iam using cubase like ever(sure i tried other DAW´s ) but have to say that I was always some kind of diffused in that special point of saving my projects the right way...this was absolutely getting my questions a 100% answered... iam a fanboy thanks for this! Ur the man dude :) really appreciate ur work here on youtube!

[@66fitton]

Awesome explanation! Thanks again Dom!✌🤘

[@hornstrum]

Cubase 11 is so fantastic! Thank You DOM! #HHNET #Cubase11

[@salman11223344]

Oh Dom! You are life saver brother. I have lost around 50 tracks all completed and vocal ready a year ago just for doing this mistake. I have worked after though but still haven’t start doing the proper backup and today I saw your video. Honestly friend, I have not watched this video yet and decide to post a comment cuz I know even before watching that something great is coming for me to learn. You’re absolutely amazing! ♥️

[@octaviohenrique.n]

man, you're helping me so much. Never thought Cubase had such a power, and i never had patience to edit manually drums, and it took me years to do so limited editing and mixing. Now my workflow is flying! Thanks for the great advive! Cheers from Brazil. Can somebody help me? - my preferences, shortcuts and appearance profiles are desapearing in cubase 13 for no reason

[@PatrickSchouten]

One of the best tips I see in a long time. Thanks Dom to share your knowledge.

[@flomakasi]

Fortunately, I have the automatic French subtitles from youtube. So relevant content on this youtube channel. Thank you Dom

[@vincenttohier7268]

Sincerely Dom, I think I won't be the only one to say this, but your KZbin channel is an absolute gold mine. From the bottoms of my fellow cubase user heart, thank you, gracias, Merci ! (PS : Apollo is SO cool.)

[@madmac66]

I’d like to see that file management video you teased at the beginning. Keeping my pool in order is a constant p in the a for me

[@antoinemontmory]

Thanks so much Dom for this video. I just had a computer crash but this is my first year using Cubase so I don't have many projects. I have to reinstall Cubase and all the sound libraries. Do you have a video that talks about backing up computer softwares to a second hard drive in case a computer crash happens while you're working on a project ?

[@DomSigalas]

Thank you so much for the support Antoine! I would highly suggest you use a backup solution- are you on Mac or PC?

[@antoinemontmory]

@@DomSigalas You welcome ! I am on PC. I think moving to Mac when I'm comfortable with Cubase LE and have filled three quarters of the memory. Can we talk on email ? I would like to send you some photos of my studio.

[@jorgedejesustejedavaldez5283]

That’s why I love Cubase the Queque expiration option cost the whole program bro! This is crucial because I only have to export one time my whole session and not various times. Just a life saver and adding more time to your life 😁.

[@user-mz9ft5cb7]

استاد انته رحمه من الله انشالله التوفیق الدایم والستر و العافیه

[@bender0rodriguez]

Few years ago that was a dream features. Hellcome to the future!

[@MichelBarbaro]

Yes I really regrets not doing this 10 years ago! Thank you once more! Great video and tips as always!

[@nickwrth]

I recently had this problem, but somehow every audio I used in the project ended up reappearing in Cubase itself. I don't know how, but I definitely was relieved after noticing

[@NIRAJmusic]

U are amazing dom. 😀

[@mitiasmirnovmusic]

So what happens if all your files are not in the same directory in the audio pool, can you still back up your project as normal?

[@bobmorris2123]

This is fantastic information. What about the next step? How do you re-import these files into a future version of Cubase?

[@Yakirovich90]

You saved my life, thank you so much. Did you already make a video about the pool?

[@modernfoundingfathers]

As always Dom you never fail on improving my cubase skills! Thank you 🙏🏼

[@apfelmeerschweinchen58]

Great! Thank you very much!

[@espacekurzweil]

A very big Thank you Dom, this is EXACTLY what I was looking/waiting for, since ever !!!!!!!

[@leirumanuel]

This channel is GOLD

[@Yurkinz]

Thank you for a great video!

[@seyilaw1]

Thank you mentor

[@professional8046]

I have older Cubase projects that no longer open because I am using a newer version... can you touch on this please... Also, I have multiple SSD drives and want to know what you think is the best way to install VST's (is it better to have Cubase on C drive, VSTs on another drive, and libraries on another?) Is this better for my PC to manage everything or is it worse? I have a Ryzen9 3950 and just want my computer to be as efficient as possible...I am not having problems but I want optimal performance. Thanks DOM! YOU ABSOLUTELY ROCK!

[@DomSigalas]

I would have all the libraries and projects on external SSD's :)

[@slavamikhailyuk3198]

Thank for your job

[@yams900]

Dom rocks ! (as usual) Very inspiring (as usual) listen and follow...

[@steinwaygoat]

Amazing. Thanks so much.

[@FBMusic2012]

Hello Dom, i like your video very much. Every video & tip is very usefull ! Thanks gr. Frank

[@gerrylabelle722]

This is so important for future recovery I would also appreciate how to backup all my Cubase PC Configurations - Audio Midi Plugins.

[@mayanog3632]

Thanks, worked.

[@LindaMissad]

wow Dom, I didn't know all of this existed in the export menu. Thanks for the explanation -- Now, if only there was a way to import my old Cakewalk files into Cubase (easily) LOL

[@D.Angelopoulos]

Thank;s Master...once again far ahead...!!!

[@mrrobot7185]

Great video. Thanks. Great T-Shirt Dom. I have a mug with the same design

[@tomkenis861]

If it takes a 16 minute KZbin video, maybe it's the folks at Cubase who need a tutorial on how to make such a standard function more user-friendly and intuitive.

[@DomSigalas]

I show you in detail and explain the reasons on why you might want to do these things in a production environment. The process is just a few clicks . If I did this and exported it would help nobody. But I guess you’d know this if you watched the video :) please do and you will know that Cubase is probably the only DAW with such flexibility in the export department.

[@CaptainBollox]

Thanks Dom. Awsome useful and well explained as usual. 👍

[@indyartmusic1142]

Question? If you are backing up an entire project, why do you have to rename ALL the tracks? A little confusing tbh? This is another part of cubase i am only NOW learning about? Thanks Dom for a great video!!!!!! You're the best!!

[@dspoet1]

I know you have done a studio tour but can you do a video on how you treated your entire room with acoustic treatment?

[@remi1352]

Thank you so much

[@foretaste808]

You saved my life thank you so much!

[@andrejjurgelevic6638]

Thank you Dom!!! This is amazing!!!

[@thebarrylurveshow5530]

Hi Dom, I offer this in the hope it might help some users. As you know Cubase stores it's files and settings all over the place. This makes it a nightmare for enabling backups of things like your own key settings, macros, etc. If you save a profile or even backup a project you don't get everything. I have been using a program called BeyondSync for years now and I've just put it to very good use in my Cubase setup. BeyondSync lets you specify a set of folders on your computer and automatically back them up to another drive. You can specify the backup to run whenever you wish. Unfortunately it's not free but it's not expensive. If you use this program, once setup you can be sure that, say, monthly all your settings saved by Cubase to, say, C drive /users/yourname/ Steinberg/blah blah are backed up to another drive. and if all else fails you can retrieve them easily. Cheers!

[@thelightmonkey1970]

Cool t-shirt. Cool video.

[@AmiraHani]

Thanks for the video Dom. I know the problem that old projects can no longer be loaded completely after a while. data has disappeared. Well, I've implemented all your tips, but it takes many hours. A larger project took over 7 hours. This can not be?? - What can be the reason? - I would be happy if I got an answer.

[@kiranthakrar1292]

So brilliant video...

[@magnuslervikmusic]

Amazing video as always!! I really loooove this new export function in Cubase 11! It's so damn useful!

[@tronlady1]

LOVE that T dom

[@beatkellermusic]

Thanks man, awesome tutorial. And: Slow Tools :-)

[@SubhajitPandit1]

Your T-Shit game is lit, my friend. 🔥

[@jobbo_]

14:33 Although Cubase got there a few months earlier.. Cakewalk had similar exporting features added in late 2021

[@ScottsSynthStuff]

Not just production houses need this kind of stuff. I did a remix for an artist, probably 15 years ago or so. They gave me the stems for the track to work with at the time. Many years later, they came to me - "hey, do you still have the stems for that track? We need them, and we've lost our copy of everything." Yup. I sure did. Backed up on to CD-R (it WAS 15 years ago), and I was able to give them all of their tracks back that thought they had lost forever! This is the track, btw: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p2StaaRredyMZ8U

[@garrettjrussell]

Wow that's a crazy story. Incredible you had the forethought back then to keep them safe!

[@christianwelde]

Love the t-shirt!

[@mikedennis5624]

Thanks for explaining the queue Dom. It is a very useful update. But this is still essentially the same process it's always been: Export stems correctly. What would be really impressive would be an algorithm that somehow replicated a usable interface for the insert VSTs used that you've inevitably lost, stably.

[@alexdyckmusik]

Hey Dom, I love your cubase videos. You explain very very well. But can you create a german audio translation in them?

[@comedycamping4692]

Great video as usual. Just wondering. How do I clean a project up in cubase 12. As I have come from cubase 5 and they seem to have taken the clean up option away.

[@anastav6915]

Φοβερό βίντεο Dom! Thank you so much!

[@gigabruzinho]

Thank’s a lot Dom 🙏🏼 You really do great videos 👍🏼 I love Cubase since.....pro 24 !

[@thaexception3406]

Insightful and necessary

[@futuretunes192]

I missed the ‘prepare archive’ option as a first step. Great video tho!!

[@blue_cloud7]

Do all tracks have to be recorded as audio to backup the project? Of course, I'm not talking about MIDI tracks that use external synthesizers, but like sampler tracks? Can I leave sampler tracks or do I have to record them as audio?