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.

[@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.

[@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

[@BağBozumu]

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

[@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!

[@highway5039]

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

[@garrettjrussell]

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

[@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.

[@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.

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! ❤️ ❤️

[@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!!

[@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

[@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!

[@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?

[@matchmediafilms]

Your teaching skills are so good! Thanks again!

[@lucsolomusic]

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

[@LearnWithStephen]

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

[@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.

[@ulrichhermes1315]

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

[@lihatjalanan1979]

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

[@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.

[@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 😀

[@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

[@HenryMittnacht]

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

[@jasonchu4400]

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

[@krishanu2009]

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

[@DomSigalas]

❤️❤️❤️

[@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.

[@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 !

[@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 !

[@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! ♥️

[@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

[@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!

[@PatrickSchouten]

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

[@hornstrum]

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

[@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 :)

[@MichaelBaugh]

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

[@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

[@PurpleMusicProductions]

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

[@barryclark4618]

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

[@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!)

[@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.)

[@espacekurzweil]

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

[@idrumaton]

super important topic. thanks!

[@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!

[@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 😁.

[@jobbo_]

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

[@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?

[@yams900]

Going to start archiving from now on, promise Dom !

[@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!

[@modernfoundingfathers]

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

[@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

[@markheighes1218]

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

[@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

[@66fitton]

Awesome explanation! Thanks again Dom!✌🤘

[@flomakasi]

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

[@MichelBarbaro]

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

[@lofispace2384]

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

[@bender0rodriguez]

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

[@yams900]

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

[@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.

[@Yakirovich90]

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

[@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?

[@bobmorris2123]

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

[@leirumanuel]

This channel is GOLD

[@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! 🎉🎉🎉♥♥♥

[@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 :)

[@artysanmobile]

If it weren't for the visionary designers of Cubase, ProTools would be in a very sad, and familiar, state. In the past, Avid has spent a decade or more doing absolutely nothing to address the needs of its users, while Steinberg rudely reminded them of what they were missing. I work in a market that simply requires use of ProTools and can speak volumes about the ceaseless arrogance of Avid, going so far as to silence its suggestion box to quell the frustration of an enormously knowledgable user base voicing their needs. I will never get over that period of time, when the vendor I went all in on took no interest at all in my detailed suggestions. Hail Cubase.

[@gerrylabelle722]

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

[@FBMusic2012]

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

[@CaptainBollox]

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

[@futuretunes192]

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

[@mrrobot7185]

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

[@anastav6915]

Φοβερό βίντεο Dom! Thank you so much!

[@NIRAJmusic]

U are amazing dom. 😀

[@LoveMeBack]

Please link me to the Audio Pool directory video?

[@user-mz9ft5cb7]

استاد انته رحمه من الله انشالله التوفیق الدایم والستر و العافیه

[@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.

[@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.

[@apfelmeerschweinchen58]

Great! Thank you very much!

[@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!!

[@magnuslervikmusic]

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

[@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.

[@andrejjurgelevic6638]

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

[@D.Angelopoulos]

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

[@alexdyckmusik]

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

[@soundsfromYYBY]

Back up your music anyway ( i do it every few weeks) so you don't lose it 3 external drives! but if I can open my old cubase music in the new one im cool with that!

[@7WARRIORSOFTHEHOLYTRINITY]

Hey Dom , what’s up ? I may ask you if you could make a Padshop Tutorial, por favor ? 🤓

[@Yurkinz]

Thank you for a great video!

[@foretaste808]

You saved my life thank you so much!

[@seyilaw1]

Thank you mentor

[@samuelvelhomusic]

10:28 When sponsorship finishes.

[@slavamikhailyuk3198]

Thank for your job

[@gigabruzinho]

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

[@LeChapeauMusic]

The DAW you are referring to on 13 mins has to be a Cubase older version...

[@mayanog3632]

Thanks, worked.

[@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?

[@steinwaygoat]

Amazing. Thanks so much.

[@abeljazz]

I think, thats gonna be the reason why I will update to cubase 11 ( i am on 10 yet)

[@remi1352]

Thank you so much

[@thelightmonkey1970]

Cool t-shirt. Cool video.