Intro to Cubase 10 The Basics Part 3: Send FX, Insert FX, and EQ

Goes over the basics of these 3 things to get you going on your first projects. I have some more advanced videos on here as well, with lots more to come!
If you're new to Cubase, I highly recommend going the Cubase Users group on Facebook. The moderator is great, and the advice on there is like no other place I've seen. I'll try to help people after they post problems, but before I can chime in 5 other people have already posted the solution!
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[@gregmason2760]

I’ve watched so many Cubase tutorials and I have to say yours are the absolute best. Thank you.

[@MrVagabaga]

Sooo true!!!

[@cathywilson1273]

WOW!!! This tutorial on sends, inserts, and effects, tops all others I have seen in the past few years. Outstanding!!! Thank you Jef!!!

[@jefgibbons]

Thank YOU Cathy! Appreciate the kind words!

[@robahas]

Thanks! I love how you explain the historical reasons for how things are named and set up. Really helps to get the concept.

[@jefgibbons]

No problem Rob, it definitely makes more sense once you see where it all came from... I never really got to experience the old school analog recording techniques, but I got enough of a chance to messagings round with it to appreciate what we now have with the software!

[@fourstrings9023]

FAAAATHER

[@andreyga22]

Great Cubase series. I hope you do more of this. Thanks

[@ramanabalachandhran]

Jef's videos almost define what tutorials must be like. So good. Thanks a lot Jef.

[@elmandarino]

Explaining the history bit makes so much sense. Brilliant all the way through. Thank you so much.

[@nickoricko4564]

Thank you so much for posting these tutorials Jef! You are great at what you do! Very easy to follow and you have such a calm demeanor. Awesome job!

[@jefgibbons]

You’re welcome! I appreciate the comments Nickoricko!

[@wadeharrell1338]

Jeff. Thank you for explaining and exploring these different functions in Cubase Pro 10. I've been using inserts since Cubase SXSL and now i feel like a door to a new world of possibilities has opened before me. Hands down you give the best Cubase tutorials.

[@louiegroenewald]

Only managed to stumble upon your videos now. Love how you explain things in a calm, effective way to understand. Thank you.

[@jefgibbons]

Thanks Louie, really appreciate it, another Cubase video probably by tomorrow!

[@atiger4716]

I really admire the way you explain concepts, thank very much!

[@garodica]

Hi again Jef, this turtorial is a must to grasp very important concepts on Audio Recording. No matter which DAW you're working with. Thanks again !!!!

[@PDXLimey]

Jef - Outstanding!! Thanks so much. As others have said, your tutorials make so much sense, and you pitch them at a great level. I've had so many "a-ha" moments, including your shortcut tips. Keep them coming please :)

[@piano9051]

As a newbie to the world of DAWs, I'm thinking of buying Cubase and stumbled upon your channel. The quality of the video and your presentation style are both really excellent, and your explanations are nicely paced and very clear. Best intro to Cubase I've found. Thanks very much - this a fab !

[@DavidJohnson-ou5fz]

Unbelievable..at last someone who really understands that not everyone does! Thank you so much.

[@roodnys]

I just got back into music and Cubase after ten years away from it and your guides have really helped a lot. Thank you! And I just watched yoru "We can do that"-video. Phenomenal work!

[@jefgibbons]

Thanks so much Andreas! Really appreciate the compliment.

[@dorvangerven574]

One of the very few good and clear teachers, Beautyfully explained and interresting from start to finish. Cubase for beginners at its best. Thank you Sir!

[@jefgibbons]

Thanks so much!!

[@SpeakOfTheDavel]

These tutorials are Incredibly helpful and motivating. Thanks very much Jef

[@jefgibbons]

Thanks Dave!

[@mschipdam]

Great video series! As a singer, I am now expanding my horizons into recording and production. I'm def learning more and more through watching your videos. Looking forward to more :-)

[@lauramarr34]

Thank you very much for these Cubase tutorials Jef; they are extremely helpful.

[@jamescalvey5273]

Awesome and insightful video thanks dude!

[@AbeMyatt]

Very clear explanations and examples, thank you!

[@jclark521]

great help. awesome video. clear explanation. well done - thanks Jeff!

[@NickandJane]

Thanks Jef - as DAW virgins your videos are essential viewing, they are really accelerating our learning.

[@jefgibbons]

Thanks so much for the compliment, it keeps me going!

[@hassmiloud4686]

Thanks jef, with another in-depth tutorial seeing Cubase is now my fav daw. And just use my push 2 on ableton and machine no 3 with cubase. Keep up these tuts coming :)

[@jefgibbons]

+Hass Miloud will do! Thanks Haas!

[@user-wn2ep5ms8j]

Thank you ! excellent explanation! I bought Cubase last week and You explain very well and help me a lot.

[@jefgibbons]

That’s great! I’m glad it helped!

[@dorrusvdv9485]

Thanks! Your a great help, cant wait for part four ;)

[@sbriley79tx]

Great video, Jef! Love the explanations and real-time demos. :-)

[@jefgibbons]

Thanks Steve! Many more to come...

[@dereksshiftingshadows7020]

I was spinning my wheels trying to get this to work. I'm so glad I watched this video because it showed that you have to actually turn the effect on lol. I was doing it right except for that pesky on off switch

[@nikolasgeorgakopoulos3127]

Very good job ,,easy to understand,thank you!!!!!!

[@d2vmusic]

Many thanks Jef, this is great. To be honest you'd taught me what I wanted to know by 3:30 - I'd set up everything as I recalled from Cubase 5 but forgot to turn on the effect send! I really enjoyed the rest of the video too, very informative and well-presented. And I had no idea what Q stands for, so thanks again :)

[@jefgibbons]

Glad to hear it!!

[@rmolander]

This is so good. Helping me a lot. Thank You.

[@alaindubois1505]

Thanks Jef. It's all very clear. With external devices, I remember having to calculate the delay from the tempo, which was a nuisance it one changed their mind half way through. I used the tempo estimator, but it said the 112 pbm [from an old tape recording] was about 121 bpm. It would have been better to tap it out.

[@usafirefly7967]

Yeah I could actually replicate (though different version of Cubase) what you showed. Good job!

[@robduff]

So very helpful, thank you.

[@apfelmeerschweinchen58]

Thanks a lot! Really helpful.

[@fredrikbystrom7380]

Thanks a lot for this video. Cubase (or professional DAWs in general) seems to be a great program, but it's very overwhelming for a complete beginner who just wants to mess around a little.

[@JurassicTrance]

Love these videos - great stuff. Thanks Jef!

[@jefgibbons]

+JurassicTrance thanks for the comment!

[@iamnomic]

Thank you for the video. Leaving a comment for support.

[@piratealleyvideo5072]

Great job as always!!

[@x-man8889]

Great video! Thanks!

[@andrewholcroft.1945]

Great EQ tutorial

[@devue4183]

Congratulation, very nice tutorials!

[@jamielarot8226]

Great job on the tutorial specially on the sound mixing and adding effects. I'm new to Cubase and your comprehensive guide in deploying these effects gave me some understanding as to how to utilize these functionalities. I've used Ableton Live for months now but the issue I'm having with it is the latency problem it's having. I've twicked the controls as much as I could and even though the software has automatic Warping capabilities, it's still a nagging piece of the editing. My HP Laptop has more than enough processing power but the design of the Ableton software still needs more in-depth configuration through coding. The thing I like Cubase is that when I'm recording live with my Yamaha MX88 Keyboard, the drums, piano, and etc. seem to be able to play my recording in sync together with all the sounds I recorded. I like to read the Cubase instruction manual but I learned faster when watching Video Tutorial. So, again, great job.

[@stephanelarocque77]

Great tutorial, thanks :)

[@ShyGuyLoveSongs]

Great job this, excellent.

[@jamesrossmusic6013]

Thanks Jeff!

[@charlesrobichaud8969]

These are so great, perhaps you can do one on how to fix problems; like missing content and unusable content. Thank you for sharing these are super.

[@jefgibbons]

+Charles Robichaud hmm good idea, thanks Charles!

[@milanklindovljevic1007]

Bravo doktore!

[@jefgibbons]

Technically not a Doctor... (phd) maybe one day someone will give me an honorary doctorate!

[@carloszoritadiaz5369]

This 3-piece series on Cubase Basics helped me fill up some gaps in my basic knowledge. As a musician trying to get my head around production a bit more this was very helpful. I was wondering if - in addition to this series - you are planning on doing a tutorial on the basics of MIDI in Cubase. I work with the MK3 as well and I know you did a video on this as well. But instead of knowing how to setup the MIDI, it would be helpful to understand how it works and why etc.. Anyway, thanks a lot for your work so far!

[@jefgibbons]

Thanks Carlos! Do you mean working with MIDI in Cubase with actual hardware synths?

[@carloszoritadiaz5369]

@@jefgibbons Thanks for your reply! What I think I actually mean has to do with understanding how MIDI-routing works. For example: I used your video 'Maschine Cubase Setup Tutorial (2018)' to be able to work with my MK3 in Cubase. Even though I can set up my MK3 to work with Cubase most of the times by following the steps in the video, I don't understand the thinking process behind the steps. So whenever something isn't working I have no clue on why that is. I'm curious about how this whole routing works so that I understand how to set up these things instead of just following steps. A video giving more insight into this would be very helpful for me personally :)

[@alaindubois1505]

It's great to get things from the beginning. I've had a gap of about 15 years. I don't remember the EQs having an exact note given - this must be new. [I've got old effects modules, I haven't used for over 20 years. I remember having to do maths to calculate how long a reverb had to be at a specific bpm! So, it had to be re-calculated if felt the pbm had to be changed. Things are so easy now.] I now know what to do with some of the not-so-good sampled instruments where there's a terrible volume change with certain sounds - often the lower notes of a double bass. I don't have Komplete 13 yet. I'm sure those samples will be better EQed along the keyboard. {I talked about Komplete 13 UCE about 3 weeks ago. The advert says, 900+GB of content - includes 190+ products and 115,000 sounds - all loaded onto a convenient installation drive. I'm not that computer literate - to me that sounds like the 900+GB is on an external hard drive, though you said I'd have to download instruments as I need them. I don't trust the Internet continuing for ever, it's got to crash. I'd like to go 'off the grid'. I'll phone the shop [in Sydney, Australia] and ask. I'd still make a back-up on another hard drive.} Thanks for your support. I like to also get a vocoder and I just saw a Melodyne demo. Would I need to get both Ovox and Celemony - for advanced vocal editing/correction as well as vocoder effects, or does Celemony do vocoder stuff as well? [We're likely to continually getting over 40° C, drought and fires here. I'd like to have an electric generator and underground bunker with all my music software readily available. Climate change is so noticeable when your old enough to remember when it was very green and wet here 40 years ago.]

[@connelljacintorealestate4361]

Thank you Jef.

[@swanjaymusic]

Thank you Jeff you are a great teacher... i was wondering if you have a video on finding the KEY in Vocals or a Guitar when you do not know, example they send me vocals to do a remix and i do not have the original music....lol.. What key is she singing in...lol..

[@MohamedElHanoun]

Beautiful explanation thank’s

[@jefgibbons]

Thanks Mohamed!

[@hareelamichhane]

Thank you very useful tips. I loved your tutorials @jef

[@jefgibbons]

Most welcome! Glad they’re helping

[@mattbwright]

Thank you!

[@MichaelOnsy]

Hello, thanks for the great tutorial Just want to know how to send tracks to right and left headphones?

[@rolandgerard6064]

Good job, thanks

[@jefgibbons]

+Roland Gerard you’re welcome Roland!

[@DAVIDJCARON]

Very helpful tutorial as always Jef.. thank you.. When compressing a whole load of vocal tracks, with much the same settings, would you advise using send effects to the compressor rather than the same compressor inserts on each track? It seems to make sense to me but perhaps I am missing something? ..

[@tangoboy4jc]

Thanks So much

[@kathmanduworshipschool2605]

amazing mater trainer :)

[@saazcouk]

Thanks

[@psiFellow]

Could you please make a video explaining how to use groove agent to create a basic swing jazz sound? I am using Cubase 10 Elements and just don't manage to even find a drum patch with a brush.

[@ericvandruten]

I've watched a few tutorials on Cubase 10 now, and noticed everyone leaning forward heavily to be able to read those tiny fonts.

[@SidJ8300]

Hey .. informative as always. I have a mixer-cum-interface. Can I record my vocals directly with the effects and EQ from my mixer or would I be required to use the effects from DAW later on ? Thanks 😊

[@GianCarloFeoli]

Hello, is there a way in Cubase that I could add effects like saturation , chorus, or any other effect just to the delay? not to the whole signal but just to the delay effect? I have tried with fx channels, sending the fx channel with the delay to a separate fx channel with the distortion but the main signal (vocal) always gets distorted, no luck.

[@RustyTube]

Can you change the amount of a send effect over time? For example,increasing the reverb at just some point, then decreasing it back.

[@MrTFT]

Hi Jeff ! Thank u for all education in Cubase. I've worked in Cubase 5 for 11 years and now i have updated my self a little bit.... Eeee, a VERY BIG bit if i might say because i didn't recognise much in my new version Cubase 10 artist. Now to my question: I think i have made a misstake because one of the primary tools for choosing a new version was that i have seen that you can produce vocal choir of just one voice, ( hope u understand my bad English). Now when i try to do this with help from you and other youtube channels i´ve understand that i need PRO because Variaudio doesn't come with 10 Artist. Is this i right? and if so, can i buy variaudio and put it in my artist?

[@stephenprescott4441]

Hi Jef. I know that it was a long time ago, but is this feature available in 10 elements? I can't seem to get my head around this. Or am I restricted to just inserting individual reverb to individual tracks? Thanks in advance ☺️ Sorry. Worked it out.... Thanks to you 🎙🥁🎵🎧🎹👍

[@Welcome_To_Life]

Thanks for your videos! Question-Can you export a movie right from Cubase or do you have to make a mix first and then use another program?

[@jefgibbons]

+Pro Tools Fam that’s the case right now, but I think they’re working on that feature currently, hopefully soon!

[@njm20music]

Great Tuts Jef, Ive yet to find payed for tuts that come up to these. How did you get the green colours on the EQ?

[@jefgibbons]

Yours aren't popping up by default? What version of Cubase?

[@njm20music]

Jef Gibbons Cubase Pro 10

[@njm20music]

@@jefgibbons Hi Jef I tried to send you a screenshot but havn’t managed to

[@jefgibbons]

+Nick White I’ve been searching and haven’t found a solution for you. You on pc?

[@CREATIVEEYEMUSIC]

Best video tutorials I have seen to date! Hi Jef, further to my direct email to you, have you any videos planned on recording audio as opposed to midi. I have a simple ( probably stupid ) question - when recording additional tracks (while listening to playback from track 1) how do you record a second audio track without the audio from the first also recording, same applies when using a click during audio recording ? Given the Cubase User Manual stretches to 1162 pages how many tutorial videos are you planning?

[@jefgibbons]

Hi Mike! The only thing I can think of is that you are recording the second track with your speakers on, so the sound is getting picked up by the mic. Is that maybe the case? You'll definitely need a pair of headphones for recording. If not, you have a weird routing thing going on that we'll have to sort out!

[@CREATIVEEYEMUSIC]

@@jefgibbons Hi Jef, thanks for replying. There are no mic's involved other than the iMac's internal mic as simply recording synths. I have just rigged up an audio/midi interface so going to play around with that and see how I get on. Cheers Mike

[@dubbz_4_life]

@@CREATIVEEYEMUSIC Check your sound card settings in the DAW!!! You need to make sure the input is set for the one you're trying to record from and NOT set for stereo mix. I'm about 99% sure this is your issue. When it is set for recording from stereo mix, your DAW will record everything that your hear coming from your speakers. It's been a few months since you asked your question, so hopefully you already figured it out, or that this will help you do that!

[@njm20music]

Hi, Jeff I have Guitar and Piano using Halion Sonic SE3, both on midi tracks, how can I send to the ReVerence, your Tut has the instruiments on Instrument Tracks, mine are on Midi tracks going to the Halion.Sonic, Does it vmean I have to have a separate Halion Sonic SE 3 for each instrument

[@AndreasvanHaren]

Thanks again for your great videos, Jeff. As a previous Logic user for years, I tried many times to switch to Cubase, but found it too difficult to grasp. Because of your videos I am using Cubase now on a daily basis.Question about routing: Should the reverb always go to the audio out or should it be routed back into the instrument? I read different theories on this.

[@jefgibbons]

+André van Haren so glad to hear that! As for routing, the default setting of the fox track going to the audio out is the way it’s done. I can’t get my brain around routing it to the instrument as you said, I might be reading it wrong though. Do you have a link to that suggestion? Might be something new for me!

[@AndreasvanHaren]

@@jefgibbons It is something I heard about in a course I did, but always found it a little confusing. In a PDF I have here, this is what it says: "In order to set up the reverb with your groups, you have to add the room reverbs (one for each group) as FX tracks, then SEND the output from each instrument track into the corresponding reverb, and then set the OUTPUT of the reverb FX tracks to go into the relevant group, NOT the stereo output."

[@valachi2598]

i need help, if i make a send track with a effect on it, the main track goes harder in volume, why is that? how to mix delay chorus phaser reverb all that stuf for send tracks at the same volume with the main track i want the effect for i try to deplicate the track make the second with the delay on the insert track but also here is a volume change, why is that? how to avoid that, everybody say all that stuff on send tracks but this makes it allways out of balance,,, why? how to mix with the same volumes on send tracks i am really confused by that, please help thanks in advance fellas

[@CJsFotoArt]

Hi I just bought an amp. from Line 6 , how do I connect the amp. into Cubase Directly to record from my Amp Thanks JC

[@proteus1]

What stock sounds do you get with pro? Also what If you upgrade your PC or Mac. Can you re-download the software?

[@jefgibbons]

Definitely transferable over and over. Comes with a ton of stock sounds. What kind of sounds are you looking for?

[@njm20music]

I’m on a Mac, and the colour I have is a dark blue, I was asking to see if there was a setting I could change to get the colour brighter, but it appears not. Cubase Pro 10 is the system.

[@PDXLimey]

Hey Nick, I had the same thought, and found the setting - assuming you mean the overall background. Click on Cubase Pro Menu / Preferences / User Interface / Color Schemes and you can pick a custom color - as bright or as dark as you wish.

[@dekusdazmdalby9053]

VERY GOOD INDEED .....I'M ACTUALLY TAKING IT IN LITTLE BY LITTLE , WHICH IS A FIRST IN 50 YEARS .. all them shit songs ive wrote .....Thank the lord for isolation and 3 months off work ..Your like the Neil Degrass Tyson of Cubase .. Haha x

[@marcovandermeij4521]

What audio interface are you using 🤔

[@justinb9387]

I enjoy your vids , nice and clear , easy going person. But must say - that tidy studio - how is it so tidy - like there must be 10 cleaners who make it not have a spot of dust lols

[@jefgibbons]

+justin b dude. You nailed it. I dust before every video. It’s exhausting! Plus, I have 5 kids!

[@justinb9387]

Oh wow , it does look really nice , v stylish , and clean ! always enjoy your vids ;-)

[@inthedoghouse1985]

What is that drum machine in front of him?

[@jefgibbons]

Do you mean Maschine?

[@inthedoghouse1985]

Jef Gibbons yeah, worked it out later in the vid 😂

[@goldiemusic8394]

when this guy is working, the neighbors call the cops because it's volume is too low.

[@mypianofavourites1635]

FAB STUFF.. Does Cubase Allow ...A Live Performance... to have/Add Reverb, Delay and Distortion while Playing LIVE Dry Sounds (on Electric Strings or Guitar etc). posted 2nd June 2019

[@jefgibbons]

+My Piano Favourites you could definitely do it if the reverb is set up on the track to begin with, then just adjust the slider to add more or less. Adding a reverb would break the music if adding it during playing!

[@jefgibbons]

+My Piano Favourites you could definitely do it if the reverb is set up on the track to begin with, then just adjust the slider to add more or less. Adding a reverb would break the music if adding it during playing!

[@mypianofavourites1635]

@@jefgibbons Thanks. I assume the speakers will need to (be connected) come from a laptop, not the audio interface. posted 3rd June 2019

[@idealtelecom4452]

Diyesen

[@portuguesebeer5069]

I like your videos, but the music is just terrible... It would be nice real instruments! Cheers from Portugal 🍺🤘

[@jefgibbons]

Wow... thanks

[@ibarneyb]

Excellent - very helpful ! Thanks

[@Manuelrehse]

Great Video! Is it possible to change FXs and EQ while recording to have some kind of change or progression during the song?

[@jefgibbons]

For sure! For now, just youtube Cubase and automation, that’ll do it

[@Manuelrehse]

Thanks for the tip! I've just found what I have been looking for. Great!