Basic Audio Recording in Cubase

This video goes over the basic setup for a microphone in Cubase and Nuendo. Choosing and understanding inputs, and setting the mic level.
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[@ErinLarsonStudios]

This has been the most non-techy, musician-friendly Cubase tutorial. Thanks!

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Clear, precise and enjoyable tutorial especially for an old rocker (1960's) getting up to the present day. A very big thank you.

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[@yaddayadda3052]

You just taught me way more than you intended. The light came on regarding other things I wanted to do in Cubase. I am totally new to Cubase. You helped me so much. Thank you!

[@lec1212]

Thanks Jef(f). Very helpful. Great place to begin your Cubase 10 tutorial series. Clear and concise for someone like myself, as I'm just getting started.

[@philippinacarstens7493]

Excellent and very clear explanation of one of the most important basics.

[@daveditchburn5462]

Outstanding Tutorials from Jeff he delivers exactly what you need know, no Mumbo Jumbo nice clear explanations.

[@balluse]

Super clear! Thank you so much for the thorough tutorial. Long time Logic user here who's migrating to Cubase, and this is pure gold.

[@jefgibbons]

+balluse awesome, so glad it helped!

[@wellgoldman2590]

Thankyou Jef. I've been struggling with the bus concept and you've layed it out it very well here.

[@marksadler4104]

I'm starting Cubase from the deep end!!! You are making my life easier 😃

[@grahamellis8206]

Brilliant video, been struggling with this issue since purchasing Cubase 12 this year. You’ve explained everything in such simple turns even I could understand it. A big thank you from me.

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More great stuff... you are making my switch to Cubase super smooth Jef!

[@johnhurd3257]

Thanks for all your awesome information. You are the best I've seen so far. Cubase is so vast even for experienced musicians. Thanks again.

[@jefgibbons]

Thanks John!

[@HardwiredMusicMaker]

Enjoying the series so far, you're making it easier for me to get up to speed with Cubase. I like your choice of interface too (yes I have the same one :D)

[@salman11223344]

Really amazing! Perfect explanation! Love ❤️ from Canada 🇨🇦

[@richardcurrie3799]

AT 12:13, you said "...you have to make sure the monitor button is off." This was So Helpful! It was driving me mad that I couldn't hear what I'd recorded. I looked at so many websites to find the answer to this problem and you had it. Thank you so much. I will make sure to watch more of your videos.

[@jefgibbons]

Glad to hear it! Always catches people up...

[@bookstuart]

Thanks Jef, clear and concise. I have the MR816X as hardware and the setup was automatic! Will now go back and implement a mono bus!

[@jefgibbons]

Yes, the mono bus is more intuitive than using the left or right side of a stereo bus for sure!

[@davidjohn8743]

O.K, finally someone who actually made this make sense...to me. BRILLIANT! I've been looking a while now too, lol. So, finally it clicked, and everything I've done thus far as been WRONG. ha ha Thanks to you, I'm on the right track now. Instant subscription and looking forward to checking your other vids out. Much appreciated. Thanks. Dave

[@exodusstudioprod]

Very informative. Really enjoying the detailed description.

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Very good quality of teaching! Thank you Master!)

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The tutorial is very helpful and its made in a way that beginners can understand. Thanks... need a lots of more basic tutorials.

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Fantastic tuts! I've been doing loads recently but yours are definitely best bang for (time) buck!

[@chethan9401]

The explanation is to the point. Great work. Thanks

[@MarkHBands]

Such a gifted instructor.

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Nice, clear, and straight to the point.

[@georgestark7]

Thank you Jef. So well explained at every step.

[@ThatBlondeDrummer]

Great video, i'm very knew to recording myself and this has defo been the most helpful video! Thanks alot man

[@lyskmusic]

Coming from Ableton and Pro Tools this was extremely useful. Thank you so much.

[@MediaPluz]

This video really helped me alot today and resolved my very basic issues....thanks alot.

[@sleepiva5864]

I'm a total noob and this was so helpfull! thank you so much.

[@NickDeBens1]

Thanks a lot, I never knew you could increase the volume in cubase for the headphones themselves !!! i always thought i was buying bad headphones!!!

[@jayxpea]

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[@Woolfy74]

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[@jefgibbons]

Glad to hear it!

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[@jefgibbons]

+mike fishwick I really appreciate it mike! Just about ready to launch into more vids...

[@rajeshvasupalli4160]

Very good explanation about the vocal levels and it’s mode of recording in cubase

[@ElectricWarrior2010]

Great job on this. Thanks

[@papajeff3510]

Very helpful Cubase intro for me. Thank you

[@derekfromtauranga6012]

Thank you Jeff for your explanation of input buses that you made very clear. I’ve watched other videos and still been confused about why I needed them. I have a Steinberg ur22c which has two inputs so I only need two mono inputs? I’m a new user of Cubase 10.5 AI but not DAW recording and I find it a steep learning curve. 👍👍👍

[@DavidGonzales-mw5rw]

Thank u thank u thank u!! Direct straight to the point n no baffling us with bullshit n a fancy accent!! Thank u!! This was amazingly helpful! 🙏🤘🏼

[@makr638]

The Essentials explained very well! Very Helpful as a daw-switcher like me

[@therealforeignwolf]

just got a tascom mixer and I needed this because I dont know anything about Cubase but im ready and willing to learn

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[@ronaldeng3454]

Perfect for beginners like me. Thanks!

[@franklodroner9885]

Thamk you !!! very comprehensive and helpful!

[@antonjohansson8033]

Fantastic information about basic information.

[@DJYNOT2]

Great video!!!

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Thanks for your help sir!

[@jamesrossmusic6013]

Excellent... Thanks Jef!

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[@antoniocunha1884]

Great, it helped me alot. New to this.

[@VivekBadoni]

Hi jef.. simple yet great starter video for beginners.

[@jefgibbons]

Thanks Vivek!

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Wonderful one..blessings

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Thanks! That was great!

[@donpogi1]

Thanks a lot for sharing your knowledge sir..

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That was a very helpful video

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Nicely done.

[@dicktempelaar]

Now that's a tutorial !!

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great video, thanks alot!

[@babystorm1979]

your a real tutor nice 👍

[@jefgibbons]

Appreciate it!

[@bronparsons2955]

This was very helpful thanks

[@jefgibbons]

You're welcome, thanks for the comment Bron!

[@SantiLawson]

Thanks - helping a friend how to use Cubase (not sure exactly which model the DAW he got) I am a Pro Tools maniac. Thanks heaps

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Very useful Thank you :)

[@rajeswarmandal6133]

Super clear thank you so much sir ji 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@gabrield.cstoica1832]

hi Jef,very good yor tutoríal and thanks

[@mark2727]

New to using Cubase AI with the Steinberg UR22MKii. Unfortunately the steinberg channel goes way over my head explaining how to just set up one microphone for a simple audio recording. Too much information too fast only causes confusion & frustration. This video you produced explained how to set it up in the software, and the hardware is a piece of cake. Thanks for simplifying the process!

[@100roberthenry]

hi jef man, cool video, a quick question, i have a 4in 4out usb interface which is great, however i also have a 16 channel mixing desk....which way would you recommend setting up?......guitar/mics straight into the interface to record?....or guitar/mic into mixer then into interface record?...for pre adjustment?.......this has always baffled me. cheers. whichever way should i have the audio out going to mixer too, or straight to my hifi/speakers???....

[@pianomnn]

Hi Jeff, thank you for the wonderful video tutorials that you put out they are very helpful. I was wondering if you could tell me what model and brand of keyboards that you are using on your desktop? I see them in the video but cannot tell what type of keyboard they are. I need to purchase something small, perhaps three octaves, with full-size keys for MIDI input of notes in Dorico. Thank you so much!

[@Danbuddah1]

Thank you!

[@jefgibbons]

You’re welcome Daniel!

[@jamaelocceus7459]

Good Teacher

[@Zaleskee]

thank You Jef!

[@p.tresormiyalou29]

Thank you Jef for the video.It has helped me a lot.In the stage where I am now,I can hear myself on the headphone and I think everything is settle as suggested but my vocal recording is not working.How to fix it?

[@davebarber9201]

Jeff your the man! is there any tutorials on recording drum tracks with multiple mics? and how to mange these within cubase 10 please

[@jefgibbons]

+Dave Barber not yet, but perhaps in the future!

[@ClassicalSoundIdeal]

Hi Jef, thank you very much for your content, you are the best and you explain everything thoroughly. So, I am just learning recording techniques the hard way, that is all alone, as covid isolation keeps us home but also cancelled all our concerts, so I am making music for KZbin. I am recording piano and voice with 3 mics, a matched pair of M5 Rode condensers for the piano and an NT- 2A for voice. My AI is a Zed-10 (Allen&Heath) connected to my laptop via USB. my question is, what kind of a signal does the AI send to cubase? Does it send the whole mix in 1 track, or do I have to set up 3 tracks , one for each mic? Or do I set up one stereo track for the matched pair and one mono track for the voice? If I must set up one track for the whole mix, should it be a stereo or mono track, since I am using 3 mics? I would be grateful if you could clarify this for me! Best greetings from Athens, Greece!

[@warpzelle2276]

I have an Audient I14 Interface. Can U tell me, how I can record "What I Hear" ? I want to set "every sound that is coming from my Pc" to an INPUT

[@LaolaLoges]

Thank you. This was really really helpful! I have one question though: You mentioned if the gain was to low when recording - re-record by setting more gain at the interface. So why shouldn't I just boost the lowgain rec. with the (Track-) Volume (the one in the upper Menu / Track Menu?) instead?

[@algaeben]

Nice video! So, say I wanted to transfer vocals and guitar from a Tascam 4-track tape recorder. Vocals on track 1, guitar on track 2 on the Tascam. Would it be the same procedure as if I were recording from a microphone? I'm assuming it would be Tascam > interface > Cubase, so on the Audio Connections - Inputs' settings, each mono input from the bus (interface) should represent track 1 and track 2 on the Tascam, given that track 1 is panned all the way to the left and track 2 to the right on the Tascam. Am I getting this right? I'd appreciate any help, I'm just starting to learn all of this!

[@VivekBadoni]

Hi jef , please do a video on vocal mixing techniques too.. easy to understand when you explain it

[@jefgibbons]

Excellent idea, more videos coming this Fall!

[@Blueberrystop]

Thanks!😎

[@enricofiori7641]

Thank you, very interesting video! I started to use Amplitube as plug in of Cubase. Do you know if it is possible to make Amplitude to receive program change from cubase (I can’t manage to do that). many thanks!

[@Shainzmusic]

Thank you sir

[@billirwin1726]

Great tutorial..I just subscribed! I checked out your home page. I'm concerned about upgrading to pro 10.5 as some of the glitches I'm reading about have me wondering if it's worth it right now. My biggest concern is routing. I'll be checking out more if your videos.

[@arinrobinson]

Do you know if Elements allows for multi-tracking beyond 2 tracks? Could a record a drum set for instance using multiple mics in Elements?

[@ProzKhmer]

Good Tutorial videos, Jeff. Thank you. I have a question - I have recorded a few MIDI Tracks with external synth (not instrument track), then I added an audio track to record my vocal, set the input to mono channel 1 as you taught in this video. My problem is when I recorded the vocal, it also recorded the external synth tracks along with my vocal into my audio track! Can you please reply how to solve this problem?

[@gugumoniwa8294]

Were you able to get assistance on that issue? Cause i am facing one too

[@marliegardyne5005]

Thanks a lot.

[@danielarcadio]

Thanks, for the video! So, I have a Yamaha MG16XU, but when I select the VST audio system (Yamaha Steinberg USB Asio) it only shows two physical ports (Line 1, Line 2) instead of the 16 that should appear. Do you know what I can do to solve that problem?

[@dineshsindherofficial]

hi jef sir .. i m from india and i love the way you teach us... u r a great teacher... sir i have a question ... when we put reveb in sends...how we go on a conclusion that on how many tracks we put it,,, if we have many tracks how we get that we put reverb on this nd not on that specific one.... love from india :-)

[@BerserkTV777]

Thank you

[@thomasschwarz1973]

Hi buddy, question about the main monitors/ speaker..... So you manually muted the main speaker monitors, using your focusrite. When you are recording in a single room, e.g. one musician, accustic piano, is there a way to get a) monitors speakers to turn off when you go into record and B) input busses to turn off when you go into play back? Or better just make a quick key to mute inputs on play back and deactivate monitors when you record? Or is the Mute button on the audio interface the only good option on record and mute the input channels on playback? Thanks!!!

[@RayBrookes1954]

Hi Jef, I have been using Cubase Studio 5 since ancient times and am about to upgrade to C -10. Can you please tell me if my old projects will be workable in the new platform. Is C-10 backwards compatible?

[@mikesekula3949]

thank you.

[@TravelWithCeylon]

😍😍😍

[@user-il4xv9rr3l]

Thanks!

[@jefgibbons]

Thanks so much!

[@raphaelchiti6164]

I have always recorded my mic as stereo in then i choose left or right on the audio track. i don't know what the difference is with mono in but i hope its huge. Thankyou.

[@yoooc25]

Best!!!!

[@jefgibbons]

Thanks Yosef!

[@lov3toplay90]

Really need advice please! I want to start writing music again using Cubase. Some years ago I used to have a desktop, however now I own a laptop and will need an external sound card. Majority of the work is to be with VST instruments and Midi keyboard. I am considering audio interfaces but don't know if they can be used for VST work (and not audio). Could you please spare some advice as its been a long time for me. I am thinking of Focusrite Scarlet 2i2 or Behringer UMC404HD Audio Interface - would ether of those allow me to work with low latency in Midi signal and using VST only? ( Does the Midi keyboard connect to the interface directly or still to the PC/Laptop through a USB? I think the laptop I have should be sufficient: Intel Core i5 8300H, 8 Gig Ram, GeForce GTX-1060 (6 Gig video memory), SSD. Thank you in advance!

[@peterleese2040]

Hi Jeff I'm relatively new to recording so please bear with me. When I set up the "Ins" then record all the input fader channels are active whereas yours only activates the channel you are using? Is there something I'm missing? Regards

[@Nogin1972]

Thank you for the clear and precise tutorial. Just one question, Why do you have 8 audio inputs? Is this for different instruments or will you use a different input for each audio recording?

[@jefgibbons]

Thanks! I have 8 in my projects because I have 8 physical inputs on my interface. I usually have gear hooked up to the different inputs so all I have to do is switch inputs on the audio track to record different hardware synths.

[@Nogin1972]

@@jefgibbons I see, Thank you.

[@muhamedaliismaili]

In Studio One there is sometging called VCA fader and you can altsp group let's say group drums.

[@TommysPianoCorner]

Hi. Bit of a long shot, but I have been following your advice on audio editing and have hit a problem with cross fades. Basically, I take a single audio file, cut out the bits I don’t need and then stitch it back together again using cross fades as you advise. However, I have noticed that if I ‘glue’ two bits together after having applied the cross fade, then cross fades simply stop working everywhere else in that project. The menu option is greyed out and the X shortcut doesn’t work. I have been advised to start in safe mode and disable the preferences but it still doesn’t work. Any ideas?

[@jefgibbons]

Hi Tommy! If you glue parts together it becomes a container for your edits. You would then have to double click on it to open a separate editor for those edits where you will then be able to fade and crossfade etc. I never glue parts together because I'd rather do the edits on the main page as you are used to. The only time this is useful is when you want to glue a whole bunch of little edits together so it's easier to move them around or copy and paste etc. To undo what you have done there, just click the audio to select it, then go to audio-dissolve part. Should fix it!