The Basic Guide to Correcting Audio Timing in Cubase

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In this episode we examine various concepts concerned with the correction of audio timing in Cubase, including Hitpoints, Quantizing, and AudioWarp.
Basic Guide to Quantizing: • How to Use Quantizatio...
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All of my music is written in Steinberg's Cubase (currently Cubase 12).
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[@armandodelo336]

Thanks Anthony, very informative as usual. You're quickly becoming my go-to for learning Cubase.

[@OneManAndHisSongs]

Awesome! Thanks for the feedback :)

[@wernaldoproductions1215]

Relaxed and efficient teaching - Love it!

[@OneManAndHisSongs]

Much appreciated, thanks :)

[@R1PPA-C]

Another great walk through, I really wish that Cubase would show the waveform change as you time stretch an audio clip in the track view, this is something that's always been available in reason. When stretching in cubase the waveform doesn't show change until you've finished dragging, so for instance when trying to line up an unknown tempo accapella it's literally hit and miss until you're somewhere close. Also for anyone like me that usually works snapped to grids, holding ctrl whilst dragging a marker (ie hit points / events ) will temporarily disable snapping, this has saved me so many back and forth clicks or toggling of the grid and forgetting to re enable it.

[@OneManAndHisSongs]

Yup, Cubase definitely has its fair share of clunky interface features!

[@ainhor1571]

Thank you very much. Very detailed explanation. That's super useful!

[@OneManAndHisSongs]

You're very welcome!

[@Cristiania7]

Your videos are by far the best for delving deep into learning Cubase.

[@OneManAndHisSongs]

Very kind of you to say, thank you!

[@gffWillie]

Thanks Anthony. I learned so much there.

[@OneManAndHisSongs]

That's good to hear, thanks for the feedback :)

[@philbartlett6918]

And again, thanks Anthony. 🧠👍

[@OneManAndHisSongs]

No problem, thanks for the feedback :)

[@-Deena.]

Superbly helpful! 🧡

[@OneManAndHisSongs]

Glad it was helpful, thanks for the feedback!

[@charleshoward2456]

Excellent video, thanks.

[@OneManAndHisSongs]

You are welcome!

[@magnusdevo]

Awesome! 👍🏻

[@OneManAndHisSongs]

Thanks! 👍

[@danserogermusic104]

Would have been curious to know if the next step would be to use "Flatten Realtime Processing" or the "Bounce" function? Or just leave it like it is in realtime and perform the mixdown without further processing? Is there a difference in audio quality between Flatten Realtime Processing and Bounce? Thanks again Anthony, you're the best for "let's have a look under the hood' type Cubase vids!!

[@OneManAndHisSongs]

I'm planning to make an "expert" guide soon - I'll make a note to cover these questions

[@Domcrurom]

Hi Anthony. Thanks for this video. I have a question related to the next step operation. I've noticed in my audiotracks that the shape of the audio track changes after time correction if you bounce it. In some case, a note changes from a peak of -2.5 db to a peak of -1 db. Do you know why is that and how to avoid it?

[@OneManAndHisSongs]

I've never observed that behaviour. The only thing that comes to mind is that you have event-based volume control (such as fades) that are being converted into raw audio - that would change the peak level. The point is that operations performed on the event are NON-destructive, but when you execute a bounce you're 'baking in' those changes to the underlying audio.

[@DarthQueefious]

Your vids are great. Very chill. How would you undo all the audio quantization down the line? (ie. when a simple undo won't work)

[@OneManAndHisSongs]

Thanks! It was very remiss of me not to point these features out, but there are "Reset" options on all the edit windows (the VariAudio page has multiple levels of options in the "Functions" dropdown). You can even remove all the hitpoints that form the basis of the quantizing from the Hitpoints page.