Working with Multiple Drum Tracks Has Never Been Easier | Cubase Q&A with Greg Ondo

Programming drums is the focus of this Greg Ondo tutorial on Cubase music production. He looks at having different drum VST instruments on different tracks, but consolidating them into a single MIDI track using a drum map.
We hope you find this video entertaining and useful. If you like what you see, please leave a comment and tell us what you think.
Thank you.
Your Steinberg Team
Special thanks to Greg Ondo.
#Cubase #CubaseTutorial #MusicWorkflow #MusicProduction #GregOndo #VSTInstruments #ProgrammingDrums #MIDI
Check out the trial version of Cubase and lay your hands on the exciting features Cubase has to offer:
www.steinberg....
Get more detailed information on Cubase from our website:
www.steinberg....
Quickly and easily access the most up-to-date manual for your Steinberg product on:
steinberg.help/
Whether you require assistance with registration and activation/re-activation through our support forums and Knowledge Base support articles or simply want to read the latest support news, you can find all information in one place:
helpcenter.ste...
Like our Facebook page and stay informed on insights, news, announcements and updates, events and live streams. Follow us on Facebook:
/ steinberg
Subscribe to our dedicated Cubase KZbin channel and learn the ropes of using Cubase by watching practical video tutorials and other interesting features:
/ cubase
On Twitter, stay up to date with latest news, updates and special offers anytime and anywhere:
/ steinbergmedia
Follow us on Instagram for full picture coverage on launch events, trade shows and other exciting occasions:
/ steinbergmedia
Check out our SoundCloud profile and listen to the many demo tracks we’ve got listed there:
/ steinbergmedia

[@Ram-Music]

To be honest, this is the first time I see this method, and it never crossed my mind. really thanks 🙏

[@johncostigan6160]

This is a very handy tip since I often use multiple drum and percussion VSTis. Thanks Greg.

[@Byron101_]

again a big MIDI feature why I love Cubase! Best daw. No doubt.

[@DEADLINETV]

Brilliant! Thanks Greg!

[@alexjacxsens5134]

Great! Cubase learning is infinite!

[@hagenpresser8721]

thank you so much, as always a great job greg (Y)

[@hajoherz7728]

Great video, thank you Greg!

[@psychowsky]

Great feature. I've stopped using the drum Editor long time ago, but now I'm reconsidering... Can you "explode" midi to different tracks / channels / ports?

[@gregondo376]

Yes. MIDI menu - Dissolve parts

[@psychowsky]

@@gregondo376 Wow! Great Thanks! Very handy!!!!

[@tonyhudspeth3861]

Awesomre Thanks Greg

[@andrewsun4385]

Awesome!!!🌟🌟💯💯

[@1245MusicLLC]

This. Is. Sorcery. 😅 Thank you Greg!

[@mustechnology]

No matter how many courses you took or how many projects you made, every time there is something that will surprise you in Cubase)

[@Change001]

Thanks for this excellent video tutorial. Something very different to what we normally do. Btw I can't get my normal midi songs to play through sonic 7. Everything loads but halion 7 ( which cubase 12 pro has provided free) just won't load the midi s instruments. Thanks again.

[@ustino85]

Working with Multiple Drum Tracks Has Never Been Easier | Cubase Q&A with Greg Ondo

[@RenanBEreanSound]

Is there a way one single note trigger more than one instrument? For example C1 to trigger a kick from Groove Agent and a kick from Halion. Mind blowing lesson, thanks a lot Greg

[@Yuusou.]

With the MIDI track you can do that. Under MIDI Sends, you can choose to which track you want to send the recorded MIDI data. However, this won't work with the drum map, because the input note can only be used once. That's the reason why Greg copied the same rhythm over two different notes.

[@gregondo376]

You can easily copy the notes to a different lane and route to a different instrument t for easy layering.

[@RenanBEreanSound]

@@gregondo376 Thank you Greg. This one was very helpful.

[@RenanBEreanSound]

@@Yuusou. Thanks a lot man

[@Speedring1]

Greg, I need help with drum audio files 12 in all. I want to record all instruments but keep each track in each take. Then how do I manage those to play back and export. Do I need to pick each track or is there a global place to pick versions for all tacks.

[@Frank.Zimmermann]

That's awesome Greg, thanks for that! By the way, very cool beat you made here spontaneously.

[@EcstasyTunes]

The step sequencer in Cubase needs to be improved. It is the only feature that is lacking in Cubase. It would be great if Cubase has Studio One's features like musicloop.

[@LearnWithStephen]

Is there a way to convert any percussive signal recorded with a microphone into a miditrack that I could assign to a 'drum' say from Groove agent? I Don't have a drum kit but would like to 'play' using sticks.

[@RenanBEreanSound]

open the recorded audio in the sample editor window. search for the hitpoints tab. adjust the threshold to get the notes you want, then hit create MIDI notes, it will create a new midi track. then you put the vsti you want

[@LearnWithStephen]

@@RenanBEreanSound fantastic! Thank you!!

[@lucygodfrey141]

❤

[@budmaynard5952]

Very helpful! However, I have one issue: the Ctrl + click for setting the MIDI channel doesn't seem to work on Windows 10. Tried Shift , Alt, and combo's of pairs of the three and nothing seemed to work. Any suggestions (other than 'Get a Mac!') Thanks!

[@gregondo376]

Try clicking on the channel field so that the MIDI channel pop up appears while holding the left mouse button down. Press and hold the control key, select the channel and then select the desired MIDI channel. All MIDI channels should then be changed to the selected channel.

[@budmaynard5952]

@@gregondo376 Thanks Greg. As always..You da man!

[@kannon3979]

How do you convert stereo vst drums into mono on individual tracks?

[@xsessivmc]

Love Cubase but one thing which drives me crazy .. You Can't See the audio waveform DURING resizing (manually time-stretching via dragging the audio). Only after you've committed !! Have I gotten this wrong? It's hard to find any information about it. It would make timestretching so much easier if I didn't have to 'guess' before committing - I cannot see the waveform during the stretching.

[@gregondo376]

If you are doing the stretch for an entire event try switching the object selection tool to sizing applies time stretch mode. If it is for a particular hit or section of the file use free warp mode on the warp tool.

[@xsessivmc]

@@gregondo376 I already do this, thanks anyway

[@antoinebunel]

Very useful BUT please next time don't let the repetitive click and beat on loop so loud, no need. We don't need to hear so much of the output, mostly just see the trick performed. Thanks.

[@BursaProduction]

Guys, the drum designer is outdated, UI is old, no step values for pitch, pan, quantize, etc. The beat designer is- AN INSERT MIDI PLUGIN. WHY?

[@hameedkhalaf]

complicated way