Cubase 4 Volume Envelopes

[brandondrury]

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Originally Posted by adamschneider

hey brandon whats up? i am just starting to try and learn the basics of cubse studio 4. i am goign ok, but i have one question. say that i have recorded a phrase of music, say its a verse of guitar picking, and cut and paste repeat this verse, but the start of the new verse is quieter than the end of the previous (as i played i got louder), how would i go about boosting the volume of the beginning of the next verse? i have tried messing with the pencil/draw tool but i cant seem to quite figure it out. whenever i draw the first line below the very top of the track, the entire track looses volume. i cam then boost what i need so that the levels between verses are more contiguous, but how would i go about, keeping the entire track at its original volume and boosting what i need, ABOVE its original volume?

It sounds like you are looking for "volume automation". Do a search in the Cubase 4 manual and see if that solves the problem.

Brandon