Cubase Mixing tips

[Hot pocket]

Since there are a few people on here that use Cubase, Maybe you that use it could give some mixing ITB tips.

One that I am particularly interested in is, Q. Seeing that Cubase doesn't have scene memory, what are some things you do to circumvent that problem?

[brandondrury]

Maybe you that use it could give some mixing ITB tips.

Okay. What do you want to know?

Seeing that Cubase doesn't have scene memory, what are some things you do to circumvent that problem?

What is "scene memory"?

Brandon

[Hot pocket]

Originally Posted by brandondrury

Okay. What do you want to know?


What is "scene memory"?

Brandon

The ability to save a particular mix as a "Scene" so if you screw up too badly you can recall what you have done, by "Scene Memory" or "Scene Recall"

Not the same as an undo, but close. I think another phrase would be "Snap shot"?

[brandondrury]

Oh. Cubase SX3 can do this. You just have to save your mixer settings. It's no big deal.

I never really got into doing it that way. Instead if I do a seperate mix, I just save the Cubase file as Song_Name_001, Song_Name_002, etc. It's not uncommon for me to have 15 different versions before the final mix is finished on some songs.

Brandon

[Hot pocket]

By doing this you are only saving the mixer setup correct? But that doesn't recall automation? Or does it?

[brandondrury]

If you are referring to the mixer settings I can't remember, actually.

This is why I just save the entire file. You know....File > Save. This always saves everything.

Brandon

[Hot pocket]

lol! Yes I am aware of this? But that just seems "to me" as taking up a lot of hard drive space. But it may be the only work around to it.

[brandondrury]

But that just seems "to me" as taking up a lot of hard drive space.

Uhhh. I think the biggest Cubase file I've ever had was 1MB or so.

When I track a full band, it's not rare to use about 1GB per song depending on the band. So, saving 15MB for 15 completley different mixes is about the equivalent of 1.5 minutes of a stereo wav file. Or 4.5 seconds of audio if have 20 tracks.

Brandon

[Hot pocket]

Actually you're right! When I sent the first msg, I was thinking that every time you saved the project that you were "Re-saving" the audio files.
But this is not true. Cubase pulls the files from the pool into the project but doesn't have to re-save the audio files from project to project.

So that isn't too bad.
Good show!!!

[scribe]

Hey there,
Cubase 4 does all this and much more really easily. Saving as a template is good too when tracking I find. I went straight from VST5 to 4 (skipped sx) and am blown away by it............ Cheers.