pre-roll post roll

[bdemenil]

How do you setup cubase to preroll in the way that protools does - ie, on a punch to actually begin recording before you press record - so that you can stretch the sound file back if you hit record a bit late

[xstatic]

I don't remember off hand where exactly it is, but there is an option that you can use to set how much time in advance of hitting record that Cubase stores. I have mine set to 3 seconds. This way if you are a little late, or just wish you had started a little earlier you can still have that stuff

[bdemenil]

Thanks - if you remember how to set that up please let me know

[eyema_believer]

In SX3, go to your punch-in time, hold the "alt" key while clicking on the "L" on the transport bar.... go to punch-out time, hold "alt" and clcik the "R" on the transport bar. now, click the little weird line thingy below the "L" and "R" so they light up... then record-enable your track, then rewind to your desired playback start position, press play, but not record .... it will punch in and out automatically... it's pretty sweet.

[xstatic]

With some shortcut keys, setting punch in and punch out positions is much quicker then described above. All you have to do is set a left and a right locator. I have my shortcuts set up so that "i" is punch in activate, and "o" is punch out activate.

As far as prerecord goes, under the preferences menu select record. 6 lines down is an option called "retrospect record". Check that. The last line on the page is to enter how many seconds you want to prerecord.

[bdemenil]

thanks - found 'audio pre record' setting