Are you a Cubase Pro?

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Hi all,

I'm a new SL3.0 user, (and a home recording newbie)... I just moved from Colorado to Michigan (leaving my pro behind).

If you would be willing to mail me a couple of your masterpiece Cubase projects on CD (or, DVD), please email me or reply to this thread - I'd be willing to pay a *reasonable* price for your time and expenses.

I think it'd be an invaluable learning curve to see how you EQ, add EFX, mix, and etc. to individual tracks, as well as the overall mix.

I'm not into midi yet and don't have a need for that... I've got my acoustic drum tracks and bass tracks laid down - I'm currently working on guitars, keys and vocals on my next CD project... I would like to mix this project myself, rather than send everything back to Colorado via USPS on DVD.

Can you help???

Thanks - Glen
 
What you are asking for has very little to do with Cubase. If I understand your request right then you are asking for someone to show you a finished mix of a large project. Cubase is just the tool. I concider myself fairly to very well known with Cubase, but I would not call my mixes proffesional just yet. If you read up on these boards (expesially in the Recording and Mixing forums) you will find all that you need to know. If there's any specific questions you can always ask them, but I don't think you'll learn much from just taking a project and looking at it. It's all about the idea behind it! :)
 
Thanks for your comments!

I think I could learn quite a bit by loading a finished Cubase project... not only can I see what's going on, but also listen to it - I can solo out tracks of a mix to hear the overall EQ of an individual track: which would be huge... especially while still learning the nuances of my monitors, the room, etc.

Just seeing how someone routes their FX, and seeing the levels, compared to the EQ, etc... there's a ton to be learned from seeing someone's finsihed project in comparison to my own.

Still pouring over the forums daily... thanks again.
 
Ok I may have been a bit to quick with my answer ;)

I could send you one if you want it, but these things get pretty big (especially on a big project). Like, over a gig big.
 
Halion,

If you would do that for me I would be eternally grateful... email me your price, and I'll paypal, or send a check, or whatever...

Reading can only do so much for a guy... I can read until my eyeballs explode and it won't do me any good - give me some hands on... and I'm that much closer.

When a guy can see how someone else EQ's a kick drum... a snare... the HH's, the OH's, the bass, guitar and vocals, etc., etc. - be able to individualize those tracks, and then hear them altogether in a mix... MAN! that's an education in my book... I could study your project for a few hours, versus studying a good read (for days on end) and EASILY learn twice as much in half the time.

Let me know - glen@no-shame.org

Thanks Halion...
 
This is not a bad idea, if you can find somebody to play. Alternatively, the book Cubase SX Power by Robert Guerin has links to online exercises on its publisher's site which would achieve the same thing.
 
Hi Garry,

The online exercises you speak of...

Are they midi-based stuff? I just cannot deal in that realm... My music is real musicians, playing real instruments... eventually I'll get to midi, but am starting to feel like "musicians" (even a hack like me) are a lost art?!

I really can't deal with even digital drums... gimme the acoustic kit every time...

Are the demos "real" music?
 
NoShame said:
Hi Garry,

The online exercises you speak of...

Are they midi-based stuff? I just cannot deal in that realm... My music is real musicians, playing real instruments... eventually I'll get to midi, but am starting to feel like "musicians" (even a hack like me) are a lost art?!

I really can't deal with even digital drums... gimme the acoustic kit every time...

Are the demos "real" music?
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Well, I consider myself a "real musician", but I love MIDI too. When recording stuff, I use MIDI to play samples through a software sampler (piano, etc.). You can still be a real musician and creative artist using MIDI - the possibilities are quite expansive. Just wanted to add my 2 cents.

I use drum samples too, but prefer to track a real kit. Maybe you haven't really heard what's out there as far as instrument samples? There is some really useful and cool stuff out there.
 
Just for an FYI...

I do not dispute that midi players are "real" musicians... I only meant that in the sense that - it's a realm that I do not have time to learn... yet.

midi is obviously a valuable tool... hands down. If I were a "real" musician, I would have no need for midi. I would be able to play every instrument perfectly... horns, drums, bass, keys, etc.

What I was really trying to get across is: I really am an "old-schooler" - even though I'm a hack... even though I've done covers for decades (and I even suck at that), I'm still stuck in a non-"techno" world...

I'm only envious of midi-maniacs... just don't have time to learn that... YET.

:)

If you listen to some of my originals, you'll see what I'm talkin' about... if you're gonna spend the time... Lamb of God is probably my most popular, next to: "What's in your cup?" or "Ag2". Here's the link:

http://no-shame.org/downloadMP3.htm
 
That's cool! I think I just misunderstood you abit. I love playing real piano and am putting together a live band for some recording soon, but man, I just love my midi too! I've been into midi since about 1987 with my first "real" synth (a Yamaha DX7).

It can be a complicated getting into midi, but if you ever do, there are plenty of people around here who could help ya out.
 
There is a lot of MIDI in the book, and I guess in the exercises - Cubase did start as a MIDI programme after all. Learning the basic mechanics of how to use inserts, sends etc. on audio tracks in Cubase is not difficult and you've probably figured that out; I think your question is more about audio engineering and mixing, using EQ and effects etc. in general. The MP3 clinic is good for that, just listening to the mixes and reading the comments.
 
I didn't even think of that!

Garry - thanks for the reply! I didn't even think of using the Mp3 forum... I could always just post my work as I go and ask for input! Plus, check out the other links as you suggested... good idea - thanks!
 
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