Cubase LE 5 Editing options

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I'm just getting my Cubase LE 5 setup and I haven't found the large variaty of editing options I was expecting. Is there no bass boost on LE 5??



Sorry, I'm still learning...
 
Bass boost? There's an EQ. There are tons of editing options. What is it you want to do?
 
Alright thanks; I'm in the still trying to resolve some regestration problems with Cubase so I haven't looked around. From the first glance it looked like a complicated/hard to learn program, but I'll have to work with it and find all the editing options. My first programs that I used for audio editing were Audacity and WavePad and I became very fluent with them after alot of trial and error. I suppose it will be much the same way with Cubase.
 
I think any DAW has a fairly steep learning curve. Cubase looks complicated because it can do lots of things. Most of the editing functions are on the tool bar, things like scissors, gluing etc. The EQ and inserts(FX, compression etc..) can be accessed on each track by hitting the little "e" button beside the slider for that track.
 
Cubase is a step up from Audacity. Like TetraFish said, there's an EQ. Experiment with everything in Cubase to become more familiar. If you want, I have some raw tracks I can send for you to experiment in mixing and editing. It may not be the genre you like, but that's really beside the point if your just learning everything.
 
If you were using Audacity and DAW you step up to (other than perhaps garageband) is going to have quite a learning curve.

As others have said it's all about the ability to do more and with more comes more learning.
 
Cubase is set up around what Steinberg called VST or "Virtual Studio Technology". If you know your way around an analog mixer, you should have no trouble figuring out the mixer and channel edit (that's what the "e" stands for) windows. You get a four band parametric EQ, inserts, sends, a fader and a meter (with other nifty features like channel input gain and polarity reverse, etc) standard with every channel. I personally find the EQ on every channel handy because it becomes a pain to have to insert one every time you need to like in Pro Tools. Plus they take up processing power in plugin form and the EQ's in Cubase are virtually footprint free.

The first thing to know about editing in Cubase is that it is all non-destructive. This means that the original file is unaffected by any modifications you make and when you process or bounce a track it is stored to a new file. All files are stored for retrieval or management in the audio pool (ctrl-p).

The standard hot keys (key commands) for editing tools are as follows (all numbers are the sequential numbers above the qwerty keys):

1 - Select Tool, Slip Tool, and Warp Tool (alternate between them by pressing "1" in succession)
2 - Range Tool
3 - Split Tool
4 - Glue Tool
5 - Delete Tool
6 - Zoom Tool
7 - Mute Tool
8 - Draw Tool
9 - Play Tool

So you can accomplish just about any editing operations with those and it's a good start to learn to switch between them seamlessly while working. My left hand kind lives in this area of the keyboard because editing also involves using the "shift", "ctrl" and "alt" keys quite often. Other things to know is that "J" turns snap on and off, "F" toggles the program to scroll the screen with the cursor during playback, "V" bounces an edit to a new file, and "G" and "H" zoom in and out.

These are the simple key commands that are essential to navigating around Cubase. Get to know them well.

Hope that helps.

Cheers :)
 
Thanks alot guys!

Another question...is it true that I cannot open my old .wav or .mp3 files in Cubase LE 5 for editing??
 
I don't have LE 5 but I know in LE 4 you could just use the import function on the file menu.
 
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