How do you mixdown?

[therage!]

I keep getting an error message when trying to mixdown that says...

"The left and right locators must set"

I think I set them and then I get this error mesage..

"Need string here you must set the locators"

I'm looking at this in the manual and it's confusing to me, doesn't work like any DAW software I've used so what I'm use to doing doesn't apply here so I realize the learning curve with this.

Thanks for any help!

Edit, got it figured out. The color in the ruler was read. I redrew the locators and it turned to blue.

 

[Rust E-Z]

At the top of the time line there are two little (i think blue) arrows/triangles with the points facing each other. drag the left one all the way to where you want your song to end (there should be a blue horizontal line that appears between them and your tracks will be highlighted)and you have your locator's set. (I think the points should be facing each other but maybe they face out, whene there is the line between them and your tracks are highlighted they are set though) wont work if they are backwards but you just drag them in the other direction to fix it.

Do'h, I thought I could contribute

 

[legionserial]

Edit, got it figured out. The color in the ruler was read. I redrew the locators and it turned to blue.

You had the left and right back to front. That's why it was red.

 

[therage!]

Thanks guys

 

[TimOBrien]

That's been a common problem for years..... no one can figure out why Steinberg hasn't fixed it.

 

[xstatic]

I don't even see it as a problem. Its just the way it should be. Set the start and stop marker, mix inbetween. If I were Steinberg I would not change it, but maybe change the error message to help the user more quickly figure out what they may have done wrong.

 

[cusebassman]

I don't even see it as a problem. Its just the way it should be. Set the start and stop marker, mix inbetween. If I were Steinberg I would not change it, but maybe change the error message to help the user more quickly figure out what they may have done wrong.

I agree... the locator setting thing is perfectly fine, but I had never seen such a thing in multitrack software before, so when that cryptic message came up, I didn't know what to make of it. Of course, google'ing the error gave me the info I needed

 

[therage!]

I agree... the locator setting thing is perfectly fine, but I had never seen such a thing in multitrack software before, so when that cryptic message came up, I didn't know what to make of it. Of course, google'ing the error gave me the info I needed

Yeah it threw me a curve. I found some info on it in the manual but it still didn't make sense until I stumbled on getting to work. Rust E-Z explains it better than the manual.

 

[Agent47]

You had the left and right back to front. That's why it was red.

Easily done!

 

[legionserial]

Easily done!

Yup those locators are a massive PITA. I think I managed to get them back to front and on cycle while I was recording once. Much crashing resulted.

 

[DAS19]

lol I think everyone has this problem... at least I did.

 

[NL5]

Without the locaters, how would it know where to start and stop? I guess it could just start at the begging of the first wav clip to the end of the last? It's really not that hard of a thing to grasp, but I admit, I had that problem the first time I tried to export...........

 

[ecktronic]

The locators are good. Not sure what the point of them being able to be the wrong way round though. :S

A handy short cut for you:

ctr1 (on number pad) to set 1st locator to where the transport bar is, and no prizes for the shortcut for setting 2nd locator.

Eck

 

[ecktronic]

The locators are good. Not sure what the point of them being able to be the wrong way round though. :S

A handy short cut for you:

ctr1 (on number pad) to set 1st locator to where the transport bar is, and no prizes for the shortcut for setting 2nd locator.

Also . on the numberpad takes the transport bar to to zero.

0 on the numberpad takes the locator back to the last position it was stopped at. Very handy for editing and for recording.

Eck

 

[xstatic]

Most of the time we would not need the #2 locator to be before the #1 locator, but there is also no reason to not let us do that. The bottom line is that this whole locator thing is a simple mistake to make, but a user error none the less. It is also very easy to just double check before you mix down. I don't see this as a glitch or a problem or even something Steinberg needs to address at all. About the onlt thing I see is maybe if they change their error message in such a way that explains the error better, or at lesat provides a link to a better explanation in the manual.

 

[jaybriggs84]

I think ctrl P or somethin places the right locator to the end of the selected audio, or maybe it's just P.

 

[ecktronic]

I think ctrl P or somethin places the right locator to the end of the selected audio, or maybe it's just P.

ctrl P takes you to the audio pool.
P sets the left and right locators to the start and end of the selected audio.
L moves the transport bar to the start of the selected audio.

F switches auto scroll on and off.

J turns snap on and off

G and H zoom in and out horizontally.

Z zooms in on the selected track vertically and minimizes the rest of the tracks.

Actually I found this neat picture of some of the Cubase shortcuts.

http://www.editorskeys.com/img/products/cubasekeyboard_largenew.jpg

Enjoy.

Eck

 

[Chili]

Hey Eck,

Thanks for posting that shortcut pic. It's going to help a lot.

Cheers,

 

[xstatic]

All of the shortcuts in Cubase and Nuendo are also editable

 

[ecktronic]

All of the shortcuts in Cubase and Nuendo are also editable

Yes very much so.
Go to: File - Key Commands...

I set the ` button (to the left of the 1/! button) to "add multiple tracks"
Thats a good time saver.

I feel its best not to mess with the settings too much as when you use Cubase on someone else's system then you will have a hard time adjusting to the shortcuts again.

Eck