How long did it take you to learn Cubase?

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I'm getting Cubase LE pretty soon and was wondering how long it took you guys to at least learn the basics of it? How is the manual? I hope it's not like the one to my Triton LE..ugh! But I did get a instructional CD with it to guide me more.
 
It took me 6 months to get really proficient in Cubase SX. I'm kind of slow in the head though. :D
 
It's taken me about 3 months to learn Cubase. So far and still counting, about 8 years to learn how to record and mix. It's all kinda relative. If you know your stuff, then Cubase is a breeze but if you're learning about mixing and recording simultaneously then Cubase is going to be a bit tuff for awhile.
 
Well, I started with Cubase VST 5.x and switching to SX 2 was a shocker as there were many things that were different. I was right-clicking and left-clicking expecting different things, but SX had it's own idea what these were supposed to be used for. So, in a sense, I had to relearn, and some muscle memory had to be retrained. Took me about 2 weeks to get comfortable with SX.
 
About a month to get to the point of making tracks, another 3 to get into the advanced stuff and still learning
 
a month jsut to learn to make tracks? I remember using cool edit 2.0 and figuring out how to do that in a few minutes.

I did buy a tutorial CD rom with cubase along with a book that has a chapter on it. I'm pretty dumb though. I hope I stick with it and not just give up.
 
That means finished song, first track was 29 midi and audio tracks ready for mastering in about 4 weeks with several sessions per week. Less recording time, I would say about 20% of that time was me with the manual and I think learning and using it on a pretty rigid schedule makes all the difference when trying to settle in with some software
 
oh okay. Well I hope I don't have too many problems. I just have to stick with it and not get lazy.
 
don't get bogged down with all the features just because they're there. just learn what you need to do at the moment, using the manual.
 
Tip: Keep a text file of directions on how to do things in Cubase.......sort of your own mini manual.

I wish that I did this when I first started using Cubase. It's alot easier to take a glance at directions written by YOU than it is to pick through the manual every time you forget how to do something.
 
TravisinFlorida said:
Tip: Keep a text file of directions on how to do things in Cubase.......sort of your own mini manual.

I wish that I did this when I first started using Cubase. It's alot easier to take a glance at directions written by YOU than it is to pick through the manual every time you forget how to do something.
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I keep a sheet right close by that has all my shortcuts on it. Especially handy if you dive into writing Macros, which sounds scary at first, but in the long run saves a TON of time having your most commonly performed tasks ready to go at the push of a button.

And I'm still learning Cubase (I had the basics down in a couple of days (a couple of really LONG days.....)).
 
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