Ok, I'm new with Cubase, and I'm all confused about one single thing.

[MonkeyAbuser]

When I got it, I was told that I could use it to take an audio track, and I would be able to separate that into the individual tracks within the song (so I would have just vocals, or just drums, or something like that). And... I was wondering if that was true, and if it is HOW THE HELL DO I DO IT?! And if I can't do it with Cubase SE, is there another program I could do it with.
Please help...

 

[Blue Bear Sound]

When I got it, I was told that I could use it to take an audio track, and I would be able to separate that into the individual tracks within the song (so I would have just vocals, or just drums, or something like that).

Someone was out-'n-out lying to you....

I was wondering if that was true

Nope....

HOW THE HELL DO I DO IT?!

You can't...

And if I can't do it with Cubase SE, is there another program I could do it with.

Nope - can't be done at all..... put it this way - can you take a cake and separate it back into flour, eggs, milk, etc once it's baked? Same thing for a mix....

Please help...

Consider yourself helped... and you should give a blast to whoever told you that nonsense in the first place!

 

[AlfredB]

When I got it, I was told that I could use it to take an audio track, and I would be able to separate that into the individual tracks within the song (so I would have just vocals, or just drums, or something like that). And... I was wondering if that was true, and if it is HOW THE HELL DO I DO IT?! And if I can't do it with Cubase SE, is there another program I could do it with.
Please help...

the only way you can do it is if you get the original project files.

So, yes, i can separate MY audio tracks into individual tracks, but you cant do this with "normal" audio-tracks. (maybe this was the misunderstanding between the person who advised you and you)

the cake-to-flour analogy is great, btw ... and its quite evident that NO program can do that.

cheers,
alfred

 

[mattamatta]

Yeah, if you want to have multiple tracks, you either have to import multiple files, or record things yourself seperately to multiple tracks.

Something that already has everything mixed down to one (mono or stereo) file cant be separated by any current technology.

The reason to have cubase is exactly the opposite - to take multiple tracks and mix them down to a single file.