What the hell??

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I'm recording a song and I have just finished making the MIDI drum track. I recorded a little bit of the first audio track, but then I screwed up so I stopped. Now each time I record onto that track, All I can get is that little snip of audio that I first recorded. it keeps reappearing. Nothing more can be put onto tape. even if I edit the end time, it's just Stuck...I don't know what to do. theres no way I have the time to start a new song and redo all that midi crap...it took me hours. Any advice?
 
I don't know what version your using, but you are in 'replace' mode on the transport control, and not overdubbing over the same part? What about your left right markers, in the correct places? What happens if you try recording audio on the next track available?
 
Well, The problem seems to be I cant get my Right locator to move at all. It's stopped at measure 4, and thats all i can record on ANY of the audio tracks. How do I move it?
 
So it is something with the locator than. What version of Cubase are you using? You either drag the right marker with your mouse in the arrange window, or type in the values on the transport bar.
 
I try....but when I type in the values they show up but recording still stops at 4. The right one wont move....if I drag it somewhere else it automatically goes back. I use cubase 5, vst32
 
There are some _really_ gnarly bugs afoot in the production releases of Cubase VST32 5.0. Trust me on this: I damned near tore my hair out for 6 months over one. We'd need to know the exact rev number you have to help more. When you start up, the Cubase splash screen will have a number in black on the Cubase logo: something like "R3PB2", or "R1", or so on. It's also available in the "About" dialog under the "Help" menu.

Many of the earlier versions of VST32 5.0 have some real problems. I had R3PB2, and it gave me flakey record dropouts. Thanks to advice I got here, I upgraded to R4, and then immediately to R5PB6. All these updates are available for free on the Steinberg FTP site, ftp://ftp.steinberg.net.

R4 appears to be pretty stable, and R5PB6 looks good as well. R3PB2, that came off my CD-ROM, has deep problems. I'm really looking forward to the final R5, myself, because there are still some minor bugs in R5PB6. But at least it doesn't stop recording at random times!

For some more information on current bugs, another useful source of information is http://www.cubase.net. The general feel there is a little harsher than here, but there is a lot of good info over there, like the semi-official user-community bug lists... Check it out. I've learned a huge amount about this program over the last couple of weeks, and the most important thing is that it is not quite as ready-for-prime-time as the marketing might lead you to believe. I didn't know until this week that that "PB" in the rev number stands for "public beta"... After all, beta code = "No wonder it's flakey!".
 
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Great! thanks a million!

However I think I just fixed my own problem. it seems that if you move the left locator to a certain spot and then right click, It makes the right locator appear there. thanks! I do however have one more question. How can I have two effects on one track, but have them each occur at different times?

~Bobcat
 
On the mixer panel, there are 2 buttons labeled "read" and "write." (At least in VST 5.0r4- and I'm assuming VST/32)

Have both of your effects set up as either inserts or sends. Click the "write" button and press play. When you come to a part of the song where you want to turn the effects on or off simply do so at the right time.

Cubase will record any changes that you make. Hit stop. Unclick the "write" button and click the "read" button. Now Cubase will automatically do the effects ons and offs that you did by hand while "writing."

If you need to do this with multiple tracks at exactly the same time, just repeat this process one at a time with each one. It takes a little while, but once you get it right you never have to do it again.

It is really important to unclick the write button, by the way. Otherwise it will record any little changes you do and really mess up your mix in unpredictable ways. Be deliberate with it.

Good luck,
Chris
 
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