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27-01-2007, 12:32 PM
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| Cubase 4 tutorials Not an ad. Might be important to someone looking at sequencers. Computer Music magazine has one of its "specials" out: Cubase 4 along with a CD with some tutorial files referred to in the articles. It looks quite comprehensive, taking things right from the start and includes the score editor.... but as usual we have to wade through masses of print - no such things as bullet points (except occasional highlit sentences in the middle of a page). Hey-ho...well, I'm an insomniac... It'll cost six GBP. I don't know if it's available outside the UK. I bought this issue as it has stuff on VSTis, control and features in common with many sequencers including more modest software, some samples and a dfh drum VSTi (dfh??? And I thought it was going to be a sofa. Tch!). I'll comment shortly if I think I wasted my money. Their specials have been helpful before so I expect to get something from it if only the drum machine.  |
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28-01-2007, 09:06 PM
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| Well, huhhhhh....it's a bit uneven. Starts you from recording a midi arrangement from scratch but even the first tutorial (page 19) starts with a load of waffle. For the 99th time we're told "Cubase 4, the latest version of Steinberg's esteemed software package......" Most of the first 18 pages cover the history...that gives you some idea of the pace of the thing. Haven't had time to do the tutorials yet but maybe you should browse it before shelling out £6. |
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28-01-2007, 09:26 PM
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| Hehe… thanks for sharing your experiences with this one! Computer Music Magazine is cool in many ways, but their special issues are highly variable. Looking forwards to hear if you get anything out of the tuts, tho.  Regards |
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15-02-2007, 11:42 AM
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| Re: Cubase 4 tutorials Well....hmph! I finally got a reply from CM magazine and in fact you have to buy Cubase 4 before you can use the tutorials. Nothing like a free 28-day trial with it! Last edited by reith : 18-02-2007 at 10:12 AM. |
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02-03-2007, 06:17 PM
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| Re: Cubase 4 tutorials I would love to be able to work as most of you seem to do, using VST and midi et al. |
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03-03-2007, 07:41 PM
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| Re: Cubase 4 tutorials But really, what's to stop you...ok, money and time... But you learned Sib so a sequencer should be easy. Or get a sampled orchestra, like Garritan, to work with Sib (disclaimer - I don't know if that's possible but it seems to work with most things). A sequencer wouldn't take much getting used to - each instrument uses a piano-roll - you get keyboard notes down the left margin and the timescale along the page. It's like a grid and once you set how you want the "beat" or bar divided up, like into 1/16ths or whatever, up to about 1/512ths (depending how "free" you want to write, then you draw in the notes starting at whatever point you want for whatever duration you want. Give it a go! reith Last edited by reith : 09-03-2007 at 09:22 AM. Reason: trimmed |
