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A Music App Blog stepbystep tutorial By John Walden DIY send effects in Cubasis using Audiobus This stepbystep guide is to accompany the article on the Music App Bog website that describes this general process. You can find that article at: http://www.musicappblog.com/diysendeffectscubasis/ The example used here is based upon processing a ‘dry’ lead vocal track through AudioReverb and AUFX:Dub and then blending the ‘wet’ (processed) tracks recorded through those effects to create the required level of the effects. All the screenshots here used the demo Lucky 7 project supplied with Cubasis. Step 1 Place Cubasis into both the Input and Output slots of Audiobus and put the effect app that you want to use in the Effects slot.

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Page 1: DIY send effects in Cubasis step by step - Music App Blogmusicappblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/DIY-send...Step3"!!! Withoutrecordingtheoutputatthisstage,setplaybackgoinginCubasisandflip

A  Music  App  Blog  step-­‐by-­‐step  tutorial    

By  John  Walden      DIY  send  effects  in  Cubasis  using  Audiobus      This  step-­‐by-­‐step  guide  is  to  accompany  the  article  on  the  Music  App  Bog  website  that  describes  this  general  process.  You  can  find  that  article  at:-­‐    http://www.musicappblog.com/diy-­‐send-­‐effects-­‐cubasis/        The  example  used  here  is  based  upon  processing  a  ‘dry’  lead  vocal  track  through  AudioReverb  and  AUFX:Dub  and  then  blending  the  ‘wet’  (processed)  tracks  recorded  through  those  effects  to  create  the  required  level  of  the  effects.  All  the  screenshots  here  used  the  demo  Lucky  7  project  supplied  with  Cubasis.    Step  1    

   Place  Cubasis  into  both  the  Input  and  Output  slots  of  Audiobus  and  put  the  effect  app  that  you  want  to  use  in  the  Effects  slot.          

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Step  2    

   Open  the  Cubasis  project.  Solo  the  track  you  wish  to  process  (in  this  case  it  is  the  track  named  Voice)  and  make  sure  that  any  of  the  Cubasis  Insert  or  Send  effects  that  you  might  have  experimented  with  previously  (e.g.  the  Cubasis  reverb  or  delay  effects)  have  been  disabled.    Then,  add  a  new  track  onto  which  you  wish  to  record  the  processed  version  of  the  vocal.  Note  that  as  AudioReverb  produces  a  stereo  output,  this  new  track  is  a  stereo  track.  The  audio  input  of  that  track  has  been  set  to  Audiobus.        

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Step  3    

   Without  recording  the  output  at  this  stage,  set  playback  going  in  Cubasis  and  flip  to  your  effect  app  (in  this  case  AudioReverb)  so  that  you  can  tweak  the  effects  settings  as  required.  While  you  can  only  hear  the  vocal  part,  and  not  other  elements  of  the  mix,  you  can  at  least  get  some  impression  of  the  processed  sound.  You  might  have  to  move  between  the  effect  app  and  Cubasis  to  adjust  the  Cubasis  fader  settings  and  effect  input  level  settings  so  that  you  get  a  suitable  signal  level  going  into  the  effect  app  (not  too  low  and  not  so  high  that  the  effect  gets  overloaded).        

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Step  4    

   Once  you  have  the  effects  settings  configured,  flip  back  to  Cubasis  and,  this  time,  engage  recording  on  what  is  going  to  be  your  ‘wet’  track  and  then  activate  recording  as  you  play  through  either  the  whole  project  or  just  the  section  you  wish  to  process.  Again,  at  this  stage,  you  can  only  hear  the  original  dry  vocal  and  the  processed  version.  Don’t  worry  about  the  blend  between  them  at  this  point;  we  will  adjust  that  later.        

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Step  5    

   Once  you  have  recorded  the  ‘wet’  track  within  Cubasis,  flip  back  to  Audiobus  and  remove  both  the  effect  from  the  Effects  slot  and  the  instance  of  Cubasis  from  the  Input  slot.    

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   Step  6    

   Now  we  have  both  the  ‘dry’  vocal  track  and  the  ‘wet’  processed  track  within  our  project.  You  can  remove  the  solo  settings  from  these  two  tracks  and  now  playback  the  entire  project  including  your  two  versions  of  the  vocal.    By  adjusting  the  relative  levels  of  the  dry  and  wet  vocals  you  can  both  (a)  set  the  overall  level  of  the  vocal  within  the  mix  and  (b)  set  how  ‘wet’  (how  much  reverb  in  this  case)  is  blended  in  with  the  lead  vocal.    If  you  just  want  this  one  effect  applied,  then  you  are  now  done….    but  there  is  nothing  to  stop  you  repeating  the  process…    so  feel  free  to  move  on  to  Step  7  if  you  want  to.        

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Step  7    

   Let’s  imagine  we  also  want  a  little  delay  added  to  our  vocal  using  AUFX:Dub.  We  go  back  to  Audiobus  and  add  AUFX:Dub  to  the  Effects  slot  and  return  Cubasis  to  the  Input  slot.        

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Step  8    

   Back  in  Cubasis,  we  solo  our  dry  lead  vocal  track  again  (make  sure  the  vocal  reverb  track  is  muted  along  with  all  the  other  tracks  in  the  project).  We  can  then  create  a  new  audio  track  to  record  our  second  ‘wet’  vocal;  this  time  for  the  delay  from  AUFX:Dub.        

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Step  9    

   As  before,  we  can  then  flip  to  AUFX:Dub  and,  while  out  ‘dry’  vocal  track  is  playing  back  in  Cubasis,  we  can  adjust  the  settings  in  AUFX:Dub  to  produce  the  delay  effect  we  are  after.    This  will  generally  include  using  the  Tap  button  to  ensure  the  tempo  of  the  delay  repeats  matches  that  of  the  Cubasis  project.    You  might  also  have  to  flip  between  Cubasis  and  AUFX:Dub  to  ensure  that  the  Cubasis  fader  levels  and  AUFX:Dub  Output  Gain  settings  produce  a  suitable  input  level  to  the  effect  and  a  suitable  output  level  of  the  processed  signal  back  into  Cubasis.    Once  this  is  done,  we  are  good  to  go  and  can  set  Cubasis  to  record  the  AUFX:Dub  output.        

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Step  10    

   We  are  then  good  to  go  and  can  set  Cubasis  to  record  the  AUFX:Dub  output.  We  now  have  three  vocal  track;  one  ‘dry’  (the  original  vocal)  and  two  ‘wet’  (reverb  from  AudioReverb  and  delay  from  AUFX:Dub).        

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Step  11    

   As  earlier  in  Step  5,  Once  you  have  recorded  the  ‘wet’  track  within  Cubasis,  flip  back  to  Audiobus  and  remove  both  the  effect  from  the  Effects  slot  and  the  instance  of  Cubasis  from  the  Input  slot.    

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Step  12    

   And  we  are  done….      all  that  remains  is  to  playback  through  the  project  –  with  all  the  tracks  playing  –  and  blend  our  three  vocal  tracks,  adding  just  the  right  amount  of  reverb  and  delay  required  to  support  our  lead  vocal  in  the  context  of  the  full  mix.          

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Conclusion    The  examples  I’ve  used  here  to  illustrate  this  process  are  perhaps  the  most  obvious  ones;  adding  reverb  and  delay  to  a  lead  vocal.  However,  there  is  nothing  to  stop  you  applying  the  same  principle  to  any  track  within  your  Cubasis  project,  be  it  vocal  or  an  instrument,  not  to  stop  you  using  other  types  of  iOS  effects  apps.  Good  examples  might  be  processing  synth  sounds  through  a  guitar  amp  synth  or,  if  you  are  more  experimental  in  nature,  processing  almost  anything  through  Sugar  Bytes  rather  excellent  Turnado  app.    Hope  this  helps  –  and  feel  free  to  provide  feedback  or  ask  any  question  by  getting  in  touch  via  the  blog  or  by  email  at:-­‐    www.musicappblog.com    [email protected]    Good  luck  and  happy  recording  J    Best  wishes,    John  Walden