Cubase 11, 12, 13 Essential Training & Full Song Production

Learn How To Record, Mix, and Master a Full Song Using Cubase 11, 12, 13

What you’ll learn
You will learn the most important controls and features of Cubase
You will get a walkthrough of every button on the interface as well as every zone
You will learn how to use Cubase by going through the process of recording an entire song
You will learn how to record and edit every instrument: piano, pads, drums, guitars, and bass
You will learn how to record and edit vocals like a pro. This includes timing, pitch correction, and comping
You will learn the most important fundamentals of mixing : EQ, Compression, Reverb
You will learn how to use Cubase’s newest plugins for mixing
You will learn how to use the new Virtual Insruments that come with Cubase such as Groove Agent SE5, Padshop, and Halion SE
You will learn how to master and export a single song and full album
You will get a sneak peak into my personal projects that I’m working on so you can get some insight as to what a real recording project looks like
You will learn how to use Global Transpose to change the keys of your recordings without damaging it
You will learn how to use VCAs and Group Channels for mixing
You will learn how to record drums using both your keyboard and real MIDI drum kit
You will learn how to customize your workspace to your liking
You will gain the experience needed to produce your own music and albums in your own studio
You will create and really great music and release it after going through this course. I believe in you!
You will learn how to use Variaudio and Audiowarp to correct your timing and pitch problems
You will get an advanced tutorial on Variaudio and how to use it to create perfect vocal takes
You will learn how to setup your metronome to your liking and even render it
You will learn the important do’s and don’ts of professional recording

Requirements
No experience in Cubase needed. I’ll take you from zero to hero!
You will need a computer with Cubase 11, 12, or 13 installed, a midi keyboard, and an audio interface
It would be nice if you had a midi drum kit, bass, and guitars but this is not mandatory. You’ll just have more fun!
This tutorial will also work well with older versions of Cubase 11 & 10

Description
Welcome to the latest Cubase Essential Training Course!You are going to learn how to use Cubase by recording an entire song! This course will cover versions 11, 12, 13 onwards! If you have versions 10 & 11 that’s fine too. The majority of the teachings are applicable!After years of producing music for artists and myself, I have found that there is no better way to teach someone how to use Cubase than by leading them through the production of an entire song. This course is the real deal! Think of it as you doing a personal 1-on-1 internship with me in my studio as I walk you through how to setup Cubase, tell you the most important controls, then take you through the process of recording and mixing every single instrument all the way to the final stages of mixing, mastering, and exporting your final track. The course is intended to teach you the most important and fundamental controls and features of Cubase and how to use them to complete a full song production by showing and leading you through the ACTUAL PROCESS. By the end of this course, you should feel equipped an empowered to use Cubase to record your own songs and albums and release them to the public.No stone is left unturned for the beginner or intermediate user. Everything from setting up your tracks, to recording, comping, editing, pitch correction, EQ, Compression, Reverb, etc. is covered in this course. My goal here is to help take someone who is completely new to Cubase and transform them to the point of a relatively high level of competence so they are able to release their own music with confidence. I hope you enjoy this course, its my honor and privilege to show you how the whole process works.Have fun learning and recording!Blessings,Mark

Overview
Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction to Cubase Essential Training

Lecture 2 Starting A New Project

Lecture 3 Setting up your Audio Interface

Lecture 4 Setting up your inputs and outputs

Lecture 5 Understanding latency and how it affects your recording

Lecture 6 Understanding direct monitoring vs monitoring in Cubase

Lecture 7 Setting your Record File Format

Section 2: Understanding the Cubase Workspace & How to Customize It

Lecture 8 The Top Toolbar

Lecture 9 The Project Zone

Lecture 10 The Left Zone

Lecture 11 The Right Zone

Lecture 12 The Lower Zone

Lecture 13 The Transport Panel

Lecture 14 The Mix Console

Section 3: Essential Workspace Setup & Cubase Versions

Lecture 15 How to Customize Keyboard Shortcuts

Lecture 16 How to Create a Marker Track

Lecture 17 How to Create a Tempo Track

Lecture 18 How to Increase Color Palettes

Lecture 19 Cubase Versions & Plug-ins

Section 4: Song Production – Recording Your Foundation Instrument Track & Rough Vocals

Lecture 20 Introduction to Song Production

Lecture 21 Importance of charts for production and collaboration

Lecture 22 Importance of Outboard Microphone Preamps

Lecture 23 Setting up a new project and creating your foundational instrument tracks

Lecture 24 Setting up your metronome

Lecture 25 Recording Acoustic Guitar

Lecture 26 Initial Mixing of Foundational Tracks

Lecture 27 Insert Reverb and Send Reverb Methods

Lecture 28 Using Audio Warp to Correct Timing Issues With Acoustic Guitar

Lecture 29 Recording a Rough Vocal Take & Using LINK & VCA

Section 5: Recording Piano & Pads

Lecture 30 Introduction to Recording Piano and Pads

Lecture 31 Recording MIDI Piano

Lecture 32 Importance of saving new file names, Markers, & Cycle Recording

Lecture 33 Different methods for MIDI Comping

Lecture 34 Editing Piano MIDI

Lecture 35 How to edit Piano MIDI Velocity & other CC controls

Lecture 36 Recording MIDI Pads

Lecture 37 Editing MIDI Pads

Lecture 38 VST Recommendations for Piano and Pads

Section 6: Recording Drums

Lecture 39 Introduction to Recording MIDI Drums

Lecture 40 Groove Agent SE Tutorial and Setup

Lecture 41 Drum recording using MIDI Keyboard

Lecture 42 Editing MIDI Drums and Quantizing

Lecture 43 Mixing your MIDI Drums inside and outside of Groove Agent SE

Lecture 44 Groove Agent SE 5 Advanced Routing to MixConsole

Lecture 45 VST Recommendation Superior Drummer

Lecture 46 Introduction to recording using a MIDI Drum Kit

Lecture 47 Setting up your MIDI Drum Kit Module to match notes in Groove Agent SE

Lecture 48 Recording using MIDI Drum Kit

Lecture 49 Editing MIDI Drum Kit Recording

Lecture 50 Using a Group Channel for Drums

Section 7: Recording Electric Guitars & Bass

Lecture 51 Introduction to Recording Electric Guitars and Bass

Lecture 52 Setting up your tracks and inputs for recording electric guitars

Lecture 53 Recording Electric Guitars

Lecture 54 Comping and Editing Electric Guitars

Lecture 55 Mixing Electric Guitars

Lecture 56 Recording Bass Guitar

Lecture 57 Editing and Mixing Bass Guitar

Section 8: Recording Vocals

Lecture 58 Vocal Recording Setup & Pre-Fader Send for Monitoring Reverb Only

Lecture 59 Recording Vocals

Lecture 60 Vocal Editing & Variaudio for Pitch Correction

Lecture 61 Vocal Editing – Compression

Lecture 62 Cycle Recording

Section 9: Final Mixing & Exporting

Lecture 63 Introduction to Final Mixing

Lecture 64 Cleaning up the start and end of the tracks

Lecture 65 Checking EQ, Compression, and Reverb for all tracks

Lecture 66 Automation

Lecture 67 Limiting and Volume Maximizing using Waves

Lecture 68 Limiting using Cubase Plug-ins and Comparison

Lecture 69 Quick Export MP3 & WAV using Audio Mixdown

Lecture 70 Exporting Multiple Tracks

Lecture 71 Checking your mixes on multiple listening devices

Section 10: Mastering

Lecture 72 Mastering a single track from the project file

Lecture 73 Exporting a project for mastering

Lecture 74 Mastering a single track by comparison

Lecture 75 Project Sneakpeak – In the shadow of your wings

Lecture 76 Project Sneakpeak – Your Grace and Mercy Reigns

Lecture 77 Mastering multiple tracks for EP or Album

Section 11: Advanced Topics

Lecture 78 Autosave Feature

Lecture 79 How to Render a Click Track

Lecture 80 Global Transposing

Lecture 81 Leaving space in front for editing

Lecture 82 Dithering for CD Duplication

Lecture 83 HOFA DDP Master

Lecture 84 Creating a Project Backup File

Section 12: Cubase Project File Download

Lecture 85 Cubase Project File Download

Section 13: Thank you and all the best!

Lecture 86 Final Thoughts and Special Thanks

Beginners who would like to learn Cubase for recording, mixing, and mastering,Intermediate and experienced users of older versions who want to learn the latest version Cubase 12