User manual

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Setting up your system
Setting up audio
Multi-channel input and output
Most likely however, you will have other audio equipment that you want to integrate
with Cubase, using several input and output channels. Depending on the equipment
available to you, there are two ways to go: either mixing using an external mixing desk,
or mixing using the MixConsole inside Cubase.
• External mixing means having a hardware mixing device with a group or bus system
that can be used for feeding inputs on your audio hardware.
In the example below, four busses are used for feeding signals to the audio
hardware’s inputs. The four outputs are connected back to the mixer for monitoring
and playback. Remaining mixer inputs can be used for connecting audio sources
like microphones, instruments, etc.
Multi-channel
audio setup
using an
external mixer
Ö When connecting an input source (like a mixer) to the audio hardware, you should use
output busses, sends or similar that are separate from the mixer’s master output, to
avoid recording what you are playing back. You may also have mixing hardware that
can be connected via FireWire.
• When using the MixConsole inside Cubase, you can use the inputs on your audio
hardware to connect microphones and/or external devices. Use the outputs to
connect your monitoring equipment.
Cubase only: You can create very complex setups using external instruments and
external effects, and integrate Cubase seamlessly with all your external equipment
using the Control Room feature (see the chapters
“VST Connections” on page 26
and “The Control Room (Cubase only)” on page 211).
Mixing inside
Cubase