CUBASE« Digital Audio Workstation »

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1 – History2 – Computer Aided Music (CAM)3 – Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)4 – Virtual Studio Technology (VST)5 – Playing music with Cubase6 – RAW Audio7 – Personal impressions

OUTLINE

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HISTORY 1

One of the oldest music software

First version in 1989 on Atari ST Computer

Current version is Cubase 7.5

First Windows version in 1992

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HISTORY 1

Cubase v3 for Atari computer

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CAM2“Computer Aided

Music”Cubase helps musicians to record music

Record all instruments, arrange them

Create projects :

Edit MIDI Files

Edit RAW Audio

Cubase can present them in a range of formatsJulien

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CAM2“Computer Aided

Music”

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Cubase v5 on Mac

MIDI3“Musical Instrument

Digital Interface”Technical standard

Protocol which allows electronics instruments to communicate

Multiple instruments played with ONE controller

Cubase is a controller

Reads MIDI file

Assigns instrument to this fileJulien

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MIDI3“Musical Instrument

Digital Interface”

MIDI file contains three main information :

Notation

Pitch

Velocity

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MIDI Connector

VST4“Virtual Studio

Technology”Software interface

Integrates instrument into a virtual environment

Uses digital signal to simulate traditional recording studio hardware

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MIDI VST Instrument

Playing music with Cubase 5

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CUBASE MIDICONTROLLER VST MUSIC

MIDI Keyboard MIDI Launchpad

RAW Audio6

File without compression

Cubase can deal with this format

A mic record provides RAW audio

Need to have a great soundcard

Method used in Studio

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Personal impressions

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I have used Cubase for about 2 years

Really complete

Drawbacks :

Expensive (600€)

A little bit hard for beginners

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