Cubase Slip Editing Method

[daveotero]

you dont have to pad or buffer the events

but that gets into a long discussion about recording techniques and other cubase specific crap

but basically you can't slip audio past what was recorded

so, do the math... if you have a bar extra before and after the take, you'll be good, unless you need to slip by an entire bar somewhere in the performance, which is something that will never happen, even if there is an arrangement change you can just cut and MOVE instead of slip

tempo changes work just fine

+1

Cubase won't let you slip into empty space (although that would be handy). If your event is pulled out all the way at both ends you wont be able to slip at all.

If you have audio prerecord activated, which you should, then you shouldn't have to worry about the left side. If you've bounced or consolidated the track for the song before your edits and you have a few extra bars of audio at the end, just pull it back first so you have some slipping room. Not a huge deal.

 

[Force666]

This is honestly not making any sense to me, at all.


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sorry, it's the "range selection" tool. and if you select a range, in this case all tracks and the whole song (besides what you already edited) and you slide that over there's no cutting involved.

cleared up?

 

[JeffTD]

Still not really seeing how it's going to cut things properly for you, and it really sounds like it's treating it like logic's flex edit where you just grab anywhere in the waveform and slide around, but I don't have Cubase open and I haven't tried it out yet so I'm not really sure.

 

[Force666]

It only "cuts" on the hit that you have it lined up on. I'll try and make a video of it. It's basically the same as Mike's except you don't have to manually cut, the "region" just slides over.

 

[denizdurdag]

Thanks for the video, it's a great method. And a big thanks to whoever first thought of this kind of editing.

It only "cuts" on the hit that you have it lined up on. I'll try and make a video of it. It's basically the same as Mike's except you don't have to manually cut, the "region" just slides over.

This works fine for "late" hits, but for "early" hits you have to strech the newly created event manually. Or i am missing something?

 

[Force666]

Thanks for the video, it's a great method. And a big thanks to whoever first thought of this kind of editing.



This works fine for "late" hits, but for "early" hits you have to strech the newly created event manually. Or i am missing something?

Ya I guess it's getting lost in translation. But you would just slide everything right instead of left if it was a early hit. Then crossfade the gap.

 

[FIXXXER]

i am not workling with real drums but this may be also helpful when editing doubled vocals.
thanks for the vid!

cheers
S.

 

[JeffTD]

i am not workling with real drums but this may be also helpful when editing doubled vocals.
thanks for the vid!

cheers
S.

The cut/slip method is literally all I use for editing, and it makes things like pocketing bass tracks an absolutely breeze.

 

[kev]

Good work Mikael! Btw, I always tend to glue. What's the difference between consolidate and glue? Also, how do get gridlines to front view for easier editing?

 

[006]

Kev: glue will keep those split events, just represented as single event, while audio>bounce actually renders it into a single event. As far as grid lines up front, do you mean like in my video? I just have the events set to be transparent under preferences. I am actually planning on making an updated video to replace that one based on some of the tips I've gotten and thinking about stuff after-the-fact.

 

[Executioner213]

This is a goddamn great video. Thank you for taking the time to put it together.

Force666: I'm looking forward to see the vid of what you do too. Having several versions of how to do things, and being able to weigh the pros and cons of different methods to personal taste is really a great thing to have.

 

[Executioner213]

006: When you bounce, will it start adding extra bounced tracks every time you do it, or will it replace the previous one you had with the new one based on track per project?

 

[kev]

Kev: glue will keep those split events, just represented as single event, while audio>bounce actually renders it into a single event. As far as grid lines up front, do you mean like in my video? I just have the events set to be transparent under preferences. I am actually planning on making an updated video to replace that one based on some of the tips I've gotten and thinking about stuff after-the-fact.

Thanks Mike, worked a treat- i had a brief scan around the options but didnt see it!

 

[Sickan]

Could someone upload this somewhere else?

 

[Charles J]

+1

Cubase won't let you slip into empty space (although that would be handy). If your event is pulled out all the way at both ends you wont be able to slip at all.

If you have audio prerecord activated, which you should, then you shouldn't have to worry about the left side. If you've bounced or consolidated the track for the song before your edits and you have a few extra bars of audio at the end, just pull it back first so you have some slipping room. Not a huge deal.

Sorry for a dumb question, but can anyone tell me how to activate prerecord in Cubase SX3? I've searched the manual and online and cant seem to find how to activate it or what/how how exactly it work!

Cheers!

 

[CatharsisStudios]

get on aim you fuck and im me

 

[Force666]

Ok, my video is pretty retarded but should give the general idea of what i do. I couldn't get it to record audio and it couldn't be much more "short and sweet" haha. I guess i'm a video retard, but here it is anyways. I'll happily answer any questions.

My Retarded Video




A reiteration of earlier post for typed general directions

First off it will be easier but not nescessary to bounce all the tracks so they are a single wav for the whole song. (each track that is )

I use the "selection" tool and select the whole song (all drum tracks, all the way to the end of song). So now all tracks should be blue.

Now when you line up with the far left side of the "selected region" you can slide the selection to each hit you want to quantize.

After you line it up on the hit you want to the grid, with the mouse you can come a little into the selection area, click - hold, and you can slide everything back to the grid line you are quantizing too.

No splitting nescessary ( it automatically splits for you ), and you slowly but surely move your way to the end of the song. I will say that I find this method a little faster and obviously more accurate than the "nashville" method.

Hope this made sense.

 

[Plankis]

Could someone upload this somewhere else?

You couldn't watch it either? There's almost a clue here...
Ah well I finally solved it by watching it through a proxy.

Kind of new technique to me as I've never really done some serious editing... I usually just track until it's perfect. But I just track with me, myself and I so I've never needed to do in any other way.
What I've done earlier is using the Time warp option. But this way seems to be way faster. Thanks for these vids.

 

[Notuern]

You couldn't watch it either? There's almost a clue here...
Ah well I finally solved it by watching it through a proxy.

Det är inte relaterat till Sverige iaf.. men det kanske är så att ni har samma ISP? Och att deras DNS som krånglar?

 

[Plankis]

Det är inte relaterat till Sverige iaf.. men det kanske är så att ni har samma ISP? Och att deras DNS som krånglar?

Mycket möjligt, men det hade varit mycket roligare.