A/B Reference Your Mix In Cubase | Cubase Secrets with Dom
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Dom Sigalas’ latest Cubase Secrets tutorial shows you how to set up A/B referencing in Cubase. Using a reference track is very useful for getting the sound you want when mixing your music production. Cubase makes it easy to do ‘in the box’.
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Perfect! Just what I was looking for to be able to compare subtle tweaks in several mixes.
This is one of the best features of Cubase. Use it all the time 👍🥳
Going to keep this video handy... to be used as a reference.
Thanks always for your help with Cubase Dom. I never stop learning even after ten years working with Cubase
Awesome!!!!❤❤
Thank you! 😭🙏🙌❤️❤️
Thanks for you're step by step walk through. Finally, I understand it and it's working great.
A great update of your other great video which helped me with using control room and AB referencing. Thanks legend!
As always -- brilliant explanation. Thank you.
Needed this
It's amazing 😃
Great stuff! Thank you!
Amazing shirt Dom!! Your setup is so inspiring!
I THOUGHT I knew a lot about cubase. I always learn more here. I love control room and I can't cubase without it, but I didn't know this trick.
very nice, thank you
Great ideas, and very important to reference while mixing. I've also used the 'listen' bus (and button) for quickly switching to reference tracks, especially if you have many reference tracks.
This is a great video. Would never have thought of this. Will be putting this into practice immediately.
Great video, great explanation! Thank you, Dom!
Fantastic explanation! Thanks 🙏🏻👍🏻
Always interesting Thank you Dom
just awesome! thanks man!
Automatic level matching would be really cool here
Very nice of course but if the reference song which is already mastered, I surely need to config something to equalize with my non mastered song...
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Who'd have thought???!!!
Cntrl & solobutton of the ref track does the job…
Dom, I noticed all those controllers to the left of your keyboard. Could you please explain what they are and there uses? I really appreciate your videos. You were one of the major people that helped me decide on Cubase 12 pro while it was on sale. Thank you!
Dom, Great video. I have a comment and question. My comment is a slight caution for users to keep volume matching in mind if you are A-B mastering or A-B-C mastering. A= the final mix that's being processed, B=your unprocessed original final mix, C= your target reference song (completely different commercially released song) that your client likes. A-B'ing your final mix and processed master will help you determine if your mastering process made the song your mastering better or if adjustments need to be made in your process. Is this something you take into consideration in your mastering workflow as well? I suppose we can add a second cue for C. I use AB plugin or Reference or sometimes the iZotope Ozone reference for this. I use my Cue for the "unprocessed" final mix and with gain boost to my target loudness.
Hey Dom, thank you for the great content. I have been struggling with the mixdown function in Cubase. The results sound nothing like the mix in Cubase itself. What am I doing wrong? Could/would you adress this topic? Cheers!
Great! is there a way to A/B reference in real time, a 'summed out' mix returning back in after analogue processing? Cheers
As a loyal Cubase user, I’m afraid there are some third party plugins that do a much better job at this. Won’t name them, but Cubase should consider doing something similar.
Yea but sometimes the cue mix and actual mix play at the same time for a microsecond causing a crazy spike of loudness clipping my output and hurting my ears haha. Also when your dealing with a full session with mastering and full cpu and comparing it to just an audio file switching back and fourth is not seamless. There’s a stutter or skip sometimes. Cubase can’t get it right
Hi Dom. I noticed that you (accidentally?) applied processing on the reference. Shouldn't it be on the lower track?
... I am recording one mono line..and adding audio filters in the bus channel. Are the filters that I add in the bus line be of the mono or stereo type..thank you
That's cool but is there any way to do a gain match between the two? It would be nice to have one button for gain match on every channel.
@astral_brain
Жыл бұрын
You can find out the LUFS/RMS of the reference track through Audio->Statistics. Then you match the mastered track to that by opening the metering tab to the left and adjusting the gain until you reach the same values.
How is using control room better than just putting the reference track on its own channel and soloing it when you want to A/B? If I need some global effects on the output bus that shouldn't be on the reference track I create a new group track just before the output bus where everything except the reference track is routed to and place such effects there.
@BleuNoirProductions
Жыл бұрын
my 2 cents -- I used this exact method before finding this video, and it works just as well, except it requires a bit more setup and switching between the two is more of a hassle in my opinion. I also like being able to have a dedicated 'switch-to-reference-mix' button. As a side-note, Astral Brain, I dig your music :)
@astral_brain
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@@BleuNoirProductions Having a dedicated shortcut key for switching sounds great, I just thought the setup of control room sounded a bit tedious, but maybe it's not when you get the hang of it.
@BleuNoirProductions
Жыл бұрын
@@astral_brain I guess it might be, I have set it up once and have a dedicated audio track in my template where the reference mix goes, ready to go, i barely have to think about it now. :)
hi there ; here I'm facing an issue about midi event . there are multiple parts in a midi track , like verse 1, 2, 3, or more . i bounce them by bounce midi or glue them as a single event . and export to a location , but when i import it again on project, the becomes apart again like unglued or unbouced event as it was before bounce . how can i solve this ? thanks in advance . THIS SUFFURING ME A LOT. IM USING CUBASE 12.
I used to have this down. I had to do a reinstall of windows a while back and after reinstalling Cubase 11, I can't get it to work. The reference works but now the stereo out channel has no target and the destinations tab on the right is blank. What did I forget to do? The project mix isn't routed anywhere so there is no sound. When I A/B I get the reference and then silence.
4 cues is not enough for bands please make it 8 or 10 cues
It doesn't work as nicely as in the movie. After switching, the reference track-C1 is several times louder. The first time it was a shock to the ears.