Hi Dom, After watching you playing keyboards in Halion Sonic last year I upgraded from Cubase SX [I kid you not folks] to Cubase 10. You are inspiration and enthusiasm personnified. Thank you for helping to breathe new life in my music production techniques : )

@DomSigalas

4 жыл бұрын

Aaaah man thanks so much for the kind words! Makes it all worth it ❤️

@chent

4 жыл бұрын

I had Cubase 3 SX until november last year, and I think it is very timeless software that is still better then many modern DAWs. I upgraded from Cubase 2 in like 2005, and did never feel a need to get another software until I decided to get some modern 64-bit plugins and get more into the modern standards of sound production.

@adamregan4921

4 жыл бұрын

Haha, same, I've got Cubase SX. It's still a very capable DAW. .. but looking to upgrade to 10.5 pro. 👍

@REX-007

4 жыл бұрын

One of the reasons I upgraded from 10 to 10.5 was Padshop2 after watching Dom's video on it. Amazing stuff.

@Am6-9

4 жыл бұрын

I have fond memories of the old cubase versions, but if I’d be forced to go back and use them, I’d be missing so many cool features from the newer versions, like control room, quick link, visibility agents, variaudio and so on :)

The vintage compressor is literally magic

Dom, you've saved so many of my mixes...and you look like Jesus...

@DomSigalas

4 жыл бұрын

Hahahahaha! Thanks man!

@safenafe1

3 жыл бұрын

😂 yes Dom is the Don of Cubase. Our guru our mentor 🙏

@wizartstudios5143

3 жыл бұрын

Cubase Messias :)

@normannutbar424

3 жыл бұрын

😂

@-ShaharGaming-

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha you do look like jesus bro !! Thanks for the video helped so much

Love the Cubase compressors. I just straight up call the tube and vintage comps LA2A and 1176 because that's basically what they are and they are VERY good. I've done countless A/Be against waves and other plugins and the Cubase ones sound closer to my analog gear because the coloring is there but they don't over compensate the coloring like most other plugins, making it sound like a blanket is over the track when turned on.

Thank you Dom. That is the best discussion of the Cubase compressors I have ever seen.

Really useful to know your stock plugins!!

Cheers Dom, loving the Cubase centric video.

Side-chain Low pass compression at the low end of the bass is so helpful! I was getting crazy without knowing this! Thank you so much!😊

Another brilliant video that is exactly what I needed - some excellent guidance on what kinds of situations to use each of the stock Cubase plugins. You are an inspiration, Dom, thank you!

Hi Dom, the Tube Compressor is fantastic, such a warm sound and brings your track alive. Thank you for the great videos, they have been so informative. Keep up the fantastic work.

Love the video! As all of your video tutorials, well explained and with great enthusiasm. You put a smile on my face when you were explaining sidechain compression and said, "Let it breathe, let the music guide you. This is all about listening, not numbers." Amazing!

This is the best video about Cubase compressors! Thanks for explaining the features. I tried all the methods yesterday and I really like the Tube compressor.

Loving your channel, it's been helping me HUGE!

Thank you, Dom for another great video! I admire you talent and work for years and you still light up my enthusiasm every time you post a new video. Keep up your amazing work!

thank you for the clear explanation. definetly Steinberg should hire you like their hype man. you a .legend

Awesome video. Think we got the same understanding on this plugins, but it is so good to see that I was not completly wrong about anything. I like how you work and I feel inspired to go and mix right now and have a closer listen to that punch.

Well, I know this video is older now, but coming back into music after 17yrs we are spoiled for plugin choices (and the fairy wants to take all of your money on top of that!) It was absolutely wonderful to hear the stock compressors broken out and used on several different audio sources, and there's enough here in the box that I can be very selective and only have to worry about a handful of character compressors because all of the workhorse needs are met right here!

Thanks for this overview Dom, really informative and helpful as always.

Very valuable video! I did not even know about the tube compressor for vocals! Thanks Dom! Keep these videos coming!

Great tutorial as always. Thank you!

I was very surprised by the stock plugins in cubase. Top notch.

I really love how the Tube Compressor sounds. Im new to working in a daw and I will be honest: didn't even realized that the tube compressor is actually a stock plugin.. 😄 Many thanks Dom! If you could, please keep these videos about how stock plugins operate coming! Very inspiring and makes me wanna go work!

Loving the Cubase videos Dom, Very refreshing after years of informative but boring product videos from Steinberg, your enthusiasm is as inspiring as the great information. Nice one! R.

I really love the vintage comp

Excellent video Dom. This helped me out alot. You and Chris Selim are my go to guys for cubase. Thank you

Great video. Helps me heaps. This is stuff I just didn't know. Cubase is amazing. Thanks

This was very useful information. Thank you.

Great! Thank you Dom!

Thanks for another great video Dom!

Thanks for explaining the Tube compressor fully! I think its been my go to recently for most stuff and I wondered what some knobs did. Now that you've explained SC it makes so much sense lol

@heyiplaybassguitar

2 жыл бұрын

I second this!! I've always been curious about the "character" and "drive" knobs... really great features to have in that compressor! In some cases, I don't even reach for EQ because this Tube Compressor imparts so much colour and tone!

simply best explanation :D

thank you ! it's help me a lot !

Keep the great work Dom

Lots of good stuff in this video ... again.This is a pattern !!! Dom is da man! :D You can also use the Expander included in Cubase Pro instead of the Gate. It's softer and doesn't chop off stuff under the threshold like the Gate does. And don't overlook the Channel Strip FX that's already there in the mixer for each channel for a little bread and butter shaping of the sound. It's a killer feature!

@DomSigalas

4 жыл бұрын

This is why I love the comments section! I want to expand on every little thing on the videos but then they would be 60min long! YES! The expander is the solution for the choppy breaths problem. You guys are great spreading the info I simply don’t have time to cover on the videos!

Great explanation. Thank you.

Thank you Dom for this helpful tutorial! I really dig the part with the creative sidechaining. Let the music guide you! :)

Excellent video thanks !

Super stuff Dom as per normal.

You are the best keep going. greetings from Greece

You are the best 🙏🏼Thanks 🙏🏼

Really helpful cheers!

Love this man, Defo upgrading from Cubase Elements 9 to Pro 10 in a few weeks. 100% worth the money. You should defo do a studio tour I reckon that'd do really well! Cheers

Hi Dom great video and nice example of using compressor and side chain, thank you

Anóther gréat Dom video!!! Thanks sooo much Dom! We love U! Adri from Holland

Great video!!

Nice big thanks 😀

Hi Dom, than you so much for all your great tutorials! Greetz from Holland

Your videos are excellent! And I agree, our stock plugins are sooo good! They rival the best of em.

Hey Dom, first things first and big props for your videos. It´s always a pleasure to see how you get to the results. Most compression tutorials are for singing or rap vocals. What about vocals for radio advertising? Do you have secret tricks for loud and proud voice processing? Usually I use Izotopes Nectar 3, FabFilter proQ3 and the maag eq for some air. What about the cubase stock plugs? Greets from Munich.

thank you

Haven't yet used the Vintage or the Tube in a production, but I definitely will after seeing this video. The COMpressor on other hand is in many, many of my productions alongside with some straight up hardware emulation compressors from 3rd party developers. As Dom said, it's really non-coloured compressor, but it really gets the job done. I.e. I use it for compressing material I already think has really nice character and is already warm and colourful as it is, but I just want to compress it a bit.

My man!

It's good 👍

Aloha ! i discovered your channel very recently . i am amazed :) greetz from vienna

@DomSigalas

4 жыл бұрын

Welcome! ;)

Good Stuff !!!

My opinion is If you want to use a certain compressor for character, then consider firstly adding character to the source sound itself or with layering. Do that, then just use a vanilla compressor to gel it together

You deserve more subs :)

L'Oreal called and wants you for their next shampoo campaign, bro 🔥

@DomSigalas

8 ай бұрын

🤗😆😆

Nice sir

Please cover the different limiters for mastering

Liked, commented, subscribed👍

You can also load these compressors on the channel strip. To add sidechain inputs on the channel strip press: alt and click on side chain (SC) button. Great vid. I have been getting familiar with stock plugins since getting rid of (old) waves stuff and these explanations are really helpful. Thanks

@DomSigalas

4 жыл бұрын

Great info and thanks for wiring this down over here! I thought of explaining this in the video initially but 25 minutes was long enough hahaha! Thank you!

@xXUsualxSuspectXx

4 жыл бұрын

Dom Sigalas don’t mention it. Just dropping comments other cubase users may find useful. The goal of the vid was to explain what these compressors are and what they can do - which you done very well. Look forward to the next video...

cool....work the music magic.

Bam. Vintage compressor on each drum shell. Slow attack, fast release, punch engaged. Tube compressor on the full kit, fast attack, fast release, driving quite hard. That’s now my full kit sound! Punchy as fudge at the leading edge and the tube compressor really brings out the body and room sound! The drive glues it all together. Sounds huge! Thank you.

Hi Dom, Great video as always, didn't realize how much of a difference the choice of compressor could make. Have you ever used or thought about using the Multiband Compressor in Cubase?

@DomSigalas

4 жыл бұрын

I certainly do! I am not a massive fan of Multiband Compression in general (I prefer dynamic eq’s) but I use Multiband Compressor when there are things that are a bit out of control on the source material. The one in Cubase is really transparent too! But I would use it with caution as wrong settings can really alter the tonal qualities of your source (like with every Multiband compressor out there). Bob Katz has an excellent views on Multiband compressors in his book Mastering Audio, if you haven’t read this already I thoroughly recommend it for sure!

Hi dom do you have a tutorial with the difference between all the cubase limters. Also how to use the cubase soft clipper. I just like the way you explain things entertaining and fun 👍🏾💯💗

I'm watching this video over and over. Very useful. Thanks Dom. Quick question, I upgraded from 5. To 10.5 pro, where do I find "Noise gate" in 10. Thanks Com

Very good video brother I always watching your videos and really impressed with your work I'm using Cubase 5 for very long time and soon will move to Cubase 11 I just want to ask that these all Compressor is internal or external VST ? I mean all of these come with Cubase 11 pro ??

Hi Dom, Thanks for all the great content you put out. Are you limited to using only one of those filters on the tube compressor? I would've loved to see you apply a combination of these compressors on individual tracks, busses & master. Cheers

@DomSigalas

4 жыл бұрын

Hey Rex! Yes, it’s only one filter at a time! But you can always parallel compress your signal using send effects and then blending the compressed signal in to create a very nice even tone while retaining the original dynamics :)

Hi Dom, do you have a video on the comparisons for different cubase limiters/maximisers and the comparison for different cubase eq's?

Hi Dom, very beutiful video.. can you explain how to use Cubase in live performance to be Cubase as Mixer and what are the additional plugibs that we can use with getting low latency will be a beautiful topic entitled (How to use DAW as a mixer for live ) .. In fact I would like to use a Keyscape for the piano and some plugins like compressors, reverb, delay, EQ Can u explain best session settings and best equipment, components.. Thank u

Hi Dom Thank you so much for your great channel.I am soroush from İran...

🙏 🙏 😊 excellent overview Dom, thank you so much for doing it !! wonder if you will also do an overview of Cubase stock reverbs ? 🤔

@DomSigalas

3 жыл бұрын

I’ve already one one :) :) :)

@victornoagbodji

3 жыл бұрын

@@DomSigalas oh nice 😊

@victornoagbodji

3 жыл бұрын

@@DomSigalas oh my bad, i found it. thanks!

Very interesting , older Cubase didn't have these... Btw are these similarly CPU heavy?

Hi, first time commenter but longtime viewer. Big fan of your content and I’ve learned a lot from you, so big thanks! However I have to say that I think you explain the sidechain filter incorrectly here? You say it compresses only the low end/high end if you use the filters, but that’s inaccurate since the compressor still compresses the entire audio signal. The sidechain filter only filters the detection signal which trigger the compressor. So you can set it to only compress if there’s a lot of high frequency energy for instance, but it would still compress the entire frequency range. I am sure you just misspoke when you explained it. Thanks again for the great content you put out, I just felt I had to comment on this as it might confuse others.

@DomSigalas

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for bringing this to my attention :) Yes, indeed, I was referring more to the “effect” that each filter has on the sound rather than the actual topology /schematics. This is a quite complex subject for many people so the best way is through listening and examples imo :) It works pretty much like most hardware compressors that have a HPF filter SC. If there’s something to keep from what I said is that you “focusing” is a very important part of what it does. You got sibilants? Go with a high pass. You have uncontrolled low end but mids are fine? Go low pass. Yes, it will still compress everything but since it disregards the filtered signal you can focus on the frequencies you want and the gain reduction will be determined by those! Thanks so much for the constructive comment- these conversations are really valuable to everyone I think! Thanks for watching my friend!

@Shor8bit

4 жыл бұрын

​@@DomSigalas Yeah I figured what you meant, but to actually get that pinpoint compression you would need to do multiband compression. I think I might even have watched a vid from you touching on that. Thanks again for the great content and keeping us entertained and educated :)

Thanks for the video! Which one would you recommend for the master bus? Would it be the basic compressor?

@DomSigalas

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! Standard compressor or vintage in parallel :)

@DomSigalas

3 жыл бұрын

With caution ;)

Hey Dom I had a question suppose I have a yamaha mx61 connected to my laptop (cubase) and I've shown cubase to use the mx61 as an audio interface(connected via USB) so whatever I play on the keyboard gets recorded as midi and to listen to my keyboard sounds I load up a separate midi channel for that keyboard Now.. If I buy a new audio interface for recording vocals and I connect it to cubase via USB will i be able to use both my keyboard and audio interface simultaneously and seamlessly? BTW - That COD T-shirt looks nice..

Hi Dom, would you be able to do the same sort of video with the Yamaha plugins? The RND Portico and the Yamaha vintage plugs please? I'd love to hear your thoughts on those plugs aswell. Thanks

@rickypollock9100

3 жыл бұрын

Me too!

Dom thanks for this great video comparison. Only a question about the Vintage compressor that you mention as a replication of the 1176, I feel it seems more a Neve replication, graphically speaking. I’m wromg? I like it so much, I use it specially on vocals where I’ve experimented very beautiful sound, sometimes placing two of them with only an eq in the middle of chain. I like the way the tube comp works as master bus comp. Greetings ;)

@DomSigalas

3 жыл бұрын

Your absolutely right! But it definitely emulates an 1176 in terms of functionality and sound :)

Hoping you’re going to use the Vintage followed by the tube

Thanks for all the great videos. Question: When compressing drums, when you want it to sound natural, would you compress the cymbals separately from the rest? I know you can go to the extent of processing each drum individually but what is the next step up from compressing everything in one compressor?

@Am6-9

4 жыл бұрын

John2009R I think that very much depends on the source. If you have drums from a very good (=even) drummer,and it’s a jazz track, you would not use much compression on single tracks, if any at all. If it’s a rock drum from a “bad” drummer, you might need to compress the heck out of it. On drum tracks from VSTis like EZdrummer or Addictive drums, you might not need single track compression either. Except of course to add color and movement. IMHO there’s no definitive answer.

@DomSigalas

4 жыл бұрын

Oh, it depends SO much on the source material! For drums, I always tend to compress individual elements first. Kick and snare for sure. I also do parallel processing on snares and kicks. Then for the drums bus, it depends : 90% of the times I will have a nice bus compressor (API, SSL style most likely) and sometimes if I want this big, roomy hard rock sound, I will parallel the master bus as well with e.g. the Vintage Compressor to get that pumping effect. But there is NO right or wrong for sure! That’s the fun of it:)

its really really good job.. but could you please add such videos to your tutorial list please ..

Are the stand alone versions of these compressors the same as the channel strip versions?

nice video! ...I have a doubt about the default stock compressor in Cubase. How is the "Dry Mix" button used?

The old graphics in Cubase 8.5 look so much better. These look like gaudy cartoons for kids.

Is there any way to trigger the sidechain compressor on a midi channel and the compressor somehow can just compress the actual notes being played, so i can use i for sidechaining competing frequencies? Great content thanks!

Thanks for your very informative videos. Which of these compressors will be good to glue the mix in the master bus?

@DomSigalas

3 жыл бұрын

Very good question! I tend to go for the Compressor (the transparent one) but sometimes the Vintage can give you a nice pump if you use it with moderate settings! The Tube is great for glueing things if you compress 1-2 dB it has a smoother 33608 style quality with slow settings ;)

@jebb.

3 жыл бұрын

@@DomSigalas thanks alot

Btw, the video about the breath reduction macro: kzread.info/dash/bejne/c4yZrrKgpsmemc4.html

Did I miss where you play the uncompressed track ?

I use Tube Compressor on my master buss and sounds great... what do you think ?

On the vintage compressor. What attack and release settings would I use for hip-hop, trap vocals??

@williammays6656

3 жыл бұрын

Try a medium attack, allowing the transits in, with a fast release. You can also try using the auto release. And slap a little saturation on that vocal.

Did I miss you explaining the RMS button?

Thanks... but one question, is there a special reason to use stock plugins instead of the compressor in channel strip for sidechain?

@danielayotalks

Жыл бұрын

Main reason would be that all the channel strip plugins dont have the look-ahead feature in order to ensure no latency.

Hi I have a question you can tell me which of the apollo universal audio models are good for beginners I want to buy but not at a high price

Do you keep the Dry mix at 0% when side chaining ??

hi how do you use the black box hardware, thanks

@DomSigalas

4 жыл бұрын

I have a video planned soon about this and a comparison with the plugin version :)

Hi!, Thank s for the video, I would like to know how to unlink tracks or elements. At the moment when I sellect a track or element in the project window all tracks /elements is selected, when I only want to select one element/track to work on.

@DomSigalas

3 жыл бұрын

Go to the mixing console (hit F3) and at the top there is a button that says Link - just click it to unlink ;)

@louiegroenewald

3 жыл бұрын

@@DomSigalas thanks for the feedback. The link button was on, I switched it of but when I select 1 element, for example my parallel vocal track/element in project window the it still selects all channels. Don't no how this happen when in another project this does not happen and everything works normal. I'm very new to cubase only started a couple of months ago. Love it though...

@louiegroenewald

3 жыл бұрын

@@DomSigalas if I select a single track on the side it only selects one at a time which is correct, but if I select an element it selects all elements.

@louiegroenewald

3 жыл бұрын

@@DomSigalas I apologize. It is called events. Not elements. When I select one event, all events in project window is selected automatically.

@louiegroenewald

3 жыл бұрын

@@DomSigalas Hi, I think I found my mistake. I rendered in place the track as one after I worked on lead vocals I rendered the event to use as parralel compression and duplicated from there do use as doubler tracks. Thight might be. Because I'm working on different project now and saw that I can render events as different and don't have the issue anymore. Your thoughts?

if the first thing you do on the tube compressor is to set the mix to 100, why don’t you save that as the default preset? :) Another thing to do for a default preset would be cranking the input (and reducing the output) because the cubase compressors seem to be configured for very high levels and not the usual 0VU=-18dB like most analog emulations.

@DomSigalas

4 жыл бұрын

Very good point! Ties nicely with what I am doing with the Compressor plugin which I have set for sidechain settings as a default preset. The answer is : I don’t know! I guess it’s just one little setting and sometimes I like the parallel effect (or I might have been lazy on this one ) :)

My main problem are my mixes sound very quiet compared to tracks, because I'm trying not to peak. Can I use a compressor on my overall stereo out to make this louder without peaking?

@DomSigalas

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Ryan, if loudness is your main goal, I would start with this : kzread.info/dash/bejne/eGqTtZeYdcexqZc.html Trust me this will make a HUGE difference for your mixes !

@Xserey

3 жыл бұрын

@@DomSigalas Thank you, appreciate the information, as well as all the other videos !

brother please start your membership in youtube ... I will be the first one to get it