User Manual

Setting Up Your System
Setting Up MIDI
Audio Bus Setup
Cubase uses a system of input and output busses to transfer audio between the program and
the audio hardware.
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Input busses let you route audio from the inputs of your audio hardware into Cubase. This
means that audio is always recorded through one or several input busses.
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Output busses let you route audio from Cubase to the outputs of your audio hardware.
This means that audio is always played back through one or several output busses.
Once you have set up the internal input and output busses, you can connect your audio source,
for example a microphone, to your audio interface and start recording, playing back, and mixing.
RELATED LINKS
Audio Connections on page 22
Monitoring
In Cubase, monitoring means listening to the input signal while recording.
The following ways of monitoring are available.
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Externally by listening to the signal before it reaches Cubase.
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Via Cubase.
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By using ASIO Direct Monitoring.
This is a combination of the other methods.
RELATED LINKS
External Monitoring on page 240
Monitoring via Cubase on page 240
ASIO Direct Monitoring on page 240
Setting Up MIDI
IMPORTANT
Turn off all equipment before making any connections.
PROCEDURE
1. Connect your MIDI equipment (keyboard, MIDI interface, etc.) to your computer.
2. Install the drivers for your MIDI equipment.
RESULT
You can use your MIDI equipment in Cubase.
MIDI Connections
To play back and record MIDI data from your MIDI device, for example, a MIDI keyboard, you
need to connect the MIDI ports.
Connect the MIDI output port of your MIDI device to the MIDI input port of your audio hardware.
This way, the MIDI device sends MIDI data to be played back or recorded inside your computer.
Connect the MIDI input port of your MIDI device to the MIDI output port of your audio hardware.
This way, you can send MIDI data from Cubase to the MIDI device. For example, you can record
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