How to Comp the "Perfect Take" In Cubase -Full Guide
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- Опубліковано 3 лип 2024
- In this video, I show you how to create the perfect take in Cubase using comping!
#comping #cubase #perfecttake
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The Versions! I had no idea! That is slick! And the duplicate is the cherry on top!
Wow, I don't know what I like the most. The fact that Cubase makes comping this easy or Dom's excellent guide for getting the perfect take. Great job man!
Comping in cubase is so intuitive.
This is crazy, I have been learning lots with you man, can’t believe all the time I spent doing the wrong way of editing. This guy is legit!
100%
reading manuals helps a lot
Asf 🎉
one more step against ignorance is one more step towards joy. thanks so much
it's nice/helpful to see it in action whether than someone just talking about it as a feature
Just the best Cubase channel out there - everything is so useable in real productions
Can't believe how much I learnt in 15 mins, thanks Dom!
8 years of mixing in cubase, and i got this tip today hahaa, tjhanks
1. Select hand tool
2. Drag your selection
3. Hand pick vocal takes.
4. Comp ( Duplicate version, Delete Overlaps: Alt+D / Audio > Bounce Selection).
Bonus: The Pencil Tool
Thanks Dom
Thought I had it sorted (when you play as badly as me, you learn comping fast!), but any watcher of Dom's videos knows that the chances are that Dom knows better. I've been alt-clicking the cuts, and didn't know about the "super easy" dragging. What I really like is that there are always 23 different ways of doing things in Cubase, but Dom's got the experience to know the besT.
Those little bonus tips too, knew about versions, forgot about duplicating, never really bothered with delete overlaps, went straight to bouncing. Thanks!
I do the "comping thing" the old fashioned way, you know with selection, scissors and mute tools (the "1-3-7" method). That's until now! Thanks Dom!
Brilliant video and great explanation on the way the Comp tool works in conjunction with ‘bass face’ 😂
This will be perfect for recording guitar solos, thank you so much!!!
Just hold Ctrl do disable snap temporarily ;)
Loved the video btw, this is going to make sifting through takes soooo much easier!
Was gonna ask this! Ha. Thanks.
Thanks for this, Dom! Cubase's comping is second to none, I can't imagine living without it.
I agree, but as an Ableton user, I'm excited Ableton is finally catching up with v11
I've been using Cubase for many many years and absolutely swear by the comp tool. I recently found your channel after upgrading to Cubase 12 and wanting to see what's new. Subscribed and Liked of course! I love that you did the tutorial with bass, since I'm a bass player too! Comp tool makes my bass parts sound brilliant. 😂. I use comp tool for rhythm guitar, solos, vocals, etc. I combine a technique I learned doing bass session work with an amazing producer, which means I almost *never* punch. Here are some more tips I've learned:
* Just play through the entire part several times and never stop even if a mistake is made. For a guitar solo, I'll have the guitarist just run through the solo section 4 or 5 times. Once I have a "safe" take or a take with good energy, everything else is bonus. I can use the good take for most of the part and then comp in the tasty licks. Same with vocals and the comp tool is amazing at being able to just drop in an amazing vocal run to spice the track up. For bass, I get a little more obsessive of course - I might record 8 to 10 full takes of the song and then comp together the track.
* The only time I'll punch is if one of the lanes just doesn't have what I need. It happens occasionally. It's super rare though, and sometimes depending on the part, I can just lift a bit from some other section, or use VariAudio or Free Warp to fix a little thing here and there. Between all these tools, I'm very efficient at getting really good parts, both from myself and my session players, with very little angst!
* I generally always keep the grid on, snapping either to bar or beat. Then I use comp tool to get the coarse grained part I like. After that I go in and tweak things here and there with the grid off, or with a 1/16 quantize, dragging the comp separator bar - another magical thing I love about Cubase. So when you're doing your first pass of comping, just keep the snap on to quickly make your editorial choices. I didn't know about Cmd temporarily disabling the snap. TIL - thanks for that!
* Always set up your markers first - it helps you keep track of where in the song you are. Also, I generally build a comp linearly like 4 bars or a section at a time.
* I always colorize my editorial choices. I start with the default track background, then as I pick the parts I like, I color them yellow. I might have a couple of comp choices I like at any place in the track and I just color all the good ones yellow. Once I've made my first pass of choices, I listen to the track again from the top and I might choose a different lane here or there, or move a comp point etc. Iterate until you have what you like but don't obsess over it too much. Go with your gut when you have more than one comp choice you love - it'll all work out once you listen to the track in context. After I like my choices, I color them all light green. The reason I do all this is because if I accidentally click on a comp point to change the choice, I'll know which ones to go back to. What I didn't know until today was about the track versions - TIL! Thank you for that, I think it will transform the way I build songs.
* Once I've made all my choices, I solo the track and listen to where the comp chooses a different lane. The comp tool is amazing but occasionally you'll end up with a pop of you're crossing lanes. I've been able to comp in between notes or riffs and it's almost always clean out of the box. If you get a pop or other artifact, then you drop in a crossover to get it nice and clean. I also sometimes go through and cut out the parts where the instrument isn't playing, and then fade in and out to get a nice clean noiseless part. I generally don't delete overlaps, but now that I know about track versions I might give that a try.
Start with the take that has the best energy and groove, and use the comp tool for "flavor".
I know this is an old video but I want to say , first you are an amazing bass player Dom , second thank you because I never realized about this tool in cubase , I always got my last take as the best one..but it's never like that...something might be better and something not and it's never the same
Simply excellent. Thanks Dom!
You're very amazing. Thank you. I learn to much with your class.
Pure wisdom from Dom!
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Wow nice!!!
I was stuck to logic pro x only for this feature,but since i am shifting back to windows i am looking for alternative DAWs, used cubase long time back but not aware of this feature,bro u r life saver
Thank you Dom - always learning new things from you
Thanks, Dom!
Brilliant! Thanks again Dom!
Awesome video. I was looking for this option a lot. Thanks for showing it Dom!
Great !
Amazing as always Dom!
Great skillful knowledge here
Cool Tips, I have never used this function before. Thanks, DOM.
very useful ! Thanks a lot.
So helpful! Thanks Dom!
Exactly what I needed. Great. And a lot of inspiration.
Well done, as usual. Dom dominates
Thank you!
The perfect guide video. Thanks!
Brilliant - thanks
Excellent content! Thank you
The best tutorials of Cubase! Thanks from Argentina!
Great. Thanks a lot
Great video, thanks!!
Thank you, Mr Sigalas. Your work put to all Cubase videos is very useful and appreciated.
Perfect job. Really interesting. Thank you very much
Great video like always!
Great tutorial, nice playing. Thanks
From now on I will use it everytime! Thank you so much Dom 👌
Holy god does this make sorting out a million vocals faster and better (not that someone should have so many).
Thank you! These lessons are a huge help.
Thanks for all the effort and passion you put into your tutorials. Keep it up, thanks again.
Thanks Dom!!!! 🎹🎹🎤🎤🎵🎵🎶🎶
As always another great and full highly formative video from Dom. Thank you, that was exactly what I needed🙏🏾‼️
Excellent tutorial!
GREAT VIDEO! THANKS
Amazing thank you very much
Dom, you are my teacher number one. Thank you a lot!!!
I d‘ont mind the take trick but these drums are killer. You should teach us how to programm such cool midi drums, wow
Wow! I did not know this! Thank you!
Super, thank you!
Great tutorial, expertly delivered as always. Thanks Dom 👊
Only want to say your videos are SUPER and I love your enthusiasm! Can't get enough.
I am using these features all the time for creating perfect take of vocals!! Thank you !
Thanks for sharing this great feature of Cubase, I didn't know about but was looking for ways to do the same somehow.... 👍
Nice tips!
Sick. Thank bruv
Thanks for another super useful video, Dom!
Fantastic. Thank you Dom, I didn’t know about comp tool. This will save me a lot of headaches.
Dom... Not only are you an excellent instructor , you are a fine musician as well... Dom you are the best... Thank You!!!
This will change my workflow forever Dom, thank you so much
Thanks once again my Cubase master!
Another sick slick demo in the bag Dom. You are my main source for Cubase info. You explain things soo much better and faster than the manual. Great stuff.
This is one of the features i always wanted to have....Dom, you just showed me it was already right in front of me all the time. Thanks!
Great video, super helpful!
Dude... your are tremendously helpful! Thank you!
Dom & Cubase rules
Dom, you’re a God!
so cool. Always the stuff I need right now in my production.
This is pure gold. I spend sooo many time with the scissors.
Thanks Dom! Very helpful vid, as always!
I’m new to Cubase 12, and your channel is the best thing out there. Thanks so much!
Awesome work, Dom, as always! Your vids helping me a lot, thank you!
Another gem, thank you Dom. Cubase, so powerful. First you have to know what it can do, then learn how to do it. It’s awesome.
This video was 100% solution for my recording problems, thank you again.
Yeaaa! Best cubase teacher on the planet. Thanks Doom.
Dom, I love the comping capabilities in Cubase (especially for vocals). But you’ve just shown me there is so much more I can be doing to use it well! Mind blown!
I love it Dom, you rule as always... Very helpful! :)
This was incredibly helpful. You’re the man!
great tutorial, the comping feature in cubase is really ace, i love it!
finally ! thank you , thank you THANK YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Once again Dom, gotta hand (!) it to you, a brilliant, useful, video. Thank you.
You're the man! Happily subscribed
omg... I was dragging and cutting all this versions, this was always for me a headache, not any more )))
thank youi so much for making my life easier !
Buddy it's always funny to watch you and learn so much cool stuff ... THX you
Domtastic
I use comping in CB all the time but I learned other tricks here, like cleaning up the take, creating a version copy. Always something to learn in your videos. Thanks!
This is the feature that convinced me to buy Cubase. Thank you for the great explanation.
Your excitement is infectious.
Thanks!
Thank you so much my friend, highly appreciated ❤️
i love this channel, been using cubase for years, and never knew all these awesome tips and tricks
Dom youre the BEST!