Steinberg Cubase 8 Manual

VST Connections
Adding Child Busses (Cubase Pro only)
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5. Click Add Bus.
The new bus is added to the bus list.
6. For each of the speaker channels in the bus, click in the Device Port column 
and select a port of your audio hardware.
Setting the Default Output Bus (Main Mix)
The Main Mix is the default output bus to which each new audio, group, or FX 
channel is automatically routed. If only one bus is available, this bus is automatically 
used as the default output bus.
PREREQUISITE 
Add an output...

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Presets for Input and Output Busses32
Presets for Input and Output Busses
For input and output bus configurations, you can use different kinds of presets.
• A number of standard bus configurations.
• Automatically created presets tailored to your specific hardware c
 onfiguration.
On startup, Cubase analyzes the ph ysical inputs 
 and outputs that are 
provided by your audio hardware and creates a number of 
hardware-dependent presets.
• Your own presets.
Saving a Bus Configuration...

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Adding Group and FX Channels
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Adding Group and FX Channels
Group channels and FX channels allow you to group bus configurations.
Adding group and FX channels in the VST Connections window is identical to 
creating group channel tracks or FX channel tracks in the Project window.
PROCEDURE
1. In the VST Connections dialog, click the Group/FX tab.
2. Do one of the following:
• To create a group channel, click Add Group.
• To create an FX channel, click Add FX.
3. Configure the channel.
4....

VST Connections
External Instruments and Effects (Cubase Pro only)
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Requirements
• To use external effects, you need audio hardware with multiple inputs and 
outputs.
An external effect requires at least one input and one output or input/output 
pairs for stereo effects in addition to the input/output ports that you use for 
recording and monitoring.
• To use external instruments, a MIDI interface must be connected to your 
computer.
• Audio hardware with low-latency drivers.
Cubase compensates for the...

VST Connections
External Instruments and Effects (Cubase Pro only)
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You can also select MIDI Devices > Create Device and create a new MIDI device 
association.
NOTE
Delay compensation is only applied for the effect when you use MIDI devices.
5. Click OK.
This adds a new external FX bus.
6. Click in the Device Port column for the left and right ports of the send bus 
and select the outputs of your audio hardware that you want to use.
7. Click in the Device Port column for the left and right ports of the...

VST Connections
External Instruments and Effects (Cubase Pro only)
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3. Select an external effect from the External Plug-ins submenu.
External effects are indicated by an x icon in the list next to their names in the Select 
Insert pop-up menu.
RESULT 
The external FX bus is loaded into the effect slot.
A parameter window opens, showing the Delay, Send Gain, and Return Gain 
settings for the external FX bus. You can adjust these settings while playing back.
The audio signal from the channel is sent to...

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External Instruments and Effects (Cubase Pro only)37
Send GainAllows you to adjust the send gain for the external effect.
Return Gain Allows you to adjust the return gain for the external effect.
Setting Up External Instruments
PROCEDURE
1. In the  VST Connections  window, click the  External Instruments  tab.
2. Click Add External Instrument .
3. In the  Add External 
 Instrument dialog, enter a name for the external 
instrument and specify the number of required mono and/or stereo...

VST Connections
External Instruments and Effects (Cubase Pro only)
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4. Click Add Track.
RESULT 
The external instrument is added to the VST instruments list.
A parameter window for the external instrument opens. This can either be the device 
window, that allows you to create a generic device panel, an OPT editor window, or 
a default editor.
External Instruments Parameter Window
This window allows you to make delay and gain settings for the selected external 
instrument.
When you select an external...

VST Connections
External Instruments and Effects (Cubase Pro only)
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Sending MIDI Notes to External Instruments
PREREQUISITE 
Set up your external instruments in the VST Connections window and add a MIDI 
track.
PROCEDURE
1. In the Inspector, open the Output Routing pop-up menu for the 
corresponding MIDI track.
2. Select the MIDI device to which the external instrument is connected.
RESULT 
The instrument plays any MIDI notes that it receives from the track and returns them 
to Cubase through the...

VST Connections
Editing the Bus Configurations
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When freezing external instruments or effects, you can adjust the corresponding 
Tail Size value in the Freeze Channel Options dialog.
When the Tail Size is set to 0 s, freezing only takes into account the data within the 
part boundaries.
RELATED LINKS
VST Instruments on page 599
Audio Effects on page 372
Freezing Instruments on page 608
Freezing Insert Effects for a Track on page 381
Missing Plug-ins
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