I've always done it like this when tightening up guitar tracks, but I had no idea you could overlay the waveforms! That's gonna save me some time, thanks!
Great video, thanks, Dom! If you allow, I can add couple thoughts to this. 1. If before free warping you go to hitpoints, adjust them a bit (in this paticular case less hitpoints is better, threshold something around 10% works), and click Create warp markers from hitpoints - it will save you time. You don't have to auto quantize it after, but when you will do free warping most of warp markers will be already placed, so you won't have to create them, especially at the end of a note. *I purposely don't tell about auto quantize, assuming, that this was not the topic of this video. 2. When alligning 2 guitars, doing it in event editor is ok, but when working with vocal harmonies it is much better to use warping in project window, cause in this way, you don't have to reopen event editor for each separate vocal take, you can see and adjust all vocal takes at one time. I get, that as an old hardcore cubase users we did not get used to that feature, since cubase introduced it only in 2022 (and it was bugging at first for couple months), but now it is really a great time and energy saver, especially when dealing with vocal harmonies.
I’ve been doing this for years. Thought it was kind of a secret trick I came up with being super ocd but yes creative and human as well. Very nicely explained as always Dom!!! You’re a great asset to anyone using Cubase. It’s still the best DAW after 25 years of me working with it.
This is great, what a time saver! The wav selection seems to be the oposite in C11. However, you can use the same idea when using Variaudio with doubled vocals and harms, you can see right away 'who is out'. Fantastic.
Dom, this is a GREAT set of tools, and I've used them for years, but oddly, Steinberg made this harder I think from version 11 to 12. In version 11, the waveforms were actually transparent so you could see all the transients of both selected tracks. It made lining up vocal harmonies so easy and fast. After the change, if one track is louder than the other, you can't see the waveforms to correct it. You can see this demonstrated really well around 11:01 of this video. If you have contacts at Steinberg, PLEASE ask them to fix this, at least add a transparency option to the editor window. Great video otherwise, thank you!
Transparency adjustment would be great. Even better would be something like the difference layers in photoshop, so where the waveforms overlapped was a 3rd colour
I discovered this on my own by accident, it's an amazingly powerful feature though. You can make things easier by hitting F7 and using the "Normalize" process on your reference track to normalize it to -1 dB while you're aligning, then just delete it when you're done. This forces the wave form to be redrawn much bigger so you will always be able to see the reference track's peaks behind what you're editing. You can temporarily reduce the gain/pre-gain if you're playing things back and it's too loud. One thing I wish they would do is allow you to adjust the volume automation while you're time warping so you can deess and remove breaths as you're doing this, that would save a huge amount of time and make it easier to line things up when the reference wave form is hidden by what you're editing because you already removed the breaths or sibilants.
Using a clean DI as your master to edit distorted guitar parts is a great approach since the transients are more visible/obvious. I use this technique in Reaper and it works very well. I haven't tried in Cubase yet. It may already be in Cubase but I would like to have the option of setting hitpoints on my dirty guitar parts using their DIs as the reference.
always learning something new! this info is invaluable. hopefully, the computer can handle what i throw at it with this new knowledge for creative purposes 😂
You know what I have noticed about professional engineers that have a home studio? They all work on 1 monitor. Dom, if you see this comment can you please tell me why? I have watched countless RUclipsr's, taken classes online from popular engineers. 1 monitor. Is there something to this? Does it reign in your focus? By the way, you and Guy Michelmore are the reason I own Cubase, and I love it. Thank you for all the work you do to teach us.
Here i was playing like 10 different rhythm tracks when i could just do this , thanks man . Im a noobie at cubase , i mostly record covers playing over a backing track , but this information is soo helpful !!
At first I was like I know exactly what Dom is going to do. Nope. Got me on this one. I forgot about the overlay and never tried to use it to align tracks. Great video!
I thought he was going to use audio alignment panel! But I guess that's one of those "algorithmic processes" he was eluding to not using I do agree, manual adjustments definitely pay off and give you more freedom to edit! 🎉
Fantastic, Dom. I did it on Cubase Artist 13 and don't recognise the button for prioritising tracks. Also discovered that you need to make sure that Clip Editing Mode is set to Active Clip.
Hi Dom, If I may, to save a bit of time, automatically detecting warp markers can speed things up a bit. Above all, this allows you to already have markers placed behind the elements that you need to move. I don't know if you know what I mean ;) I have a shortcut for this and it's very handy.
I use my AMFG SysTune measurement Programm for time/phase alignment, a bit OTT but I have the program anyway for system tuning, by far the best results, especially for bass/sub corrections, but Sound Radix are nice for active real time correction too, depends,as always, on the project needs
If you have too many audio cuts (without proper fades), it might have a lot more audible clicking and popping sounds Warping sounded pretty clean to me! 😄
DOM! Thanks for EVERYTHING! Does aligning 2 tracks so accurately with each other still cause problems with phasing? (Played 2x, not copied and pasted.) Also....how can we check phasing issues besides using our ears. Thanks
I just found it by doing a google search for DAW controllers.... Softube Console 1 Channel MkIII Control Surface. I hope that helps someone out there wondering the same thing.
Hej Dom, could you please answer, what you do after time correcting? Do you Bounce that corrected wav or Render in place? I'm asking because I've found that after bouncing or rendering it sounds diferent. Thank you for the answer.
This is great! Question: How can I warp edit multiple files at once? for example, if I have recorded a piano with multiple mics, each on it's own track, and I want to warp edit this to another track? When I tried, I could only select either one track to warp, or all tracks to warp. I want to select all tracks except my reference track. Can this be done?
I see you updated your monitors they say the ATC's are great but don't have enough bass is that correct or do you have a subwoofer with them? I was looking at those or a pair of PMC's.
If there are timing issues in the performance of the track you use as reference, it won't work that well. However, after doing what Dom does in this video, you could bounce the changes and then use the auto alignment function to sync the guitars even further.
2 panels to the left of where you choose your first Clip to be shown up front you can change from "all clips" to "single clip" for customization. would have been great to seen that in the video... my default cubase settings must be different. would have saved me 30 minutes of my life
@@grahamrevans I discovered the problem. There is a setting called "clip editing mode" in the top bar of the editor. It has to be set on "active clip". Mine was set on "all clips".
So I hae done this for amvient piano because piano always introduces some anoying cracklings with crossfades, its a pain to cut ... But even with audio warp you run into phase issues, some flanging here or there and chorusing effects. Better hot your notes in time lol
It warps both parts, if I highlight both and hit enter it warps just one but only for the first click then the second warps the second file too and if you try to hit enter each time then it goes back to main window, it just doesn't seem consistent no matter what I do
Hi bro..I usually record using Cubase 5 on a computer that is still Windows 7...and I copied all the data to all data and external...then I installed Windows 10 again, all my recording files on Cubase 5 were all gone... How to restore the recorded data...please explain
I try to play it even 😅 To achieve better result I play left and right guitar with one attempt, then split one shot into 2 parts L and R. If I record 2 parts with a pause in between, then I get more and more discrepancies
Brother when will be cubase give upgrade sell... 80% discount in India FL studio is given 90% discount in India... We love cubase so please give as discount so we can buy cubase pro version...🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
@@christopherortiz5527 he was fixing timing issues. The quickest way to do that is to get a great take. If that's not possible then building a frankenstein is the next best.
I've always done it like this when tightening up guitar tracks, but I had no idea you could overlay the waveforms! That's gonna save me some time, thanks!
Great video, thanks, Dom! If you allow, I can add couple thoughts to this.
1. If before free warping you go to hitpoints, adjust them a bit (in this paticular case less hitpoints is better, threshold something around 10% works), and click Create warp markers from hitpoints - it will save you time. You don't have to auto quantize it after, but when you will do free warping most of warp markers will be already placed, so you won't have to create them, especially at the end of a note.
*I purposely don't tell about auto quantize, assuming, that this was not the topic of this video.
2. When alligning 2 guitars, doing it in event editor is ok, but when working with vocal harmonies it is much better to use warping in project window, cause in this way, you don't have to reopen event editor for each separate vocal take, you can see and adjust all vocal takes at one time.
I get, that as an old hardcore cubase users we did not get used to that feature, since cubase introduced it only in 2022 (and it was bugging at first for couple months), but now it is really a great time and energy saver, especially when dealing with vocal harmonies.
I’ve been doing this for years. Thought it was kind of a secret trick I came up with being super ocd but yes creative and human as well. Very nicely explained as always Dom!!! You’re a great asset to anyone using Cubase. It’s still the best DAW after 25 years of me working with it.
Thanks a lot!!
Didn't know this until today.. and I worked for a decade in Cubase.. perfekt!!
This is great, what a time saver! The wav selection seems to be the oposite in C11. However, you can use the same idea when using Variaudio with doubled vocals and harms, you can see right away 'who is out'. Fantastic.
Great tool and awesome tutorial as always. Thanks Dom
Dom, this is a GREAT set of tools, and I've used them for years, but oddly, Steinberg made this harder I think from version 11 to 12. In version 11, the waveforms were actually transparent so you could see all the transients of both selected tracks. It made lining up vocal harmonies so easy and fast. After the change, if one track is louder than the other, you can't see the waveforms to correct it. You can see this demonstrated really well around 11:01 of this video. If you have contacts at Steinberg, PLEASE ask them to fix this, at least add a transparency option to the editor window. Great video otherwise, thank you!
Transparency adjustment would be great. Even better would be something like the difference layers in photoshop, so where the waveforms overlapped was a 3rd colour
Excellent video! I love these kinds of videos! I use this kind of technique when I tighten up Kick drums with bass guitar! Thank you Dom!
Thank you so much for showing this trick to us. It will be really helpful to me.
I discovered this on my own by accident, it's an amazingly powerful feature though. You can make things easier by hitting F7 and using the "Normalize" process on your reference track to normalize it to -1 dB while you're aligning, then just delete it when you're done. This forces the wave form to be redrawn much bigger so you will always be able to see the reference track's peaks behind what you're editing. You can temporarily reduce the gain/pre-gain if you're playing things back and it's too loud. One thing I wish they would do is allow you to adjust the volume automation while you're time warping so you can deess and remove breaths as you're doing this, that would save a huge amount of time and make it easier to line things up when the reference wave form is hidden by what you're editing because you already removed the breaths or sibilants.
Thank you for all you do. Had no idea this was possible. Love it!
Fab stuff Dom...and wonderful to see you with your CC121 on your desk!
...Yeah, the indispensable CC121... that remains untouched in ALL video's;-)
I've been using the warp mode for years, especially on vocals, it is a great tool ❤🙌
Such a useful tip, thanks to you, Cubase gets a lot of added value :) 🙏
Using a clean DI as your master to edit distorted guitar parts is a great approach since the transients are more visible/obvious. I use this technique in Reaper and it works very well. I haven't tried in Cubase yet. It may already be in Cubase but I would like to have the option of setting hitpoints on my dirty guitar parts using their DIs as the reference.
Great video thank you.
The best feature I wasn't aware existed though is that you can overlay two audio tracks. I know you could overlay MIDI.
always learning something new! this info is invaluable. hopefully, the computer can handle what i throw at it with this new knowledge for creative purposes 😂
great tip again Dom! I am a fairly newby in cubase (and audio in general). So (too) much to learn. But those slight tips certainly helps
Well once again you're the man! This is a wonderful tool that I had no idea we had in Cubase. Thank you Jedi Dom 💪
Dom you're the best
Fantastic thanks Dom👍🥂
One of my favorite tools when editing.
You know what I have noticed about professional engineers that have a home studio? They all work on 1 monitor. Dom, if you see this comment can you please tell me why? I have watched countless RUclipsr's, taken classes online from popular engineers. 1 monitor. Is there something to this? Does it reign in your focus?
By the way, you and Guy Michelmore are the reason I own Cubase, and I love it. Thank you for all the work you do to teach us.
Here i was playing like 10 different rhythm tracks when i could just do this , thanks man . Im a noobie at cubase , i mostly record covers playing over a backing track , but this information is soo helpful !!
At first I was like I know exactly what Dom is going to do. Nope. Got me on this one. I forgot about the overlay and never tried to use it to align tracks. Great video!
I thought he was going to use audio alignment panel! But I guess that's one of those "algorithmic processes" he was eluding to not using
I do agree, manual adjustments definitely pay off and give you more freedom to edit! 🎉
The question: for what reason they (Steinberg) changed transparency of the waveform? In early versions I could see underlaying wave through upper one.
Very nice feature. Thank you very much for sharing!
Ok master...be very sure we enjoyed this video too...Thank you ...!!!
What about correcting the more complex notes and using the audio alignment tool on the rest?
Thank you
Fantastic, Dom. I did it on Cubase Artist 13 and don't recognise the button for prioritising tracks. Also discovered that you need to make sure that Clip Editing Mode is set to Active Clip.
great tip! I'm still on 12, not ugraded yet, does this work in 12. Thanks Dom 🙂
Clip editing mode -> select Active Clip :)
Hi Dom,
If I may, to save a bit of time, automatically detecting warp markers can speed things up a bit. Above all, this allows you to already have markers placed behind the elements that you need to move. I don't know if you know what I mean ;) I have a shortcut for this and it's very handy.
Dom you are the best , thanks man!
Thanks man ,really helpful
Fantastic again Dom!
Is there a difference in soundquality when you stretch the (the cutted) regions in stead of IN the regions time warping?
Excellent!!!
I use my AMFG SysTune measurement Programm for time/phase alignment, a bit OTT but I have the program anyway for system tuning, by far the best results, especially for bass/sub corrections, but Sound Radix are nice for active real time correction too, depends,as always, on the project needs
Is the quality the same as you would cut the parts and move them at the right spot?
If you have too many audio cuts (without proper fades), it might have a lot more audible clicking and popping sounds
Warping sounded pretty clean to me! 😄
Hi friend, veri nice tutorial
Still following dom
@@DanielNjoroge-r1r great
Pretty nice, thank you Dom, greeetzzz
Very important video. Very helpful ❤
DOM! Thanks for EVERYTHING! Does aligning 2 tracks so accurately with each other still cause problems with phasing? (Played 2x, not copied and pasted.) Also....how can we check phasing issues besides using our ears. Thanks
Thanks for a great tip
Boom it's done!!!
so proud of myself I discovered it by my own and use it for many years;)
As always Dom ..Just Perfect ..Thank you
So cool as usual 🙏
Thank you Jedi Dom 💪
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Thanks Dom,
I can´t express enough how helpful your videos are…
Does anyone know (including you, Dom) what the black piece of hardware on his desk is in front of him? Looks intriguing!
I just found it by doing a google search for DAW controllers....
Softube Console 1 Channel MkIII Control Surface. I hope that helps someone out there wondering the same thing.
Softube console
Thats awesome man..do you know how I can select all of the tracks from mixing console and gain stage all together ??
what about the Free Warp tool directly in the arrange?
Hej Dom, could you please answer, what you do after time correcting? Do you Bounce that corrected wav or Render in place? I'm asking because I've found that after bouncing or rendering it sounds diferent. Thank you for the answer.
This is great! Question: How can I warp edit multiple files at once? for example, if I have recorded a piano with multiple mics, each on it's own track, and I want to warp edit this to another track? When I tried, I could only select either one track to warp, or all tracks to warp. I want to select all tracks except my reference track. Can this be done?
I don’t even have Cubase… just enjoy watching Dom.
@@raf5.13 join the world n do wonders
I see you updated your monitors they say the ATC's are great but don't have enough bass is that correct or do you have a subwoofer with them? I was looking at those or a pair of PMC's.
It would be nice if we can do this without audio warping. Meaning we can manually edit with seeing both waveforms like in the video.
which algorithm is the best for vocals?
what about the way faster auto alignment function in Cubase?
If there are timing issues in the performance of the track you use as reference, it won't work that well. However, after doing what Dom does in this video, you could bounce the changes and then use the auto alignment function to sync the guitars even further.
Problem is when transients are not that clear to be identified by the algorithm.
Cooool !
Is this only in 13 pro or does 12 pro have access to this as well?
Can You do this with MIDI also?
I think I'm being thick. When I do this, both waveforms change when I try to move one. How do you make it so that only the selected one moves? Thanks
if i do that my audio-warping affects BOTH layers simultaneously. what am i doing wrong?
2 panels to the left of where you choose your first Clip to be shown up front you can change from "all clips" to "single clip" for customization. would have been great to seen that in the video... my default cubase settings must be different. would have saved me 30 minutes of my life
I tried to do the same trick but I guess that I do something wrong because it moves both tracks not only the selected one.
Same here, hope someone has an answer
@@grahamrevans I discovered the problem. There is a setting called "clip editing mode" in the top bar of the editor. It has to be set on "active clip". Mine was set on "all clips".
@@georgemarinescu969thanks for that, I will try that tonight, cheers😊
Go on clip editing mode on your editor panel . An icon that looks like books on top of each other then select all clips on active track
So I hae done this for amvient piano because piano always introduces some anoying cracklings with crossfades, its a pain to cut ...
But even with audio warp you run into phase issues, some flanging here or there and chorusing effects.
Better hot your notes in time lol
So this feature is not available in Cubase 12 Pro? That's a shame.
Clip editing mode -> select Active Clip ;)
It works on 12
For some reason it’s not working. I’ll click both clips and press enter, nothing happens 🤔
This does not work, when I do this in Cubase 13 both track moves. What do I do wrong?
I found it you have to change in clip editing mode.
How do I find time warp on cubase 13?
I did everything as in the video, but why when I move the track do both tracks, the original and the double, stretch????????
Yhea me too
It warps both parts, if I highlight both and hit enter it warps just one but only for the first click then the second warps the second file too and if you try to hit enter each time then it goes back to main window, it just doesn't seem consistent no matter what I do
Think I may be doing something wrong but when I’ve tried this with two guitar parts it seems to be audio warping both parts…
same problem for me
Hi bro..I usually record using Cubase 5 on a computer that is still Windows 7...and I copied all the data to all data and external...then I installed Windows 10 again, all my recording files on Cubase 5 were all gone... How to restore the recorded data...please explain
Waveforms always grey in the sample editor, does anyone know how I change this??
Hmmm ... must be doing something wrong here. Both clips gets warped. Any tips ?
When I try to warp, the reference track is warping as well. Can anyone suggest how to fix this, thank you much.
I try to play it even 😅
To achieve better result I play left and right guitar with one attempt, then split one shot into 2 parts L and R. If I record 2 parts with a pause in between, then I get more and more discrepancies
Nice
Cubase 13 Pro only?
Me Bharat se aapko Dil se dhanyawad deta hoon
Is it possible to buy cubase 6?
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Note - you will want your clip editing mode set to "active clip" else you'll go insane.
Класно бро! Спасибо!
clip edition mode - active clip
if you change pitch set algorthm to pro pich
If only half these features were in cubasis like scale lock drum/sampler in app sd card sound and midi browser with preview player
🎉
before warp anything set your WAVE algorithm to PROTIME
❤
Hmmmm
Dom : makes another cubase video
Me : Lisan Al-Gaib
Sorry, the comparison/reference for time slipping is not clear, not visible & not obvious. FAIL.
Just be better?
Why not just have the guitarist do a decent take?
Get off the internet.
@@christopherortiz5527 he was fixing timing issues. The quickest way to do that is to get a great take. If that's not possible then building a frankenstein is the next best.