Thanks a million for showing me how to configure different monitoring EQs for different monitors! It's been driving me mad that I haven't found it, and I've been using a Que for my second monitor instead, but then I've had to both turn off the mains while turning on the second monitor. Now it's ONE click! Yeah!
Thank you for this video. I just bought Cubase PRO 13 when it was Steinberg's birthday. I record my real instruments and sometimes, I create an orchestral music using only VST instruments.
hello,you know what, i'm french and many times it's difficult for me to understand Americans or English youtubers but you ,i understand everything ,thank you for your beautiful English and for your very interesting work
I have used control room for a year now and feel I just really learned how to use it now by watching this video. Chris, YOU ARE THE MAN!!! I use Sonorworks as well and now moving it to the Control room insert solves muting it when exporting files.
Hey cool, never tried the control room, but was thinking about it a lot. How it can benefit me and my workflow. Looking forward to this video. Also my compliments on your other video's, I use them a lot in Cubase forums if people have questions about Cubase. Keep up the good work.
The awesome thing about your tutorials is, you're not only learning about the functionality, but I also understood what Pre and Postfader meant all the time hahah, it just describes the physical location of the Signal before or after that specific track where the fader sits. Like Dry/Mix if you will. Before/After. I think you get what I meant. All in all, the biggest critique I have about Cubase is, you can not do it right unless you have the pro version. Period. there is no way you can improve on anything when the artist version is limited that hard. But I don't care anymore, after 6 or 7 years of Learning with Cubase 5 and making the jump to Cubase 11, my wallet did get lighter by 600 bucks, but I am finally free to produce actual usable music. Thank you Chris, I subscribed and hope that there will be more amazing Videos coming. Do you have a studio tour where you explain what you use for recording audio and an "essential guide" ? I would love to see that and take notes :D
Thanks Chris, this is an area I have kind of stayed away from, Why cause of not really totally understanding it fully, I would love to see a part two s(2) on this process. Again thanks for your continued community support and education. Cheers Bruce :-)
Great video, I use the controlroom mainly for my Sonarworks and the Listen feature. I have not enough free outputs to connect both pairs of speakers at the same time and I am "alone" or we are all in one room.
Good evening, is there a method please to separate general listening "stereo out" and listening to the media bay? in other words I want to route the sound of the media bay separately in another audio track? I heard that it is feasible from the "control room" but it seems very complicated for a beginner A video explaining the procedure would be great
A big thanks to you, Chris. You are a genius in cubase. I use cubase pro 10.5 and I love it, but videos like this one from you get me more acquainted with my DAW and makes me like it the more. Infact, for me, cubase pro 10.5 is simply the best. Thank you once again and keep up the good work. God bless you abundantly!
Thanks for that video. I learned a good tips for OBS capture. For me, I use Control Room in my Home Studio for Stereo/Mono switching, its easy to validate a whole mix. Then I also use multiple Cues for A/B or reference comparaison during mixing or mastering.
Great tips! My favorite thing to do in the control room is to switch between monitors with a key command and changing stereo to mono with a key command also.
Greatand in depth as always Chris - those Dim controls were new to me. I use the Cue mix for my singer, usually give him Cues of the group channels, but sometimes just switch his heaphones to the master so he gets an idea what the finished mix sounds like. Really one of the main features of Pro, I couldn't work without that. Haven't tried the talkback yet because we work in the same room, but even then I can imagine it helpful to sing him harmonies.
I use the Control room but never thought about putting Sonorworks on there so I don't have to keep deactivating/activating it for mixing down. As you showed, you can have different Sonorworks profiles for different speakers ready to go with a single click. Also you explained the L button for me which I look at but have never used! Now it all makes sense! Great video and explanation of a feature of Cubase I overlooked for a long time. Thanks Chris.
As always, a great video; very concise. Agreeing with Nelson, the 'Listen' trick is awesome. Even just using it to set up effects will save a lot of time. My search for this video topic was motivated by a phone call I received yesterday from a friend in Germany (I'm in Toronto) who lost his 'stereo' playback to his speakers; would only do 'stereo to mono' playback. A new piece of hardware that wouldn't connect made him think that Cubase was set up incorrectly; it was a fault in the hardware unit which he's sending back today. So he messed up the Cubase Control Room before he worked that out. I had to log onto his computer (I used Teamviewer) to correct it. I couldn't make it work with just verbal instruction. The reason is that he is running 9.5 and I am using 10.5. There are some differences in how to access and select output mixes. A few new buttons in the newest version of Cubase. I thought that I'd mention this in case someone is having a problem making this work. If you still have 9.5 version on your computer, check it out. Setting up my 'Listen' now. Thanks again.
Hi Chris, great tips again! I use the Control Room all the time, e.g. for Ref-Tracks routing, so my 2-CH. MASTER w/ plugins is bypassed. This way I can switch between Monitors and Cues (Refs) in no time at all. And yeah, the Listen Mode in Cubase is great, it's very useful during the mixing, 'cause listening halfway in context, thanks to the Dim-Level, is something that I really love. I use the Solo Mode as little as possible. Have a good one, and stay healthy bro!! :-)
Great video! I don't have a physical monitor switcher, so I use the inserts on the monitor outputs in the control Room, mapped to buttons on a physical controller, to send through the appropriate Sonarworks profile for each of my three monitor pairs. I also have one on my phones channel to use the profile for my headphones. I made a video on that too.
Chris, how do i make variaudio audition sound go to cue mix in Cubase? Sometimes i just want to fix something fast while recording (and i'm already with my Headphones on) BUT when i want to adjust a note in Variaudio quickly i CAN"T hear the fixes when i move the notes around because i'm hearing the Cue in my Headphones, when i go to the control room section on my Cue mix and switch the input to MIX it doesn't work either :( Any suggestions?
Thanks Chris...This gave me some great ideas.Till now I've only used the control room in a very limited way. I only have one set of monitors but I have 2 headphone outputs so I set up a special mix to compensate for the shortcomings of a second crappy set of headphones I have so I can have someone else listen in with me when that's called for.
Hi Chris, great video and hope you are doing great. I have learned to love working with the control room in my workflow (FOR SONAR WORKS, ANAYLIZERS, REFRENCE, DIM, CUES) but my media files will not playback unless I turn the control room off. I have watched other videos showing how to route everything but it did not work when I try to set it up. I have routed my monitor outputs in control room panel but it did not respond. There is no input showing in my UA Apollo twin interface when I try to listen to the media bay files but...when I disable control room the input shows and I can hear the file in my DAW and UA. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. Have a nice day.
Thanks Chris. I never thought about sending the Cue mix to OBS when recording tutorials. Going to try that now. I also use a Nanokontrol for macros, frequently used commands etc. It's a very useful little gadget.
Great video! One other option - I run a talkback through Cubase and back out, so I can use the Muteomatic plugin, to automatically disable during playback.
Thank you for this long explanation, Chris. It was very enjoyable and enlightening in some details that some of us had not seen, apparently. LOL, you forgot to unmute but in 12:16 you unmute instead of mute 😹. We call it “gajes del oficio”. How does OBS get the audio? You send the cue mix to hardware output and OBS get this from an input or is this done all directly via software?
Thanks Chris! I love using control room. It’s always on! I recently started using it to listen to reference tracks while mixing. This way I can route the reference track so that it doesn’t go through my master buss processing, and I can seamlessly A/B my mix by switching between Mix and Cue 1(or 2-4) If I set the reference track to solo defeat, I can also seamlessly A/B soloed tracks in my mix against the reference track. Love your videos!
Thank you for shedding some light into this subject, just yesterday I was looking to understand how the Control Room works and baaam, you release an idiot proof tutorial!! Also, if you have the chance, I would love to see how you approach Reamping and how you address the latency issue caused by its process, that would be a life saver for many people I guess!✌
@@mixdownonline You're awesome, and that's why I always search your channel first when looking for a tutorial or addicional info on a subject! Keep up the good work \m/
Great video Chris,thanks. I have this week upgraded my Focusrite Scarlett 2nd gen 2i2 to a Scarlett 3rd Gen 4i4 .Now I got the extra outputs.How could I use them,in my session?
Hi Chris...:) is there a way to assign a midi KNOB of my Midi Keyboard or Faderport to control the Volume Knob of the Control Room? Thanks a lot.... I have assign the Mono And Stereo switch to my faderport but i dont see the VOLUME comand...
I'm new tot his and cannot find the enable/power button for the Control Room. I am using an early M1 Mac Mini and Cubase Pro 13 and struggling to hear anything from the microphones. I can hear tracks etc no problem. If you have a session on mIcs only, Maybe I'll find it but thank you for doing these.
Question: When you first opened the Control Room you had Sonarworks Ref in an insert slot at the bottom of the CR but then moved it up to your Monitor's insert slot. What is the lower set of insert slots and how are they different from the ones under the monitor? Thanks!
The ones on top will affect a specific Monitor Output, each monitor output will have Insert slots. if Sonarworks is added at the bottom like I do, that affects all monitor outputs.
Hi Chris, thanks a lot for going through the control room (with your own preferences). I've been using it for sometime, especially after I've started to use VST Connect. But still I've found your session on the CR very useful, since you've included topics like monitoring set-ups, the function of the "listen" key, cue-mixes etc. Irony is that maybe all this information is available in the manual, but I like to see, to hear and to compare. Also, you are a proficient teacher. Thanks again.
Hi! Chris, great videos. I bought Steinberg UR 44 C in an attempt to improve work flow between Cubase (12) and it, but I was a bit disappointed. Control Room and DSP effects synchrony: To my surprise having to use DSP effects hinders work flow in the following manner when recording in the same room as many of us do these days: When one wants to use DSP effects, one would select the track one would record on and the dsp panel would appear on the inspector. Problem 1: But for it to appear, you should have output busses under "Output" tab as opposed to having busses in the control room. If you have busses in the Control Room for headphones mix for the singer and monitors, but not have busses under "Output" tab, the DSP panel will not appear on the inspector. Implications: This means that, for me to record audio using DSP effects, I'm forced to have to remove L1 and R1 busses on "Monitors" under Control Room tab so as to use them at the "Output" tab. This would then mean that, my Monitors are silent and the "Main" button does not work. This is a huge inconvenience because sometimes one oscillates between recording and editing. The only way to resolve to dial down the physical volume on the UR 44 C. I was hoping I would not have to touch anything physical like I used to on my previous interface. I could control everything from the "Control Room" without opening audio settings. I wish Steinberg make DSP effects panel active even just by simply activating Control Room. It is better to try what I'm what talking about. Don't mind creating a video to explain better. Could you please do a video on how to increase work flow if you record in the same room while working from computer on Control Room while using DSP effects.
Is there a way to use the control room to use a laptop's onboard mic for a talkback mic? In the studio, I simply use the talkback functionality made available through my monitor controller. But I often track demo vocal on a laptop at other locations and I'd love to know if there's a way to do this -- I'm a little worried that Cubase may unfortunately not have the power to do this. What are your thoughts?
I use the control room while streaming. I have two cues set up, one that goes to the stream, one that goes into my in-ears. The one to my in-ears has my click track, and a slightly altered mix so I can hear the instruments I'm playing. I send the talkback to both, to use as my speaking mic, and I have a plugin (Muteomatic) that I use to mute the talkback when I go into play mode. When I'm not performing live, I just listen to the regular monitor mix, which goes to my monitor controller. One of the biggest benefits for me is that the control room configuration remains intact, even when I switch projects.
You can set up in preferences, that the TB is mutet, when Cubase is playing. No need for Muteomatic. I use Muteomatic in the Reverb channel, to stop the Reverb when in Stopmode, when I talk to the talent, so you can speak without Reverb.
I always used the direct output but now i find i have much more control over myt monitoring system and i can now switch from one set of speakers to another seamlessly.It might just be me but i find my stereo imaging sounds more spacious than before , there seems to be more depth but that could just be an illusion.Thanks for another great tutorial.
Hi Chris, how do you set up a Cue mix when you are using a reference track? What is the main purpose using this option for a reference track? Thank you.
Hi Your Videos helped me a lot Thank you very much. I have since Month the problem, that i would like to stream vom cubase 11 pro the sound i recorded, and live percussion to obs and from there to twitch. My Problem is i worked with Voice Meter Banana, but there always is a Latency with my Mic...
Hi Chris, firstly can a say a big thanks to you for your tutorials, they are so helpful. I have just started using VST Connect Pro which I am getting to grips with thanks to your help. I do have a question though. I use closed back headphones and when I'm using talkback I find it odd hardly hear my own voice when talking to the performer. Is it possible to route talkback into my headphones as well??
F19? Damn, I have heard of amps going to 11, but keyboards going to F19? Seriously though, outstanding video. It took me a while to get through using the Control Room, lots of swearing, at times, missed switches and stuff, but once you get it down it's pretty sweet. Our band has 4 guys, so each one gets a cue mix, and that helps a lot. That MIDI controller trick was way cool too.
Hello Chris. This is VERY interesting. I've got a novation Launchcontrol XL and i wonder if it's possible to assiging Control Room Level wheel to a midi fader and how I go about it? I really can´t find that CRL in the settings. Thanks for the awsome videos. Cheers from Sweden.
Wow! thanks a lot for your useful tips - your explanations are always clear - I'm using Cubase 10 Pro, and it's getting more complicate since I've started in lower versions years ago. ;-))
Hi Chris. I also have a AXR4 and the other day I was fiddling around with OBS. Can you elaborate on how you have the cue mixes in Cubase set up and how you have set up your routing to capture everything in OBS? Can you record the Cubase output and your microphone seperately in OBS? Love to hear how you did it! Best, Rob
I have many questions about Cubase Pro control room feature. Looks very interesting. First, is there a way to have momentary on/off switching like a conventional studio talkback, opposed to the click on/click off? (That sounds like a recipe for disaster if it accidentally gets left on and picks up confidential control room dialog and all the players hear it!). Is there a setting to have faders control a cue mix instead of the little mousey line bar? What about a remote control room volume pot? I like your idea of having the control room mix on a stereo channel in cue for quick monitoring but is it possible to send the mix to all the separate channels quickly, then be able to tweak separate cue mixes as needed for players? Effects and sometimes even eq on the cue mix channels seems fairly obvious, but please elaborate. A great cue mix is one of the most overlooked factors in getting great, balanced, inspired and dynamic performances. Thanks for great tutorials!
Thanks again for this video! Here's another question....This pandemic has made it unable for us as musicians to work in public. We did attempt to do a live stream on Facebook and the audio was terrible! I downloaded OBS and a program to connect the android phone via Wi-Fi to OBS, but could not get the audio to work no matter what I tried! I was going to run our mics through Cubase Pro with our Focusrite Scarlett 18i20 but could never get any audio in OBS. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated as we will be live streaming again...hopefully with better audio!
Question: how do you get asio audio into OBS? -> I can route audio from cubase to any output ( RME UCX ) I can select that in OBS as input then, but no sound is coming through. Would be nice if you could explain how you dealed with that. I think Cubase is using ASIO drivers exclusively... Maybe you could go a bit more detailed into the OBS side of explaining in some of you next videos.
Hi Valomat, I came here to brush up on my control room knowledge as I had forgotten how to use it, then was surprised to see Chris use it for OBS. I didn’t give that a thought. Anyway, I struggled like yourself to work out how to get Cubase into OBS. I ended up using a third party app called VoiceMeeter, which I had seen a few tutorials on. I have done my own tutorial which may help you until Chris gets time to do his. I will be waiting for Chris’s video also as he always pops up with some great tips! @ Chris....great work...thanks a bunch. ruclips.net/video/Rm_Nkl0Q9Wo/видео.html
Fantastic video Chris! I think Control Room is what separates the men from the boys in DAW terms ;)
LOL,, Tha is the best comment I got so far! Lol
Among a lot of other things Dom! If people claim that [enter in any other DAW here] is better than Cubase, it's just pure ignorance :)
Hey, that means that if I work with tape recording, I am a grampa ! ?
Thanks a million for showing me how to configure different monitoring EQs for different monitors! It's been driving me mad that I haven't found it, and I've been using a Que for my second monitor instead, but then I've had to both turn off the mains while turning on the second monitor. Now it's ONE click! Yeah!
Thank you for this video. I just bought Cubase PRO 13 when it was Steinberg's birthday. I record my real instruments and sometimes, I create an orchestral music using only VST instruments.
Thank you Chris! The "Listen" trick is just awesome! 👍
hello,you know what, i'm french and many times it's difficult for me to understand Americans or English youtubers but you ,i understand everything ,thank you for your beautiful English and for your very interesting work
This is exactly what I was hoping I could do with control room. Your instructions were very good. Thank you!
An eye-opening tutorial for me. Thanks Chris!
Thanks Chris! I always learn something I didn't know from you.
Your videos are awesome, control room rocks!!!
I have used control room for a year now and feel I just really learned how to use it now by watching this video. Chris, YOU ARE THE MAN!!! I use Sonorworks as well and now moving it to the Control room insert solves muting it when exporting files.
Oh Yeah! That will be a workflow improvement for you!
Hey cool, never tried the control room, but was thinking about it a lot. How it can benefit me and my workflow. Looking forward to this video. Also my compliments on your other video's, I use them a lot in Cubase forums if people have questions about Cubase. Keep up the good work.
THANK YOU FOR BEING A GOOD EXPLAINER. MOST JUST ASSUME YOU THIS OR THAT.
I have always been using the control room in Cubase. But this video gives insights I haven't been aware of. Great job! Thank you Chris!
You rock, Chris! Thanks for this. I've been dodging Control Room because I couldn't find the right teacher and tutorial. You da man.
You're very welcome! Thanks!
Hi Chris, I use the Control room all the time but some of the questions I had , got answered in this video of yours..Thank you so much for that.
The awesome thing about your tutorials is, you're not only learning about the functionality, but I also understood what Pre and Postfader meant all the time hahah, it just describes the physical location of the Signal before or after that specific track where the fader sits. Like Dry/Mix if you will. Before/After. I think you get what I meant.
All in all, the biggest critique I have about Cubase is, you can not do it right unless you have the pro version. Period. there is no way you can improve on anything when the artist version is limited that hard. But I don't care anymore, after 6 or 7 years of Learning with Cubase 5 and making the jump to Cubase 11, my wallet did get lighter by 600 bucks, but I am finally free to produce actual usable music. Thank you Chris, I subscribed and hope that there will be more amazing Videos coming. Do you have a studio tour where you explain what you use for recording audio and an "essential guide" ? I would love to see that and take notes :D
Hi Chris, This is really very useful for learning Cubase 11. thanks so much for very kind explaination GREAT MAN!!!
You're very welcome!
Control Room is really useful too to switch from stereo and mono to check the mono compatibility and the sound :)
Thanks Chris, this is an area I have kind of stayed away from, Why cause of not really totally understanding it fully, I would love to see a part two s(2) on this process. Again thanks for your continued community support and education. Cheers Bruce :-)
Love these bread and butter videos, good stuff, keep up the good work!
Thanks, will do!
Really nice and informative video, thanks!
Great video, I use the controlroom mainly for my Sonarworks and the Listen feature. I have not enough free outputs to connect both pairs of speakers at the same time and I am "alone" or we are all in one room.
A very interesting video, thanks a lot!
16:30 thats what I was looking for! thank you
You're welcome!
Very informative as usual, thank you. Cheers Dave
Very welcome
Good evening, is there a method please to separate general listening "stereo out" and listening to the media bay? in other words I want to route the sound of the media bay separately in another audio track? I heard that it is feasible from the "control room" but it seems very complicated for a beginner A video explaining the procedure would be great
thank you man u always been so helpful to us
Glad to hear that! :-)
A big thanks to you, Chris. You are a genius in cubase. I use cubase pro 10.5 and I love it, but videos like this one from you get me more acquainted with my DAW and makes me like it the more. Infact, for me, cubase pro 10.5 is simply the best. Thank you once again and keep up the good work. God bless you abundantly!
Thanks for your comment, I appreciate that! Happy that the videos are helpful :-) God bless you too, brother!
Thank you I love your videos very helpful
Thanks for that video. I learned a good tips for OBS capture. For me, I use Control Room in my Home Studio for Stereo/Mono switching, its easy to validate a whole mix. Then I also use multiple Cues for A/B or reference comparaison during mixing or mastering.
I'm planing a full video on my process using Cubase and OBS. Thanks for sharing!
I know to setup control room, but you always show some cool tip, can't wait to watch! 😊
it was very very helpful Chris
Just used this to figure out how to get audition working on the offline processing, worked a treat thanks
Awesome!
Very informative video sir 🌹🙏
Thanks Chris ! toujours de très bons tutos comme d'hab ;)
Merci Fab!
Great Video as always. After watching your videos it makes me second guess the "other DAW" that I use.
Keep up the great work
Great tips! My favorite thing to do in the control room is to switch between monitors with a key command and changing stereo to mono with a key command also.
This is what I want to do as well. What interface are you using? I'm wondering how I'm supposed to hook up different speaker setups to mine...
Greatand in depth as always Chris - those Dim controls were new to me. I use the Cue mix for my singer, usually give him Cues of the group channels, but sometimes just switch his heaphones to the master so he gets an idea what the finished mix sounds like. Really one of the main features of Pro, I couldn't work without that. Haven't tried the talkback yet because we work in the same room, but even then I can imagine it helpful to sing him harmonies.
Thank you Chris for sharing this great video with lots of tips! Keep up the good work.
Best explanation!!!
Followed you to the T. Still can’t get it to work. I am currently using the TB option thru my Avocet, but would like to have the Cubase ine as backup
Very helpful. Thanks for the great tips!
I use the Control room but never thought about putting Sonorworks on there so I don't have to keep deactivating/activating it for mixing down. As you showed, you can have different Sonorworks profiles for different speakers ready to go with a single click. Also you explained the L button for me which I look at but have never used! Now it all makes sense! Great video and explanation of a feature of Cubase I overlooked for a long time. Thanks Chris.
You're welcome, my friend!
Merci mec!!! j'apprécie beaucoup tes capsules, elles me sont très utiles!!
Bienvenue Pascal, heureux de voir qu'elles te sont utile :)
Thankyou for this! Perfect!
Hii love your stuff Chris! How did you get your mixconsole to color the racks?
I would love to be able to assign a knob/slider to the volume level of the metronome in the Control Room
As always, a great video; very concise. Agreeing with Nelson, the 'Listen' trick is awesome. Even just using it to set up effects will save a lot of time.
My search for this video topic was motivated by a phone call I received yesterday from a friend in Germany (I'm in Toronto) who lost his 'stereo' playback to his speakers; would only do 'stereo to mono' playback. A new piece of hardware that wouldn't connect made him think that Cubase was set up incorrectly; it was a fault in the hardware unit which he's sending back today. So he messed up the Cubase Control Room before he worked that out. I had to log onto his computer (I used Teamviewer) to correct it. I couldn't make it work with just verbal instruction.
The reason is that he is running 9.5 and I am using 10.5. There are some differences in how to access and select output mixes. A few new buttons in the newest version of Cubase. I thought that I'd mention this in case someone is having a problem making this work. If you still have 9.5 version on your computer, check it out.
Setting up my 'Listen' now. Thanks again.
Hey Canadian brother, thanks for your CR update
Hi Chris, great tips again! I use the Control Room all the time, e.g. for Ref-Tracks routing, so my 2-CH. MASTER w/ plugins is bypassed. This way I can switch between Monitors and Cues (Refs) in no time at all. And yeah, the Listen Mode in Cubase is great, it's very useful during the mixing, 'cause listening halfway in context, thanks to the Dim-Level, is something that I really love. I use the Solo Mode as little as possible. Have a good one, and stay healthy bro!! :-)
Thanks for sharing, Frank!
My pleasure Chris! BTW: I like the Rear Bus technique a lot, it's very cool.
Great video! I don't have a physical monitor switcher, so I use the inserts on the monitor outputs in the control Room, mapped to buttons on a physical controller, to send through the appropriate Sonarworks profile for each of my three monitor pairs. I also have one on my phones channel to use the profile for my headphones. I made a video on that too.
Chris, how do i make variaudio audition sound go to cue mix in Cubase?
Sometimes i just want to fix something fast while recording (and i'm already with my Headphones on) BUT when i want to adjust a note in Variaudio quickly i CAN"T hear the fixes when i move the notes around because i'm hearing the Cue in my Headphones, when i go to the control room section on my Cue mix and switch the input to MIX it doesn't work either :(
Any suggestions?
what is the recommended mini controller for cubase 12 for scripts
Thanks Chris...This gave me some great ideas.Till now I've only used the control room in a very limited way. I only have one set of monitors but I have 2 headphone outputs so I set up a special mix to compensate for the shortcomings of a second crappy set of headphones I have so I can have someone else listen in with me when that's called for.
That was very interesting! Thanks a lot Chris!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Hi Chris, great video and hope you are doing great. I have learned to love working with the control room in my workflow (FOR SONAR WORKS, ANAYLIZERS, REFRENCE, DIM, CUES) but my media files will not playback unless I turn the control room off. I have watched other videos showing how to route everything but it did not work when I try to set it up. I have routed my monitor outputs in control room panel but it did not respond. There is no input showing in my UA Apollo twin interface when I try to listen to the media bay files but...when I disable control room the input shows and I can hear the file in my DAW and UA. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. Have a nice day.
This is great thanks. Have you done a video on setting up OBS with Cubase? This woul;d be really useful for me
In obs under Audio settings ya can choice ya Interface and ya fine for streaming mayb ya need loopback function in ya Interface
Thanks Chris. I never thought about sending the Cue mix to OBS when recording tutorials. Going to try that now. I also use a Nanokontrol for macros, frequently used commands etc. It's a very useful little gadget.
Useful gadget for sure :-)
Great video! One other option - I run a talkback through Cubase and back out, so I can use the Muteomatic plugin, to automatically disable during playback.
Cool stuff :-)
Thank you for this long explanation, Chris. It was very enjoyable and enlightening in some details that some of us had not seen, apparently.
LOL, you forgot to unmute but in 12:16 you unmute instead of mute 😹. We call it “gajes del oficio”.
How does OBS get the audio? You send the cue mix to hardware output and OBS get this from an input or is this done all directly via software?
LOL, Yes, that's what I did...For OBS, I will release a full video on this very soon to share my process using Cubase and OBS.
Oh, that sounds perfect, thank you!
Thanks Chris! I love using control room. It’s always on!
I recently started using it to listen to reference tracks while mixing. This way I can route the reference track so that it doesn’t go through my master buss processing, and I can seamlessly A/B my mix by switching between Mix and Cue 1(or 2-4)
If I set the reference track to solo defeat, I can also seamlessly A/B soloed tracks in my mix against the reference track.
Love your videos!
That's a cool way to use the CR, thanks for sharing!
Thomas Kinzel I use the listen button in the CR for switching to my reference track. Then you don’t need to use the cue sends.
Great video as always Chris.
Is there a way in Cubase 14 Pro to change an insert slot in Control Room from Post to Pre?
Thank you much.
Thank you Chris
Thank you for shedding some light into this subject, just yesterday I was looking to understand how the Control Room works and baaam, you release an idiot proof tutorial!! Also, if you have the chance, I would love to see how you approach Reamping and how you address the latency issue caused by its process, that would be a life saver for many people I guess!✌
Yeah, sure! I can do a reamping video :-)
@@mixdownonline You're awesome, and that's why I always search your channel first when looking for a tutorial or addicional info on a subject! Keep up the good work \m/
Merci Chris!
Do you have to switchback to regular outputs to export a mixdown?
How do you connect and how do you route the mic for talkback?
Hey Chris, you have a stereo out put and a master out put, how did you set that up?
Great video Chris,thanks.
I have this week upgraded my Focusrite Scarlett 2nd gen 2i2 to a Scarlett 3rd Gen 4i4 .Now I got the extra outputs.How could I use them,in my session?
OK, is it feasible to change the color of the >Audio Connections< window (Cubase 13 pro) in Windows 10?
Hi Chris...:) is there a way to assign a midi KNOB of my Midi Keyboard or Faderport to control the Volume Knob of the Control Room? Thanks a lot.... I have assign the Mono And Stereo switch to my faderport but i dont see the VOLUME comand...
I'm new tot his and cannot find the enable/power button for the Control Room. I am using an early M1 Mac Mini and Cubase Pro 13 and struggling to hear anything from the microphones. I can hear tracks etc no problem. If you have a session on mIcs only, Maybe I'll find it but thank you for doing these.
Using Cubase 11 Pro, any differences I should know about between 10.5 and 11 for the control room? Thanks.
Question: When you first opened the Control Room you had Sonarworks Ref in an insert slot at the bottom of the CR but then moved it up to your Monitor's insert slot. What is the lower set of insert slots and how are they different from the ones under the monitor? Thanks!
The ones on top will affect a specific Monitor Output, each monitor output will have Insert slots. if Sonarworks is added at the bottom like I do, that affects all monitor outputs.
@@mixdownonline Makes sense -thanks. Stay safe, be well. Peace from SF
Hi Chris, thanks a lot for going through the control room (with your own preferences). I've been using it for sometime, especially after I've started to use VST Connect.
But still I've found your session on the CR very useful, since you've included topics like monitoring set-ups, the function of the "listen" key, cue-mixes etc.
Irony is that maybe all this information is available in the manual, but I like to see, to hear and to compare. Also, you are a proficient teacher.
Thanks again.
Hi! Chris, great videos.
I bought Steinberg UR 44 C in an attempt to improve work flow between Cubase (12) and it, but I was a bit disappointed.
Control Room and DSP effects synchrony:
To my surprise having to use DSP effects hinders work flow in the following manner when recording in the same room as many of us do these days:
When one wants to use DSP effects, one would select the track one would record on and the dsp panel would appear on the inspector.
Problem 1: But for it to appear, you should have output busses under "Output" tab as opposed to having busses in the control room. If you have busses in the Control Room for headphones mix for the singer and monitors, but not have busses under "Output" tab, the DSP panel will not appear on the inspector.
Implications:
This means that, for me to record audio using DSP effects, I'm forced to have to remove L1 and R1 busses on "Monitors" under Control Room tab so as to use them at the "Output" tab.
This would then mean that, my Monitors are silent and the "Main" button does not work. This is a huge inconvenience because sometimes one oscillates between recording and editing.
The only way to resolve to dial down the physical volume on the UR 44 C. I was hoping I would not have to touch anything physical like I used to on my previous interface. I could control everything from the "Control Room" without opening audio settings.
I wish Steinberg make DSP effects panel active even just by simply activating Control Room.
It is better to try what I'm what talking about. Don't mind creating a video to explain better.
Could you please do a video on how to increase work flow if you record in the same room while working from computer on Control Room while using DSP effects.
Is there a way to use the control room to use a laptop's onboard mic for a talkback mic? In the studio, I simply use the talkback functionality made available through my monitor controller. But I often track demo vocal on a laptop at other locations and I'd love to know if there's a way to do this -- I'm a little worried that Cubase may unfortunately not have the power to do this. What are your thoughts?
Good video! Thank you! :)
Glad you liked it! :-)
I use the control room while streaming. I have two cues set up, one that goes to the stream, one that goes into my in-ears. The one to my in-ears has my click track, and a slightly altered mix so I can hear the instruments I'm playing. I send the talkback to both, to use as my speaking mic, and I have a plugin (Muteomatic) that I use to mute the talkback when I go into play mode. When I'm not performing live, I just listen to the regular monitor mix, which goes to my monitor controller. One of the biggest benefits for me is that the control room configuration remains intact, even when I switch projects.
Seems like a nice setup your have there :-)
You can set up in preferences, that the TB is mutet, when Cubase is playing. No need for Muteomatic. I use Muteomatic in the Reverb channel, to stop the Reverb when in Stopmode, when I talk to the talent, so you can speak without Reverb.
Whwere did you plug in your Talkbac mic? And/or did you set it up in the routing panel?
I always used the direct output but now i find i have much more control over myt monitoring system and i can now switch from one set of speakers to another seamlessly.It might just be me but i find my stereo imaging sounds more spacious than before , there seems to be more depth but that could just be an illusion.Thanks for another great tutorial.
nuendo 13 how to change the color of the audio connections window to white?...
Thank you, nice one
Hi Chris, how do you set up a Cue mix when you are using a reference track? What is the main purpose using this option for a reference track? Thank you.
My answer is in this video ruclips.net/video/SEe-1bsarSc/видео.html
Hi Your Videos helped me a lot Thank you very much. I have since Month the problem, that i would like to stream vom cubase 11 pro the sound i recorded, and live percussion to obs and from there to twitch. My Problem is i worked with Voice Meter Banana, but there always is a Latency with my Mic...
Thank you. Bonus! I have a Nano control lying in my cables flight case doing nothing. It never occurred to me to use it as a controller. Brilliant.
You are welcome!
using fader port to control the control room? is it possible?
Hi Chris, firstly can a say a big thanks to you for your tutorials, they are so helpful. I have just started using VST Connect Pro which I am getting to grips with thanks to your help. I do have a question though. I use closed back headphones and when I'm using talkback I find it odd hardly hear my own voice when talking to the performer. Is it possible to route talkback into my headphones as well??
HI SIR IS THERE ANY METHOD TO LISTEN MEDEA BAY SOUND WITH USING CONTROL ROOM WITH ONLY ONE OUT PUT SOUND CARD
F19? Damn, I have heard of amps going to 11, but keyboards going to F19? Seriously though, outstanding video. It took me a while to get through using the Control Room, lots of swearing, at times, missed switches and stuff, but once you get it down it's pretty sweet. Our band has 4 guys, so each one gets a cue mix, and that helps a lot. That MIDI controller trick was way cool too.
LOL... Does that mean that an amp going to 11 is louder? "Well, it's 1 louder, isn't it?" #classicspinaltap
Hello Chris. This is VERY interesting. I've got a novation Launchcontrol XL and i wonder if it's possible to assiging Control Room Level wheel to a midi fader and how I go about it? I really can´t find that CRL in the settings. Thanks for the awsome videos. Cheers from Sweden.
Yes of course, instead of selecting Commands, select VST Contro Room then Control Tool then Volume, that will do it!
@@mixdownonline 1 minut later and it's working like a charm. Thank you sooo much my friend!!!!!
Can you please make a video about how to setup the talkback function from beginning to the end? Input of the mic etc.
Wow! thanks a lot for your useful tips - your explanations are always clear - I'm using Cubase 10 Pro, and it's getting more complicate since I've started in lower versions years ago. ;-))
So is the cue sends like a pre auxiliary
Hey. Are these affiliate links in your descriptions text?
Hi Chris. I also have a AXR4 and the other day I was fiddling around with OBS. Can you elaborate on how you have the cue mixes in Cubase set up and how you have set up your routing to capture everything in OBS? Can you record the Cubase output and your microphone seperately in OBS? Love to hear how you did it! Best, Rob
Hello sir, I have a question . Is it possible in cubase pro 10.5 to stop monitor button turn off automstcally , when stop recording ?
Yes, go on Edit...Preferences...VST and look for Auto Monitoring... You can choose between 4 options
I have many questions about Cubase Pro control room feature. Looks very interesting.
First, is there a way to have momentary on/off switching like a conventional studio talkback, opposed to the click on/click off? (That sounds like a recipe for disaster if it accidentally gets left on and picks up confidential control room dialog and all the players hear it!).
Is there a setting to have faders control a cue mix instead of the little mousey line bar?
What about a remote control room volume pot?
I like your idea of having the control room mix on a stereo channel in cue for quick monitoring but is it possible to send the mix to all the separate channels quickly, then be able to tweak separate cue mixes as needed for players?
Effects and sometimes even eq on the cue mix channels seems fairly obvious, but please elaborate. A great cue mix is one of the most overlooked factors in getting great, balanced, inspired and dynamic performances.
Thanks for great tutorials!
Thanks again for this video! Here's another question....This pandemic has made it unable for us as musicians to work in public. We did attempt to do a live stream on Facebook and the audio was terrible! I downloaded OBS and a program to connect the android phone via Wi-Fi to OBS, but could not get the audio to work no matter what I tried! I was going to run our mics through Cubase Pro with our Focusrite Scarlett 18i20 but could never get any audio in OBS. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated as we will be live streaming again...hopefully with better audio!
Yes, I received a lot of questions regarding this. I'm working on a video on that topic that will be up up very soon!
Question: how do you get asio audio into OBS? -> I can route audio from cubase to any output ( RME UCX ) I can select that in OBS as input then, but no sound is coming through. Would be nice if you could explain how you dealed with that. I think Cubase is using ASIO drivers exclusively... Maybe you could go a bit more detailed into the OBS side of explaining in some of you next videos.
Hey Chris, can you do a tutorial, of how you make your videos?
It's comming soon :-)
Hi Valomat, I came here to brush up on my control room knowledge as I had forgotten how to use it, then was surprised to see Chris use it for OBS. I didn’t give that a thought. Anyway, I struggled like yourself to work out how to get Cubase into OBS. I ended up using a third party app called VoiceMeeter, which I had seen a few tutorials on. I have done my own tutorial which may help you until Chris gets time to do his. I will be waiting for Chris’s video also as he always pops up with some great tips! @ Chris....great work...thanks a bunch. ruclips.net/video/Rm_Nkl0Q9Wo/видео.html
Chris..how would i set this up with my Dangerous Dbox for summing? Normally i would do for thhe out puts...but with CONTROL PANEL? Thanx in advance
Yes, you do it from the outputs, the Control Room is for Monitoring only :-)
@@mixdownonline but if i disable those outputs fir the control room..?
Thank you!