How do i fade an effect??
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Posted on Dec 21, 2003 01:10 pm
AK Redline
Seconds From The End
Member Since: Jun 16, 2003
i work in cubase sx, and say i wanna fade reverb into a vocal track... or put a phaser on guitar so the signal gradually gets wetter.... how do i go about doing this? thanks in advance
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Dec 21, 2003 01:44 pm there's a setting that will force cubase to record your real-time tweaks. that's the way i plan to do it when i get to the level where i need to start thinking about such things.
you can find the command either in one of the sub menus...
or, i think, on the track inspector. i think there's a little 'r' button (for read) and a 'w' button (for write).
i think the way it works is that if you have 'w' depressed, cubase will monitor any changes you make to the faders or (possibly?) to your plugins in real time. then, upon playback, undo 'w' and depress 'r' and it will play back your movements.
Dec 21, 2003 01:47 pm actually, the more i think about this...
i think you've got to use plugins as insert effects for this to work.
and by the way, i know you can draw volume envelopes right onto the waveform with the pencil tool. perhaps there's a way to swap volume for some other adjustable parameter.
sorry i can be only of vague help. i haven't tried any of this yet.
AK RedlineSeconds From The EndMember
Since: Jun 16, 2003
Dec 21, 2003 05:18 pm thanks! this gets me in the right direction.... i always wondered what read write were for
juesContributor
Since: Dec 30, 2002
Dec 21, 2003 06:48 pm forty, although you can automate such effects (via the R and W buttons), it is easier to draw such automation curves.
To do this, click on the small + icon on the actual track (near the track name, record arm, mute, solo, etc buttons). Doing this will bring up an automation lane - click on the text "volume" and you can now change this to whichever paramater you want control over.
Regards
jues.
Dec 21, 2003 10:04 pm nice.
but what if you want to automate a plugin like a chorus effect--a plugin that has its own dedicated interface? can you control that via this feature? if so, how do you select which feature of the plugin the ramp controls? another example: suppose you're using an equalizer plugin and you want to gradually ramp up 2 Khz for some insane reason.
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Dec 21, 2003 10:13 pm That depends entirely on the pluggin. If it is automatable the parameters that can be automated will come up in the menu jues described. And as far as doing it with an EQ, that is simply another way of creating a filter type effect. I use it all the time.
Dec 21, 2003 10:43 pm good to know it's possible. this was one of the things that attracted me to cubase. in the future i'll be sure to play around with it.
Dec 24, 2003 02:14 pm this is my biggest holdback with my setup. not being able to fully automate junk.
fruity lets me automat certain things, but it's fumbly and you can't undo it. i've doen alot of tricky stuff with just a chain of VSTs with the final plug in the chain being a silverspike tapeit recorder and just recording my realtime tweaks that way.
flame...bringing sexy backMember
Since: Jul 01, 2002
Dec 24, 2003 04:38 pm welcome back jamie! hit me up on trillian when ya get chance, its been too long man!
dubyMember
Since: May 01, 2004
May 01, 2004 06:52 am oh i love silverspike's tapeit! doing long sessions with my plugins and recording them with one or several tapeit instances.
they have a new version out with a whole bunch of new features like syncing and auto-normalizing.
www.silverspike.com/PlugIns/TapeIt/tapeit.html
flame...bringing sexy backMember
Since: Jul 01, 2002
May 01, 2004 04:57 pm hey duby, welcome!
you picked a right old thread here...
