One more tip: SHIFT + DOUBLE CLICK on a note event (not piano roll) and you will select all notes of same pitch to the right from the clicked note event. Just like in the Arrange window you would do to parts, audio events, etc.
@@HDSTUDIOSp2 Hi...Try Iterative Quantization for timing & Randomising velocity for volume... Again nothing beats playing it live ! So trying playing say 50% live with 50% manually edited notes.. 👍
In just 15 minutes I went from "I'm lost" to "I'm a boss" 😂 Seriously I feel way more confident now, I think I now have all the tools I need, and all my wonderings have subsided
This was really informative. Thank you. Ive always been towards Alan Parsons instrumentals, Supertramp, JM Jarre, synths but then I also get inspiration from flamenco and AOR and even jazz and definitely blue notes. But the sound I like is the 80s sound. Relaxed groovy.
This is so full of useful MIDI tips that I have saved it especially so that I can keep going back to it. Plus, the technology behind this video is really good and professional-like - for example: the way there is a zoom-in on menus and other important information so that it is so easy to see it properly. Dom - I only discovered your videos a few days ago, but I'm working my way through them all. Thanks for making them. I'm new to CuBase - I'm not a total newbie as I write my own specialist MIDI software, and I'm used to other products like Band-in-a-Box, Sibelius, Neuratron etc - but I only acquired CuBase Elements 11 recently to hopefully replace my Yamaha AW16 recording studio with something with more capability, and your tutorials are *very* helpful indeed.
I'm newer to Cubase. It's just spectacular. I have only Reason and DP for comparison. Nonetheless, the midi features are wonderful, and I'm just starting. My favorite features you listed are the "show all used controllers" and the ability to keep midi notes in line and while i move and copy them - it's interesting how much time I spend manually moving midi notes.
you really are a Godsend Dom☀Thank you so much for giving me more time to live outside the screen and also enjoy edition.. Heaven of Sound bless you for eternity☁😇🌤
Thank you for always teaching us how to use Cubase with excitement 😀.I love your positive teaching style.I have learned how to get the most out of Cubase with your videos & Greg Onda live stream club Cubase hang outs.I greatful for all your help. Happy Holidays & Merry Christmas 🎅 🎄 Dom 😊
Thank you so much man! These type of videos is where you really get to know your DAW fast, i came from FL Studio to Cubase Pro and this is exactly what i need
These tips are going to make my workflow going so much faster. Especialy No. 10: Change velocity on the fly. Sometimes, my controller is playing tricks on me and hitting way louder than expected. It was a pain to correct them the old slow way. Thanks a lot, Dom!
I'd like to suggest you creating a Video, exclusive about all the different techniques for producing melodies such as Arpeggios etc. I would appreciate it so much!
Much thanks for these valuable tips Dom, coupled with your passion for music production which is truly infectious makes these tutorials a joy to watch. Bless your heart bro : )
Thanks for the tips but how do you get different colors for your notes and corresponding velocities? Edit: Answered my own question - in the event colors drop down on the midi editor toolbar select "scales/chords".
I’m a Cubase passionate user but I have to admit I only knew well 4 of these 12 tips…just to say that I really appreciate your deep knowledge of the daw and your videos in general! Btw Merry Christmas Dom 🎄 Ps: would be awesome to have a video only about the functions of the Logical Editor
Have you seen Dom's video about the Project Logical Editor. Search for "Most Cubase users NEVER use this feature" on Dom's channel. Not about MIDI Editing, but still awesome, and you could easily use some of the knowledge from that video and use it in the MIDI realm.
The best tip for me was changing cord in versions, also moving notes and having to maintain the same position. Resetting quantize would be very helpful for me.
How come we’ve advanced so far in sampling technology, but my Phone and ipad voice recognition software is still mired in the dark ages? Should have recognized cord as chord and in versions as inversions. We need more musicians writing code for these devices.
Thank you Dom. I always like this kind of content and, though I already knew most of these tips, there is always something new to be learned. The expansion/compression of velocities and controller data trick is new for me. I appreciate your delivery, video production values, enthusiasm, etc. There is one more tip that I use frequently. It is possible to colourize the notes by PART and then open up two or more parts at the same time in the key editor. That is a very useful function when you want to edit parts that need to interact rhythmically (e.g. click and bass) or if you have chords formed by independent instruments (like string orchestra, choir, synth quartet, etc).
I'm a bit ashamed to say that quite a few tips were new to me, despite the fact that I mainly use midi. So your videos are super useful to me, thank you!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! Can't wait to use these tips. I know for a fact that the Chord Editing and Scale Assistant will come in super handy for me!!!
Thank you Dom,always helpful and learning something new from your videos.Best way is to follow along and save the shortcuts/commands while doing it!!!!
Yes i needed this, i've upgraded to every Cubase version thats coming out and really hold myself on buying new plug-ins because there is so much Cubase offers. I'm discovering more more :D
Thanks for these Dom! Is there a way you can go to the bottom of the editor where it says velocity, and select only certain velocities across the entire piece of music (for example the highest/loudest velocities for a piano), and just bring them down together, but by just dragging a mouse across the notes quickly, without selecting them one by one. It seems in Cubase you can only do this by editing the velocity one note at a time. I'm coming from logic where, for example, you would just select the loudest notes by dragging horizontally across the tops of the loudest notes in the velocity section of the editor, and just drag them down, without selecting any other notes and without having to select them one by one at the top of the editor. In cubase, trying to do this with the object selection tool, it simply brings all notes to the value that you drag across. I just want to skim the top of the notes to select the loudest ones, and just drag those loudest ones down. Thank you so much for this channel and this video, hopefully this question make sense? They have to be a way to do this I just don't know how.
Another very useful video! Thank you! Please, Dom, make a video about mixing many synths together (I mean, from very basic waveforms to very complex sounds)...
Dom Sigalas, thanks so much for always revealing things to us about cubase,you are a blessing to us. Please can you do a video on HOW TO REDUCE VST PERFORMANCE OVERLOAD during mixing.
Drawing chords is super useful because although I'm fine with the theory, writing a four part choir piece for example is just a headache, much quicker to throw in some chords, invert and move them around than to start from scratch.
1) shift + double-click on a note will select all MIDI notes of the same pitch to the end of midi clip; 2) 'quantize end' must be set-up in shortcut preferences for a quick use; My favorites are "Cloned midi clips". Also there is a way to make all notes to have the same length just with a help of two mouse clicks. The Key Editor really lacks of range selection tool like Ableton, for easier copy/paste of parts. Didn't know about 'reset quantize', cool!
Dom, thanks a lot for the video! It's always a pleasure to watch them. Please tell me how you set up so that the colors of the notes were different in the MIDI Editor?
