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krooner · #1 (**permalink**) 28th October 2009 , 10:03 PM

Hi all,

Apologies if this has already been covered.

I'm still a bit confused when recording vocals with cubase as regards when best to set Comp, EQ Reverb, etc; if I choose to set them whilst recording, can't they just be deactivated and/or altered at anytime afterwards anyway, or is it that at the recording stage, no plugins presents a good starting point? Hope this makes sense.
Cheers!
Kj

TrevCircleStudios · #2 (**permalink**) 28th October 2009 , 10:08 PM

less a cubase question that a recording and mixing one really. In a nutshell... just record clean. It makes no sense to add plugins before hand. If you really need reverb to stay in tune you could put it on a bus.

Read this thread too: Recording Audio Levels

Khazul · #3 (**permalink**) 28th October 2009 , 11:36 PM

I though that Cubase (and most DAWs?) *allways* recorded a dry signal.

So you can stick a load of plugins on the track you are recoding as at record time they are effectively in the through chain only and not the recording chain.

Signal flow in DAWs is usually analog signal (mic etc) -> pre-amp + maybe analog processing -> audio input -> digital -> hard disc -> plugins -> mixer... etc.

krooner · #4 (**permalink**) 29th October 2009 , 01:37 PM

Thanks for the info, guys. I'll try the dry run from here on in.

Kj

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krooner Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 4	Pre or Post Hi all, Apologies if this has already been covered. I'm still a bit confused when recording vocals with cubase as regards when best to set Comp, EQ Reverb, etc; if I choose to set them whilst recording, can't they just be deactivated and/or altered at anytime afterwards anyway, or is it that at the recording stage, no plugins presents a good starting point? Hope this makes sense. Cheers! Kj
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krooner Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 4	Thanks for the info, guys. I'll try the dry run from here on in. Kj
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