Hey ! Question about crescendo. I just got back to using Cubase after using a ton of other DAWs / MIDI program. I remember under MIDI - Functions - Velocity that there was a crescendo function….or was that with Nuendo, Logic or ? Maybe I’m just blind but I can’t find the simple crescendo menu item. Or is this writing in the velocity or midi learn it cc it to a fader or ?
Hi and welcome to the forum,
you can draw a velocity curve/line etc with the line tool either by trimming the note events in the key editor or you can do it in a separate lane.
Thank you Reco - just what I feared. Now like a 3 year old in daycare I need to…bring out the crayons and draw lines…. Cubase peeps this is such an easy fix…. What was great with Logic Pro is that, like in this scenario I’m working on. Have a building crescendo in the end of the song where in the orchestra The bases and cellos and violins do very different things and the crescendo would need to be different because how frequencies do not come across linearly in a mix. In Logic Pro I would just select the violins separately even though they are in the same MIDI region. Cubase peeps - this is lame and causes a lot of extra work. Now I would need violins, violas etc etc to be on different tracks to just sketch out a song where this is just a backdrop to a driving song. Or is there another solution ?
Again Reco thanks for answering.
No need to go back into toddler crayon drawing mode in Cubase 
What you are looking for is multipart-editing:
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Hi Reco - Yes I use multipart editing a lot. Mainly to fix bad notes in complicated sections. It’s great BUT it requires me to write for each instrument in an individual track.
I remember now it was in Logic Pro. This is how it loks there. Super easy. In my option way better solution. Once you select Crescendo you pick from where to where and how much it should go to. Great feature…. everything else is a work around..
Does this exist in Cubase ?
Yes, Cubase has got an abundance of features for MIDI editing and then some. MUCH more powerful than Logic’s crayon tools…
If direct tools don’t suit your workflow you can up your game with the Logical Editor:
Define a crescendo for a specific group of notes, add variation, define the amount of variation etc. Assign a key command to this task and whatnot. Create your own presets. It’s incredibly versatile.
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