Hi all,
I tried to make an overview of the routing in cubase. A3 format. Most of the stuff is in there (I hope). If you detect errors, let me know. If someone is interested in the powerpoint, I can also share that.
Antoine
Routing-A3_v2.pdf (125.7 KB)
I think the monitoring is not quite right. It is a switch whether the input to the channel comes from the track or from the defined input bus.
Also the way the Control Room is sketched doesnât seem quite right to me.
It has up to four cue busses, which can be targetted from audio channels within the project. The Main Mix, however, is fed by the output bus that is defined as âMain Mixâ in the Audio Connections. Ie. an audio channel never goes directly into the Mix bus of the Control Room but always through an output bus.
If you like to expand the schematic you could depict Group and Effect tracks as being mostly the same as an audio track. The differences seem to be that they cannot have a signal coming from their track. Instead they create a bus so that they can be fed from other sources.
A bus in Cubase seems to be always fixed on one end and open on the other. Mostly the input end is open, ie. multiple sources can feed into the bus, and the output end is afixed to a single target. (Unlike e.g. in Logic or Pro Tools)
Monitoring: I think it is right. Since when you enable it, you will hear the insert plugins and it is post-fader/panning (on an input bus or on a audio/instrument track)
Yes, 4 CUEs but also many inserts, sends. Didnât want to show them all.
Yes, the main mix goes to the âOutput busâ as defined in Audio Connections.
The audio channel does directly in the Mix of the CR (i think). The Mix goes to a âMonitorâ channel that is setup in the CR Audio Connections (the main Output Bus in the Output Tabs of Audio Connections is left âNot Connectedâ). The audio track goes through the Mix (e.g., inserts) to the Output Bus (as I named it)
W.r.t. Group/FX tracks, you are right or course. I merely tried to indicate what can be routed to/from Group/FX tracks. Since I only show 1 audio track I did not show multiple tracks going in one Group track.
AndâŚ.also a group track can go to multiple output busses.
Thus, I still believe my scheme is correct, but not complete in the sense it lacks subtleties. I also did not include the routing to External Effects nor âDirect Monitoringâ that is available from some interfaces.
Yep can be extended and improved.
A
I donât see why this would be any different if the monitoring button would be a switch to select which audio signal will enter the channel.
AhâŚ.I see your point. Yes, I will change this. Thanks, A
In general I think I prefer keeping the blocks âemptyâ for a more âmacroâ view of routing, and then breaking them out individually to see options there. By including everything it is to me a bit cluttered.
The way you express it isnât really correct, and thatâs reflected in the overview. All audio channels have to be summed and a âbusâ will do that. In Cubendo the three in the box are all âbusesâ for that purpose, the âoutput busâ, âgroup trackâ and âFX trackâ.
So because you have to sum signals before monitoring the mix there needs to be a âbusâ before the Control Room section. In other words, in your overview an audio channel needs to go to an output bus and then from there into Control Room. Otherwise the overview is incorrect I think.
This is one reason it might be easier to have a less detailed macro view and then do individual focus on specific items.
I believe we should distinguish two things:
My main purpose was to show the full flow of a signal to demonstrate at which positions we have inserts, sends, cues, etc etc.
I am really trying to get everything in one schematic. I will see how I can actually put the buses in. Need to go to A0 instead of A3âŚâŚ
Thanks,
A
You put in quite a bit of an effort, it would be a shame to stop at 80%.
I think it is helpful to show the way the audio signal takes on its way to the CR Mix. It shows the difference between the Main Mix output bus compared to other output busses. Also this is where the metering happens that gets displayed in the right zone of Cubase Pro - on the Main Mix ouput bus.
@antoinevankampen FYI Steinberg provided some diagrams in the N6 manual which you might find useful to perfect your own layout: User manual Steinberg Nuendo 6 (English - 1034 pages) (pages 239 and 240).
Of course we now have more inserts and some other differences but the signal flow is basically the same. The layout of these diagrams seems pretty efficient.
It is on ongoing project. I will improve and share.
I have been looking for diagrams, didnât know it was in the Nuendo manual. Good for inspiration. Thanks
Still working on it. Here a new version.
Routing-A3_v4.pdf (89.8 KB)