Learning Cubase LO3

For the jingle on the talk and music radio programme, we have to create a jingle, and we will be using Cubase which is a music production software.

This is the main layout of the song you would be creating in cubase where all of the music samples are placed together. Right now there is a drum loop as default.

This is what the timeline looks like when more music tracks are added. The notes of each song are represented as square dots where the pitch is determined on their vertical placement, and the timing is determined by their horizontal placement.

When you double click on one of the music tracks, you are brought to this, This is where you can specifically place the notes for their timing and pitch. This is represented by a keyboard which is because you would preferably use this with a midi keyboard to have more control in the music in how it sounds like.

Here the Loop Browser is about to be selected.

The loop browser contains many pre-made loops of music to place onto the timeline, which can be used to prevent additional work where unnecessary, to use to modify when placed down, to  use for those that cannot create good music, and to learn from the loops in how they are timed and pitched.

For my test song, I wanted to use the "Back to the 80s" loop and here is me selecting it.

This is the Channel settings section where you can modify what tracks sound like, with this green shape that can be used for the manipulations. Here is what I had set it to.

This is the final timeline of my test track in Cubase, with many different tracks with loops I created and didn't create, alongside modifications made in the Channel settings section of the software.

This fulfils LO3