r/cubase • u/RealitySea1523 • 10d ago

I'm starting to use Cubase >.<

Well... I bought Hatsune Miku V6 and it came with Cubase. I don't know how to start producing music, so I'd like some tips to get me started :3

Also, I'm not very good at speaking English, so I'll use a translator >.<

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u/Seledreams 10d ago

What's included with Miku V6 is Cubase AI. A heavily limited version of cubase. This should however still be sufficient for basic learning purposes. it just will feel a bit "cramped" due to its track and effects number limitation.

You should at least be able to play a bit with the built in Halion Sonic instruments included with Cubase AI

you should be able to check cubase tutorials on youtube. but keep in mind that learning music isn't just about "learning to use the software". Music in general is wider. I'd recommend to study music theory and learn an instrument (such as piano, which is fairly convenient for computer music production with midi keyboards).

Learning an instrument should make learning theory easier.

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u/MarcusarilliuS 10d ago edited 10d ago

I'd push back on the theory. If you want to learn it fine, if not just mess around. Maybe learn a few chords. Some of the best musicians don't know any theory. Just watch some YouTube videos on recording and have fun.

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u/Seledreams 10d ago

I don't understand people who, whenever theory is mentionned immediately go "i don't recommend it".

My reason for recommending it is from experience trying to make music without for years. Can you make music without ? Yes, but it ends up being way more painful than anything else, being more about smashing your head against the wall until the wall breaks. through endless trial and error in the dark. Quite often it also often leads to sticking to comfort zone, such as just reusing the same chord progression everywhere because it's one of the only things we found to work out due to a lack of knowledge on voice leading.

Telling beginners to not learn it is not doing them a favor.

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u/MarcusarilliuS 10d ago

I said if you want to learn it then fine...

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u/Seledreams 10d ago

you said "push back" the moment you talk about pushing back it's to say you don't recommend it

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u/MarcusarilliuS 10d ago

I said that I wouldn't prioritise that. Also said it's up to them.

2 chords and a bit of soul trumps deep musical knowledge and elaborate arrangements a lot of the time.To each their own though.

Giving my opinion based on a lifetime of playing and a rudimentary knowledge of theory

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u/MachineAgeVoodoo 9d ago

Agreed. I know cubase and I know theory but learning a new software and the basics of producing music digitally I would definitely not combine, or somehow do simultaneously as learning theory. It's not similar skills and it's akin to learning how to drive, and study language grammar at the same time. NOT learning how to drive and learning traffic rules, as it perhaps may seem.

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u/lilchm 10d ago

Dom Sigalas on YouTube (free) and his Masterclass (paid)

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u/Nikkotak 10d ago

Look up and learn some useful shortcut keys. For example (assuming your cubase is set up like mine) you can click on an event in the arrange window and press ā€˜Pā€™ to move your locators to the beginning and end of that event. These things will save you a lot of time.