For engineers there are time-saving templates with preset channels and routing for a quick start in a range of typical recording scenarios. The other part of the Hub is the Project section, and as well as your recent projects, there are template options for starting new projects. You can turn it off but it’s a handy way to keep in touch with Steinberg and will no doubt be their future access point to subscription-based or cloud services.
Once installed, Cubase Pro 8 opens with an introductory page called Steinberg Hub where you can check the latest news from Steinberg, or access tutorials, help and links to the user forum.
Installation on both PC (Windows 7) and Mac (OS X Yosemite) was easy enough with the now familiar registration/activation process. I’ve been exploring Cubase Pro 8’s new features in combination with Steinberg’s UR242 USB audio interface. Some of the numbers are impressive: unlimited tracks, up to 256 physical inputs, 32-bit/192k audio, 256 group channels, eight virtual instruments, 3000 preset sounds and 73 audio plug-ins.
Cubase Pro 8 is the top version of the latest range and it’s aimed at professional studios and producers. Over time Nuendo has outgrown stereo music and embraced multimedia mega-production while Cubase has evolved into a specialist music-making environment par excellence.
By focusing primarily creative strategies and philosophy, his workshops are classes aim to enable and inspire musicians of all backgrounds and skill levels, regardless of what instruments or software they use.Steinberg has been there from the beginning and Nuendo has been a worthy contender in the professional DAW stakes since Cubase was a MIDI sequencer.
As an educator, Ben approaches electronic music as a multidisciplinary art form that unifies traditional song writing with sound design, arranging, and audio engineering. Bill, Of The Trees, Au5, and acclaimed vocalist Ganavya Doraiswamy.Ĭantil is also an Assistant Professor of Music Production, Technology, and Innovation at Berklee Valencia in Valencia, Spain, where he teaches electronic music production and sound design. ZEE releases music regularly on experimental electronic labels Wakaan and Gravitas Recordings and has collaborated with artists such as Mr. Paul continues to develop presets for software synthesizers, free Ableton Live Racks, and samples, many of which are available through his website (When he's not busy in the studio, he offers instruction and consultation in Ableton Live and live performance for artists and producers in the LA area.Įncanti | Producer / Assistant Professor of Music ProductionĮncanti is the artist name of Ben Cantil, half of audio/visual duo Zebbler Encanti Experience with VJ Peter ‘Zebbler’ Berdovsky (widely known for his work with Shpongle and EOTO over the years). He has done remix work for artists such as Coeur du Pirate, Abe Duque, Divisible, Pointe Claire, Edian (UK), Rainer Hoeglmeier (Germany), and Wei Wei (China).Ī small selection of his sound design work can be heard in the factory preset bank of XFER Records’ SERUM software synthesizer.
Paul has been involved in the electronic music scene for over a decade as a producer, remixer, sound designer, DJ, and educator.īlending sounds from house, techno, garage, and beyond, P-LASK's original productions and remixes have been featured on Moody Recordings, Groovebirds Records, Crowd Records, Cherrytree (Interscope) Records, Abe Duque Records, Mean Red Music, Krafted Music, and his own imprint, Electric Dangerous Records. Paul Laski (P-LASK) is an Ableton Certified Trainer with over six years of teaching experience at DubSpot New York and Icon Collective Music Production School in Los Angeles. Paul Laski | Ableton Live Certified Trainer