Menu
  • Home
  • Welcome
  • Music
  • Video
  • Cookie Policy
  • Privacy Policy
  • Tech Blog
Andy French's Musical Explorations

Andy French's Musical Explorations

Tag: Cubase

Cubase drum map for the Toontrack Superior Drummer Area 33 kit

In CubaseTags Cubase18th February 2025 Andy French

I recently invested in the Area 33 kit for Superior Drummer 3.0 from Toontrack. I’m using Cubase 14 so the first order of business is getting a drum map together …

Continue Reading
A close-up of the Cubase 13 project window

Cubase 13 Pro – usability and design issues

In CubaseTags Cubase19th November 2023 Andy French

Introduction I have used Steinberg Cubase since the days of the Atari 1040 ST when it loaded from a double-density floppy disk and did nothing but MIDI. I’ve stuck with …

Continue Reading
Find the analyze link

Analysing Cubase freeze/crash dump files

In CubaseTags Cubase28th May 2023 Andy French

I have been experiencing that annoying Safe Mode crash dump popup every time I restart Cubase. For the record, at the time of writing I’m using Cubase 12.0.60 build 453 …

Continue Reading

Fixing pops and crackles in Cubase

In CubaseTags Cubase14th December 2021 Andy French

The problem This article relates to Cubase Pro 11 (Version 11.0.30 Build 419). I noticed I was getting lots of pops and crackles during playback, especially on bass tracks for …

Continue Reading

Andrew Sheps “rear bus” setup in Cubase Artist

In CubaseTags Cubase5th April 2021 Andy French

For this post I’ll be using Cubase Artist 11. Inspiration for this post came from the YouTube video by Chris Selim. I’ve been using the Andrew Sheps “rear bus” technique for …

Continue Reading

Connecting a Behringer X-Touch One to Cubase Artist 10.5

In CubaseTags Cubase28th November 2020 Andy French

I struggled a bit to get a Behringer X-Touch One connected to Cubase Artist 10.5 so I thought I’d make a note of the steps I took to make it …

Continue Reading
Older Posts

Site Sidebar

Welcome

Welcome all. Just a quick note here to say please take care with the information on this site. I’m not a professional musician and not a music teacher. The posts here have been created for my use as a record of things I’ve learned. I hope you find the site useful but take care to cross-check the content with other sources, something you should always do anyway. Have fun. Make music!

Latest release

Andy French’s latest release Afterlife is available on Spotify. There’s a video on YouTube too.

Categories

  • Amplifiers
  • Cubase
  • Double Harmonic Major
  • Effect Pedals
  • Guitar
  • Harmonic Minor
  • Instruments
  • Jazz Theory
  • Lydian Chromatic Concept
  • Melodic Minor
  • Music Theory
  • Uncategorised

Archives

Site Footer

Andy French

Andy French

Andy French was the lead guitarist and vocalist with the British alternative metal band The Hollowkind. The band is now defunct but their tunes are available on Spotify or SoundCloud.

Tags

Amplifiers Arpeggios Blues Cubase Double Harmonic Major Drop 2 Chords Effect Pedals Guitar Guitar Chords Harmonic Functions Harmonic Minor ii-V-I Instruments Intervals Jazz Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization Melodic Minor Minor ii-V-i Minor Keys Music Theory Scales Secondary Dominants Secondary ii-V Shell Voicings Triads TuneCore
© Andy French, all rights reserved