Introduction: Making Cubase Work for You

Congratulations! Picking up this book will help you take the steps you need to get serious about setting up your Cubase studio so you can start making music. This book works as a companion to the Cubase manual. Its purpose is not to lead you in a direction specific to any version of Cubase, but instead to help you understand how Cubase works as a DAW (digital audio workstation) and how to get the most out of Cubase in your home studio. If Cubase is the first DAW you’ve used, this book will help you understand not only Cubase but also how most DAWs function should you want to work with another brand later.

The Cubase users who will most benefit from reading this book are those who have limited computer and recording experience. This book is sort of an “all-in-one” Cubase studio handbook and mostly covers the basics in every possible area of working with Cubase and interfacing the rest of your studio with Cubase.