Tips Tricks And Workflow Goodness

alexis · March 14, 2014, 11:31pm

Pondstreetstudios:

Thanks for this excellent thread!

Maybe a bit off topic, but real time savers

replace your HD with an SSD

move to 64bit (W7, Cubase, plugins)

say goodbye to any plugins that cause crashes

use a wireless keyboard with key commands for recording (arm, rec, play/pause, go left, undo) so you have kind of remote control

Key commands have been mentioned already. If you have trouble remembering them, invent some system and make them somewhat failsafe. For example, my first level key commands are all non-destructive (mainly zoom an transport functions), so I won’t accidentally delete an entire project by just hitting the wrong key. Shift is mainly for audio functions (like gain, pitch), and CTRL will mostly open editors. I always try to associate a word with the letter of the key, so it’s not so hard to remember. Maybe not your preferred way, but I think you get the picture…

Pondstreetstudios

Boy, that sure would be nice to control my DAW from down the hall and into the next room!

I tried to see how far this home computer’s keyboard could be from the tower and still control the computer … not too far .

What is it that determines how far one can be … battery power, specific models of keyboard, “muscleness” of the wireless system, … ?

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And if this is asking too much from a tool that is not meant to be used in that fashion (wireless keyboard as a very remote controller) … does anyone have personal experience with an “in-the-next-room” controller for Cubase (7.5.20) on PC?

Thanks for any thoughts!