Tips Tricks And Workflow Goodness

trashdinner · April 8, 2014, 6:16am

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

I just upgraded to a SSD and Cubase 64bit It took me 3 days to reinstall everything, but man I’m glad I did!!! So much faster, more stable ect!