wave file

[jo]

if your only source of creating a cymbol sound was on a midi keyboard, how would you go about creating a wav. file of a reversed cymbal in an audio track of cubase sx?????

or at least where it tells you in the manual??? hmmm please help!!!

[john]

Hey Jo

Welcome to Songstuff!

I'm not a cubase user (Davlan should be able to help with the specifics) but if your cymbal is triggered from a sound module or keyboard, I think you will need to create an audio track and put a reversed cymbal wave in it. You don't say if you have a separate wave editor, like wavelab, but I'll assume that you have access to a wave editor of some kind.

1: Set up your wave editor to record from the aoundcard audio inputs.

2: Connect your keyboard audio outputs to the soundcard audio inputs.

3: Set input levels if necessary, start recording and play the cymbal sound on the keyboard and stop recording.

4: zoom in on the wave and trim of the silence at the begining and end of the wave.

5: Select the entire wave and reverse it. (usually an edit or effect option)

6: Save it as a new wave file.

7: Create an audio track in Cubase

8: Add the new wave file to the track at the appropriate point. Copy and paste as usual for other reversed cymbals.

And that's it. There may be an easier more direct way of doing it, but midi cannot play sounds in reverse. You will need to create a wave file to do this.

I hope this helps, but if not maybe Davlan can advise you.

Cheers

John

[BongStuff]

if your only source of creating a cymbol sound was on a midi keyboard, how would you go about creating a wav. file of a reversed cymbal in an audio track of cubase sx?????

or at least where it tells you in the manual??? hmmm please help!!!

Hey - just record it, swap the reels on your B77 around, then play!

Oh, wait a minute...showing my age again...

BS

[john]

Now I'm sure I've seen you use cubase and a sampler...

[davlan]

Hi John,

Your advice seems pretty clear and applicable to Cubase SX. An external wave editor not required though. After you have added the audio track you can simply record the cymbal straight onto that. Select the part - goto file menu - Audio/Process/Reverse - bingo!

Dave