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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Recording with Cubase

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Like most dummy books, this one takes you through the very very basic terminology and moves forward from there. I found it useful in introducing one concept at a time. The author makes clear that this is not a book for people who are aiming to open their own studio but rather for musicians who want to record themselves and maybe their bands. I have Cubase LE (the most basic version) which is packaged with the interface hardware I bought. Does the job OK.

I've recorded on 4 track cassette to hard disc recorders and was intimidated to jump into PC recording. This book is excellent. Cubase (even LE like I own) is so feature rich that one could spend a day just scrolling through the in program user manual (576 pages). This book cuts to the chase telling you about mic and room selection all the way to a final mastered project. If you are new to Cubase, do not hesitate to buy this book.

This is a very good guide to getting started with Cubase. I bought an Alesis USB 8 came with a copy of Cubase LE but no hard copy manual, just a 587 page PDF document. The PDF manual is good for looking up specifics but not well suited to getttng a quick overview.

The Idiot's Guide is based on the full blown versions of Cubase so a few things are different in LE but it gives me a good idea on where to look in the PDF manual.

This isn't for the 'power user' but covers most everything needed for basic home recording.

This is my first "complete idiot" book, and I'm very impressed. To be honest, for years I've avoided these books simply because of the name. I'm not real thrilled to have a book with such a title on my bookshelf. But anyhow, I'm most of the way through this book, and it's been a tremendous help both as a "read it from beginning to end" type of book, as well as a reference.

What I like best about the book is that unlike some of the other dreadful books and training videos on music packages that I've encountered recently, this one actually focuses on the making of music, not just repetitively going through each and every feature in the pulldowns. The book starts off by going through how to set up your equipment. Then how to do an audio recording in cubase. Then it talks about how to record in MIDI and usual virtual instruments. It also goes into editing in MIDI, mixing, and finally how to do some authoring.

Excellent, excellent book. I highly recommend it.

I am working with a different version of Cubase and this book still helped. The author also provides his email for feedback and I wrote him.. He actually responded!

Like most others, I bought this to use as a starter guide for using Cubase LE. It's written for Cubase 4 so some of the buttons, etc. are different but unless you really are an idiot you should be able to figure it out. It takes you thru all the steps on how to set things up and get recording, and it also has good information on some EQ'ing techniques. If you've got LE this is a great book to get you going quickly, then poke around in the LE help files for more info.

Having been a dedicated Sequel 1 & 2 user, I am now debating on whether to upgrade to a more powerful DAW. Anyone at this point knows that there are number of competing products in the market, including the industry favourite Pro Tools.

One can read all of the reviews one likes, but the perennial question of "will I be able to use this product" remains.

This book provided a very easy and pragmatic approach to the essential features of Steinberg's Cubase program. By stepping me through the basic operating parameters, I can see how it is similar to Sequel and other DAW software; and, most importantly, how it is different.

Put simply, this book answers the perennial question with a "yes I can"!!

The $13 outlay is much cheaper than buying an expensive piece of software and finding out that it does not suit my needs!

The Idiot's Guide also helped in resolving questions about what hardware is needed, as well as allowing me to cost any extras programs that might be required (like VST plugins!).

A very helpful book which is very easy to read and very easy to comprehend!

Good Book with a good basic knowledge of Cubase. It started from scratch basically and took you through the process of setting up and recording with Cubase. The only thing I had wished was that it gave a little time to getting your sound cards set up and some trouble shooting in that area. But a good book well worth the moneyand a good reference to get you going.

Micheal is a talented writer adept at explaining technical and dry material in an easy going and entertaining fashion. He was able to anticipate what questions. I enjoyed his use of side bars to explain slightly off-topic, but relevant information. One of the strengths of the book is that Micheal not only explains the functions of Cubase, but how those functions fit into how you actually make a basic recording.

The book filled many gaps I had about using Cubase and digital recording in general.

Best purchase I ever made in my short recording "career." I have Cubase 4 LE which has little usable instruction/support (from Steinberg, anyway). I really needed this book full of information even more than I thought I did. Thanks to Michael Miller.