Groups and FX Setup in Cubase

 

This blog will discuss Groups and FX Setup in Cubase.

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Groups and FX Setup in Cubase

Once your Inputs and Outputs have been set, the next step is your configure your Groups and FX channels.

Groups will let you route tracks that are related into a single bus in series.

FX Channels will let you send your individual signals in parallel to a bus. This can be used for time-based effects or any kind of parallel processing.

How do we create these?

Here we go!

 

1. Open your Cubase project:

 

 

2. Click on Studio -> Audio Connections:

 

 

Audio Connections window will open as:

 

 

3. Click on the “Group/FX” tab:

 

The Group/FX tab will open as:

 

It is easy to see, it opens completely empty!

So yes, we need to create our own Groups and FX channels.

Let’s start with creating our first Group.

 

 

4. Click on “Add Group”:

 

The Add Group window will open as:

 

 

This window lets us configure several parameters of the group such as:

• Configuration: This drop-down list lets us set the group to Mono, Stereo, or any of the surround options.
• Audio Outputs: This drop-down list lets us select the output routing of the group.
• Folder Setup: This option lets us select if the group will be created inside or outside of a folder.
• Name: This field lets us type the name of the group.
• Count: This will let us set the amount of groups to be created.

 

For the purpose of this tutorial, we will create a single Stereo Group, routed to the Stereo Out, Inside Folder, and we will label it as “Drums”:

 

 

5. Click on “Add Track”:

 

 

The group will now show on the list as:

 

Now, let’s go ahead and create our FX Channel.

 

 

6. Click on “Add FX”:

 

The Add FX window will open as:

 

This window lets us configure several parameters of the FX Channel such as:

• Effect: This drop-down list lets us associate any kind of effect (plugin) to the FX return for parallel processing.
• Configuration: This drop-down list lets us set the FX return to Mono, Stereo, or any of the surround options.
• Audio Outputs: This drop-down list lets us select the output routing of the FX return.
• Folder Setup: This option lets us select if the FX return will be created inside or outside of a folder.
• Name: This field lets us type the name of the FX return.
• Count: This will let us set the amount of FX returns to be created.

 

For the purpose of this tutorial, we will create a single Stereo FX return, routed to the Stereo Out, Inside Folder, with a reverb processor (Cubase RoomWorks) assigned to it and we will label it as “Long Verb”:

 

 

7. Click on “Add Track”:

 

The FX return will now show on the list as:

 

And that is it!

You have properly set your Groups and FX channel returns in Cubase!

We hope you found this tutorial on how to set your Groups and FX channel returns in Cubase helpful!

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