Cubase VST Instrument Automation Tutorial

This tutorial demonstrates how to use VSTi automation in Cubase to alter knobs and features of a VST instrument using graphs. In this howto I automate filter cutoff frequency and filter envelope of Nexus2 (by ReFX) and also the cutoff frequency and resonance of Sylenth (by LennarDigital). I use Steinberg Cubase 5.5 but the procedure should be very similar in all recent versions of Cubase.

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• cubase
• tutorial
• howto
• vst
• automation
• vsti
• vst instrument
• cutoff
• resonance
• envelope
• automate
• nexus
• refx
• sylenth
• lennardigital
• trance music
• instructions
• help
• tips
• imphenzia
• graph
• knob
• trance
• trance lead
• trance melody

[jditmer0]

hey thanks for the help!! what exactly did you do to get that beginning synth so wide? Is that just one synth?

[ImphenziaMusic]

@jditmer0 The lead synth is the preset "Aragon" from the Nexus expansion "Omicron 3" and it's a really wide sounding preset with many layers. It also performs nicely when altering the cutoff frequency.

[Brinemusic]

Hahaha! Thanks! Such a simple fix, you helped me my good man!

[ImphenziaMusic]

@Brinemusic Great - glad you found it useful =) I think many (like I did in the beginning) look for the automation under the midi track rather than in the VST Instrument folder.

[djkeith25]

Hey im using cubase 5 and im trying to automate massive using the same method that your using but i cant find the ''fmodcut'' option. I only get Macro and Osc options.

[ImphenziaMusic]

@djkeith25 Hi - I haven't tried that instrument, but if you click "more" - do you still only get the Macro and Osc options? Some VST instruments may not support automation in this way - but you may still be able to alternate the cutoff frequency for an instrument using Midi Controller 74 ("Brightness") - see my other tutorial "Cubase Trance Lead Tutorial (Sylenth1) Part 1 by Imphenzia" at 8:15 to see how to do that.

[jditmer0]

@ImphenziaMusic ooo so Aragon plays pre-existing samples and is not a synthesizer? No way to change the waveforms or see how they were made?

[marnon95]

This was actually very helpful, Thank you!

[jordisonjr1]

hey bro! this idea has Full version? I love it this melody