Cubase 5 - Recording With A Condenser Mic: Violins

To record a violin in a home studio you need several things: A good violin, a condenser mic with phantom power and Cubase 5. The condenser mic will pick up a broad range of frequencies that will give you good results. For example, a condenser mic will turn a basement recording into a fairly-good studio recording.

With Cubase 5 you can maximise and enhance the good frequencies that make your violin sound nice, and you can minimalize the frequencies that make your violin sound scratchy or nasal-ly.

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• cubase
• condenser
• studio
• audio
• violin
• vst
• amp
• marshall

[aldosalomoni]

hey man im having trouble trying to install my condenser mic. its usb plug in so it comes with software. i want to record in cubase but i just dont really know how to.. can u explain me ?

[lastinlineband1]

@aldosalomoni Hi, Okay here are 2 questions for you: Did your condenser mic come with a box with volume and other switches on it? Usually that box plugs into your computer. That box will have "Phantom Power" and that's required for condenser mics. Question 2: Is your computer 64 bit and the condenser mic only compatible with 32 bit? This will have something to do with the software. Question 3: What are your settings in cubase? Verify questions 1 and 2, and I'll help you further.

[wwewesty]

Over $1000 to get a sound like that?? Why not use a high quality pickup instead of a mic, and free software like audacity instead of cubase?

Sorry, but I didn't think the playing at the end sounded very good.

[lastinlineband1]

This is old anyway. And a high quality pickup will give you a different sound. Cubase allows you to do way more after recording and Audacity has too many limitations. Thanks for your opinion.

[lastinlineband1]

@lastinlineband1 Also there are a lot of worse musicians on here. I can improve but Id rather be where I am now than to be an arrogant one like Yngwie Malmsteen.

[lastinlineband1]

@wwewesty A quality pickup might not give you the ambience you want; just the tone. It would be better to mic the instrument with a condenser mic, in the right place. Also use a direct line with a quality pickup and program the audio of both tracks. That's another reason why you need Cubase and not a limited program like Audacity. And I'm still learning so if you can do it better, good for you. But others are still learning and that's why I made the video.

[BugsWisely]

A diaphram sounds great. Keeps unwanted pregnancies to a minimum. Nice video by the way.

[aldosalomoni]

@lastinlineband yes it is a condenser mic but its usba c-1u behringer, and my os is windows vista, a 32 bit. in cubases ettings do you mean like drivers installed? or what settings?

[lastinlineband1]

@912mindchanger Yeah! The Tascam Portostudio? Mine's a 4 track also. I only use it to boost the volume in my headphones now. The inputs are too finnicky.

[lastinlineband1]

@endthingswithabang It's a Pre Sonus thingy.. the blue box there. the condenser mic is a Rode.. with a line through the O.. from australia.