Dom, if I say this once, I will say it a thousand times. Your videos are the absolute BEST! There is always something that I get out of them, that I would never have thought about which saves me countless hours. You are the best man! Cannot thank you enough for the pro tips!
@DomSigalas2 жыл бұрын
You are so welcome, thank you for the kind words 🙏🏼
@teem59452 жыл бұрын
Dom is the best in his work.
@dane4890 Жыл бұрын
100%
@Notmehimorthem2 жыл бұрын
Suppose you want to categorise some sounds according to criteria of your own making - e.g. car sounds, clock sounds, children laughing. Here is how: 1] Go to preferences / Media Bay and ensure “Allow editing in results list”. 2] Open up the big screen Media Bay (f5) 3] Go to the Attribute Inspector ensure Defined is selected and teh gear icon is highlighted. 4] You should see a "-+ " icon hover over it it states "Add user attribute - hit the pus sign 5] A dialogue box opens. Add user Atribute 6] Ensure Attribute type is set to text 7] Enter a Disp;lay name - I suggest “My Attributes”. 8] Select some samples that you want to mark with your own attributes e.g. Car Sounds, Church Bell Sounds. 9] In the top of the Results pane in Media Bay is a list of properties - first one is usually name. 10] Realise that this list is modifiable. If a property type is taking up too much space you can grap the side bars and drag them smaller. Also - importantly, by dragging the sliders to the end you can find hidden properties (e.g. bars and beats, tempo etc) 11] Your newly created attribute type “My attributes” should be viewable at hte end of this horizintal list, by dragging the slider at the bottom of the results page 12] Drag this horizontally left unitl it is in the veiwable part of your Results screen 13] You can now enter your own custom categories for each sound type - according to your wishes - Car, Church Bell etc 14] Conveniently, the first time you enter an original category in this attribute, you type in the name of the attribute - “Car”. The second time you wish enter Car, you will find it is already present in a drop down list. 15] As your custom list expands you will be able to select formerly entered categories swiftly. 16] Lastly, it might be worth your while to find a quiet hour, to classify all your own sounds and loops this way. It gets easier after the first couple!
@d.m.ebeats90133 ай бұрын
The developers of Cubase are really Genius,this daw is just an amazing ❤❤❤❤❤
@LoveMeBack2 жыл бұрын
In the full media bay you can audition midi files with any active instrument by selecting it at the bottom right.
@francescocarosone59432 жыл бұрын
The full Media Bay (F5) allows me to multi-select a bunch of samples/loops and set their pitch all together if it's not set (at its right side). This happens with my wavs, some (old) ACID loops and the wav output of other loop libraries (Ueberschall) and it's easy with construction kits since they are at the same pitch and you know it. At the start of a project (=before importing loops) I visualize and set the project pitch and insert the transpose track. When all loops are pitch-tagged properly, the small media bay in the Right Zone that you explore in this video will also transpose to project pitch correctly, not only bpm and time-sync. This is highly regarded, since it happens before importing into the project, hence it's fast and you may try many loops until you find one that fits. We can do anything with a project (for instance in the pool) but it would be too late. The next step forward for Cubase 12 would be setting a project scale and having scale adaptation in the media bay, not only transposition (some does it..).
@DreamsongsProductions2 жыл бұрын
How do you transpose the sample to your project key before you drag and drop?
@eldean02 жыл бұрын
@@DreamsongsProductions make sure project root key is set, then on the media bay settings on the right side screen on bottom near play stop set it to transpose.
@DreamsongsProductions2 жыл бұрын
@@eldean0 Thanks for that....
@sanjaycolaco4 ай бұрын
Thank you, Dom, for sharing this video. It's always been a curiosity of mine how music composers and producers sift through their extensive sample libraries to find the perfect sound. The answer, as revealed in point #5, is dedicating time to meticulously tag sounds and samples.
@AzzaDutt Жыл бұрын
"Am I missing something?" - yes, a free t shirt by the sounds of it!
@mingwingming19992 жыл бұрын
Media bay is essential - but as always I wish for more 😂 I’d love to be able to preview and tag my sounds (favourites) without sitting at my PC and just using my mobile and somehow magically updating Cubase.. I can kick back and just bumble through my samples and update and manage when I feel like it.. I know I know crazy right
@pedroguimaraesguitar2 жыл бұрын
Yes, that Intro is back!🤘🤘
@denelbriggseddielung2 жыл бұрын
Yes, media bay is the really useful function. But I didn't know about tip number 3. Thanks a lot!
@andreykostrov14662 жыл бұрын
Cool. I started using the Media Bay after I bought the Zoom recorder. It is very convenient to organize my records.
@LeChapeauMusic2 жыл бұрын
OLD INTRO IS BACK THANKS SO MUCH FOR THAT DOM & awesome video ofc
@DomSigalas2 жыл бұрын
The intro never left, I am just modifying it sometimes when I have a new single out so you guys can give it a listen if you want. I am not really promoting my music on KZfaq so this is the only thing I do hahaha! Thanks my friend!
@LeChapeauMusic2 жыл бұрын
@@DomSigalas LMAO
@d.m.ebeats90136 ай бұрын
Am super proud of you Dom,you made me full time producer in cubase after leaving Fl studio. Best decision I made ❤❤❤❤❤
@Wedontwantnowarnomore2 жыл бұрын
Crazy. I always use media-bay. Never got to reflect the actual name, not a big fan of manuals. So when it got verbal, a big wonder!? -What is this For a funny thing!? Terminology. So important. The way you actually describe things. You’re great on doing this. It’s interesting and educational. Never fails to bring my attention! Spot on! Some new tips as well. Much obliged. Bows on me 🙏
@ShonnMorris2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Dom. I started using Media bay a little over a year ago and love it. You reminded me of some things I forgot I can do.
@richochet Жыл бұрын
Dom thanks, it's good but I do so wish Steinberg would reintroduce drag n drop midi parts so we can organize the most important thing of all, the music parts! Just imagine being able to drag to and from the library your most commonly used midi parts!?
@cryptout2 жыл бұрын
Yes, since Cubase 11 this has been my workflow!
@vibrantmistartist92972 жыл бұрын
I use the media bay all the time,, it's so nice to be able to scroll through hundreds of sampels in a very short time and listen to them back to back, The reason number 5 was very smart I have not thought of that before... Thanks for this!!
@McAlby2 жыл бұрын
I use it a lot, specially for sound effect design in games / trailers. I only wish it was faster to preview VSTi presets. Thanks for a new video!
@jensschettler17322 ай бұрын
I have a third screen just for media bay always open. It is the best content management system out of any daw or third party apps. I only wish it would read normal plug in presets as bitwig does. Maybe in the future.
@SorayasFierceCookingShow Жыл бұрын
Hi! This was really helpful. Dom, I was trying to figure out how to open the loops and rex files I have in my external drive in Media Bay. You mentioned setting it as a favorite and wallah, I can now open the folder in the project window, media bay to my left. HOORAH! Gracias!
@musicxtn2 жыл бұрын
Dom is a legend!
@nathanieldiazrua2 жыл бұрын
Dom, as always…great video. I have avoided it, but now after watching this tutorial...I am sold!!! Awesome intro!!!
@Marc_Tittmann_Music Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much!!!
@hosseinsaraiee2 жыл бұрын
I cant live without it
@jasonanthonywebster88592 жыл бұрын
you are mint, you have me chuckle when you get in the zone, such a uplifting energy you are haha! :) thank you for your guidance!
@jeffschwisow2 жыл бұрын
Hey, Dom, I use Media Bay…do I get a t-shirt?! 🤣 Seriously, a really useful video, mate (and as entertaining as ever!). The ‘audition in context’ functionality for loops and samples was a revelation - I’ll be using that in the future!💥
@manuelmartinezrivas58042 жыл бұрын
You are really very good. Your videos are the best. Thank you very much man.
@kiranthakrar12922 жыл бұрын
Always learning from you.... Thank you
@rachidbendadande97502 жыл бұрын
The option of playing in context with the song using media bay is awesome I didn't know that existed.
@petitstudiodebroceliande76079 ай бұрын
Great lesson as usual 😊
@Dmitry_Perelekhov2 жыл бұрын
Thank You, Friend!
@edwardstaszko2 жыл бұрын
Great video! You just saved me so much time. I didn’t realize that you could create a sampler track so easily and I was dropping samples on my track and transposing individual segments. Thank you for showing such useful tips!
@thenextmrsbrownful2 жыл бұрын
The beginning was like you were speaking to a date. With the red lighting blurring like love hearts. Lololol you make me laugh and learn. Thank you.
@DomSigalas2 жыл бұрын
Hahahahaha 😂
@ric88keys2 жыл бұрын
I never knew about the sampler track creation! 😮 Thanks so much Dom! ⭐️
@xXValomatXx2 жыл бұрын
That explains A LOT regarding your T-Shirts... :D
@DomSigalas2 жыл бұрын
Hahahahaha!
@lloydbrownmusic2 жыл бұрын
'Sup Dom,I remember watching Ian Kirkpatrick's video utilising the Media Bay and a songwriting audio clip on the Cubase channel around two years ago and BOOM! I was blown away by its sheer efficiency. Media Bay is a production suite in itself and a godsend in my organisation of sounds, instruments et al. I simply cannot imagine music production without it. Thanks for sharing
@banaalabiad Жыл бұрын
Thank you, you're awesome 😍
@javierpenya Жыл бұрын
Sure I am going to use Media Bay. There are some functions that I really did not know. Thanks Dom. And thanks also for your good pronunciation in the videos, that ease a lot for non english audience (as myself). Boom...💥
@piet2452 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot for all your Videos.
@frankjunker7432 жыл бұрын
Steinberg should cooperate with Sononym and use their algorithms. That’ll be nice.
@pesnyary2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your video ☺️
@lucygodfrey1412 жыл бұрын
Sound advice as always, ta!
@vladee9772 жыл бұрын
Nice Video Dom thanks!
@jeremybalzarini2792 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing!
@LabofmusicRecords2 жыл бұрын
Instant Like as always :)
@HenrikFlyman2 жыл бұрын
Great arguments. Especially for auditioning sounds and loops.
@robg.21722 жыл бұрын
Good info and overview of Media Bay - w-a-y deeper and useful than I thought at first glance. Thanks for taking us through it!
@highestbuilding2 жыл бұрын
and he really just scratched the surface :-)
@NickTheMuteChalntoupis2 жыл бұрын
7:20 changed my workflow ,super fast!
@DomSigalas2 жыл бұрын
For years now! Can’t live without it either!
@jeramiahrossnz Жыл бұрын
why hello there, I am good, thanks Dom, lol, been enjoying been trained by Jedi Cubase master!! getting there! :)
@salman112233442 жыл бұрын
Amazing 🤩
@norayelkelapone Жыл бұрын
the best!thanks!
@Yurkinz Жыл бұрын
Great video, thank you! :)
@ioan-luigicojocaru2 жыл бұрын
Awesome.Thank you very much!🍀🏆💓*
@joseiclaudia2 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot Dom. Could you prepare a video from Padshop 2 step by step explaining each bottom?, Thank you again, your videos are the BEST.
@creatiw2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@CTheRobot2 жыл бұрын
I’m going to make a conscious effort to bring it into my workflow. I’ve never looked into it, looks so useful!
@Barakv32 жыл бұрын
great video!
@sanacha94552 жыл бұрын
Can't wait
@ACelebrationofLIFEMendoza2 жыл бұрын
Bless you Dom!! excellent
@fadirabadi7878 Жыл бұрын
Epic intro
@drinkinslim2 жыл бұрын
The intro is maybe a tad long, but great lighting, Dom! Love the colours.
@beatkultr2 жыл бұрын
I dont use cubase but this is still pretty kool. also subbing cause the video looks really kool as well
@DomSigalas2 жыл бұрын
Welcome!
@DaveDickens2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Dom, another helpful video. Is that an Atari t-shirt, I started using Cubase on the Atari. Oops that dates me. Cheers Dave
@murraywebster12282 жыл бұрын
Please demonstrate taking a sample eg kick and use it to supplement/replace a live kick please….or even a video on the different ways you can do this
@DomSigalas2 жыл бұрын
Will do this!
@murraywebster12282 жыл бұрын
@@DomSigalas many thanks!
@jebb.2 жыл бұрын
The mediabay help me produce my tracks more quickly
@SukhwinderSingh-fl7pi2 жыл бұрын
i am usig cubas e 11
@jmac20502 жыл бұрын
if they could put instant preview of sound and preset similar to Komplete Kontrol as an example, wound be great
@alainpatry2 жыл бұрын
Glad you covered this topic! I REALLY wish Cubase would allow us to create and name different instances of Kontakt in the Media Bay Tab's VST Instruments according to the library that we've loaded inside of it. It looks like we can only have 1 icon of Kontakt and 1 icon of Komplete Kontrol, correct?
@DomSigalas2 жыл бұрын
Aaaah, I think this wouldn’t be possible unless NI allowed for something like this. But it would be so cool!
@petrknedlik2 жыл бұрын
You can do that! If you open kontakt, open the library you use frequently and then in the top just hit save preset, name it and then you can find it in the media bay :) just search for the name you gave to the preset. This is actually big time saver for me I actually discovered yesterday :D What you were describing is in the VSTi tab, but the process I am describing works in media tab. It's not exactly what you are looking for, but basically is. Hope that helps :)
@AliAlZayer2 жыл бұрын
Really Media bay is the heart of Cubase thank you Dom, observation, am i right that you mirrored your floating picture?!
@DomSigalas2 жыл бұрын
Hehehe indeed , good catch!
@bunker8digitallabs2 жыл бұрын
I would have said instead "WHAT, I want a free t Shirt!", but that's ok Dom, you do you.
@orrinbynum597829 күн бұрын
Hi Dom. Wonderful video as usual. What did you do to get the 4 to 5 choices after you click on the sound that you were auditioning in the media bay. I notice that when you clicked on a sound that you might have liked, you clicked on something else that made you have about 4 or 5 other choices to do with the sound that you just chosed. I have no idea for how you did that and I would like to know you did to give you those other options you could pick from before you actually put your sound you picked into you project. I sure hope that I explained myself well enough for you to tell me what I wanted to learn from you.
@mrbonzobeats Жыл бұрын
Hahahaha. Im still crying with that t-shirt thing
@mystikrebel10892 жыл бұрын
I need this...
@5amJones692 жыл бұрын
Skip to 2:00 for the actual start of the video.
@janickimusic2 жыл бұрын
Please do some psp audioware plugins video
@switterbeet2 жыл бұрын
I got a dumbly nice idea for the samples. What if they would make it like in Guitar Rig 6, that you have different colored stars for the Ratings, and you can give every colour a genre or category so if you make a house track you can filter for blue stars for example and it only shows kicks that are for house tracks?
@mgmthegrand11 ай бұрын
If anyone out there can help, pls do. Is there a way of auditioning loops in MediaBay at halftime or double time? This would be much more convenient, rather than dropping the loop into the project then time-stretching it.
@Metaljonus2 жыл бұрын
Mediabae
@lennartvonau82272 жыл бұрын
Mediabay needs an update in terms of the preview. There should be an easy channel routing for it, and it should have something like a quick harmony-changer. I mean plugins like Pitchmap are like 7 years old and it works reaaaally well. Don't you think?
@DomSigalas2 жыл бұрын
I agree, there could be improvements- I would personally like to see the samples being immediately triggered and playable through a midi channel- so you can switch kick drums on the fly. But it’s possible through GrooveAgent so it’s not a massive issue :)
@modioloАй бұрын
can you layer different samples in sample track? I wish I could have different velocities for diferent samples and a way to rrobin or maybe randomize wich sample plays, and also have keyboard zones, as I do in Kontakt... I would rather use some stock sampler track or whatever could be there as an option
@brunofrancois1449 Жыл бұрын
bonjour, d'abord bravo pour tes vidéos . Es ce toi qui a créé la musique de ton générique car je la trouve vraiment super
@grolux122 жыл бұрын
Thank's Dom ! But I remember losing my tags when I upgraded version of Cubase in the past. Maybe that's ok now. I hope so because it's a powerfull tool to manage more and more sounds
@DomSigalas2 жыл бұрын
Tags have remained for me for ages! But sometimes you might lose your preferences. There’s a Mediabay file in your preferences called Mediabay.db - make sure you back it up like all your preferences and whatever happens, you will never lose your tags again unless you completely change your hard drive structure :)
@grolux122 жыл бұрын
@@DomSigalas Thank's a lot Dom. Indeed, the hard drive structure is so important to figure before installing all VST and libraries. My structure (almost data architecture) is way better now than a couple years ago. Like all information's systems, one of the the most important things is the hability to find what you're looking for in less time than possible. Faster workflow equal better creatvity.
@tutortube89252 жыл бұрын
thanx great im from srilanka
@vibrantmistartist92972 жыл бұрын
could you make a video on the supervision in Cubase where you go into more detail on how to read all the analyzers and how to analyze what they are telling you if you know what I mean… I know you have made a video where you show what it can do, but I struggle with understanding what it tells me
@DomSigalas2 жыл бұрын
Great idea! It’s already on my list!
@yams9002 жыл бұрын
Realized, after watching this video, Media Bay is a good thing :) Super useful and will improve my workflow ! Question: In Media Bay, is it possible to delete/uninstall stuff you don't want ? For example, I'd like to remove permanently all Groove Agent SE files. I'm using GA5 full version, those SE are only in the way and annoying me. Thanks !
@vkm.official2 жыл бұрын
“Well, hello there.” Priceless. Yeah, the media bay is magical, man. I had to go through and take snapshots of all the instruments and effects though, because I’m OCD and everything needs to match. 😂 But it’s an awesome tool. Great video! 👍🏻
@JackaTrial3 ай бұрын
Media bay has soooo many bad things. One is folder scanning... And no auto update library. And it's buggy on playing back certain files... I have many reasons on my list of why NOT to use media bay or why you should use something better. BOOM! 💥 As Dominic likes to put it.
@akeyzstudio66204 ай бұрын
Mr dom a quick one how do you make your metronome works with your media at the same time cos i have been trying to hear both sound at the same time
@bigsammusic_2 жыл бұрын
PLS IN MY MEDIABAY , I GET NO SOUND WHEN I CLICK ON ANY SAMPLE ... PLS HOW CAN THAT BE FIX
@johnshane34572 жыл бұрын
Dom very useful this is quite amazing. although there are some musician whom would say this does not make you a musician and are against something like this. I however find it to me great! thank you What other Libraries do you have? I would love to get a hold of your work
Hey Tim! Could you please elaborate? When you say layering, better offline processing, what do you mean? What does Reaper offer that Cubase doesn’t? I have Reaper but the plugin management puts me off most of the times. I’d really like to know what’s better that I’m missing. :) I would personally like to see more M/S options in Cubase.
@VinnieDePooh2 жыл бұрын
hey man...great videos!!! One question tho....how on earth am I supposed to collapse all folders in mediabay at once??? is there a modifier key or shortcut command or sth for that? ithis is so needed especially when u have like almost 20 subfolders in ur sample library folder or such. i thought right clicking and presssing refresh views should do the job but no...that only like refreshes the result page. I need something that collapses all opened folders in the file browser with one click...any help is appreciated!!!! :
@DaveTherrien Жыл бұрын
Dom - I noticed that the ratings in the individual VSTs (GA, Halion, Retrologue, Prologiue...) don't seem to have any relation to Media Bay Ratings? Is there a way to sync one to the other. I have set most of my ratings in the individual VSTs and I'd like those ratings to be present in Media Bay.
@TribalDanceAmirYa7 ай бұрын
My brother.... I cannot hear the sounds in the media bay why?
@andrewholcroft.19452 жыл бұрын
I cannot see any attributes, so spent ages on a rescan, but still no luck. Cannot find any help on this problem.
@GuidoBeutler Жыл бұрын
Hi Dom, first, thank you so much for the awesome videos! I have a question, The Steinberg Libraries are not showing up in media bay. I wonder if this is a bug or a feature. If I navigate with the media bay browser to the location, where all my libraries are stored it's not showing it.
@shonjoyc2 жыл бұрын
Where do I find other signature timed loops like a 3/4,6/8,7/4,7/8 etc all seem to be in only common time unless I physically create my own 😭
@AndreasTsachidis2 жыл бұрын
MediaBay is amazing. But I wonder, why can't I play MediaBay sound through Phones, when Control Room is set on. I'm not a beginner with Cubase... Any ideas, Dom. Thx in advance
@oscarn76362 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this video! Can you please give some advises how to adjust/set the tempo manually for of a loop? I bought some drum loops from a company . All play well outside Cubase.. When I try to drag and drop some of the loops in a Cubase (10 or 11) project - even with a project bpm that perfectly matches the bpm of the loop, it plays in half time or very fast. In other words, Cubase seems not to be able to align the loop time to the project time, (I have the "musical" - function turned on). I guess this might be a matter of decoding in Cubase. I have tried to fix the problem in the Media Bay, so far without success.