Just what the title say. I recently started using Cubase 12 previously i was using logic. Logic is very easy to maneuver. I don't mix on the vocal track i send the vocal track to a bus and mix on the bus. I want to add effects to the bus, a send. Cant figure out how to do it. Any help please?

 

same as with a regular channel
EDIT the group channel, I mean open the window as you see here, then you see the list of sends on the right, You can create a send from here or create a FX then add as send from this window

its nothing special

 

OK - I gather you mean either a single or group of tracks?
There are a few ways you can do this.As above ~OR~
You can add a Group name of your choice then in the routing of your track send to the Group name you created instead of Stereo Out.


If you have multiples and wish to separate, for example you have 4x Backing Vocals and one lead you select the BV's and can group them into a single group separate from the lead.


You can create as many subsets as you wish as long as you route them to where you wish to mix them as a master bus for that group(s).


As you can see below, I created 4x BV's, 1x Lead VOX, put each into their own bus and then as an afterthought, created a Master vocal bus if you wish to go further... you can keep going...
Look at the routing above. As you can see, the vocals all point to the appropriate group buses. You can now work with the buses without touching the original audio as you seemed to request. You can solo each bus too.

 

Last edited: Feb 23, 2025 at 4:14 AM

Parallel busing is a little different - I'll use DRUMS as an example...
You create a Parallel group, e.g. for all to be simple, send the routing from the Parallel group back to the drum group put the inserts you want on the Parallel group soloing it until you're happy.

Then like patatern's post above, you send the Parallel back to the DRUM group bus via the send. You can easily control how much of the parallel you want mixed in with the drum group via both the send and the Group Parallel fader.

The principles of both posts apply to Versions 12,13 & 14

The group buses created also work similarly - you can send a bunch of groups to multiple groups...
e.g. if you had a woodwind section with 4x flutes, 2x Alto flutes, 2 Oboes, 4x clarinets, 2x Cor Englais, 4x Bassoons, 2x Bass Clarinets, 2x Contrabassoons... you might want to create into their categories via instruments first.. THEN....All bassoons together, all clarinets together, all flutes together, all single reeds together...
You can then send all of them into another Group bus called woodwinds so on and so forth - as simple or as complex and as many as you wish.

 

Last edited: Feb 23, 2025 at 4:26 AM

First off guys thanks for the help.

I see i'll have to add some pics. I take it you dont mix how i mix so maybe youre not aware of this but it seems that busses dont have the same options for routing as regular tracks.



I dont have a sends section for my bus like the first reply had in his.



Theres no option on this screen for me to route the bus anywhere like a regular stereo or mono track.



Theres no send option at the bottom of this track for me to send the frequency too.

 

those channel called "BUS" are probably separate outputs of your hardware audio card, thats why they dont have sends

are you mixing with multiple hardware outs then sum in analog? Or you are 100% in the box?
(I assume you are in the box, so why you using those busses?)

You are probably "mixing" whats called a BUS and whats called a GROUP in Cubase.

EDIT:
i checked again your screenshots, and yes, the channel you call BUS is the MASTER OUT of Cubase, which is the FINAL OUTPUT to the hardware, so it doesnt have sends or cant be sent to other GROUPS (or other BUSS...)

in Cubase the terminology is different, what you are used to call BUS in Cubase is called GROUP, so please do a favour to yourself and stop using the word BUS when working with Cubase

You need GROUP TRACKS, those are "your busses", as you can see in my screenshot.
It works 100% same as a normal channel

that bus you screnshotted is not a GROUP, it's the MASTER OUT.