Using the Pool in Cubase SX/SL 2.0

If managing your audio files in Cubase seems like excessively hard work, just dip into the Pool for a helping hand... Hollin Jones shows you how.

File management is one of those tasks that has always been a mundane, but necessary, part of recording music. Prior to the advent of computer-based recording, keeping track of tapes for back-up and copying was a major priority. As samplers came of age, people built up sound libraries on floppy and Zip disks. Now that hard drives are large enough to easily hold gigabytes of audio, however, it falls to the computer to store your material. Recent audio sequencers have implemented variations on an ‘Audio Pool’ – a way of viewing and managing all the audio in any given project. At the same time, some very useful features have been included in the Audio Pool in Cubase, which make it much more than just a way of managing files. It has become a way of spring-cleaning your computer of unused files, batch-processing files, and auditioning material without having to drag it into a project. The nightmare of trying to back up a project to CD and not being able to find half of the audio files is a thing of the past, as Cubase actually forces you to choose a folder before creating a project, and then reminds you every time you look like straying outside it. For more unwieldy projects, the Pool also offers advanced search options and the ability to rename or edit files from within Cubase, rather than on the Desktop. If you haven’t had a look at it yet, it’s time to discover how the Pool can make your life easier.

This feature first appeared in Music Tech Magazine issue 20
Filed under Software Workshops, Cubase Tutorials

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