I was looking all over to see if there was any tutorial on this and did not find any The quick and easy way to create a snare roll using Ultrabeat or other drum sampler. Use the piano roll? Hyper Editor? And when creating the snare roll, going from 8th to 16th to 32nds and variations thereof... I bet there are a lot of other tricks one could use with that pencil and the piano roll/hyper editor, playing with velocity, etc. Considering the emphasis on electronic music in these tutorials, this seems like a natural. THANKS. Drew

Thanks, Steve, I'll give it a shot.

Hey Steve: I followed your first suggestion of using the line tool in the Hyper Editor in the GM drum set. I got it working using the pencil tool, however it wasn't exactly a smooth increase in velocity. I didn't have any luck with the line tool, although I imagine that would be far quicker and create a smoother velocity ramp. This is probably my own naiveté with that particular tool, as I've been using Logic Express 8 for exactly a month. I see how to create the start of a line using that line tool, but when I click it again -- assuming it will create the velocity ramp I've outlined from bottom of one bar to the the top of another -- it just disappears. What am I doing wrong with the line tool? I'm sure it's probably very simple and I'm overlooking it. THANKS FOR YOUR HELP. Drew

I've come to a bit of a roadblock in the automation department. Automating tracks -- very easy. Now I want to send some tracks into an aux which has the Sonalksis TBK Filter on it and automate it so a HPF can sweep most of the tracks. However, I have no idea how to automate an aux track (or a submix track). I'd love to use my mouse and draw the data in -- but where? The aux only exists in my mixer, so is this something that is done in the environment or am I missing something? THANKS. Drew

OK, that works great. Thanks. HOWEVER, none of the usual automation parameters for my TBK Filter are available to automate in the usual place after I hit the automation button. Did I miss something? Drew

Add me to the disappointed. The first thing that shocked me was relying solely on a Stylus RMX drum loop for the first seven sections. One of the most critical parts of DnB is beat creation, and sadly, I don't see any of it so far. No synth programming in what Logic already has. This seems ridiculously simple and retro, more like pop music as opposed to DnB. I also find it particularly annoying that the guy is constantly "going away" and then returning 10 minutes, 20 minutes or a few hours later, and voila, here's the next part, all ready to go. Why aren't we allowed to see the creative process? It seems like we are missing something everytime he "goes away." Very lightweight so far guys, especially compared to the other high quality videos yo produce. The rest of this series has A LOT of making up to do. Drew

What I find disturbing is that I posted my review of this series so far on the product page nearly 10 days ago and it has not yet appeared. I was honest -- I thought the series was a huge disappointment so far. But nothing has been more disappointing than to not see my review there, but only these six five star reviews. That does not seem to be fair and honest with your users, MPV.

This is just not being honest with current and potential users. It's as fake as many of the reviews on Amazon. And if you can't be honest about posting reviews on your products, how can anybody trust the products themselves? I really would have expected higher standards from MPV.

I have to tell you that I am becoming quite dissatisfied with Cubase TNT 1 and the direction it has taken. First of all, the name of this series is TIPS AND TRICKS. Some of these videos either should have been in the original Core Cubase 101 tutorial or in a sequel that you should call Core Cubase 102. These are basic things that every Cubase manual has and owner should know (i.e. external synths, turning MIDI into audio). Give me a break! Second of all, it took some real balls to devote half of February TNT1's lesson to Halion Sonic SE, which is in the brand new Cubase 6, which JUST came out. This series is supposed to be about Cubase 5!!! ALSO -- you guys were falling way behind in getting these tutorials out on time. Not happy at all with what you are doing!

I would love to see tutorials devoted to Cubase 4 and any of the forthcoming Cubase products. I'm actually shocked that no Steinberg products are here, and that is surprising considering the huge user base, both in the US and around the world. All the music production magazines devote considerable space to Cubase and some of the UK ones devote monthly sections to it. So please consider Cubase 4 for future tutorials. THANKS.