Input bus configuration

To work with surround sound in Cubase, it is often not necessary to configure a surround format input bus. You can record audio files via standard inputs, and easily route the resulting audio channels to surround outputs at any stage. You can also directly import multi-channel files of a specific surround format onto audio tracks of the same format.

You should add a surround input bus in the following circumstances:

• You have existing audio material in a specific surround format, and you want to transfer this material into Cubase as a single, multi-channel file.

• You want to record a surround setup “live”.

• You have prepared surround premixes (e. g. stems) that you want to record on a new audio track with a surround configuration.