Why You Should Use VCA Faders | Cubase Secrets with Dom

In this Cubase Secrets video, Dom Sigalas looks at how to use VCA faders when mixing and mastering your music production. Creating a VCA fader for multiple channels in the MixConsole allows you to have better, and more straightforward control over those channels to speed up your workflow.

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[reefmc]

Best DAW out there! And Dom is the Don of Cubase! Happy to see him back at the Cubase Channel

[DavidDavis-FA-photog]

OMG, now I finally understand the whole VCA thing. I think this will speed up my work flow a lot!

[VictorTrifu]

Very interesting feature. I own Cubase 5.5.3 and I'm about to buy the Cubase 13 version, this is why I'm watching these videos. To this "feature", I must say that - unless removed in newer versions than 5 - after you select the two tracks, by pressing the up and down keys on you keyboard, you can get the same effect as with the VCA fader. The volume of the 2 tracks will be lowered or raised, also while keeping the relative volume between them. It will NOT work with the mouse, unless the channels are linked. Then, you can also use the mouse. In this way you can save a channel strip, that the VCA fader will otherwise occupy. VCA are probably more intuitive if you have used them on an analog console.

[madcats]

Now I get it! Thanks Dom, this is the clearest explanation with uses for the vca faders I've seen. Using these are going to save do much time. 👍🏾

[kelvinlee]

Nice video! One of the most useful thing of the VCA fader to me is it allow automating the level of your tracks while retaining the send relationships of individual tracks. Group tracks cannot do that.

[juliancroot]

Such a great teacher. Whether I learn anything new or not, I always appreciate the way you deliver these types of video. Thank you Dom.

[edgriggs]

Thanks for the refresher. I'm pretty sure I watched this a while back. It looks like you re-did the entire video word-for-word, move-by-move in Cubase 13. Nicely done. Kudos to Steinberg for re-enlisting one of their best teachers.

[Reticulan_Techno]

Second day learning Cubase but this is super helpful already! Thanks! Have been using Logic and Ableton but excited to get stuck into this DAW now!

[TuncerToklu]

I partly knew
but for all the details you described, I wasn't using it in practice. I will definitely use VCA from now on.

[LouieKalouie]

All your tips and tutorials have opened my eyes more on Cubase. Thanks Dom!

[DavidDavis-FA-photog]

This is just what the Dr. ordered. This will help me speed up my mixes.

[LindaMissad]

OH MY, I've been using Cubase for a long time and never understood this idea. Thanks so much for your clear explanations. I will definately be using the VCA fader now.

[steffengiesel]

Hey Dom, really helps me a lot! I have recorded a choir with 16 singers where each one has an own mic. I can for example reduce the breathing noise of everybody with automating one fader.

[Artur_Chernyavsky]

Thank you, Dom! A useful piece if info!)

[Webzterr]

Never knew what they were for... Glad I watched

[TONDJO-STATION]

C'est tellement plus claire avec les sous titres en français...merci Dom !!!

[alexanderewing]

A wee bit confusing but i will persist. Thanks again, Dom, for very useful tips.
Cheers!

[alexanderivakov]

Just the video I needed! Always wanted to learn about VCA faders but never could get around to doing it! Thank you, Dom! You're the best! 🙏🙏🙏

[harryolive]

Your approach to teaching is really great – it's well explained and organized. Thanks a lot for that. I've been working with C13pro to test the fastest CPU on the planet, the AMD EPYC 9654..

[javierpenya]

Great. As always. Thanks. Learning a lot with your videos.