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Table of Contents 2 2 3 4 5 7 VST Transit Getting Started with VST Transit Login Screen Profile Tab Projects Tab Friends Tab 9 9 10 10 11 11 12 12 13 Working with VST Transit Finding Other Users Inviting Users to Become Friends Inviting Friends to Projects Accepting an Invitation from Another User Unfriending a User Uploading a Local Project to the VST Cloud Recording a Track in a Shared Project Synchronizing an Edited Project with the VST Cloud Opening a Local Project Opening a Shared Project from the VST Cloud 13 14 1 VST Transit With VST Transit, Cubase users around the world can connect with each other to collaborate on their projects. Your VST Transit profile can be made available to other users so that they know about the instruments that you play or the genres you like. VST Transit, knows three types of projects. There are My Private Projects Shared Projects , and Friends Shared Projects . , My VST Transit projects have project owners and project members. For My Private Projects and My Shared Projects, you are the project owner. This allows you to upload and download the media data of a project, and to edit and synchronize it from any computer with Cubase installed. Being the project owner also allows you to invite your friends to collaborate in your projects. Friends Shared Projects are the projects that your friends own. Friends Shared Projects that you collaborate in are shown on the Projects page. VST Transit Friends can interact with each other by writing messages or taking part in each others projects. To enable a friend for participating in a project, the friend has to become a project member by invitation. Project members are enabled to download the projects they take part in from the VST Cloud, record new tracks, edit duplicated tracks, and synchronize the projects to the VST Cloud. Getting Started with VST Transit To be able to use VST Transit, you have to create a MySteinberg account and register your Cubase license. If you already have an account at MySteinberg, use your login credentials to log in. PROCEDURE 1. On the VST Transit Login screen, click Create Account Here. 2. Follow the instructions on screen to create an account. 3. When you are logged in to MySteinberg, follow the instructions on screen to register your Cubase license. RELATED LINKS Login Screen on page 3 2 VST Transit Login Screen Login Screen This is the very first VST Transit screen. • To open VST Transit, select VST Cloud > VST Transit. MySteinberg E-Mail Allows you to enter the e-mail adress that you used for registration at MySteinberg. Password Allows you to enter the password you used for registration at MySteinberg. Forgot Password? Allows you to request a new MySteinberg password. Save Credentials Allows you to save your login credentials. Log In Click Log In to log in to VST Transit. Create MySteinberg Account Here Allows you to create a MySteinberg account. 3 VST Transit Profile Tab Profile Tab The Profile tab shows information related to your VST Transit profile and user account. User Info Location Shows your location. Languages Allows you to list the languages that you speak. Skills Allows you to fill in your skills, such as recording, sound design, or singing. Instruments Allows you to name the instruments that you play. Genres Allows you to list the music genres that you like. Band/Company Allows you to mention the band you play in or the company you work for. About me Allows you to write anything about yourself. 4 VST Transit Projects Tab Audio Reference Allows you to upload a 30 second sample audio file of your music that other users can listen to. Other Users Can See My Profile Data Activate this option to share your profile data with other users. Save Profile Allows you to save your VST Transit profile data. Account Information Logged in as Shows your username. Member since Shows the date when your VST Transit membership started. Account Type Shows your account type. Expiration Date Shows the date when your VST Transit premium account expires. Download Shows your download traffic. Webspace Shows the amount of currently used webspace. Premium Account Activation License Code Allows you to enter the license code that activates your VST Transit premium account. Projects Tab The Projects tab provides an overview of the projects as well as project handling functions. On the Project page, related buttons and projects are indicated by matching colors. 5 VST Transit Projects Tab Create Project Allows you to upload the active project to the VST Cloud. NOTE • Before you can upload an active project, you have to save it. • The media data of the project is uploaded. Automation, effect channels, or group channels remain local. My Private Projects Allows you to show or hide your private projects. My Shared Projects Allows you to show or hide your shared projects. Friends Shared Projects Allows you to show or hide the projects that your friends share with you. Invite Friend to Project Allows you to invite friends to the active project. Delete Project Allows you to delete a project from the VST Cloud. NOTE Projects that are deleted from the VST Cloud remain available on your hard disc. 6 VST Transit Friends Tab Download Project Allows you to download a project from the VST Cloud. NOTE • The media data of the project is downloaded. Sync Project Allows you to synchronize your local version of a project with the version from the VST Cloud. You local version is updated with the changes from the cloud version. The cloud version is updated with your local changes. Open Project Allows you to open a project in Cubase. Friends Tab The Friends tab provides information and functions related to your VST Transit friends. Find User Allows you to search the VST Cloud for other users. Invite Friend Allows you to invite users that show on the search results list to become friends. 7 VST Transit Friends Tab Accept Invitation Allows you to accept friend invitations from other users. Unfriend Allows you to end the friendship with another user. Profiles Allows you to show your friends’ profiles. Inbox Allows you to show project and friend invitations and messages that other users have sent. Outbox Allows you to show project and friend invitations and messages to other users that you have sent. Delete Message Allows you to delete a message from your inbox/outbox. 8 Working with VST Transit The following sections focus on the multiple features of VST Transit and how to use them. Finding Other Users On the Friends tab, you can find other users that can contribute to you project. PROCEDURE 1. Open the Friends tab. 2. Click Find User. 3. In the Find User dialog, you can enter profile attributes: • Language • User name • Location • Instruments • Band/Company • Skills • Genre You have to type in at least four characters. 4. Click Find. RESULT The list shows all matching users. RELATED LINKS Friends Tab on page 7 9 Working with VST Transit Inviting Users to Become Friends Inviting Users to Become Friends You can invite other users to become your friends. PROCEDURE 1. Find users that can contribute to your project. 2. From the search results list, select a user. 3. Click Invite Friend. 4. In the Invite Friend dialog, you can enter a message to the user. 5. Click Send. RESULT The user can now accept your invitation. As soon as your invitation is accepted, the user appears in your friends list, on the Friends tab. RELATED LINKS Finding Other Users on page 9 Inviting Friends to Projects In order to collaborate with friends, you have to share your projects. PROCEDURE 1. Open the Projects tab. 2. Select the project that you want to share. 3. If the project is not yet open and active, click Open Project to open and activate it. Click the triangle icon of the project to show all tracks. Deactivate the checkmark for the tracks that you want to be invisible to the project member you invite. 4. Click Invite Friend to Project. The Friends list shows your friends. 5. Select the friend that you want to invite. 6. Click Invite Friend. In the Invite Friend dialog, you can enter a message to the user. 7. Click Send. RESULT The user that you invited is added to the list of project members. RELATED LINKS Projects Tab on page 5 10 Working with VST Transit Accepting an Invitation from Another User Accepting an Invitation from Another User You can accept invitations from other users to become their friend. PROCEDURE 1. Open the Friends tab. 2. Click Inbox. 3. In your inbox, select the friend invitation that you want to accept. 4. Click Accept Invitation. 5. In the Accept Friendship dialog, you can enter a message to the user. 6. Click Send. RESULT The user that invited you will receive your message. You are now VST Transit friends and can share projects. RELATED LINKS Friends Tab on page 7 Unfriending a User You can end your friendship with another user. PROCEDURE 1. Open the Friends tab. 2. Select the user that you want to remove from your list of friends. 3. Click Unfriend. RESULT The user is no longer your friend and removed from all projects. The shared projects of the user are removed from the list of Friends Shared Projects. RELATED LINKS Friends Tab on page 7 11 Working with VST Transit Uploading a Local Project to the VST Cloud Uploading a Local Project to the VST Cloud To be able to share a local project with other users, the first step is to upload it to the VST Cloud. PREREQUISITE The project must be saved, open, and active. NOTE • The media data of the project will be uploaded. Automation, effect channels, or group channels remain local. PROCEDURE 1. Open the Projects tab. 2. Click Create Project. RESULT The media data of the project is uploaded. RELATED LINKS Projects Tab on page 5 Recording a Track in a Shared Project When you record a track in a shared project, you are the owner of this track. This means that only you are able to edit or delete the track. Tracks that are owned by individual project members are indicated by a lock icon. You can duplicate a locked track and edit that duplicated track. You are the owner of this track. PROCEDURE 1. Open a project from the Projects tab. 2. Record a track. 3. Save the project. RESULT You have recorded a track to a shared project. NOTE We recommend you to save the project and sync it to the VST Cloud. RELATED LINKS Synchronizing an Edited Project with the VST Cloud on page 13 12 Working with VST Transit Synchronizing an Edited Project with the VST Cloud Synchronizing an Edited Project with the VST Cloud You can see on the Projects tab if you should synchronize a local project version with the version in the VST Cloud. An up arrow indicates that you have edited the project and your edits are not yet synchronized with the version in the VST Cloud. A down arrow means that your version is not up-to-date. Synchronize to receive the latest version of the project. PREREQUISITE To synchronize a project with the VST Cloud, you first have to open it. The project has to be active. NOTE When up and down arrows show on the Projects tab and you synchronize the project, your edits will be uploaded and all available edits by other project members will be downloaded. PROCEDURE 1. Select the project that you want to sync. 2. Click Sync Project. Opening a Local Project PROCEDURE 1. Open the Projects tab. 2. Select the project 3. Click Open Project. that you want to open. RESULT The project opens in Cubase. RELATED LINKS Projects Tab on page 5 13 Working with VST Transit Opening a Shared Project from the VST Cloud Opening a Shared Project from the VST Cloud When opening a shared project from the VST Cloud for the first time, you must download it before you can open it. PROCEDURE 1. Open the Projects tab. 2. Select the shared project 3. Click Download Project. The cloud icon that you want to download. becomes a house icon 4. In Cubase, create an empty project. 5. Click Sync Project. . All downloaded media data is shown in the track list of the project. RESULT You have downloaded the shared the media data of a shared project to your local project. NOTE Save the project to your local hard disc and be sure to give it the same name as is shown on the Projects tab. RELATED LINKS Projects Tab on page 5 14
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