The Using of Cubase and Vegas Software in Virtual Choir Production

Abstract

Music is one of the sciences related to the concept of sound, either in the form of objects or sounds that arise from human intensity such as singing. Singing can be done independently or in groups, which are commonly called as choir. In today's era, the appreciation of the choir is quite good. One of them is by having festivals and competitions as well as carrying out activities such as concerts or performances. However, since the beginning of 2020, the world has been faced with the COVID-19 pandemic that affects all human activities in the world, one of which is the choir group. Many choir groups were forced to postpone and temporarily suspend all their activities and plans indefinitely due to conditions that did not allow them to practice face to face. This has also prompted choir practitioners and researchers to look for ways to keep choirs running during the pandemic. One way that is considered to achieve this goal is by conducting a virtual choir. The virtual choir production process involves several DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) software. In this case, the researcher was used the best practice method, namely sharing the experience of researchers in using Cubase software to edit the audio for higher quality and Vegas software to edit the videos so that the display is more attractive to see. Cubase and Vegas software is one of the options for producing virtual choirs so that the choir group or community can still exist and can carry out activities without meeting face to face.