DS, for me, I have found the easiest way to get a groove started is to start with a 4 or 8 bar loop. To create this loop, I set the left and right locators 4 or 8 bars apart and set cycle to on. In my project I typically have two or three midi tracks already setup with corresponding audio tracks (this is set in the default template) Each midi track is assigned to an external sound module, with my sl880 controller as the input. Each audio track is setup for each of the sound modules so as I play midi from my 880, the audio is bussed into cubase into realtime. This way I can record and test out different vst effects in realtime. With all this already setup and ready to roll as soon as I select the default template, all I do now is turn on the metronome and start recording away and the audio that is recorded all depends on which midi track I click on. Essentially what I have is midi tracks 1-3 are assigned to my 2080, Virus C and JP8000 respectively. As you can see I am a big fan of using my external controller keyboard to record midi data (it just feels more natural to me than drawing it in with the pencil - but it really is just a matter of preference)
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