Steinberg Cubase 4 Plug In Reference Manual

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Context Gate
The Context Gate allows for selective triggering/filtering 
of MIDI data. It can be used for context selective control of 
MIDI devices. The following parameters are available:
Poly Mode – Chord Gate
When Chord Gate is activated, only notes in recognized 
chords are let through. There are two modes of chord rec-
ognition available; Simple and Normal. In Simple mode, all 
standard chords (major/minor/b5/dim/sus/maj7 etc.) are 
recognized, whereas Normal mode also takes more...

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Density
This generic control panel affects the “density” of the 
notes being played from (or thru) the track. When this is 
set to 100 %, the notes are not affected. Lowering the 
Density setting below 100 % will randomly filter out or 
“mute” notes. Raising the setting above 100 % will instead 
randomly add new notes.
Micro Tuner
The Micro Tuner lets you set up a different microtuning 
scheme for the instrument, by detuning each key. 
 Each Detune field corresponds to a key in an octave...

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MIDIEcho
This is an advanced MIDI Echo, which will generate addi-
tional echoing notes based on the MIDI notes it receives. 
It creates effects similar to a digital delay, but also features 
MIDI pitch shifting and much more. As always it is impor-
tant to remember that the effect doesn’t “echo” the actual 
audio, but the MIDI notes which will eventually produce 
the sound in the synthesizer.
The following parameters are available:
Quantize
The echoed notes will be moved in position to a...

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Length Decay
This parameter lets you adjust how the length of the ech-
oed notes should change with each successive repeat. 
The higher the setting (25 –100), the longer the echoed 
notes will be compared to their original notes.
About ticks and note values
The timing and position-related parameters (Echo-Quant., 
Length and Quantize) can all be set in ticks. There are 480 
ticks to each quarter note. While the parameters allow you 
to step between the rhythmically relevant values (dis-...

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Quantizer
Quantizing is a function that changes the timing of notes 
by moving them towards a “quantize grid”. This grid may 
consist of e.g. straight sixteenth notes (in which case the 
notes would all get perfect sixteenth note timing), but 
could also be more loosely related to straight note value 
positions (applying a “swing feel” to the timing, etc.).
ÖThe main Quantize function in Cubase is described in 
the Operation manual.
While the Quantize function on the MIDI menu applies the...

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5.Select “Velocity” on the Controllers pop-up menu.
This pop-up menu determines what is shown in the lower controller dis-
play.
6.Adjust the velocity of the notes by dragging the veloc-
ity bars in the controller display.
7.To make notes shorter, select “Gate” on the Controllers 
pop-up menu and lower the bars in the controller display.
When a bar is set to its maximum value (fully up), the corresponding note 
will be the full length of the step (as set with the Quantize parameter).
8.To...

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3.Press the Record button and press the desired keys 
on your keyboard to select the corresponding patterns.
The pattern changes will be recorded on the MIDI track.
4.Stop recording and play back the MIDI track.
You will now hear the recorded pattern changes.
ÖThis will only work for the first 92 patterns.
Track Control
The Track Control effect contains three ready-made con-
trol panels for adjusting parameters on a GS or XG com-
patible MIDI device. The Roland GS and Yamaha XG 
protocols...

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GS Basic Controls
The following controls are available when the GS Basic 
Controls mode is selected:
XG Effects + Sends
The following controls are available when the XG Effects 
+ Sends mode is selected:
XG Global Settings
In this mode, the parameters affect global settings in the 
instrument(s). Changing one of these settings for a track 
will in fact affect all MIDI instruments connected to the 
same MIDI output, regardless of the MIDI channel setting 
of the track. Therefore, to avoid...

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Track FX
This plug-in is essentially a duplicate of the Track Parame-
ter section. This can be useful if you e.g. need extra Ran-
dom or Range settings, or if you prefer to have your track 
parameters in a separate window (to get this, [Alt]/[Op-
tion]-click the Edit button for the effect).
The Track FX also includes an additional function that isn’t 
available among the track parameters:
Scale Transpose
This allows you to transpose each incoming MIDI note, so 
that it fits within a...

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