Steinberg Cubase 5 Operation Manual

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In the Project window (Track list) and the mixer (bottom 
of channel strips) you will now see white stripes indicating 
which channels are currently linked to the remote control 
device.
Audio 01 can be remote controlled, while Audio 02 is not linked to the 
remote control device. 
Operations
Global options for remote controllers
In the Device Setup dialog, on the page for your remote 
device, some (or all) of the following global functions may 
be available (depending on...

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Assigning remote key commands
For some of the supported remote devices, you can as-
sign any Cubase function (to which a key command can 
be assigned) to generic buttons, wheels or other controls. 
As of this writing, these devices are:
 JL Cooper MCS 3000
 JL Cooper CS-10

 Yamaha 01x
 Yamaha DM 2000v2
 Yamaha DM 1000v2


Proceed as follows:
1.Open the Device Setup dialog and select one of the 
remote devices that support this feature.
On the right side of the window you...

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3.Select the Generic Remote device in the Devices list 
to the left.
The settings for the Generic Remote device are displayed, allowing you 
to specify which control on your device should control which parameter 
in Cubase.
4.Use the MIDI Input and Output pop-up menus to se-
lect the MIDI port(s) to which your remote device is con-
nected.
5.Use the pop-up menu to the right to select a bank.
Banks are combinations of a certain number of channels, and are used 
because most...

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8.If necessary, make settings for another bank.
Note that you only need to make settings in the bottom table for this bank. 
The table at the top is already set up according to the MIDI remote device.
If necessary, you can add banks by clicking the Add 
button below the Bank pop-up.
Clicking the Rename button allows you to assign a new name to the cur-
rently selected bank, and you can remove an unneeded bank by select-
ing it and clicking the Delete button.
9.When you are...

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Introduction
For each MIDI track, you can set up a number of track pa-
rameters, or modifiers, and MIDI effects. These affect how 
the MIDI data is played back, “transforming” MIDI events 
in realtime before they are sent to the MIDI outputs.
On the following pages, the available parameters and ef-
fects are described. Keep in mind:
 The actual MIDI events will not be affected – the changes 
happen “on the fly”.
 Since the modifier settings do not change the...

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ÖNote that the functionality of the Bank and Patch se-
lector settings (used for selecting sounds in the con-
nected MIDI instrument) depends on the instrument to 
which the MIDI output is routed, and how you have set it 
up in the MIDI Device Manager.
The MIDI Device Manager allows you to specify which MIDI instruments 
and other devices are connected to the various MIDI outputs, thus mak-
ing it possible to select patches by name. See the chapter “Using MIDI...

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Transpose
This allows you to transpose all notes on the track in semi-
tones. The available range is -127 to +127 semitones, but 
remember that the total range of MIDI note numbers is 0 
to 127. Furthermore, not all instruments can play back 
notes over the whole range. Therefore, extreme transposi-
tions can give rather strange and unwanted results.
You can also transpose individual MIDI parts using the 
Transpose field in the info line.
The transposition in the...

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2.Set the desired range of random deviation by entering 
values in the two number fields.
The two values govern the limits of the randomization, so that the values 
will vary between the left value and the right value (you cannot set the left 
value higher than the right value). The maximum random range for each 
property is listed in the table below: 
ÖYou can make independent settings for the two ran-
dom generators.
To deactivate the Random function, pull down...

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VST Instrument section
If the MIDI track is routed to a VST Instrument, a new sub-
panel will appear at the bottom of the Inspector, labeled 
with the name of the VST instrument. Clicking this section 
shows a duplicate of the Inspector settings for the VST In-
strument channel. This makes it easy to adjust the channel 
settings for the VST Instrument while you are editing the 
MIDI track.
If the VST Instrument has multiple outputs (and thus 
several mixer...