Steinberg Cubase 5 Operation Manual

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MIDI Inserts section
This allows you to add up to four MIDI insert effects. The 
section contains the following items:
ÖEffects that display their controls in the Inspector can 
be opened in a separate control panel window by press-
ing [Alt]/[Option] and clicking the Edit button.
MIDI Sends section
This allows you to add up to four MIDI send effects. Unlike 
audio send effects, you can select and activate send ef-
fects individually for each track. The section...

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About presets
Several of the MIDI plug-ins come with a number of pre-
sets for instant use.
To load a preset, select it from the Presets pop-up menu.
To store your current settings as a preset, click on the 
plus (+) button (“Save Preset…”) to the right of the Pre-
sets menu.
You will be asked to specify a name for the preset. The saved preset will 
then be available for selection from the pop-up menu for all instances of 
that MIDI plug-in, in all projects.
To...

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Managing plug-ins
Selecting Plug-in Information from the Devices menu 
opens a window in which all loaded plug-ins, audio and 
MIDI, are listed.
To view the MIDI effect plug-ins, click the MIDI Plug-ins 
tab.
The leftmost column allows you to deactivate plug-ins.
This is useful if you have plug-ins installed that you do not want to use in 
Cubase. Only plug-ins that are activated (ticked checkbox) will appear 
on the MIDI effect pop-up menus.
Note that plug-ins...

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Background
The MIDI Device Manager allows you to specify and set up 
your MIDI devices, making global control and patch selec-
tion easy.
But the MIDI Device Manager also features powerful editing 
functions that can be used to create MIDI device panels 
(Cubase only). MIDI device panels are internal representa-
tions of external MIDI hardware, complete with graphics. 
The MIDI device panel editor provides all the tools you need 
to create device maps where every parameter of an...

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Cubase Studio:
When you open the MIDI Device Manager for the first 
time, it will be empty (because you have not installed any 
devices yet). On the following pages we describe how to 
add a pre-configured MIDI device to the list, how to edit 
the settings and how to define a device from scratch.
ÖNote that there is an important difference between in-
stalling a preset MIDI device (“Install Device”) and import-
ing a MIDI device setup (“Import Setup”):
The presets do not include...

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Installing a preset MIDI device
To install a preset MIDI device, proceed as follows:
1.Click the Install Device button.
A dialog appears listing all pre-configured MIDI devices. For now we as-
sume that your MIDI device is included in this list.
2.Locate and select the device in the list and click OK.
If your MIDI device is not included in the list but is com-
patible with the GM (General MIDI) or XG standards, you 
can select the generic GM or XG Device options at the 
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Limitations
There is no easy way to import a patch name script into an 
existing MIDI device. For a complex workaround based on 
XML editing, see the separate pdf document “MIDI De-
vices”.
Selecting a patch for an installed device
If you return to the Project window at this point, you will 
find that the installed device has been added to the MIDI 
Output menus (in the Track list and the Inspector). Now 
you can select patches by name, in the following way:
1.Pull down the Output...

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The Commands pop-up menu contains the following items:
Create Bank
Creates a new bank at the highest hierarchical level of the 
Patch Banks list. You can rename this by clicking on it and 
typing a new name.
New Folder
Creates a new subfolder in the selected bank or folder. 
This could correspond to a group of patches in the MIDI 
device, or just be a way for you to categorize sounds, etc. 
When you select this item, a name dialog appears, allow-
ing you to name the folder. You can...

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3.Specify a Default Name below the event display.
The added events will get this name, followed by a number. You can re-
name presets manually in the Patch Banks list later.
4.Click OK.
A number of new presets have now been added to the selected bank or 
folder, according to your settings.
Other editing functions
 You can move presets between banks and folders by drag-
ging them to the Patch Banks list.
 You can remove a bank, folder or preset by selecting it in the 
Patch Banks...