Steinberg Cubase 5 Operation Manual
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361 The MIDI editors Working with drum maps Background A drum kit in a MIDI instrument is most often a set of dif- ferent drum sounds with each sound placed on a separate key (i.e. the different sounds are assigned to different MIDI note numbers). One key plays a bass drum sound, another a snare and so on. Unfortunately, different MIDI instruments often use differ- ent key assignments. This can be troublesome if you have made a drum pattern using one MIDI device, and then want to try it on another....
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362 The MIDI editors About Pitch, I-note and O-note This can be a somewhat confusing area, but once you’ve grasped how it all works it is not very complicated. Going through the following “theory” will help you make the most out of the drum map concept – especially if you want to create your own drum maps. As mentioned earlier, a drum map is a kind of “filter”, transforming notes according to the settings in the map. It does this transformation twice; once when it receives an incoming note (i.e....
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363 The MIDI editors It can also be useful to select different channels and/or out- puts for different sounds. This allows you to construct drum kits with sounds from several different MIDI devices, etc. Managing drum maps Selecting a drum map for a track To select a drum map for a MIDI track, use the Map pop- up menu in the Inspector or in the Drum Editor. Selecting “No Drum Map” turns off the drum map func- tionality in the Drum Editor. Even if you do not use a drum map, you can still separate sounds...
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364 The MIDI editors O-Note Conversion This function on the MIDI menu goes through the selected MIDI part(s) and sets the actual pitch of each note accord- ing to its O-note setting. This is useful if you want to con- vert a track to a “regular” MIDI track (with no drum map) and still have the notes play back the correct drum sound. A typical application is if you want to export your MIDI re- cording as a standard MIDI file (see “Exporting and impor- ting standard MIDI files” on page 464) – by first...
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365 The MIDI editors The List Editor – Overview The toolbar The toolbar contains several items that are the same as in the Key Editor (edit solo, snap, quantize settings, etc.). These are described earlier in this chapter. The following toolbar items are unique to the List Editor: The Insert pop-up menu is used when creating new events. This is where you determine what type of event to add (see “Inserting events” on page 366). The Mask pop-up menu and Filter view (Show Filter View button) allow you...
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366 The MIDI editors Setting the display format Just like in the Project window, you set the display format (bars+beats, seconds, etc.) by right-clicking in the ruler and selecting an option from the pop-up menu. This set- ting affects both the ruler and all start, end and length val- ues shown in the list. Zooming You can change the horizontal magnification in the event display by using the zoom slider below the display or the Zoom tool (the magnification glass). Inserting events To add a new event...
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367 The MIDI editors ÖFor SysEx (system exclusive) events, you can only edit the position (Start) in the list. However, when you click the Comment column, the MIDI SysEx Editor opens, in which you can perform detailed editing of system exclusive events (see “Working with System Exclusive messages” on page 368). Editing in the event display The event display allows you to edit the events graphically using the tools on the toolbar. You can edit single events as well as several selected events...
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368 The MIDI editors In addition to the above options, the menu also gives you access to the presets available in the Logical Editor (see “The Logical Editor, Transformer and Input Transformer” on page 380). Furthermore, the “Setup…” item on the Mask pop-up menu gives you direct access to the Logical Editor. In that editor you can create very complex masking settings. When you apply any of the Logical presets or use the Lo- gical Editor to create masking settings yourself, only the events that...
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369 The MIDI editors Bulk dumps Recording a bulk dump in Cubase In any programmable device, the settings are stored as numbers in computer memory. Change those numbers, and you will change the settings. Normally, MIDI devices allow you to dump (transmit) all or some settings in the device’s memory in the form of MIDI SysEx messages. A dump is therefore (among other things) a way of making backup copies of the settings of your instrument: sending such a dump back to the MIDI device will restore the...
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370 The MIDI editors If the dump is very short (for instance, a single sound) you can put it in the middle of the project to re-program a device on the fly. However, you can achieve the same effect by using Program Change. This is definitely preferable, since less MIDI data is sent and recorded. Some devices may be set up to dump the settings for a sound as soon as you select it on the front panel. If you create parts with useful “SysEx dumps”, you can put these on a special muted track. When you...