Steinberg Cubase 6 Manual

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•You can also transpose individual MIDI parts using the 
Transpose field in the info line.
The transposition in the info line (for the individual part) is added to the 
transpose value you have set up for the whole track in the Inspector.
ÖThis setting is also affected by the global Transpose 
settings. For detailed information, see the chapter 
“The 
transpose functions” on page 131.
Velocity Shift
This setting lets you change the dynamics of all notes on 
the...

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•To deactivate the Random function, pull down the Ran-
dom pop-up menu(s) and select “OFF”.
Range
The Range function lets you specify a note (pitch) or ve-
locity range and either force all notes to fit within this 
range, or exclude all notes outside this range from play
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back. As with the Random function, there are two sepa-
rate Range settings. Set them up as follows:
1.Pull down the Range pop-up menu and select one of 
the following four modes:
2.Use the two...

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Quick Controls section
This allows you to configure quick controls, e. g. to use re-
mote devices. See the chapter “Track Quick Controls” on 
page 337 for details.
MIDI effects
Cubase comes with a number of MIDI effect plug-ins, ca-
pable of transforming the MIDI output from a track in vari-
ous ways.
Just like the MIDI modifiers, MIDI effects are applied in 
realtime to the MIDI data played back from the track (or to 
MIDI you play live “thru” the track).
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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
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fects individually for each track. 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.
About presets
Several of the MIDI plug-ins come with a number of pre-
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3.Click in one of the insert slots to open the MIDI effect 
pop-up menu.
4.Select the desired MIDI effect from the pop-up menu.
The effect is automatically activated (the power button for the insert slot 
lights up) and its control panel appears, either in a separate window or in 
the MIDI Inserts section below the slot (depending on the effect).
Now all MIDI from the track will be routed through the 
effect.
5.Use the control panel to make settings for the...

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Background
The MIDI Device Manager allows you to specify and set 
up your MIDI devices, making global control and patch 
selection easy.
But the MIDI Device Manager also features powerful edit-
ing functions that can be used to create MIDI device pan-
els (Cubase only). MIDI device panels are internal 
representations of external MIDI hardware, complete with 
graphics. The MIDI device panel editor provides all the 
tools you need to create device maps where every para
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Cubase Artist:
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”):
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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 opens 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...