Steinberg Cubase 6 Manual

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•Clicking and dragging with the Line tool in Line mode 
allows you to create events in a straight line.
This is the best way to draw linear controller ramps.
•The Parabola mode works in the same way, but ar-
ranges the values on a parabola curve instead, giving 
more “natural” curves and fades.
Note that the result depends on the direction from which you draw the 
parabola.
•In Parabola mode, you can use modifier keys to deter-
mine the shape of the parabola curve.
If you press...

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Moving events
You can move events in a controller lane, much like you 
can with notes:
1.Click with the Arrow tool to select the events that you 
want move or copy.
You can also click and drag to create a selection rectangle encompassing 
the desired events.
2.Click on a curve point inside the selection and drag 
the events.
The events inside the selection are moved to the new position. If Snap is 
activated, this determines to which positions you can move the events 
(see 
“Snap” on...

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•If conflicting controller data exists in two different 
places, you can specify what will happen on playback by 
making settings for the Automation Merge Mode (see 
“Merging automation data” on page 241). The resulting 
curve is displayed in addition to the curve you entered on 
the controller lane.
•On the controller lane, you can also see the controller 
curve that is applied before the part starts. That way, you 
know which controller value (if any) is currently being used 
at...

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•The remaining three Line tool modes (Sine, Triangle and 
Square) align the velocity values to continuous curve 
shapes.
If there is more than one note at the same position (e. g. a 
chord), their velocity bars will overlap on the controller 
lane. If none of the notes are selected, all notes at the 
same position will be set to the same velocity value when 
you draw. To edit the velocity of only one of the notes at 
the same position, first select the note in the note display. 
Now,...

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To add a new Poly Pressure event, proceed as follows:
1.Select Poly Pressure on the “Controller Selection and 
Functions” pop-up menu.
2.Set the note number by clicking on the keyboard dis-
play.
The selected note number is displayed in the upper value field to the left 
of the controller display. Note that this only works for the topmost lane. If 
you have selected “Poly Pressure” for several controller lanes, you have 
to type in the desired note number directly in the lower value...

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ÖIf you hold down [Shift] while clicking on any of the 
smart spots, you get the vertical scaling mode.
•To move the whole selection up/down or left/right, click 
on a controller event inside the editor and drag the curve.
By pressing [Ctrl]/[Command] when clicking and dragging, you can re-
strict the direction to horizontal or vertical movement, depending on the 
direction in which you start dragging.
ÖSnap is taken into account when moving controller 
curves horizontally.
The...

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The Drum Editor – Overview 
The toolbar, status line, info line, and 
Inspector
These are much the same as the toolbar, status line, info 
line, and Inspector in the Key Editor (see 
“The Key Editor 
– Overview” on page 377), with the following differences:
•The toolbar has a Solo Instrument button that allows 
you to mute all sounds except the selected one, see 
“Mut-
ing notes and drum sounds” on page 399.
•The Drum Editor has a Drumstick tool (for entering and 
removing notes) and...

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Please note the following:
•The number of columns in the list depends on whether a 
drum map is selected for the track or not.
See “Working with drum maps” on page 400.
•You can reorder the columns by dragging the column 
headings, and resize them by dragging the dividers be
-
tween the column headings.
The note display
The note display of the Drum Editor displays notes as dia-
mond symbols. The vertical position of the notes corres-
ponds to the drum sound list to the left, while...

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The position of the created note depends on the following 
factors:
•If Snap is deactivated on the toolbar, the note appears 
exactly where you clicked.
In this mode, notes can be positioned freely.
•If Snap is activated and Use Global Quantize is deacti-
vated on the toolbar, the note snaps to positions accord-
ing to the quantize value set for the sound in the drum 
sound list.
You can set up different quantize values for different drum sounds. You 
may for example want hi-hat...

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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...