Steinberg Cubase 6 Manual

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Note Expression (Cubase only)
In the lower part of the Note Expression tab, the following 
global settings and parameters are available:
Showing/hiding controllers
You can specify which parameters are displayed in the 
Note Expression editor and in the event display by activat
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ing/deactivating them in the leftmost column in the list. 
When you want to edit a single parameter, it might be best 
to hide the data for the other parameters. Activating sev
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eral parameters allows you to view them in...

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Note Expression (Cubase only)
MIDI Learn
Another way to assign the knobs and faders of your MIDI 
instrument to Note Expression parameters is using the 
MIDI Learn function. Proceed as follows:
1.Select the parameter to which you want to assign a 
MIDI controller.
2.Below the list, click the MIDI Learn button to the right 
of the MIDI assignment pop-up menu.
3.Use the knob or fader on your MIDI device that you 
want to assign to the selected Note Expression parameter.
This control is now...

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Note Expression (Cubase only)
Latch mode
When Cubase receives controller data from an external 
MIDI device, this information, i
 . e. the setting of the faders 
and knobs on the device, is automatically written to the 
Latch buffer. By activating Latch mode when overdubbing 
Note Expression data, you can add the data in the Latch 
buffer to the notes while these are played back. This can 
be useful when you want to overdub Note Expression data 
starting at specific controller values (i.
 e. at...

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Note Expression (Cubase only)
Editing Note Expression data
In the Key Editor, you can view and edit the Note Expres-
sion data for notes in the Note Expression editor. This is 
opened by double-clicking a note in the event display. In the 
editor, you can add Note Expression data from scratch. All 
parameters that are marked as visible in the Inspector are 
displayed as curves in the editor.
ÖWhen several notes are selected in the Key Editor and 
you double-click any of them, the Note Expression...

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Note Expression (Cubase only)
•To paste all the Note Expression data from one note to 
other notes, set up the key command “Paste Note Expres
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sion” in the Key commands dialog (Note Expression cate-
gory). 
This pastes all the Note Expression information of one or several notes 
for which you have used the Copy command into the currently selected 
notes.
Using the “Paste Note Expression” command, you can 
copy the settings you made for one note into several other 
notes, or copy the settings for...

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Note Expression (Cubase only)
Modifying the data using the smart spots
The editor offers various modes for editing the Note Ex-
pression data. Most editing modes are activated by click-
ing the various so-called “smart spots”, situated on the 
editor frame.
Which editing is performed is reflected by the shape of 
the mouse pointer. The following modes are available:
Editing the release phase of a note
Sometimes it can be necessary to edit the release phase 
of a note, e.
 g. to work on the tail of a...

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Note Expression (Cubase only)
Setting the length of the release phase
To determine the length of the release phase, drag the re-
lease length handle or enter the value manually on the info 
line. You can also modify the release length after having 
edited or recorded controller data. Only the controllers 
within the specified length will be heard during playback.
ÖWhen you have opened the editor for several notes 
and hold down [Alt]/[Option] while setting the release 
length for one note, the...

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Note Expression (Cubase only)
Recording MIDI controllers as Note 
Expression data
To record Note Expression data using standard MIDI con-
troller messages, activate the “MIDI as Note Expression” 
button on the Note Expression Inspector tab and enter the 
notes and controllers using your MIDI device. Afterwards, 
you can copy, paste and move the notes and the associ
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ated controller data will follow. 
However, you should not shift individual notes from a 
chord, because this leads to conflicting...

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Note Expression (Cubase only)
Distributing notes to different channels
If you do not have a VST 3 instrument, but still want to use 
the Note Expression functions, proceed as follows:
1.Add a multi-timbral instrument, open its control panel, 
and assign the same sound to different channels.
2.In the Inspector for the corresponding MIDI track, 
make sure the MIDI output pop-up menu is set to “Any”.
3.Enable the “MIDI as Note Expression” button and re-
cord or enter MIDI notes with expression as...

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The Logical Editor, Transformer, and 
Input Transformer