Steinberg Cubase 7 User Manual

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Expression maps (Cubase only)Creating and editing expression maps
Creating expression maps based on the key switches used in an instrument
You can automatically extract mapping information from your connected VST 
instruments and convert it into a new expression map. This makes it very easy to set 
up expression maps for the instruments you often work with.
Proceed as follows:
1.Load the VST instrument you want to use and assign it to a MIDI or instrument 
track.
2.Select the track, open the...

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Expression maps (Cubase only)Creating and editing expression maps
•Apart from creating combined articulations, the Articulation columns also allow you 
to prioritize articulations, by sorting them into different groups.
When the program is looking for sounds and no exact match is found, the group 
setting defines the “closest match”, i.
 e. the sound which matches most criteria 
when searching from left to right is used. For example, if two sounds are found 
which have the same articulation in group...

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Expression maps (Cubase only)Creating and editing expression maps
Editing Articulations
In the Articulations section, the articulations you added for the sound slots are 
displayed. The following settings can be made here:
Groups
You can sort the different articulations you define for an expression map into one to 
four groups. Groups can be used to combine directions and attributes in more 
complex musical expressions by choosing articulations from the different groups, for 
example to play a note...

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Expression maps (Cubase only)Creating and editing expression maps
Latch Mode
This setting determines whether the remote key function reacts to note-off messages.
•When Latch Mode is deactivated, the key you press on your MIDI input device is 
valid for as long as the key is held, i.
 e. the sound slot plays until the key is released.
On release, the default (first) sound slot is played again.
•When Latch Mode is activated, the key you press is valid until the next key is 
pressed.
Root Note
Here, you...

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Note Expression
Introduction
Note Expression offers a very intuitive way of controller editing in Cubase. As an 
alternative to working with controller lanes in the Key Editor, controller data can be 
viewed and edited Directly on the associated MIDI note events in the event display.
With Note Expression, a note and its associated controller data are treated as a unit. 
When you quantize, move, copy, duplicate, or delete notes, all their associated 
controller information will follow. This allows for...

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Note ExpressionIntroduction
MIDI controllers
A major limitation of MIDI is the nature of controller information. With the exception of 
poly pressure, controller messages are channel-specific messages, i.
 e., they affect 
the entire instrument, regardless of whether they are inserted for a part or a note. 
Therefore, when using Note Expression with MIDI instruments (hardware or VSTi), it is 
important to understand that articulation data on one note usually also affects all other 
notes of the same...

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Note ExpressionSetting up the Note Expression Inspector tab
Setting up the Note Expression Inspector tab
To be able to work with Note Expression, you have to set up the parameters first. This 
is done on the Note Expression tab in the Inspector of the Project window or the Key 
Editor.
The top area of the Note Expression tab shows a list of parameters. The VST 3 
controllers are shown first, followed by the MIDI controllers. Which VST
 3 controllers 
are available depends on the instrument that is...

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Note ExpressionSetting up the Note Expression Inspector tab
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 activating/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 several parameters allows...

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Note ExpressionMapping controllers
Mapping controllers
External keyboards have no controls or faders for VST 3 parameters, which can 
therefore not be recorded directly. To remedy this, you have the possibility to assign a 
certain MIDI controller (or Pitchbend and Aftertouch) to any of the Note Expression 
parameters in the list. The MIDI assignment is shown in the CC column in the 
Inspector. 
The same MIDI controller can be used for several parameters, but only one of these 
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Note ExpressionRecording
Recording
Recording notes and Note Expression data
To record MIDI notes together with Note Expression data using an external MIDI 
device, proceed as follows:
1.Create an instrument track, e. g. using HALion Sonic SE as VST instrument. 
The Note Expression Inspector tab shows which parameters are available for 
recording.
•You can also load one of the available presets. Some presets were created 
especially for the use with Note Expression. These have the suffix “.NoteExp”....