Steinberg Cubase 8 Manual

VST Instruments
Import and Export Options
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Filtering According to Media Type on page 530
Exporting MIDI Loops
You can export MIDI loops to save a MIDI part together with its instrument and 
effect settings. This allows you to reproduce patterns that you created without 
having to search for the correct sound, style, or effect.
PROCEDURE
1. Select an instrument part.
2. Select File > Export > MIDI Loop.
A file dialog opens.
3. In the New MIDI Loop section, enter a name for the MIDI loop.
4. Optional:...

VST Instruments
External Instruments (Cubase Pro only)
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External Instruments (Cubase Pro only)
An external instrument bus is an input (return) to your audio hardware, along with a 
MIDI connection via Cubase and few additional settings. External instrument 
busses are created in the VST Connections window. All external instrument busses 
that you have created will appear on the VST Instrument pop-up menus and can 
be selected in the same way as any VST instrument plug-in.
If you select an external...

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Installing and Managing 
Plug-ins
Installing VST plug-ins
Cubase supports the VST 2 and VST 3 plug-in standards. You can install effects 
and instruments that comply with these formats.
A plug-in is a piece of software that adds a specific functionality to Cubase. The 
audio effects and instruments that are used in Cubase are VST plug-ins.
NOTE
If an effect or instrument plug-in has its own installation application, you should use 
this. Dragging an already installed plug-in to a different location...

Installing and Managing Plug-ins
Plug-in Manager
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Installing VST 2 Plug-ins on Mac OS X Systems
To install a VST 2.x plug-in on Mac OS X systems, quit Cubase and drag the plug-in 
file to one of the following folders:
• Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST/
This is only possible if you are the system administrator. Plug-ins that are 
installed in this folder are available to all users, for all programs that support 
VST 2.x.
• user name>/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST/
 is the name you use to log on to the...

Installing and Managing Plug-ins
Plug-in Manager
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The lists of all effects or VST instruments are created automatically every time 
you start Cubase. You can also initiate a rescan at any time. This ensures that 
these lists are always up-to-date.
• You can create your own lists of effects or instruments for use in the selectors 
for effects or instruments. User-defined lists are called collections.
Collections allow you to create sub-sets of the available effects or 
instruments, for example, to give...

Installing and Managing Plug-ins
Plug-in Manager616
Collection listBy default, the window section to the right shows the  Defa
 ult collection, 
which contains all effects or VST instru ments currently loaded by the program. 
The  Default  collection cannot be changed.
You can compile your own collections of effects or VST instruments by 
clic
 king  New Collection  and dragging and dropping  items from the list of all 
effects or VST instruments to the collection list.
Collections are shown in the...

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The Plug-in Manager Settings  button opens a section at the bottom of the 
window in which all current paths to VST  2 plug-ins are listed. You can add 
or

 remove folder locations by usin g the corresponding buttons. Click  Rescan 
All  to rescan your computer for plug-ins.
R
ELATED LINKS
Plug-in Manager on  page 614
Compiling a New Effects Collection
You can create a new collection of effects or VST instruments for use in the...

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Track Quick Controls
Cubase can give you instant access to up to 8 different parameters, for example, 
track, effect, or instrument controls. This is done with the aid of the Quick Controls, 
set up on the Quick Controls tab in the Inspector for the corresponding track.
The Quick Controls tab can be used as a kind of track control center, an area in 
which your most important parameters are assembled in one place. This saves you 
from having to click your way through the various windows and sections...

Track Quick Controls
Assigning Parameters to Quick Controls
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Assigning Parameters to Quick Controls
The Quick Controls tab shows eight slots, one for each quick control. To start with, 
these slots are empty. Parameters can be assigned manually or retrieved automatically.
1) QC Learn Mode
2) Get default QCs from Plug-in
3) Remove all QC Assignments
Assignment via the Learn Function
Using the QC Learn Mode button on the Quick Controls tab in the Inspector, you 
can assign a parameter by moving the...

Track Quick Controls
Assigning Parameters to Quick Controls
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PROCEDURE
• Right-click the parameter.
• To assign the parameter to the next empty slot, select Add “x” to Quick 
Controls (where x is the name of the parameter).
• To assign the parameter to a specific slot, select Add “x” to Quick Controls 
Slot (where x is the name of the parameter). Then select the slot from the 
submenu.
Assigning Parameters from Racks or Channel Settings
You can assign several parameters to Quick Control slots directly...