Steinberg Cubase 8 Manual

Track Quick Controls
Assigning Parameters to Quick Controls
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Manual Assignment via the Inspector Tab
You can assign track parameters manually.
PROCEDURE
1. In the Inspector for your track, open the Quick Controls tab.
2. On the Quick Controls tab, click on the first Quick Control slot.
A pop-up menu opens. It lists all parameters currently accessible for this particular track.
3. Double-click the parameter that you want to assign to the first Quick Control 
slot.
The parameter name and its value are...

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Removing Parameter Assignments
• To remove a parameter from a slot, double-click the parameter name to select 
it and press the [Delete] or [Backspace] key. Confirm by pressing [Return].
Alternatively, you can click in the corresponding slot and select  No
  
parameter  from the pop-up menu.
• To remove the Quick Control assi gnments
  for all slots, click the Remove All 
QC Assignments  button.
Showing Automated Quick Control Assignments
You...

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Saving/Loading Track Quick Control Assignments as Presets
You can save and load your own Quick Control assignments as presets for audio, 
instrument, MIDI, FX, and group tracks. You can also use the factory presets.
PROCEDURE
1. In the Inspector for your track, open the  Quick Controls tab.
For instrument tracks, the Track Quick Contro ls are automatically set to the 8 default 
VST Quick Controls of the loaded instrument by...

Track Quick Controls
Activating Pick-up Mode for Hardware Controls
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7. On your remote control device, move the control that you want to use for the 
first quick control.
8. Select the next slot in the Control Name column and repeat the previous steps.
9. Click OK.
NOTE
In addition to using the Learn function to set up the table in the Quick Controls 
section, you can modify the values manually. The available options are identical to the 
ones available for the Generic Remote device.
RESULT 
The quick...

Track Quick Controls
Quick Controls and Automatable Parameters
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Quick Controls and Automatable Parameters
You can use Quick Controls not only to access certain parameters of the current 
track, but also to control all automatable parameters. This makes it possible to use 
the Quick Controls tab of a dedicated track as a kind of “mini mixer”, controlling 
parameters on other tracks.
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Use this function with caution, however, as you might accidentally modify...

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Remote controlling Cubase
It is possible to control Cubase via MIDI.
A large number of MIDI control devices is supported. This chapter describes how 
to set up Cubase for remote control. The supported devices are described in the 
separate PDF document “Remote Control Devices”.
There is also a Generic Remote Device option, allowing you to use any MIDI 
controller to remote control Cubase.
RELATED LINKS
The Generic Remote device on page 630
Setting Up
Connecting the remote device
Connect the MIDI...

Remote controlling Cubase
Setting Up
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Selecting a remote device
PROCEDURE
1. Open the Device Setup dialog from the Devices menu.
2. If you cannot find the remote device you are looking for, click on the plus sign 
in the top left corner and select the device from the pop-up menu.
The selected device is added to the Devices list.
NOTE
Note that it is possible to select more than one remote device of the same type. If you 
have more than one remote device of the same type, these will be numbered in the...

Remote controlling Cubase
Operations
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Sometimes communication between Cubase and a remote device is interrupted or the 
handshaking protocol fails to create a connection. To re-establish communication with 
any device in the Devices list, select it and click the Reset button in the lower part of the 
Device Setup dialog. The “Send Reset Message to all Devices” button at the top left of 
the dialog next to the “+” and “-” buttons will reset every device in the...

Remote controlling Cubase
Operations
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Writing automation using remote controls
Automating the MixConsole in Touch mode using a remote control device is done 
in the same way as when you operate on-screen controls in Write mode. In order to 
replace existing automation data for a control in Touch mode, the computer needs 
to know how long the user actually “grabbed” or used the control. When doing this 
“on screen”, the program simply detects when the mouse button is pressed and 
released. When you are...

Remote controlling Cubase
The Generic Remote device
630
A note about remote controlling MIDI tracks
While most remote control devices will be able to control both MIDI and audio 
channels in Cubase, the parameter setup may be different. For example, 
audio-specific controls (such as EQ) will be disregarded when controlling MIDI 
channels.
Accessing device panel parameters via remote control devices 
(Cubase Pro only)
Cubase allows you to control external MIDI devices through user device panels.
When you...