Steinberg Cubase 8 Manual

MIDI realtime parameters and effects
The Inspector sections
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Setting up ranges
PROCEDURE
1. Open the Range pop-up menu and select one of the following four modes:
2. Use the two fields to the right to set the minimum and maximum values.
These values will be shown as numbers (0 to 127) for the velocity modes and as note 
numbers (C-2 to G8) for the pitch modes.
NOTE
Note that you can make independent settings for the two Range functions.
To deactivate the Range function, open the Range pop-up menu(s)...

MIDI realtime parameters and effects
MIDI effects
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VST Instrument section
If the MIDI track is routed to a VST instrument, a new section will appear at the 
bottom of the Inspector, labeled with the name of the VST instrument. Clicking this 
section shows a duplicate of the Inspector settings for the VST instrument channel. 
This makes it easy to adjust the channel settings for the VST instrument while you 
are editing the MIDI track.
• If multiple outputs for a VST instrument are activated, there is...

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MIDI effects
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Just like the MIDI modifiers, MIDI effects are applied in realtime to the MIDI data 
played back from the track (or to MIDI you play live “thru” the track).
What are MIDI effects?
Although a MIDI effect can be similar to an audio effect, it is important to remember 
that you are not processing the sound resulting from MIDI playback, but the MIDI 
data (the “instructions” for how the music is played back).
A MIDI effect will change properties of the...

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MIDI effects
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Preset Management button
Click this to open the Preset Management pop-up menu that allows you to 
save your settings as preset or to rename or remove the current preset.
Inserts State indicator and Bypass button
The symbol on the right of the title bar is blue when an insert effect is 
activated. You can click the symbol to bypass all insert effects for the track.
Effect selection pop-up menu (x4)
Selecting an effect from this pop-up menu...

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Effect selection pop-up menu (x4)
Selecting an effect from this pop-up menu automatically activates it and 
brings up its control panel (which can be a separate window or a number of 
settings below the send slot in the Inspector).To remove a send effect 
completely, select “No Effect”.
On button (x4)
Allows you to turn the selected effect on or off.
Pre/Post button (x4)
If this is activated, the MIDI signals will be sent to the send effects before...

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MIDI effects
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1) MIDI In and Out activity indicators
2) Save and Remove Preset buttons
• To load a preset, select it from the Presets pop-up menu of the plug-in.
• To save your current settings as a preset, click on the “+” button (“Save 
Preset”) to the right of the Presets menu.
You will be asked to specify a name for the preset. The saved preset will then 
be available for selection from the pop-up menu for all instances of that MIDI 
plug-in, in all projects.
•...

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MIDI effects
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5. Use the control panel to make settings for the effect.
All included MIDI effects are described in the separate PDF document “Plug-in Reference”.
• You can bypass the insert effect by clicking its power button (above the insert slot).
• To bypass all insert effects for the MIDI track, use the bypass button in the MIDI 
Inserts section in the Inspector, in the MixConsole toolbar or in the track list.
• To remove an insert effect, click in its slot...

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Using MIDI devices
The MIDI Device Manager allows you to specify and set up your MIDI devices, 
making global control and patch selection easy.
But the MIDI Device Manager also features powerful editing functions that can be 
used to create MIDI device panels (Cubase Pro only). MIDI device panels are 
internal representations of external MIDI hardware, complete with graphics. The 
MIDI device panel editor provides all the tools you need to create device maps 
where every parameter of an external...

Using MIDI devices
MIDI devices – general settings and patch handling
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Unfortunately, different instrument manufacturers use different schemes for how 
Bank Select messages are constructed, which can lead to some confusion and 
make it hard to select the correct sound. Also, selecting patches by numbers this 
way seems unnecessarily cumbersome, when most instruments use names for their 
patches nowadays.
To help with this, you can use the MIDI Device Manager to specify which MIDI 
instruments you have...

Using MIDI devices
MIDI devices – general settings and patch handling
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MIDI Device Manager dialog in Cubase Artist.
Installed Devices
List of connected MIDI devices. The first time you open the MIDI Device 
Manager, this list will be empty.
Install Device/Remove Device
Use these buttons to install/remove devices.
Export Setup/Import Setup
Use these buttons to import/export XML Device setups.
Open Device (Cubase Pro only)
This button opens the selected device.
Output
Here you specify to which MIDI...