Steinberg Cubase 8 Manual

MIDI Editors
In-Place Editor
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In-Place Editor
The In-Place Editor allows you to edit MIDI notes and controllers directly in the 
Project window, for quick and efficient editing in context with other tracks.
The In-Place Editor expands the MIDI track to show a miniature Key Editor. When 
you select a MIDI note, the Project window info line shows the same information 
about the note, as the info line in the Key Editor. You can perform the same editing 
here as in the Key Editor.
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MIDI Editors
In-Place Editor
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Multiple Part Controls
Edit Active Part Only
If this button is activated, editing operations are applied only to the active part.
Currently Edited Part
This pop-up menu lists all parts that are currently open in the editor. This 
allows you to select a part for editing.
Insert Velocity
Insert Velocity
Allows you to specify a velocity value for new notes.
Indicate Transpositions
Indicate Transpositions
If this button is activated, MIDI notes are displayed according to...

MIDI Editors
SysEx Messages
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• To add or remove controller lanes, right-click below the controller name field 
and select an option from the context menu.
• To close the In-Place Editor for one track, click Edit In-Place in the track list 
or double-click below the controller display in the In-Place Editor.
• To open/close the In-Place Editor for one or several selected tracks, use the 
Edit In-Place key command.
• You can drag notes from one In-Place Editor to another.
NOTE
The Snap button and Snap...

MIDI Editors
SysEx Messages
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Recording a Bulk Dump
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If your MIDI instrument does not offer a way to initiate a dump, you have to send a 
Dump Request message from Cubase to start the dump. In that case, use the MIDI 
SysEx Editor to insert the specific Dump Request message (see the instrument’s 
documentation) at the beginning of a MIDI track. When you activate recording, the 
Dump Request message is played back (sent to the instrument), the dump starts 
and is...

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SysEx Messages
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About Recording and Transmitting Bulk Dumps
• Do not transmit more data than you need. If all you want is a single program, 
do not send all. Otherwise, it could get too difficult to find the recognized 
program. Usually, you can specify exactly which data you want to send.
• If you want the sequencer to dump the pertinent sounds to your instrument 
whenever you load a project, put the SysEx data in a silent count-in before the 
project itself starts.
• If the dump is very...

MIDI Editors
SysEx Messages
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MIDI SysEx Editor
While SysEx events are displayed in the List Editor/Project Browser (Cubase Pro 
only), it is not their entire content, that is displayed. Only the beginning of the 
message is displayed in the Comment column for the event. The event is not 
editable. You can only move the event, the same way you would move it in the List 
Editor.
• To open the MIDI SysEx Editor for a SysEx event, click in the Comments 
column for the event in the List Editor/Project...

MIDI Editors
SysEx Messages
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Editing Byte Values
You can edit the selected byte value in the main display of the MIDI SysEx Editor, 
or in the ASCII, decimal, and binary displays.
• To edit the selected value, open the MIDI SysEx Editor, click on a byte, and 
type in the value.
Importing and Exporting SysEx Data
You can import SysEx data from disk and export the edited data to a file.
The file has to be in MIDI SysEx (.syx) binary format. Only the first dump in a SYX 
file will be loaded.
• To import...

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Expression maps (Cubase Pro 
only)
Introduction
About articulations
Musical articulations, or expressions, define how certain notes “sound”, i. e. how 
they are sung or performed on a given instrument. They allow you to specify that a 
string instrument is bowed (not plucked), a trumpet muted (not played open), and 
so on. Articulations also define the relative volume of notes (to play some notes 
louder or softer than the others) or changes in pitch (create a tremolo).
Articulations can be divided...

Expression maps (Cubase Pro only)
Introduction
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To trigger the necessary sound changes, use the following command and data 
types:
Program Change
Program Change messages can be used to instruct a connected VST 
instrument to switch from one program to another. Depending on the 
instrument, this can be used to play a different articulation.
MIDI channel
Multi-timbral instruments, such as Steinberg’s HALion, feature programs, 
usually representing different articulations. These can be accessed via MIDI...

Expression maps (Cubase Pro only)
Using expression maps
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• When you want to play/record music in realtime and control articulation 
changes while playing.
• When you open and edit projects from other users. By using expression 
maps, you can map the articulation information to a different instrument set or 
content library quickly and easily.
NOTE
You can also use the Note Expression functions to add articulations directly on your 
MIDI notes in the Key Editor.
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