Steinberg Cubase 8 Manual

Chord Pads
Chord Pad Settings – Remote Control
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4)MIDI Learn
Activates/Deactivates the MIDI Learn function to assign MIDI input to the Pads 
Remote Range and to the parameters Voicings, Tensions, and Transpose.
5)Activate
Activates/Deactivates the remote key assignment for the parameters 
Voicings, Tensions, and Transpose. If this is deactivated, only the remote 
key assignment for the Pads Remote Range is active.
6)Latch Chords
Activate this if you want the chord pad to play back until it is...

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Chord Pad Settings – Remote Control
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Remote Assignments are saved globally.
NOTE
If you use the remote keys for voicings, tensions, or transposition after releasing the 
remote key for the chord pad, the next played chord is affected.
Changing the Pads Remote Range
You can widen the pads remote range to access more chord pads. If you want to 
use a wider key range on your MIDI keyboard for regular playing, you can narrow the 
pads remote range.
PROCEDURE
1. Select Show/Hide Settings >...

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Chord Pad Settings – Players
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2. Do one of the following:
•Click MIDI Learn so that the button lights up, and on your MIDI keyboard, press 
the two keys that you want to assign as range start and range end.
• Enter a new value in the Range Start and Range End fields.
RESULT 
On the keyboard, the indication for pads remote range is changed.
Chord Pad Settings – Players
On the Players tab in the chord pad Settings you can change the voicing that is 
used for the chord pads. You can select...

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Chord Pad Settings – Players
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5)Add Player
Opens a menu where you can select the player that you want to add. From 
here, you can also rename or remove the current player.
RELATED LINKS
Players and Voicings on page 854
Voicings on page 825
Players and Voicings
Different types of instruments and styles have different voicing libraries. These 
determine how the chords are played back, and which pitches are played. In the 
chord pads zone, these voicings are referred to as players.
RELATED...

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Chord Pad Settings – Players
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Using the Pattern Player
You can determine how the triggered chord is played: as a plain chord, or according 
to a selected pattern. The pattern player plays the notes that make up the chord one 
after another (arpeggio).
PROCEDURE
1. Select Show/Hide Settings > Players > Pattern.
2. Perform one of the following actions:
•Click Import MIDI Loop to select a MIDI loop that you want to use as a pattern.
• Drag a MIDI part from the event display to the Drop MIDI...

Chord Pads
Chord Pad Settings – Pad Layout
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3. Click Add Track.
The instrument tracks are added to your project.
4. Select Project > Chord Pads to open the chord pads zone.
5. To the left of the chord pads zone, activate Show/Hide Settings and click 
Players.
6. Select the first instrument track, select a sound on the VST instrument, and in 
the chord pads zone, select a player.
For example, select a piano sound and assign a Piano Player.
NOTE
When setting up the player for a track, make sure that...

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Chord Pads Presets
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1)Show/Hide Settings
Opens the settings for the chord pads.
2)Keyboard
Activate this to show the chord pads in a keyboard layout. You can display 
one or two octaves, and you can select if the first chord pad starts with C, A 
or E.
3)Grid
Activate this to show the chord pads in a grid layout. You can display up to 4 
rows and 16 columns.
4)Layout display
Shows how the active chord pad layout is displayed.
Chord Pads Presets
Chord pads presets are templates that can be...

Chord Pads
Creating Events from Chord Pads
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Saving Chord Pads Presets
If you have set up the chord pads, you can save them as chord pads presets.
PROCEDURE
1. To the left of the chord pads zone, select Chord Pads Preset > Save Chord 
Pads Preset.
2. In the New Preset section, enter a name for the new preset.
NOTE
You can also define attributes for the preset.
3. Click OK to save the preset and exit the dialog.
Creating Events from Chord Pads
You can use the chords assigned to the chord pads to create...

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The Logical Editor, 
Transformer, and Input 
Transformer
Introduction
Most of the time you will perform your MIDI editing graphically in one of the MIDI 
editors. But there are times when you want more of a “search and replace” function 
on MIDI data, and that’s where the Logical Editor comes in.
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The Logical Editor is only available in Cubase Pro. However, the Transformer MIDI 
effect and the Input Transformer that share many of the functions with the Logical...

The Logical Editor, Transformer, and Input Transformer
Opening the Logical Editor
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Studying the included presets is an excellent way to learn the workings of the 
Logical Editor! Many of them can also be used as starting points when you set up 
your own editing operations using the Logical Editor.
RELATED LINKS
Working with presets on page 877
About the Transformer MIDI effect
The Transformer effect is a realtime version of the Logical Editor, allowing you to...