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Track Presets
Track presets are saved in the “Track Presets” folder in 
default subfolders named according to their track type 
(audio, MIDI, instrument and multi). For further information, 
see “Where are the settings stored?” on page 319.
All presets are available under the (virtual) SoundFrame 
node, see “The SoundFrame node” on page 190.
Creating tracks from track presets 
or VST presets
Creating tracks via drag and drop
1.Open the Sound Browser.
You can also drag and drop from the Windows...

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Applying track presets
Track presets can be applied to tracks of their own type 
only, i. e. audio track presets to audio tracks, etc. 
When you apply a track preset, all saved settings are ap-
plied, see “Types of track presets” on page 196.
For instrument tracks, VST presets are also available. 
Since VST presets have no modifiers, MIDI inserts, inserts 
or EQs, applying them leads to removal of your current 
settings for these, see “Inserts and EQ settings from track 
presets” on...

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Reloading track or VST presets
To revert to the default settings of the applied preset, click 
the “Reload Track Preset” button.
Applying another track or VST preset
To apply another track or VST preset, open the Presets 
browser as described above and select another preset.
Removing a track or VST preset from a track
It is not possible to remove an applied preset from a track 
and return to the previous state. If you are unsatisfied with 
the track settings, you can either edit the...

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Track Presets Track-independent preview, for example a VST preset in the “Browse 
Sounds” dialog.
Two preview options are available:
Previewing with standard MIDI input
1.Click the MIDI Input button.
2.Play some MIDI notes via your MIDI input device, for 
example a keyboard.
The Activity meter on the far right mirrors the MIDI in activity.
ÖFor this to work, “In All Inputs” has to be activated for 
your MIDI input device (this is the default setting), as only 
MIDI data incoming via “All MIDI Inputs”...

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MIDI realtime parameters and effects 

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MIDI realtime parameters and effects
Introduction
For each MIDI track, you can set up a number of track pa-
rameters, or modifiers, and MIDI effects. These affect how 
the MIDI data is played back, “transforming” MIDI events 
in real time before they are sent to the MIDI outputs.
On the following pages, the available parameters and ef-
fects are described. Keep in mind:
 The actual MIDI events will not be affected – the changes 
happen “on the fly”.
 Since the modifier settings don’t change the...

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These are settings that either affect the basic functionality 
for the track (mute, solo, enable record, etc.) or send out 
additional MIDI data to the connected devices (program 
change, volume, etc.). The section contains all settings in 
the Track list (see “The Track list” on page 17), with a few 
additional parameters:  ÖNote that the functionality of the Bank and Patch se-
lector settings (used for selecting sounds in the con-
nected MIDI instrument) depends...

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New sub-panels will also be added in the following cases:
 When a MIDI track is routed to an effect plug-in that also re-
ceives audio data, i.e. that is used as an insert effect for an au-
dio track (e.g. MIDI Gate), a sub-panel for this audio track 
appears in the MIDI track inspector.
 If a MIDI track is routed to a plug-in assigned to a FX Channel 
track, a corresponding FX sub-panel is added to the Inspector.
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In a similar way, you can use Velocity Compression values 
greater than 1/1 together with negative values in the Ve-
locity Shift field, to expand the velocity range.
Length Compression
This value adjusts the lengths of all notes on the track. As 
with Velocity Compression, the value is set with a numer-
ator and denominator. For example, the value 2/1 means 
that all note lengths will be doubled, while 1/4 means all 
note lengths will be a quarter of the actual...

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MIDI effects
Cubase Essential comes with a number of MIDI effect 
plug-ins, capable of transforming the MIDI output from a 
track in various ways.
Just like the MIDI modifiers, MIDI effects are applied in real 
time 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’s important to remember that you’re not processing the 
sound resulting from...