Steinberg Cubase Essential 4 Remote Control Devices Manual

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For details about parameters and hands-on mixing tech-
niques, please see the separate pdf documentation de-
scribing the use of Mackie Control with Cubase Essential.
Mackie HUI
Mackie HUI can control any number of channels in groups 
of 8.
Use the left and right Bank buttons to select channels 
1–8, 9–16 etc.
Use the left and right Channel buttons to shift the fader 
assignment in steps of one channel.
The Fader button in the Auto Enable section is used to 
disable/enable the motors.
The Mute, Pan, Send, Plug In and Send Mute buttons in 
the Auto Enable section are currently not supported.
Use the Rec/Rdy buttons to arm a track for recording.
Use the Select buttons to select a single track for de-
tailed settings.
With the Mute and Solo buttons you can mute or solo a 
track.
Use the Default button to un-solo all tracks.
Use the Assign button to un-mute all tracks.
To the right of the time display, you find an LED labeled 
“Rude Solo Light”. This LED lights up as soon as any 
channel is soloed.
Use the Insert buttons to bypass all inserts of one track.
Pan button in the Select Assign section:
 Fader Set: panning left/right or panning front/rear. Press but-
ton repeatedly to cycle through the assignments (the eight V-
Pots control the pan parameters).
 V-Sel button in the Select Assign section: monitor track.
Send A to Send E buttons in the Select Assign section:
 Fader Set: Send 1 level to Send 8 level (Send A to Send D 
assigns Send 1 to Send 4, Send E assigns Send 5 to Send 8: 
press button repeatedly to cycle through the assignments).
 V-Sel button in the Select Assign section: send on/off switch 
(depending on selected Send).
 V-Sel button with Shift in the Select Assign section selected: 
pre/post fader switch (depending on selected Send).
The SELECT ASSIGN four character display in the Se-
lect Assign section displays Send or Pan assignment for 
V-Pots and V-Sel buttons.
The four character displays above the Select buttons 
display the assigned track names.
The Bypass button in the Select Assign section is al-
ways selected to indicate the bypass function of the Insert 
buttons.
The Mute, Rec/Rdy All, Input and Output buttons in the 
Select Assign section are currently not supported.
Use the Auto buttons to control the status of the Read 
and Write buttons in the Mixer of Cubase Essential, de-
pending on the Read/Write status in the Auto Mode sec-
tion.
Use the Off button in the Auto Mode section to control 
the Read All or Write All button in the mixer of Cubase Es-
sential, depending on the Read/Write status in the Auto 
Mode section.
The Touch, Latch and Trim buttons in the Auto Mode 
section are currently not supported.
Use the Transport button in the Window section to 
open or close the Transport panel.
Use the Edit button in the Window section to bring the 
current Project window to the front.
Use the Status button in the Window section to open or 
close the VST Performance window.
Use the Mix button in the Window section to open or 
close the Mixer window.
Use the Mem-Loc button in the Window section to 
open the Marker window.
The Alt button in the Window section is used for user-
assigned functions.
The Undo button in the Keyboard Shortcuts section un-
does the last performed operation in Cubase Essential.
Hold down the Shift button and press Undo to redo the last undone op-
eration.
Press the Save button in the Keyboard Shortcuts sec-
tion to save the current project.
Hold down the Shift button and press the Save button to save a backup 
copy of the current project. 
						

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The Edit Mode, Edit Tool, Option/All, Ctrl/Clutch and 
Alt/Fine buttons in the Keyboard Shortcuts section are 
currently not supported.
The Cut, Copy, Paste and Delete buttons in the Edit 
section control the equivalent Cubase Essential functions.
The Capture and Separate buttons in the Edit section 
are currently not supported.
The buttons in the Status/Group section are currently 
not supported.
Use the In and Out buttons above the transport controls 
to set the project cursor to the positions of the left or right 
locators.
Hold down the Shift button and press the In or Out button to move the 
left or right locator to the current project cursor position.
Use the RTZ and END buttons to set the project cursor 
to the beginning or the end of the project.
Press the Quick Punch button to switch automatic 
punch in on or off.
Hold down the Shift button and press the Quick Punch button to switch 
automatic punch out on or off.
Press the Loop button to switch Cycle mode on or off.
Press the On Line button to switch Synchronization on 
or off.
The Audition, Pre and Post buttons are used for user 
assignable functions (see function keys F1 to F7).
The Mackie HUI Play, Stop, Record, Rewind and Fast 
Forward transport controls control the equivalent func-
tions in Cubase Essential.
The jog wheel is used for moving the project cursor po-
sition in Cubase Essential.
The Scrub and Shuttle buttons are currently not sup-
ported.
Pressing the cursor keys located to the left of the jog 
wheel is the same as pressing the arrow keys on your 
computer keyboard.
When the Mode button is selected, pressing the cursor keys will control 
zooming in the Project window.
Use the Scroll control in the DSP Edit/Assign section to 
scroll through the pages of one parameter group.Use the Compare button in the DSP Edit/Assign sec-
tion for page up.
Hold down the Shift button in the Keyboard Shortcuts section and press 
the Compare button to jump to the last page.
Use the Bypass button in the DSP Edit/Assign section 
for page down.
Hold down the Shift button in the Keyboard Shortcuts section and press 
the Bypass button to jump to the first page.
Use the Insert/Param button in the DSP Edit/Assign 
section to switch the display of names of the available 
parameters in the lower row on or off.
F1 button: Selected Channel: EQ
 Page 1 – Gain, Frequency, Q and Enable for the lo band
 Page 2 – Gain, Frequency, Q and Enable for the lo mid band
 Page 3 – Gain, Frequency, Q and Enable for the hi mid band
 Page 4 – Gain, Frequency, Q and Enable for the hi band
 Buttons above dials: bypass EQs
F2 button: Selected Channel: Sends
 Pages 1 to 8 – Level, Enable, Pre/Post and Bus for Sends 1 
to 8
 Buttons above dials: bypass sends
F3 button: Selected Channel: Routing
 Page 1 – Output Bus, Monitor, Input Bus, Input Gain

 Buttons above dials: monitor
For a description of the functionalities for the F4 button: 
Selected Channel: Inserts, F5 button: Global mode Send 
Effects, F6 button: Global mode Master Effects, F7 but-
ton: Global mode Instruments, see the separate pdf docu-
ment “Mackie Control and Cubase Essential”.
Use the Locate/Numerics buttons to set the project cur-
sor position.
 Immediately after you enter a numeric character, the Mackie 
HUI time display will no longer show the project cursor posi-
tion, but the new value.
 You don’t have to enter decimal points, colons, or semicolons 
for a new value.
 Use the CLR button to delete the last character. Holding 
down Shift (in the Keyboard Shortcuts section) and pressing 
the CLR button will delete the new value. 
 Press the Enter button to set the project cursor to the position 
according to the new value. 
						

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 Use the “+” and “-” buttons to shift the project cursor position 
forward or backward by the amount of time set with the new 
value.
The three LEDs left of the time display indicate whether 
Bars+Beats (BEATS), a frame based timecode (TIME 
CODE), Feet+Frames (FEET) or Samples (all LEDs off) is 
selected.
In this version of Cubase Essential, the following functions 
have been added:
F8 button: Selected channel: Instrument
 Page 1 – Select instrument
 Page 2-n – Instrument parameter
Tascam US-428
Specifications
The US-428 can remote control up to 64 mixer channels. 
When the Tascam US-428 device is added in the Device 
Setup dialog, you can open the Remote Status window by 
selecting “Tascam US-428” from the Devices menu.
This indicates which bank (group of eight channels in Cubase Essential) 
is currently being controlled by the remote device. To select another 
bank, use the pop-up menu in the window or use the Bank Left/Right 
buttons on the remote device.
The US-428 transport keys will have the equivalent 
functionality in Cubase Essential.
To set markers, hold down “Set” while pressing a loca-
tor key.
If you hold down the function key [Null] and move a 
fader, the Select and Rec indicators above the fader will 
indicate whether the fader position is below or above the 
current fader level in Cubase Essential.
If the upper indicator is lit, the fader position on the panel is above the 
fader level in Cubase Essential and vice versa. When both indicators are 
dark, fader positions are matched for that channel.
Cubase Essential mixer
The following US-428 controls will remote control the fol-
lowing mixer parameter for each channel strip:
Fader: volume
Mute/Solo: mute and solo (selected via the Solo switch)
Select: selects channel for editing
Pan-Dial: pan
EQ-Gain
Controls the EQ gain for each band selected with the Low, LoMid, HiMid 
and High buttons. These correspond to the four EQ bands in Cubase 
Essential, starting from the leftmost band.
EQ-Freq
Controls the EQ frequency for each band selected with the Low, LoMid, 
HiMid and High buttons. These correspond to the four EQ bands in Cu-
base Essential, starting from the leftmost band.
EQ-“Q”
Controls the EQ “Q” for each band selected with the Low, LoMid, HiMid 
and High buttons. These correspond to the four EQ bands in Cubase 
Essential, starting from the leftmost band.
Aux 1 to Aux 4 and shuttle wheel: 
The effect send levels for sends 1 to 4. 
The shuttle wheel will act as position shuttle if no Aux 
send button is selected.
Press the activated button to deselect it.
Holding down the “Asgn” button and pressing the Low, 
LoMid, HiMid and High EQ buttons switches the corres-
ponding EQ band “On” button status.
Holding down the “Asgn” button and pressing the Aux1 
to Aux4 buttons switches the corresponding Effect Send 
1–4 “On” button status.
!The US-428 supports “MIDI Feedback”, allowing for 
mute/solo, channel selection, EQ band, Aux 1 to 4 
and transport status to be indicated on the panel. For 
this (and the fader position indication described 
above) to work, you need to select the “US-428 
Control” port as input and output. 
						

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Yamaha 01V
The Yamaha 01V can remote control Cubase Essential. 
Before you can initiate remote control operation, the 01V 
must be set up in the following way:
MIDI Parameter Change and Receive must be enabled.
MIDI Control Change and Receive must be disabled.
Device ID / MIDI Channel Receive must be set to “1”.
Local Control should be set to “Off”.
As soon as Local Control is set to “Off”, remote control is enabled.
The 01V remote operation of Cubase Essential is very 
straightforward, with (almost) every parameter having the 
equivalent parameter controller in the 01V mixer. The cur-
rent status of all controllable parameters is fed back to the 
01V and indicated on the panel, using the motorized fad-
ers, indicators, etc. (for this to work, you need a two-way 
MIDI connection between the 01V and Cubase Essential).
To facilitate 32 channel remote control, two separate con-
trol “Layouts” are used, each controlling 16 mixer chan-
nels. The “Memory” button on the 01V is used to switch 
between VST layout 1 and 2. Page 1 displays VST Layout 
1, and page 2 VST Layout 2.
The following parameters are remote controllable for 
channels 1–32 in the mixer:
Fader level, mute and pan.
01V controls for these parameters control the equivalent Cubase Essen-
tial parameters.
Effect sends 1–6.
01V Aux 1–4 control effect send 1–4, 01V effect 1 and 2 control effect 
send 5 and 6.
EQ Frequency, Gain and Q (4 bands).
01V controls for these parameters control the equivalent Cubase Essen-
tial parameters.
Stereo Master Volume.
The 01V control for this parameter controls the equivalent Cubase Es-
sential parameter.
Send effects master volume 1–4 are controlled by 01V 
Aux Master 1–4. Send effects master 5 and 6 are con-
trolled by 01V effect master 1 and 2.With Layout 1 the 01V controls the following channels:
Channel 1–12, 13/14 and 15/16 will control channels 
1–14.
01V Return 1 and 2 will control channels 15 and 16.
With Layout 2 the 01V controls the following channels:
Channel 1–12, 13/14 and 15/16 will control channels 
17–30.
01V Return 1 and 2 will control channels 31 and 32.
Yamaha DM2000/DM 2000v2
The Yamaha DM2000 is a digital mixing console that pro-
vides full automation of virtually all console parameters. It 
is designed to integrate effectively with digital audio work-
stations such as Cubase Essential.
For detailed information about features, parameters, 
etc., please see the documentation which comes with the 
Yamaha DM2000.
In this version of Cubase Essential, the following functions 
have been added:
Automix Section
[Auto]: write enable
[Set] + [Auto]: read enable
Studio 1–4 added as [Aux9]–[Aux12] to the DM2000 - 
Operation is identical to Sends (volume, on/off, pre/post 
supported)
Matrix [Aux9]–[Aux12] will assign Studio 1–4 to the en-
coders above the faders
Selected Channel Aux9–12 will assign Studio 1–4
!The value ranges for the parameters in the 01V may 
not match the ranges for the corresponding parame-
ters in all cases.
User defined 
keysDM 2000 Button Cubase Essential function
#3 Abort Drop out mode Touch
#4 Auto rec Drop out mode Latch
#5 Return Drop out mode X-Over
#6 Relative Trim mode
#7 Touch sense Toggle Write Enable All Tracks 
						

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Yamaha DM1000v2
The Yamaha DM1000v2 is a digital mixing console that 
provides full automation of virtually all console parameters. 
It is designed to integrate effectively with digital audio 
workstations such as Cubase Essential.
For detailed information about features, parameters, 
etc., please see the documentation which comes with the 
Yamaha DM1000v2.
Yamaha 01v96v2
The Yamaha 01v96v2 is a digital mixing console that pro-
vides full automation of virtually all console parameters. It 
is designed to integrate effectively with digital audio work-
stations such as Cubase Essential.
For detailed information about features, parameters, 
etc., please see the documentation which comes with the 
Yamaha 01v96v2.
Yamaha 02r96v2
The Yamaha 02r96v2 is a digital mixing console that pro-
vides full automation of virtually all console parameters. It 
is designed to integrate effectively with digital audio work-
stations such as Cubase Essential.
For detailed information about features, parameters, 
etc., please see the documentation which comes with the 
Yamaha 02r96v2.
Yamaha 01x
The Yamaha 01x is a digital mixing console that provides 
full automation of virtually all console parameters. It is de-
signed to integrate effectively with digital audio worksta-
tions such as Cubase Essential.
For detailed information about features, parameters, 
etc., please see the documentation which comes with the 
Yamaha 01x.
In this version of Cubase Essential, the following functions 
have been added:
[Shift]+[Send FX]: Studio Sends for selected channel
 Page 1 – Level
 Page 2 – Enable

 Page 4 – Pan Left/Right
[Instruments]: Instrument for selected channel (Instrument 
tracks and MIDI track to VSTi from the Rack)
 Page 1 – Select instrument
 Page 2-n – Instrument parameter
 [Shift]+[Instruments]: VST Instrument Rack access (as v3.x) 
						

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Index
A
Apple Remote 10
G
Generic Remote Device 8
H
Houston 10
M
Mackie Control 10
Mackie HUI 11
R
Remote control
Key commands 7
Setting up 6
Writing automation 7
T
Tascam US-428 13
Y
Yamaha 01V 14
Yamaha 01v96v2 15
Yamaha 01x 15
Yamaha 02r96v2 15
Yamaha DM1000v2 15
Yamaha DM2000/DM2000v2 14