Steinberg Cubase Le 4 Manual

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Introduction
VST Instruments are software synthesizers (or other 
sound sources) that are associated with Cubase LE. They 
are played internally via MIDI, and their audio outputs ap-
pear on separate channels in the mixer, allowing you to 
add effects or EQ, just as with audio tracks.
The VST Instrument HALionOne is included with Cubase 
LE, others can be purchased separately from Steinberg 
and other manufacturers. 
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The instrument panel does not open automatically (re-
gardless of whether an instrument was selected in the 
“Add Instrument Track” dialog or not). If a device was se-
lected, the track will have the same name as the instru-
ment, otherwise it will be named “Instrument Track”. 
In the Inspector, you can select a VST Instrument from 
the Instrument pop-up.
Only VST Instruments are available on the pop-up. When you select an 
instrument on this pop-up menu, its...

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This dialog is much like the Preset list, but there is a differ-
ence:
If you use the “Load Preset” dialog, this allows you to 
preview the settings of other presets without actually load-
ing them. If you chose to cancel the operation, the preset 
that was selected before opening the dialog will be re-
loaded exactly as it was, including any unsaved changes. If 
you activate “Auto Preview” below the Viewer section, you 
can step through the presets and play them...

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Exporting Instrument tracks
You can export instrument tracks as standard MIDI files, 
see “Exporting MIDI files” on page 241.
Please note: 
As there is no MIDI patch information in an instrument 
track, this information is missing in the resulting MIDI file.
If you activate “Export Inspector Volume/Pan”, the volume 
and pan of the VST Instrument channel are converted and 
written into the MIDI file as volume and pan controllers.
About latency
Depending on your...

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MIDI realtime parameters and effects 

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Introduction
For each MIDI track, you can set up a number of track pa-
rameters, or modifiers. These affect how the MIDI data is 
played back, “transforming” MIDI events in real time be-
fore 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 actually change the MIDI 
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ÖNote that the functionality of the Bank and Patch se-
lector settings (used for selecting sounds in the con-
nected MIDI instrument) depends on to which instrument 
the MIDI output is routed, and how you have set it up in 
the MIDI Device Manager.
The MIDI Device Manager allows you to specify which MIDI instruments 
and other devices are connected to the various MIDI outputs, thus mak-
ing it possible to select patches by name, see “The MIDI Device Mana-
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ÖYou can also transpose individual MIDI parts using the 
Transpose field in the info line.
The transposition in the info line (for the individual part) is added to the 
transpose value you have set up for the whole track in the Inspector.
Velocity Shift
This setting lets you change the dynamics of all notes on 
the track. The value in this field is added to the velocity of 
each note message that is sent out (use negative values to 
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Range
The Range function lets you specify a note (pitch) or ve-
locity range and either force all notes to fit within this 
range, or exclude all notes outside this range from play-
back. As with the Random function, there are two sepa-
rate Range settings. Set them up as follows:
1.Pull down the Range pop-up menu and select one of 
the following four modes:
2.Use the two fields to the right to set the min and max 
values.
These values will be shown as numbers...