Steinberg Cubase Le 8 Manual

VST Instruments
Import and Export Options
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Exporting Instrument Tracks as MIDI File
You can export instrument tracks as standard MIDI files.
NOTE
As there is no MIDI patch information in an instrument track, this information is 
missing in the resulting MIDI file.
NOTE
If you activate Export Inspector Volume/Pan, volume and pan information of the 
VST instrument are converted and written into the MIDI file as controller data.
RELATED LINKS
Exporting MIDI files on page 622 

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Installing and Managing 
Plug-ins
Installing VST plug-ins
Cubase supports the VST 2 and VST 3 plug-in standards. You can install effects 
and instruments that comply with these formats.
A plug-in is a piece of software that adds a specific functionality to Cubase. The 
audio effects and instruments that are used in Cubase are VST plug-ins.
NOTE
If an effect or instrument plug-in has its own installation application, you should use 
this. Dragging an already installed plug-in to a different location...

Installing and Managing Plug-ins
Plug-in Manager
383
Installing VST 2 Plug-ins on Mac OS X Systems
To install a VST 2.x plug-in on Mac OS X systems, quit Cubase and drag the plug-in 
file to one of the following folders:
• Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST/
This is only possible if you are the system administrator. Plug-ins that are 
installed in this folder are available to all users, for all programs that support 
VST 2.x.
• user name>/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST/
 is the name you use to log on to the...

Installing and Managing Plug-ins
Plug-in Manager
384
The lists of all effects or VST instruments are created automatically every time 
you start Cubase. You can also initiate a rescan at any time. This ensures that 
these lists are always up-to-date.
• You can create your own lists of effects or instruments for use in the selectors 
for effects or instruments. User-defined lists are called collections.
Collections allow you to create sub-sets of the available effects or 
instruments, for example, to give...

Installing and Managing Plug-ins
Plug-in Manager385
The Plug-in Manager window shows the following:
VST Effects/VST Instruments Open these tabs to see lists of all VS T
  effects and VST instruments that were 
loaded by Cubase when you launched the program.
Collection list By default, the window section to the right shows the  Defa
 ult collection, 
which contains all effects or VST instru ments currently loaded by the program. 
The  Default  collection cannot be changed.
You can compile your own...

Installing and Managing Plug-ins
Compiling a New Effects Collection386
The Show Plug-in Information  button opens a section at the bottom of the 
window in which more information about the selected item is shown. If you 
select several plug-ins, the information  for the plug-in that you have selected 
first is shown. In this section, you  can also deactivate selected plug-ins. 
Deactivated plug-ins are no longer available in collections. This is useful if you 
have plug-ins installed that you do not want...

Installing and Managing Plug-ins
Compiling a New Effects Collection
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The procedure is the same for compiling collections of VST instruments.
In the plug-in selectors, found, for example, in the Project window > track 
inspector > Inserts tab, collections are available as tabs at the top of the selector. 

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Remote controlling Cubase
It is possible to control Cubase via MIDI.
A large number of MIDI control devices is supported. This chapter describes how 
to set up Cubase for remote control. The supported devices are described in the 
separate PDF document “Remote Control Devices”.
There is also a Generic Remote Device option, allowing you to use any MIDI 
controller to remote control Cubase.
RELATED LINKS
The Generic Remote device on page 392
Setting Up
Connecting the remote device
Connect the MIDI...

Remote controlling Cubase
Setting Up
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RESULT 
Now you have removed the remote unit input from the “All MIDI Inputs” group. This 
means that you can record MIDI tracks with the “All MIDI Inputs” port selected 
without risking to record the data from the remote unit at the same time.
Selecting a remote device
PROCEDURE
1. Open the Device Setup dialog from the Devices menu.
2. If you cannot find the remote device you are looking for, click on the plus sign 
in the top left corner and select the device...

Remote controlling Cubase
Operations
390
RESULT 
You can now use the MIDI control device to move faders and knobs, activate Mute 
and Solo, etc. The exact parameter configuration depends on which external MIDI 
control device you are using.
A white stripe in the Project window and in the MixConsole indicates which 
channels are currently linked to the remote control device.
IMPORTANTIMPORTANTIMPORTANTIMPORTANT
Sometimes communication between Cubase and a remote device is interrupted or 
the handshaking...