Steinberg Cubase Le 8 Manual

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If you remove all lanes, the controller display is hidden. To bring it back, click 
the Create Controller Lane button.
• To show/hide multiple lanes, open the Controller Lane Setup pop-up menu, 
and select Show/Hide Controller Lanes.
• To reset the controller display to show only the velocity lane, open the 
Controller Lane Setup pop-up menu, and select Velocity only.
• To automatically show all controller lanes with controller data, open the 
Controller Lane Setup...

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2. In the MIDI Controller Setup  dialog, move all the controllers that you need to 
the list on the left and move the controll ers that you do not need to the list on 
the right.
3. Click  OK.
Handling Controller Lane Presets
Once you have made up your controller la ne setup, you can save it as a controller 
lane preset. For example, you can have a  preset with one velocity lane and another 
preset with a combination of several controller lanes, such as velocity,...

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Adding Events in the Controller Display
• To create a new event in the velocity controller display, click with the Draw 
tool or the Line tool in the event display.
• To create a new event for any other event type, click with the Draw tool or the 
Line tool in the controller display.
Editing Events in the Controller Display
All controller values can be edited with the Draw tool or the Line tool. If you have 
selected more than one controller event on a controller...

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• To cut, copy, and paste events in the controller display select the event and 
select Edit > Cut/Copy/Paste.
When pasting events, the events on the clipboard are added, starting at the 
project cursor position and maintaining their relative distances. If a pasted 
event ends up at the same position as an existing event of the same type, the 
old event is replaced.
NOTE
If the speaker icon (Acoustic Feedback) is activated on the toolbar, the notes are 
played back...

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Parabola Mode
In Parabola mode, you can draw events on a parabola curve. This gives more 
natural curves and fades. The result depends on the direction from which you draw 
the parabola.
You can use modifier keys to determine the shape of the parabola curve.
• To reverse the parabola curve, press [Ctrl]/[Command].
• To change the position of the whole curve, press [Alt]/[Option].
• To increase or decrease the exponent, press [Shift].
NOTE
If Snap is activated the...

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• To change the maximum position of the triangle curve or the pulse of the 
square curve in Triangle and Square mode, press [Shift]-[Ctrl]/[Command]. 
This creates sawtooth curves.
• You can also set the curve period freely by holding down [Shift] when you 
insert events in Sine, Triangle, or Square mode. Activate Snap, [Shift]-click 
and drag to set the length of one period. The period length will be a multiple 
of the quantize value.
Paint Mode
In Paint mode, you...

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On the controller lane, you can also see the controller curve that is applied before 
the part starts. This tells you which controller value is currently being used at the 
starting point of the part so that you can choose the start value accordingly.
Poly Pressure Events
Poly Pressure events are events that belong to a specific note number (key). That is, each 
poly pressure event has two editable values: the note number and the amount of pressure.
When Poly...

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Controller Lane Editor
The controller lane editor allows you to perform additional scaling operations for 
selection ranges on existing controller curves.
In the controller lane editor, the following smart controls appear on the borders of 
the editor:
Editing Selection Ranges
The controller lane editor allows you to perform additional scaling operations for 
selection ranges on existing controller curves.
• To open the controller lane editor, use the Object...

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• To switch the controller lane editor to vertical scaling mode, press [Shift] and 
click on any of the smart controls.
• To move the whole selection up/down or left/right, click on a controller event 
inside the editor and drag the curve.
• To restrict the direction to horizontal or vertical movement, depending on the 
direction in which you start dragging, press [Ctrl]/[Command] when dragging.
NOTE
Snap is taken into account when moving controller curves...

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Selecting Controllers within the Note Range
A note range lasts until the start of the next note or the end of the part. Selected 
controllers for notes are moved when the corresponding notes are moved.
You can select the controllers within the range of the selected notes.
• To always select the corresponding controllers when you select a note event, 
activa
 te Auto Select Controllers  
.
• To select the controllers within the note range, select  Edit > Se
 lect > Select...