Steinberg Cubase LE Getting Started Manual

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Playing back in a cycle
You could continue starting and stopping playback this way, moving 
the project cursor manually each time. However, if you want to try out 
some mixing features (see the “Mixing” chapter), it is more practical to 
have Cubase LE play back your recorded audio repeatedly, over and 
over again:
1.Click on the recorded audio event to make sure it is selected.
A selected audio event has a red border and white and blue handles...

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7
Tutorial 2: Recording and
playing back MIDI 

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About this chapter
This chapter describes the basic operations for recording and playing 
back MIDI. For a full description of MIDI recording please see the 
chapter “Recording” in the Operation Manual. 
Before you start
This chapter assumes that you have correctly connected your MIDI 
equipment according to the instructions in the chapter “Setting up 
your system” in this book. 
This tutorial connects to the previous chapter, so if you followed...

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Setting up for recording MIDI
Creating a MIDI track
To create a MIDI track, proceed as follows:
1.Pull down the Project menu, and select “Add Track”.
A submenu appears.
2.Select MIDI from the submenu.
A MIDI track is added to the Track list.
Setting the MIDI input 
1.To set the MIDI input for a track, pull down the “in:” pop-up in the 
Inspector and select an input.
The available MIDI inputs are shown. The items on the menu depend on the type of...

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2.Record enable the MIDI track by clicking the corresponding button in 
the Track list.
MIDI Thru is automatically activated when the track is record enabled.
Record enabling the track in the Track list. This can also be set in the 
Inspector area to the left.
3.Play a few notes on your MIDI instrument, and check the level meter in 
the Track list to make sure that the MIDI signal is received.
If not, check that you have correctly set up your...

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Setting the MIDI output and channel
1.To set the MIDI output for a track, pull down the “out:” pop-up in the 
Inspector and select the output to which you have connected your 
MIDI device.
The available MIDI outputs are shown. The items on the menu depend on what type of 
MIDI interface you are using etc. 
Click here to set the MIDI output.
2.To set the MIDI channel for a track, use the MIDI “chn:” pop-up in the 
Inspector.
If you set the track...

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Selecting a sound
•To select different sounds, you can send Program Change messages 
to your MIDI device using the “prg:” value field in the Inspector.
Click here to select a Program number.
Program Change messages give access to 128 program locations. If 
your MIDI instruments have more than 128 programs, Bank Select 
messages (set in the “bnk:” value field) allow you to select different 
banks, each containing a number of programs.
•Play a few...

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Recording MIDI 
1.Make sure the track is record enabled and correctly set up, as de-
scribed in the previous section.
2.Make sure that Cycle and Punch In/Out is deactivated on the Trans-
port panel.
3.To set recording to start at the cursor position, pull down the Trans-
port menu and make sure the item “Start Record at Left Locator” is 
deactivated (unticked).
4.Place the project cursor at the position where you wish to begin re-
cording.
For...

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Playing back in a cycle
You could continue starting and stopping playback this way, moving 
the project cursor manually each time. However, it is more practical to 
have Cubase LE play back your recorded parts and events repeatedly, 
over and over again:
1.Click on the recorded MIDI part to make sure it is selected.
A selected MIDI part has a red border and white handles at its beginning and end.
2.Pull down the Transport menu and select...