Steinberg Cubase LE Operation Manual

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When the device is selected in the Installed Devices list, the Patch 
Banks list below shows the patch structure of the device. This could 
simply be a list of patches, but it’s usually one or several layers of 
banks or groups containing the patches (much like a folder structure 
on a hard disk for example).
• You can rename a device in the Installed Devices list by double clicking 
and typing.
This is useful if you have several devices of the same model, and...

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About Patch Banks
Depending on the selected device, you may find that the Patch Banks 
list is divided in two or more main banks. Typically, these are called 
Patches, Performances, Drums etc. The reason for having several 
patch banks is that different “types” of patches are handled differently 
in the instruments. For example, while “patches” typically are “regular” 
programs that you play one at the time, “performances” may be com-
binations of patches, which...

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Selecting a patch for an installed device
If you return to the Project window at this point, you will find that the 
installed device has been added to the MIDI Output menus (in the 
track list and the Inspector). Now you can select patches by name, in 
the following way:
1.Pull down the Output menu (in the track list or Inspector) for a track 
that you want to play the installed device, and select the device.
This directs the track to the MIDI output specified...

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Renaming patches in a device
The pre-configured devices list the factory-preset patches, i.e. the 
patches included in the device when you first bought it. If you have re-
placed some of the factory presets with your own patches, you need to 
modify the device so that the patch name list matches the actual device:
1.In the MIDI Device Manager, select the device in the Installed Devices 
list.
2.Activate the Enable Edit checkbox.
When this is turned off (default)...

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Defining a new device
If your MIDI device is not included in the list of pre-configured devices 
(and not a “plain” GM or XG device), you need to define it manually to 
make it possible to select patches by name:
1.In the MIDI Device Manager, click the Install Device button.
The Add MIDI Device dialog appears.
2.Select “Define New...” and click OK.
A name dialog appears.
3.Enter the name of the device and click OK.
The device appears in the Installed Devices...

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New Preset
This adds a new preset in the selected bank or folder. 
You can rename the preset by clicking it and typing a new name.
When the preset is selected, its corresponding MIDI events (Program 
Change, Bank Select, etc.) are shown in the event display to the right. 
The default setting for a new preset is Program Change 0 – to change 
this, use the following procedures:
❐For details on which MIDI events are used for selecting patches in the 
MIDI device,...

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Add Multiple Presets
This opens a dialog, allowing you to set up a range of presets to be 
added in the selected bank or folder.
Proceed as follows:
1.Add the event types required for selecting a patch in the MIDI device.
This is done just as when editing the settings for a single event: clicking in the event 
display brings up a pop-up menu from which you can select an event type.
2.Use the Range column to set up either a fixed value or a range of val-
ues for...

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3.Specify a Default Name below the event display.
The added events will get this name, followed by a number. You can rename presets 
manually in the Patch Banks list later.
4.Click OK.
A number of new presets are now added in the selected bank or folder, according to 
your settings.
Other editing functions
• You can move presets between banks and folders by dragging them in the 
Patch Banks list.
• You can remove a bank, folder or preset by selecting it in the...

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MIDI realtime parameters 

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Introduction
For each MIDI track, you can set up a number of track parameters. 
These affect how the MIDI data is played back, “transforming” MIDI 
events in real time before they are sent to the MIDI outputs.
On the following pages, the available parameters are described. Keep 
in mind:
• The actual MIDI events will not be affected – the changes happen “on the fly”.
• Since the track parameter settings don’t actually change the MIDI data on the 
track, they...