Steinberg Cubase LE Operation Manual

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4.Now click the Setup tab and select your MIDI control device model 
from the Devices list.
A list of programmable function commands is shown in the right half of the window.
5.Select the correct MIDI input from the pop-up menu.
6.If necessary, select the correct MIDI output from the pop-up menu.
7.Click OK to close the dialog.
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 de-
vice you are using. 
						

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Writing automation using remote controls
Automating the Mixer using a remote control device is basically done in 
the same way as when you operate on-screen controls in Write mode. 
However, when it comes to replacing existing automation data, there is 
one important difference:
•If you activate Write mode and move a control on the remote control 
device, all data for the corresponding parameter is replaced from the 
position where you moved the control, up until the position where 
playback is stopped!
In other words, as soon as you have moved a control in Write mode, it remains “active” 
until you stop playback. The reason for this is explained below.
As a consequence, an additional precaution must be taken:
•Make sure you move only the controller you want to replace!
In order to replace existing automation data for a control, the computer 
needs to know how long the user actually “grabbed” or used the con-
trol. When doing this “on screen”, the program simply detects when the 
mouse button is pressed and released. When you are using an external 
remote control device, however, there is no mouse button involved, and 
Cubase LE cannot tell whether you “grab and hold” a fader, or simply 
move it and release it. Instead, you have to indicate that you have “re-
leased” the control by stopping playback.
❐This is only relevant when you are using a remote control device and 
Write mode is activated in the Mixer.
A note about remote controlling MIDI tracks
While most remote control devices will be able to control both MIDI 
and audio track channels in Cubase LE, the parameter setup may be 
different. For example, audio-specific controls (such as EQ) will be 
disregarded when controlling MIDI channels. 
						

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The Generic Remote device
If you have a generic MIDI controller, you can use this for remote con-
trol of Cubase LE by setting up the Generic Remote device:
1.Open the Device Setup dialog on the Devices menu.
If the Generic Remote device isn’t on the Devices list, you need to add it:
2.Click the “Add/Remove” tab and select the “Generic Remote” device 
in the list to the right.
3.Click the Add button.
•When the Generic Remote device is added in the Device Setup dia-
log, you can open the Remote Status window by selecting “Generic 
Remote” from the Devices menu.
The Remote Status window
4.Click the Setup tab and select the Generic Remote device in the 
Devices list to the left.
The settings for the Generic Remote are displayed, allowing you to specify which con-
trol on your device should control which parameter in Cubase LE. 
						

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5.Use the MIDI Input and Output pop-up menu to select the MIDI 
Port(s) to which your remote device is connected.
6.Use the pop-up menu to the right to select a bank.
The concept of banks is based on the simple fact that most MIDI devices can control a 
limited number of channels at a time (often 8 or 16). For example, if your MIDI control 
device has 16 volume faders, and you are using 32 Mixer channels in Cubase LE, you 
would need two banks of 16 channels each. When the first bank is selected you con-
trol channel 1 to 16; when the second Bank is selected you control channel 17 to 32. 
Since you can control Transport functions as well, you may need several banks.
7.Set up the upper table according to the controls on your MIDI control 
device.
The columns have the following functionality:
Column Description
Control Name Double clicking this field allows you to enter a descriptive name for the 
control (typically a name written on the console). This name is automati-
cally reflected in the Control Name column in the lower table.
MIDI Status Clicking in this column pulls down a pop-up menu, allowing you to 
specify the type of MIDI message sent by the control. The options are 
Controller, Program Change, Note On, Note Off, Aftertouch and Poly-
phonic Pressure. Also available are Continuous Control NRPN and 
RPN, a way to extend the available control messages. 
MIDI Channel Clicking in this column pulls down a pop-up menu, allowing you to se-
lect the MIDI channel on which the controller is transmitted.
Address The Continuous Controller number, the pitch of a note or the address of 
a NRPN/RPN Continuous Controller.
Max. Value The maximum value the control will transmit. This value is used by the 
program to “scale” the value range of the MIDI controller to the value 
range of the program parameter.
Flags Clicking in this column pulls down a pop-up menu, allowing you to acti-
vate or deactivate three flags:
• Receive - activate this if the MIDI message should be processed on 
reception.
• Transmit - activate this if a MIDI message should be transmitted when 
the corresponding value in the program changes.
• Relative - activate this if the control is an “endless” dial, which reports 
the number of turns instead of an absolute value. 
						

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•If you find that the upper table holds too many or too few controls, you 
can add or remove controls with the Add and Delete buttons to the 
right of the upper table.
•If you are uncertain of which MIDI message a certain controller sends, 
you can use the Learn function:
Select the control in the upper table (by clicking in the Control Name column), move the 
corresponding control on your MIDI device and click the Learn button to the right of the 
table. The MIDI Status, MIDI Channel and Address values are automatically set to those 
of the moved control.
8.Use the lower table to specify which Cubase LE parameters you want 
to control.
Each row in the table is associated to the controller in the corresponding row in the up-
per table (as indicated by the Control Name column). The other columns have the fol-
lowing functionality:
Column Description
Device Clicking in this column pulls down a pop-up menu, used for determining 
which device in Cubase LE should be controlled. The special option 
“Command” allows you to perform certain command actions by remote 
control. One example of this is the selection of remote banks.
If you have a Yamaha DSP Factory card installed (Windows version 
only), this will also appear as an option on the Device pop-up menu.
Channel/
CategoryThis is where you select the channel to be controlled or, if the “Com-
mand” Device option is selected, the Command category.
Value/Action Clicking in this column pulls down a pop-up menu, allowing you to se-
lect the parameter of the channel to be controlled (typically, if the “VST 
Mixer” Device option is selected you can choose between volume, pan, 
send levels, EQ, etc.).
If the “Command” Device option is selected, this is where you specify 
the “Action” of the category. 
						

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9.If needed, select another bank and make settings for this.
Note that you only need to make settings in the lower table for this – the upper table is 
already set up according to the MIDI remote device.
•If you need, you can add banks by clicking the Add button below the 
Bank pop-up.
Clicking the Rename button allows you to assign a new name to the currently selected 
bank, and you can remove an unneeded bank by selecting it and clicking the Delete 
button.
10.When you are finished, close the Generic Remote Setup window.
Now, you can control the specified Cubase LE parameters from the MIDI remote de-
vice. To select another bank, use the pop-up menu in the Remote Status window (or 
use a control on the MIDI remote device, if you have assigned one for this).
Importing and Exporting Remote Setups
The Export button in the upper right corner of the Generic Remote 
Setup window allows you to export the current setup, including the 
Control configuration (the upper table) and all banks. The setup is 
saved as a file (with the Windows file extension “.xml”). Clicking the 
Import button allows you to import saved Remote Setup files.
•The last imported or exported Remote Setup will automatically be 
loaded when the program starts or the Generic Remote control is 
added in the Device Setup dialog.
Flags Clicking in this column pulls down a pop-up menu, allowing you to acti-
vate or deactivate three flags:
• Push Button - When activated, the parameter is only changed if the 
received MIDI message shows a value unequal to 0.
• Toggle - When activated, the parameter value is switched between 
minimum and maximum value each time a MIDI message is received. 
The combination of Push Button and Toggle is useful for remote con-
trols which do not latch the state of a button. One example is control-
ling mute status with a device on which pressing the Mute button turns 
it on, and releasing the Mute button turns it off. If Push Button and Tog-
gle are activated, the Mute status will change between on and off 
whenever the button is pressed on the console.
• Not Automated - When activated, the parameter will not be automated.  Column Description 
						

							11
Audio processing and functions 
						

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Background
Audio processing in Cubase LE can be called “non-destructive”, in 
the sense that you can always undo changes or revert to the original 
versions. This is possible because processing affects audio clips 
rather than the actual audio files, and because audio clips can refer to 
more than one audio file. This is how it works:
1.If you process an event or a selection range, a new audio file is cre-
ated in the Edits folder, within your project folder. 
This new file contains the processed audio, while the original file is unaffected. 
2.The processed section of the audio clip (the section corresponding to 
the event or selection range) is then made to refer to the new, pro-
cessed audio file.
The other sections of the clip will still refer to the original file.
...the clip will refer both to the original file 
and a new file, containing the processed 
section only.This event plays a section of 
this clip...
...which refers to this audio file.
After processing the event... 
						

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•Furthermore, the original, unprocessed audio file can still be used by 
other clips in the project, by other projects or by other applications.
Audio processing
Basically, you apply processing by making a selection and selecting a 
function from the Process submenu on the Audio menu. Processing is 
applied according to the following rules:
• Selecting events in the Project window or the Audio Part Editor will apply pro-
cessing to the selected events only.
Processing will only affect the clip sections that are referenced by the events.
• Selecting an audio clip in the Pool will apply processing to the whole clip.
• Making a selection range will apply processing to the selected range only.
Other sections of the clip are not affected.
If you attempt to process an event that is a shared copy (i.e. the event 
refers to a clip that is used by other events in the project), you are 
asked whether you want to create a new version of the clip or not.
Select “New Version” if you want the processing to affect the selected event only. 
Select “Continue” if you want the processing to affect all shared copies. 
• If you activate the “Do not show this message again” option, any and all 
further processing you do will conform to the selected method (“Continue” 
or ”New Version”). 
You can change this setting at any time by using the “On Processing Shared Clips” 
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Common settings and features
If there are any settings for the selected Audio processing function, 
these will appear when you select the function from the Process sub-
menu. While most settings are specific for the function, some features 
and settings work in the same way for several functions:
The Preview, Process and Cancel buttons
These buttons have the following functionality:
The “More...” button
If the dialog has a lot of settings, some options may be hidden when 
the dialog appears. To reveal these, click the “More...” button.
To hide the settings, click the button again (now labeled “Less...”).
Pre/post crossfade
Some processing functions allow you to gradually mix the effect in or 
out. This is done with the pre and post crossfade parameters. If you 
activate Pre-crossfade and specify a value of e.g. 1000 ms, the pro-
cessing will be applied gradually from the start of selection, reaching 
full effect 1000 ms after the start. Similarly, if you activate post-cross-
fade, the processing will gradually be removed, starting at the speci-
fied interval before the end of the selection.
❐The sum of the pre- and post-crossfade times cannot be larger than the 
length of the selection.
Button Description
Preview Allows you to listen to the result of the processing with the current set-
tings. Playback will continue repeatedly until you click the button again 
(the button is labeled “Stop” during Preview playback). You can make ad-
justments during Preview playback, but the changes are not applied until 
the start of the next “lap”. Some changes may automatically restart the 
Preview playback from the beginning.
Process Performs the processing and closes the dialog.
Cancel Closes the dialog without processing.