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 want to separate 
them by name instead of by a number.
• To remove a device from the Installed Devices list, select it and click 
Remove Device. 
						

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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 could e.g. be split across the keyboard, 
layered or used for multitimbral playback.
For devices with several banks, you will find an additional button to the 
right, labeled Bank Assignment. Clicking this opens a dialog in which 
you can specify for each MIDI channel which bank it should use.
The selection here will affect which bank is displayed when you select 
programs by name for the device in the track list or Inspector (see be-
low). For example, many instruments use MIDI channel 10 as a exclu-
sive drum channel, in which case you would want to select the “Drums” 
(or “Rhythm Set”, “Percussion”, etc.) bank for channel 10 in this list. 
This would then let you select between different drum kits in the track 
list or Inspector. 
						

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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 for the device in the MIDI Device 
Manager. The bank and program fields in the track list and Inspector are replaced by a 
single “prg” field.
2.Click the “prg” field to display a pop-up menu, hierarchically listing all 
the patches in the device.
The list is similar to the one displayed in the MIDI Device Manager. You can scroll the 
list up and down (if required), click the plus/minus signs to show or hide subgroups, etc.
3.Click a patch in the list to select it.
This sends the appropriate MIDI message to the device. You can also scroll the pro-
gram selection up or down, as with any value. 
						

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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) you cannot edit the pre-configured devices.
3.Use the Patch Banks display to locate and select the patch you want 
to rename.
In many instruments, the user-editable patches are located in a separate group or bank.
4.Click on the selected patch in the Patch Banks list to edit its name.
5.Type in the new name and click OK.
6.Rename the desired patches in this way, and finish by deactivating 
Enable Edit again (to avoid modifying the device by accident).
• It’s fully possible to make more radical changes to the patch structure in 
a device as well (adding or deleting patches, groups or banks).
For example, this would be useful if you expanded your MIDI device by adding extra 
storage media such as RAM cards, etc. The available editing functions are described 
in the section “Defining a new device” below. 
						

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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 list.
4.Select the device in the list.
As you can see, it currently contains only an Empty Bank item.
5.Make sure the Enable Edit checkbox is activated.
Now you can use the functions on the Commands pop-up menu to the left to organize 
the patch structure of the new device.
A patch structure is made out of the following components:
• Banks are the main categories of sounds – typically patches, performances 
and drums, as described above.
• Each bank can contain any number of groups, represented by folders in the 
list.
• The individual patches, performances or drum kits are represented by presets 
in the list.
The Commands pop-up menu contains the following items:
Create Bank
Creates a new bank at the highest hierarchical level of the Patch Banks 
list. You can rename this by clicking on it and typing a new name.
New Folder
Creates a new subfolder in the selected bank or folder. This could 
correspond to a group of patches in the MIDI device, or just be a way 
for you to categorize sounds, etc. When you select this item, a name 
dialog will appear, allowing you to name the folder. You can also re-
name the folder afterwards by clicking it and typing in the list. 
						

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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, consult its documentation.
•To change which Program Change value should be sent out to select 
the patch, adjust the number in the Value column for the Program 
Change event.
•To add another MIDI event (e.g. Bank Select) click immediately below 
the last event in the list and select a new event from the pop-up menu 
that appears.
After adding a new event, you need to set its value in the Value column, as with Program 
Change.
•To replace an event, click on it and select another event from the pop-
up menu.
For example, a MIDI device may require that a Bank Select message is sent first, fol-
lowed by a Program Change message, in which case you would need to replace the de-
fault Program Change message with a Bank Select message and add a new Program 
Change after that.
•To remove an event, click to select it and press [Del].
❐Different devices use different schemes for Bank Select. When you in-
sert a Bank Select event, you should check the device’s documentation 
to find whether to choose “CC: BankSelect MSB”, “Bank Select 14 Bit”, 
“Bank Select 14 Bit MSB-LSB Swapped” or possibly some other option. 
						

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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 each event type in the list.
This requires some explanation: 
If you specify a single value in the Range column (e.g. 3, 15 or 127), all added presets 
will have an event of this type set to the same value. 
If you instead specify a value range (a start value and an end value, separated by a dash 
sign, e.g. 0-63), the first added preset will have an event set to the start value, the next 
will have this value incremented by one and so on, up to and including the end value.
• The number of added presets depends on the Range setting.
This example will generate eight presets, each with a Bank Select event set to 2, 
but with different Program Change events (ranging from 0 to 7). 
						

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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 Patch Banks list 
and pressing [Backspace].
• If you specify more than one bank, a Bank Assignment button will appear to 
the right above the event display. Use this to assign banks to the different 
MIDI channels (see page 312).
Exporting and importing device setups
Clicking the Export Setup button allows you to export your complete 
MIDI device setup as a separate file. The file can then be imported us-
ing the Import Setup button. This is useful if you move your instruments 
to another studio, install the program on a new computer, etc.
• When you import a stored setup with the Import Setup function, a dialog 
will appear, listing all devices included in the stored setup.
Select the device(s) you wish to import and click OK.
• Importing will not overwrite any currently installed devices.
If the current list contains a device with the same name as a device to be imported, a 
number will be added to the name of imported device. 
						

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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 will not be reflected in the MIDI editors. To convert the settings to 
“real” MIDI events, you need to use the Merge MIDI in Loop function (see 
page 329).