Steinberg Cubase SE 3 MIDI Devices And Features Manual

 
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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 in-
stalled 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 fol-
lowing 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 is based on the factory-preset patches, 
i.e. the patches included in the device when you first bought it. If you 
have replaced some of the factory presets with your own patches, you 
need to modify the device so that the patch name list matches the ac-
tual 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...

 
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Defining a new MIDI device
 
This section describes how to define a new MIDI device. 
If your MIDI device is not included in the list of pre-configured devices 
(and is 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 dialog appears.
 
3. 
Enter the name of the...

 
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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 cor-
respond 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 dia-
log will appear, allowing you to...

 
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To add another MIDI event (e.g. Bank Select) click directly 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...

 
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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, e.g. 0-63), the first added preset will have an event set to the start value, the next...

 
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MIDI effects 

 
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Introduction
 
This chapter describes the included MIDI realtime effects and their 
parameters.
How to apply and handle MIDI effects is described in the chapter 
“MIDI realtime parameters and effects” in the Operation Manual. 

 
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Arpache 5
 
A typical arpeggiator accepts a chord (a group of MIDI notes) as input, 
and plays back each note in the chord separately, with the playback or-
der and speed set by the user. The Arpache 5 arpeggiator does just 
that, and more. Before describing the parameters, let’s look at how to 
create a simple, typical arpeggio: 
1. 
Select a MIDI track and activate monitoring (or record enable it) so 
that you can play “thru” the track. 
Check that the track is...

 
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Parameters
 
The Arpache 5 has the following settings: 
Setting Description 
Playmode
buttonsAllows you to select the playback order for the arpeggiated notes. The 
options are down+up, up+down, up, down, random (“?” button) and 
“Order off”, in which case you can set the playback order manually with 
the Play Order fields below.
Quantize Determines the speed of the arpeggio, as a note value related to the 
project tempo. The range is 32T (1/32 note triplets) to 1....