Steinberg Cubase SE 3 MIDI Devices And Features Manual

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XG Global Settings
In this mode, the parameters affect global settings in the instrument(s). 
Changing one of these settings for a track will in fact affect all MIDI in-
struments connected to the same MIDI output, regardless of the MIDI 
channel setting of the track. Therefore, to avoid confusion it might be a 
good idea to create an empty track and use this only for these global 
settings.
The following controls are available:
Control Description
Eff. 1 This allows you to...

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Track FX
This plug-in is essentially a duplicate of the Track Parameter section. 
This can be useful if you e.g. need extra Random or Range settings, or 
if you prefer to have your track parameters in a separate window (to 
get this, [Alt]/[Option]-click the Edit button for the effect).
The Track FX also includes an additional function that isn’t available 
among the track parameters:
Scale Transpose
This allows you to transpose each incoming MIDI note, so that it fits...

3
Working with System Exclusive
messages 

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Introduction
System Exclusive (SysEx) is a special type of MIDI message used to 
send things that only make sense to a unit of a certain make and type. 
Every major MIDI manufacturer has its own SysEx identity code. Sys-
tem Exclusive messages are typically used for transmitting patch data, 
i.e. the numbers that make up the settings of one or more sounds in a 
MIDI instrument.
Cubase SE allows you to record and manipulate System Exclusive 
data in...

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1.Open the Preferences dialog from the File menu (on the Mac, this is lo-
cated on the Cubase SE menu) and select the MIDI–MIDI Filter page.
This allows you to govern which MIDI event types should be recorded and/or thru-put.
2.Deactivate the Sysex checkbox in the Record section, but make sure 
the Sysex checkbox in the Thru section is activated.
With this setting (shown in the figure above) SysEx messages will be recorded but not 
echoed back out to...

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If your MIDI instrument doesn’t offer a way to initiate a dump “by itself”, 
you have to send a Dump Request message from Cubase SE to start the 
dump. You will then have to use the MIDI SysEx Editor (see page 48) to 
insert the specific Dump Request message (see the instrument’s docu-
mentation) at the beginning of a MIDI track. When you activate recording, 
the Dump Request message will be played back (sent to the instrument), 
the dump will start...

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• If you create parts with useful “SysEx dumps”, you can put these on a special 
muted track. When you want to use one of them, drag it to an empty unmuted 
track and play it back from there.
• Do not transmit several SysEx dumps to several instruments at the same time.
• Make a note of the current device ID setting of the instrument. If you change 
this, the instrument may refuse to load the dump later.
Recording System Exclusive parameter 
changes...

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Editing System Exclusive messages
While System Exclusive events are shown in the List Editor, their en-
tire content is not (only the beginning of the message is displayed in 
the Comment column for the event). Furthermore, you cannot edit the 
event (other than moving it) as you can with other event types in the 
List Editor.
Instead, you use the MIDI SysEx Editor for this.
•To open the MIDI SysEx Editor for an event, click in the Comments 
column...

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Selecting and viewing values
To select a value, either click on it or use the cursor keys. The selected 
byte is indicated in various formats:
• In the main display, values are shown in hexadecimal format.
• To the right of this, values are shown in ASCII format.
• At the bottom of the dialog, the selected value is shown in binary and decimal 
formats.
Editing a value
The selected value can be edited directly in the main display or in the 
decimal...

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