Steinberg Cubase SE 3 MIDI Devices And Features Manual

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Selecting a function
The pop-up menu in the top left corner of the Transformer is where you 
select the function – the basic type of editing to be performed. When 
you select an option from the pop-up menu, the field to the right dis-
plays a clarifying text, making it easier to see what the function does.
The current settings are automatically applied in real time during play-
back or live playing.
Below, the available options are listed.
Delete
This function will remove (or “mute”) all found events from the “output 
stream” – the actual events on the track are not affected.
Transform
Changes one or several aspects of the found events. You set up exactly 
what should be changed in the action list, as described on page 62.
Insert
This will create new events and insert these into output stream. The 
new events will be based on the events found by the Transformer 
effect’s filter conditions, but with any changes you have set up in the 
action list applied. 
Another way of expressing this is that the Insert function copies the 
found events, transforms them according to the action list and inserts 
the transformed copies among the existing events.
Insert Exclusive
This will transform the found events according to the action list. Then, 
all events that were not found (that didn’t meet the filter conditions) 
are removed from the output stream. 
						

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Specifying actions
The lower list in the Input Transformer window is the action list. This is 
where you specify any changes that should be made to the found 
events (relevant for all function types except Delete).
The handling of the action list is similar to the filter condition list, but 
without the booleans. You simply add lines by clicking the Add Line 
button to the right, and fill out the columns as required. To remove a 
superfluous action line, select it and click the Delete Line button.
Action Target
This is where you select the property that should be changed in the 
events:
Option Description
Value 1 This adjusts value 1 in the events. As described on page 55, the meaning of 
value 1 depends on the event type. For notes, value 1 is the pitch.
Value 2 This adjusts value 2 in the events. As described on page 55, the meaning of 
value 2 depends on the event type. For notes, value 2 is the velocity value.
Channel Allows you to change the MIDI channel setting. See page 57.
Type Allows you to change an event from one type to another, e.g. transform 
aftertouch events to modulation events.
Value 3 This adjusts value 3 in the events, which is used for handling of Noteoff-
velocity when searching for properties. See page 58. 
						

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Operation
This setting determines what to do with the Action Target. The options 
on this pop-up menu are different depending on the selected Action 
Target. Below, all available operations are listed:
Add
Adds the value specified in the Parameter 1 column to the Action Target.
Subtract
Subtracts the value specified in the Parameter 1 column from the 
Action Target.
Multiply by
Multiplies the Action Target value with the value specified in the 
Parameter 1 column.
Divide by
Divides the Action Target value by the value specified in the Parameter 
1 column.
Round by
This “rounds” the Action Target value using the value specified in the 
Parameter 1 column. In other words, the Action Target value is changed 
to the closest value that can be divided by the Parameter 1 value.
Set Random Values between
This will set the Action Target value to a random value within the range 
specified with Parameter 1 and 2.
Set Relative Random Values between
This will add a random value to the current Action Target value. The 
added random value will be within the range specified with Parameter 
1 and 2. Note that these can be set to negative values.
For example, if you set Parameter 1 to -20 and Parameter 2 to +20, 
the original Action Target value will get a random variation, never ex-
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Set to fixed value
This sets the Action Target to the value specified in the Parameter 1 
column.
Transpose to Scale
This is only available when Action Target is set to Value 1, and when the 
filter conditions are specifically set up to find notes (a “Type = Note” 
filter condition line has been added). When “Transpose to Scale” is se-
lected, you can specify a musical scale using the Parameter 1 and 2 
columns. Parameter 1 is the key (C, C#, D, etc.) while Parameter 2 is 
the type of scale (major, melodic or harmonic minor, etc.).
Each note will be transposed to the closest note in the selected scale.
Use Value 2
This is only available when Action Target is set to Value 1. If this op-
tion is selected, the Value 2 setting in each event will be copied to the 
Value 1 setting.
For example, this would be useful if you are transforming all Modulation 
controllers to Aftertouch events (since controllers use Value 2 for their 
amount, while Aftertouch uses Value 1 – see the table on page 55).
Use Value 1
This is only available when Action Target is set to Value 2. If this op-
tion is selected, the Value 1 setting in each event will be copied to the 
Value 2 setting.
Mirror
This is only available when Action Target is set to Value 1 or Value 2. 
When this option is selected, the values will be “mirrored” or “flipped” 
around the value set in the Parameter 1 column.
In the case of notes, this will invert the scale, with the key set in the 
Parameter 1 column as “center point”. 
						

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Applying the defined actions
• Again, when using the Transformer MIDI effect the processing is applied 
to the events played back from the track (or played live “thru” the track) 
as soon as you set it up.
Since no existing events on the track are affected by the Transformer setting, there is 
no need for undo.
The Input Transformer
This function allows you to selectively filter out and change MIDI data 
coming to a MIDI track before it is recorded. The Input Transformer 
contains four independent “modules”, for which you can set up differ-
ent filtering and actions if you like. You can activate any or all of these 
four modules.
Here are some of the things the Input Transformer allows you to do:
• Set up split keyboard combinations for recording left and right hands sepa-
rately.
• Turn a controller like a foot pedal into MIDI notes (for playing bass drum the 
right way).
• Filter out one specific type of MIDI data on one MIDI channel only.
• Turn aftertouch into any controller (and vice versa).
• Invert velocity or pitch.
And again: four of these things can be done at the same time.
Opening the Input Transformer
To open the Input Transformer for a MIDI track, select the track and 
click the Input Transformer button in the Inspector to open the pop-up 
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•Select Global to make Input Transformer settings that affect all MIDI 
inputs (and thereby all MIDI tracks).
•Select Local to make Input Transformer settings for this track only.
In both cases, the button lights up and the Input Transformer opens.
Handling the four modules
The Input Transformer is really four separate transformers, or modules.
•You select which module to view and make settings for by clicking its 
button in the Selected Module section.
Module 2 selected for viewing and editing.
•The checkboxes in the Active Module section determine which mod-
ule(s) are active.
Here, modules 1, 2 and 4 are active. 
						

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The two modes
The Mode pop-up menu contains two options: Filter and Transform.
•In Filter mode, only the filter conditions (the upper list) are taken into 
account. All events matching the conditions set up will be filtered out 
(excluded from the recording).
•In Transform mode, events matching the filter conditions will be trans-
formed according to the settings in the action list (the lower list).
Setting up filtering and actions
•Click the Add Line buttons to add lines to the filter condition list or 
action list.
To remove a line, click it to select it and click the Delete Line button to the right.
•Clicking the columns in the filter condition list opens pop-up menus 
allowing you to specify the conditions to match.
•Clicking the columns in the action list opens pop-up menus allowing 
you to specify what should be done to the found events (when Trans-
form mode is selected).
For detailed descriptions of the filter conditions and action columns, 
see page 53.
•Clicking the Init button will reset the selected module, removing all fil-
ter condition and target list lines.
•The settings are active as soon as you activate an Active Module 
checkbox.
The settings made in the activated modules will affect all MIDI data you record on the 
track.
• Closing the Input Transformer window does not turn it off – you need to 
deactivate all Active Module checkboxes for this!
A lit Input Transformer button in the Inspector indicates that one or more modules are 
active.  
						

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							Index 
						

							CUBASE SE70 Index
A
Arpache 5 19
Arpeggiator
 19
Autopan (MIDI effect)
 21
B
Bank Select 6
C
Chorder (MIDI effect) 23
Compress (MIDI effect)
 26
D
Density (MIDI Effect) 27
G
Global (Input Transformer) 66
GS Control Panel
 38
I
Input Transformer 65
L
Local (Input Transformer) 66
Logical Editing
Actions
 62
Filter conditions
 53
Functions
 61
Logical Presets
About
 52
M
Micro Tuner (MIDI Effect) 27
MIDI Device Manager
 7
MIDI devices
Defining new for patch 
selection
 13
Editing patches for
 12
Installing
 8
Selecting patches for
 11MIDI Echo (MIDI effect)
 29
MIDI Input Transformer
 65
MIDI Step Sequencer
 34
MIDIControl (MIDI Effect)
 28
N
Note to CC (MIDI effect) 32
P
Patch Banks 10
Pattern Sequencer
 34
Prg field
 11
Program Change
 6
Q
Quantizer (MIDI effect) 33
R
Roland GS Control Panel 38
S
Step Designer (MIDI effect) 34
System Exclusive
About
 44
Bulk Dumps
 44
Editing
 48
Recording parameter 
changes
 47
T
Track Control (MIDI Effect) 38
Track FX (MIDI Effect)
 42
Transformer (MIDI effect)
 52
X
XG Control Panel 38
Y
Yamaha XG Control Panel 38