Steinberg Cubase Studio 4 Operation Manual Studio Manual

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Track Quick Controls 

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Track Quick Controls
Introduction
Cubase can give you instant access to up to eight para-
meters of each audio track, MIDI track or instrument track. 
This is done with the aid of the so-called quick controls, set 
up on the Quick Controls Inspector tab for these tracks.
The Quick Controls tab can be used as a kind of track con-
trol center, an area in which your most important parame-
ters are assembled in one place. This saves you from having 
to click your way through the various windows and...

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Replacing a quick control assignment
To replace a parameter assignment with a different pa-
rameter, click on the corresponding quick control slot and 
double-click on a different parameter in the browser pop-
up menu list.
The parameter assignment in this slot is changed.
Removing a quick control assignment
To remove a parameter from a slot, you have the following 
possibilities:
Double-click the parameter name to select it and press 
the [Delete] or [Backspace] key. Confirm...

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Track Quick Controls Here, quick controls 1-8 have been set up to control the main volume of 
five audio tracks.
The Quick Controls tab has become a “secondary” mixer, 
dedicated to quick-controlling parameters on other tracks.
Setting up quick controls on an 
external remote controller
Quick controls become really powerful when used in com-
bination with a remote controller.
Setting up the connection between the slots on the Quick 
Controls Inspector tab and a remote control device is 
easy. Proceed...

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MIDI realtime parameters and effects 

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MIDI realtime parameters and effects
Introduction
For each MIDI track, you can set up a number of track pa-
rameters, or modifiers, and MIDI effects. 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 and ef-
fects are described. Keep in mind:
 The actual MIDI events will not be affected – the changes 
happen “on the fly”.
 Since the modifier settings don’t change the...

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Basic track settings
The topmost Inspector section contains the basic settings 
for the selected MIDI track.
These are settings that either affect the basic functionality 
for the track (mute, solo, enable record, etc.) or send out 
additional MIDI data to the connected devices (program 
change, volume, etc.). The section contains all settings in 
the Track list (see “The Track list” on page 28), with a few 
additional parameters:  
ÖNote that the functionality of...

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Other Inspector sections
Apart from the basic track settings (see above), the MIDI 
Modifiers (see “MIDI Modifiers” on page 319) and the ef-
fect sections (see “MIDI effects” on page 321), the Inspec-
tor for a MIDI track also contains the following sections:
The MIDI Fader section
This contains a single channel strip, allowing you to set 
volume, pan, mute/solo and other parameters for the track, 
and a panel view of the active sends/inserts. This is a “mir-
ror”...

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MIDI Modifiers 
The following settings will affect the MIDI events on the 
track in real time during playback. They will also be in ef-
fect if you play “live” with the track selected and record 
enabled (provided that “MIDI Thru Active” is activated on 
the Preferences–MIDI page). This makes it possible to e. g. 
transpose or adjust the velocity of your live playing.
ÖIf you want to compare the result of your modifier set-
tings with the “unprocessed” MIDI, you...

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Random
The Random settings let you introduce random variations 
to various properties of MIDI notes. Anything from very 
subtle variations to dramatic changes can be applied. 
There are two separate “random generators”, set up in the 
following way:
1.Pull down the Random pop-up menu and select which 
note property should be randomized.
The options are position, pitch, velocity and length. 
ÖKeep in mind that depending on the content of the 
track, certain...