Steinberg Cubase SX/SL 3 MIDI Devices And Features Manual

 
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You can rename a device in the Installed Devices list by double click-
ing and typing – this is useful if you have several devices of the same 
model, and want to separate them by name instead of by number. 
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To remove a device from the Installed Devices list, select it and click 
Remove Device. 
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...

 
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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 an 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. 
Selecting a patch for...

 
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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. 
If you are using Cubase SX, click Open Device. 
Make...

 
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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. This is handled slightly 
differently for Cubase SX and Cubase SL:
Cubase SX: 
1. 
In the MIDI Device Manager, click the Install Device button. 
The Add MIDI Device dialog appears.
 
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3. 
Enter the name of the device and the MIDI channels you would like the 
device to use 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.
 
Patch Structure
 
A patch structure...

 
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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,...

 
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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...

 
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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...

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•If you are using Cubase SX, the dialog contains the following settings:
Item Description
Identical/Individual 
ChannelsHere you can specify which MIDI channels you wish the device to 
use. Identical channels share channel settings and parameters, 
whereas Individual channels are “exclusive”. An example for this 
are GM/XG devices – in these devices, the channels are all iden-
tical, except channel 10, which is always the drum channel.
Channel Settings This specifies which...

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About Device panels (Cubase SX only)
On the following pages we will describe how to use MIDI Device pan-
els and the powerful MIDI device panel editing features of the MIDI 
Device Manager. 
Basic concept
The panel editing features in the MIDI Device Manager can be seen as 
a separate application or entity within Cubase SX. It allows you build 
device maps complete with control panels, with all parameters con-
trollable from within Cubase SX. Building more complex device...