Steinberg Cubase SX/SL 3 MIDI Devices And Features Manual

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Octave mode
The Octave mode is similar to the Normal mode, but you can only set 
up one chord for each key in an octave (that is, twelve different chords). 
When you play a C note (regardless of whether it’s a C3, C4 or any 
other octave) you will hear the chord set up for the C key.
Global mode
In the Global mode, you only set up a single chord, using the Chord 
Setup keyboard display (the lower keyboard display is hidden). This 
chord is then played by all keys on the...

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Using switches
The Switch Setup section at the bottom of the panel allows you to set 
up variations to the defined chords. This works with all three modes 
and provides a total of eight variations for each assignable key (that is, 
a maximum of 8 different chords in Global mode, 12x8 chords in Oc-
tave mode and 128x8 chords in Normal mode).
The variations can be controlled by velocity or note range. Here’s how 
you set it up:
1.Select one of the two switch modes: velocity...

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•To turn the variation switch feature off, select the “No Switch” mode.
Compress
This MIDI compressor is used for evening out or expanding differ-
ences in velocity. Though the result is similar to what you get with the 
Velocity Compression track parameter, the Compress plug-in pre-
sents the controls in a manner more like regular audio compressors. 
The parameters are:
Note In this mode, the chorder will play one chord at a time – you cannot 
play several different...

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Context Gate (Cubase SX only)
The Context Gate allows for selective triggering/filtering of MIDI data. 
It can be used for context selective control of MIDI devices. The fol-
lowing parameters are available:
Poly Mode – Chord Gate
When Chord Gate is activated, only notes in recognized chords are 
let through. There are two modes of chord recognition available; Sim-
ple and Normal. In Simple mode, all standard chords (major/minor/b5/
dim/sus/maj7 etc.) are recognized,...

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Mono Mode – Channel Gate
When this is activated, only single note events in a specified MIDI 
channel are let through, which can be used with MIDI controllers that 
can send MIDI over several channels simultaneously, for example gui-
tar controllers which send data for each string over a separate chan-
nel. You can either set this to a specific channel (1-16), or to “Any”, 
i.e. no channel gating.
Mono Mode – Key Range Gate
This can be used independently or in conjunction...

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Density
This generic control panel affects the “density” of the notes being 
played from (or thru) the track. When this is set to 100%, the notes 
are not affected. Lowering the Density setting below 100% will ran-
domly filter out or “mute” notes. Raising the setting above 100% will 
instead randomly add new notes.
Micro Tuner
The Micro Tuner lets you set up a different microtuning scheme for the 
instrument, by detuning each key. 
•Each Detune field corresponds to a key...

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MIDIControl
This generic control panel allows you to select up to eight different 
MIDI controller types, and use the value fields/sliders to set values for 
these. A typical use for this would be if you’re using a MIDI instrument 
with parameters that can be controlled by MIDI controller data (e.g. fil-
ter cutoff, resonance, levels, etc.). By selecting the correct MIDI con-
troller types, you can use the plug-in as a control panel for adjusting 
the sound of the...

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MIDIEcho
This is an advanced MIDI Echo, which will generate additional echo-
ing notes based on the MIDI notes it receives. It creates effects similar 
to a digital delay, but also features MIDI pitch shifting and much more. 
As always it is important to remember that the effect doesn’t “echo” 
the actual audio, but the MIDI notes which will eventually produce the 
sound in the synthesizer.
The following parameters are available:
Quantize
The echoed notes will be moved in...

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Repeat
This is the number of echoes (1 to 12) from each incoming note.
Echo-Quant.
The Echo-Quant. parameter sets the delay time, i.e. the time between 
a played note and its first echo note. You can either use the slider or 
type to set the value in ticks (1/480 ticks of quarter notes) or click the 
arrow buttons to step between the “rhythmically exact” delay times 
(displayed as note values – see the table below). 
For example, setting this to “8th” will cause the echo...

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Length Decay
This parameter lets you adjust how the length of the echoed notes 
should change with each successive repeat. The higher the setting 
(25 – 100), the longer the echoed notes will be compared to their 
original notes.
About ticks and note values
The timing- and position-related parameters (Echo-Quant., Length 
and Quantize) can all be set in ticks. There are 480 ticks to each quar-
ter note. While the parameters allow you to step between the rhythmi-
cally...