Steinberg Cubase SX/SL 3 Operation Manual

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MIDI specific procedures
This section describes basic procedures for MIDI channels in the 
mixer.
Selecting what to show in the extended MIDI channel strip 
(Cubase SX only)
When using the extended channel strip view options (see page 204), 
the upper panel can be set to show different views for each MIDI 
channel strip. You select what to display for each channel by using 
the View options pop-up menu at the top of each channel strip. The 
following views are possible:...

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Using Channel Settings
For each MIDI channel strip in the mixer (and MIDI track in the Track 
list or the Inspector) there is an Edit (“E”) button. 
Clicking this opens the MIDI Channel Settings window. This window 
contains a duplicate of the mixer channel strip, a section with four 
MIDI inserts and a section with four MIDI send effects. Every MIDI 
channel has its own channel settings.
The MIDI Channel Settings window. 

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Utilities
Link/Unlink channels
This function is used to “link” selected channels in the mixer so that 
any change applied to one channel will be mirrored by all channels in 
that group. You can link as many channels as you like, and you can 
also create as many groups of linked channels as you like. To link 
channels in the mixer, proceed as follows:
1.Press [Ctrl]/[Command] and click on the strip just above the name 
field for all the channels that you want to link.
There...

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What will be linked?
The following rules apply for linked channels:
•Fader levels will be “ganged”.
The relative level offset between channels will be kept if you move a linked channel fader.
The three channels shown are linked. Pulling down one fader changes the levels for 
all three channels, but keeps the relative level mix.
•Any individual channel settings you have made before linking will re-
main until you alter the same setting for any of the linked channels.
For...

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Saving mixer settings
Saving/Loading mixer settings does not apply to MIDI channels in the 
mixer – only audio related channels (group, audio, effect return, VSTi 
and ReWire) are saved with this function!
It is possible to save complete mixer settings for selected or all audio 
channels in the mixer. These can later be loaded into any project. 
Channel settings are saved as mixer settings files. These have the Win-
dows file extension “.vmx”. 
Right-clicking (Win) or...

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Loading mixer settings 
Load Selected Channels
To load mixer settings saved for selected channels, proceed as follows:
1.Select the same number of channels in the new project to match the 
number of channels you saved settings for in the previous project.
For example, if you saved settings for six channels, then select six channels in the mixer.
•Mixer settings will be applied in the same order as they appear in the 
mixer, when saved. 
Thus, if you save settings from...

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About the VST Performance window
The VST Performance window is opened by selecting it from the De-
vices menu. It indicates the current load on the CPU and the hard disk 
transfer rate. It is recommended that you check this from time to time, 
or keep it open always. Even though you have been able to activate a 
number of audio channels in the project without getting any warning, 
you may possibly run into performance problems when adding EQ or 
effects.
•The upper bar...

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Audio effects 

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About this chapter
Cubase SX/SL comes with a number of effect plug-ins included. This 
chapter contains general details about how to assign, use and organize 
effect plug-ins. The effects and their parameters are described in the 
separate pdf document “Audio Effects and VST Instruments”.
This chapter describes audio effects, i.e. effects that are used to pro-
cess audio, group, VST Instrument and ReWire channels. For info on 
how to use MIDI effects, see page 492....