User Manual

1. Here is an example of using a MIDI keyboard. To record MIDI data into the

computer, connect the MIDI output of the keyboard to the MIDI input of the

Lexicon Omega. Connect the MIDI output of the Omega to the MIDI input of

the keyboard.

2. You will need to run the line output of the keyboard to one (mono) or two (ste

reo) line inputs on the back of the Omega to hear your keyboard.

3. Open Cubase and start a new default project.

Right click in the middle gray column

and select Add MIDI Track.

Click the ALL MIDI INPUTS box and select

LEXICON USB MIDI.

Click the output box (just below the box that

now says LEXICON USB MIDI) and select

LEXICON USB MIDI for the MIDI outputs.

Click the RECORD ENABLE

button on

MIDI track 1.

Click on the RECORD

button on the transport and play your keyboard. You are

now recording MIDI data from the keyboard. If you don’t see data in the track, check

the settings of the keyboard to make sure it’s set to transmit on the same MIDI chan-

nel that Cubase is set to receive on. In some cases, you may want to set the keyboard

to “LOCAL OFF” and set Cubase to “Echo” mode. For more information, consult the

Cubase manual and your keyboard’s manual.

SECTION Iv - USING SOFTWARE INPUT MONITORING

In previous examples we have turned off Cubase’s input monitoring software switches

when we have recorded tracks. We have used the monitor mix knob on the front of the

Omega to directly monitor an input without latency. Software monitoring allows you to

listen to software based effects in real time and to adjust the monitor mix independently

of the recording levels, but also introduces some latency (delay) into the input signal. The

amount of latency depends on the amount of buffers assigned in the ASIO control panel.

1. When using Cubase’s input software monitoring with the Omega you will want

to set the MONITOR MIX knob all the way to the Playback side.

2. Click on the INPUT MONITORING

button on the track you are

recording to. You will now be able

to hear your input. Now you can

try assigning an effect on the input.

In this example we will assign a

Pantheon reverb.

Recording MIDI Tracks - Section V