MIDI Devices

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MIDI devices
The Create New MIDI Device dialog
When you select “Define New” in the Add MIDI Device di-
alog, the Create New MIDI Device dialog opens.
Ö If you are using Cubase Studio, this is where you can
enter a name for the new device and specify which MIDI
channels you want the device to use.
Ö If you are using Cubase, the dialog contains the fol-
lowing settings:
Ö If you create identical channels with the Channels set-
ting “Snapshot” and delete one of them and create a new
channel instead, this channel will be individual and without
the snapshot ability! For more information about the Snap-
shot options, see “Working with snapshots” on page 32.
Creating a new MIDI device without channels/subnodes
It is possible to create a new device without any channels/
subnodes. For this, deselect all channels in the Create
New MIDI Device dialog. (If you want, you can activate the
options SysEx Parameters and Snapshots in the Global
Settings section.)
The Device window is opened.
You can now add sets of identical MIDI channels/subnodes
via the Add Subnodes button. However, if subnodes are
added directly to the device node, the MIDI connections are
not automatically created. (In this case, the variables col-
umn remains empty for the new channel and the Device
panel will not send data to the MIDI device.)
Item Description
Identical/
Individual
Channels
Here you can specify which MIDI channels you wish the
device to use. Identical channels share channel settings
and parameters, whereas Individual channels are “exclu-
sive”. An example for this are GM/XG devices – in these
devices, the channels are all identical, except channel 10,
which is always the drum channel.
Channel
Settings
This specifies which MIDI messages should be sup-
ported by the MIDI device (for each Identical channel).
Preset Type Preset References contain the patch name and a corre-
sponding MIDI message (typically Program Change/
Bank Select). Snapshots also contain a patch name but
in addition complete parameter settings, which are reset
when such a preset patch is recalled. For more informa-
tion about snapshots, see “Working with snapshots” on
page 32.
Global Settings
SysEx
Parameters
Activate this checkbox if you wish the device to use Sys-
tem Exclusive messages. For more information about
SysEx messages, see “SysEx messages (Cubase only)”
on page 34.
Global Settings
Snapshots
This specifies whether the device supports global snap-
shots, which memorize all parameters in a device. For
more about snapshots, see “Working with snapshots” on
page 32.
!
Once you set the attributes (identical/individual chan-
nels, snapshots) here, changes can only be applied
with major effort like direct editing in XML, see “Edit-
ing the device setup XML files directly” on page 45.
However, there is a little workaround for channel set-
tings, see below.
Item Description