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VST Connections: Setting up input and output busses
7. When you are done, close the VST Connections win-
dow.
Ö Note that external device ports are exclusive, see
“Connecting the external effect/instrument” on page 21.
How to use the external instrument
Once you have set up the external instrument in the VST
Connections window, you can use it as a VST Instrument.
Open the VST Instruments window and click on an empty
instrument slot. In the instrument pop-up menu, your ex-
ternal instrument is listed on the External Instruments sub-
menu:
When you select the external instrument in the VST Instru-
ments window, the following happens:
• A parameter window for the external device is opened auto-
matically. This may either be the Device window, allowing you
to create a generic device panel, an OPT editor window or a
default editor. For information about the Device window, the
MIDI Device Manager and User device panels, see the sepa-
rate PDF document “MIDI Devices”.
• To send MIDI notes to the external instrument, open the out-
put pop-up menu in the Inspector for the corresponding MIDI
track and select the MIDI device to which the external instru-
ment is connected. This ensures use of delay compensation.
The instrument will now play any MIDI notes it receives from
this track and return them to Cubase through the return chan-
nel(s) you have set up.
The external instrument will behave like any other VST In-
strument in Cubase.
About the Favorites buttons
In the VST Connections window, both the External FX tab
and the External Instruments tab feature a Favorites button.
The Favorites button on the External FX tab
Favorites are device configurations that you can recall at
any time, like a library of external devices that are not con-
stantly connected to your computer. They also allow you
to save different configurations for the same device, e.g. a
multi-effect board or an effect that provides both a mono
and a stereo mode.
To save a device configuration as a favorite, proceed as
follows:
• When you have added a new device in the VST Con-
nections window, select it in the Bus Name column and
click the Favorites button.
A context menu is displayed showing an option to add the selected ef-
fect or instrument to the Favorites.
• You can recall the stored configuration at any time by
clicking the Favorites button and selecting the device
name from the context menu.
MIDI Device When you click in this column, a pop-up menu opens
where you can either disconnect the instrument from the
associated MIDI device, select a MIDI device, create a
new device or open the MIDI Device Manager in Cubase
to edit the MIDI device.
When Studio Manager 2 is installed, you may also select
an OPT editor to access your external instrument.
Used Whenever you insert the external instrument into a VST
Instrument slot, this column shows a chicanery (“x”) to in-
dicate that the instrument is being used.
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