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MIDI realtime parameters and effects
MIDI effects
Cubase comes with a number of MIDI effect plug-ins, ca-
pable of transforming the MIDI output from a track in vari-
ous ways.
Just like the MIDI modifiers, MIDI effects are applied in real
time to the MIDI data played back from the track (or to
MIDI you play live “thru” the track).
What are MIDI effects?
Although a MIDI effect can be similar to an audio effect,
it’s important to remember that you’re not processing the
sound resulting from MIDI playback, but the MIDI data (the
“instructions” for how the music should be played back).
A MIDI effect will change properties of the MIDI events
(e.g. change the pitch of notes) and/or generate new MIDI
events (for example, a MIDI delay may add new MIDI
notes, “echoing” the original notes).
Ö The included MIDI effect plug-ins are described in the
separate manual “Plug-in Reference”.
Insert and send effects
As with audio effects, there are two ways to route the MIDI
events on a track to an effect:
Ö If you add an insert effect, the MIDI events will be sent
to the effect, which will process the data and pass it on to
the track’s MIDI output (or to another insert effect).
In other words, the MIDI events will be routed “through” the insert effect.
Ö If you use a send effect, the MIDI events will be sent
both to the track’s MIDI output and to the effect.
That is, you will get both the unprocessed MIDI events and the output of
the MIDI effect. Note that the effect can send its processed MIDI data to
any MIDI output – not necessarily to the one used by the track.
There are separate sections in the Inspector for MIDI in-
serts and MIDI sends.
MIDI Inserts section
This allows you to add up to four MIDI insert effects. The
section contains the following items:
Ö Effects that display their controls in the Inspector can
be opened in a separate control panel window by press-
ing [Alt]/[Option] and clicking the Edit button.
Item Description
Preset Manage-
ment button
Click this to open the track presets pop-up menu and se-
lect an insert preset or apply an insert from a track preset,
see “Inserts and EQ settings from track presets” on page
310.
Bypass button Click this to temporarily disable all insert effects for the
track (useful for comparing with the unprocessed MIDI,
etc.).
Inserts section
tab
This is in blue if an insert effect is activated.
Effect selection
pop-up menu
(x 4)
Selecting an effect from this pop-up menu automatically
activates it and brings up its control panel (which can be
a separate window or a number of settings below the in-
sert slot in the Inspector).
To remove an insert effect completely, select “No Effect”.
On button (x 4) Allows you to turn the selected effect on or off.
Edit button (x4) Click this to bring up the control panel for the selected
effect. Depending on the effect, this may appear in a sep-
arate window or below the insert slot in the Inspector.
Clicking the button again hides the control panel.