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MIDI realtime parameters and effects
VST Instrument section
If the MIDI track is routed to a VST Instrument, a new sub-
panel will appear at the bottom of the Inspector, labeled
with the name of the VST instrument. Clicking this section
shows a duplicate of the Inspector settings for the VST In-
strument channel. This makes it easy to adjust the channel
settings for the VST Instrument while you are editing the
MIDI track.
• If the VST Instrument has multiple outputs (and thus
several mixer channels), there will be a setting called
“Output” at the top of the VST Instrument section.
New sub-panels will also be added in the following cases:
• When a MIDI track is routed to an external instrument or effect
that has an associated MIDI Device. In this case, the new sub-
panel will get the name of the device.
• When a MIDI track is routed to an effect plug-in that also re-
ceives audio data, i.e. that is used as an insert effect for an au-
dio track (e.g. MIDI Gate), a sub-panel for this audio track
appears in the MIDI track inspector.
• If a MIDI track is routed to a plug-in assigned to a FX Channel
track, a corresponding FX sub-panel is added to the Inspector.
Ö For an easy way to combine MIDI and VST instruments,
check out instrument tracks (see “VST Instruments and In-
strument tracks” on page 169).
User Panel section (Cubase only)
This allows you to display MIDI device panels, which are
control panels for external hardware. This is described in
the separate PDF document “MIDI Devices”.
Quick Controls section
This allows you to configure quick controls, e.g. to use re-
mote devices. See the chapter “Track Quick Controls” on
page 295.
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 re-
altime 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
is 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.