Plug-in Reference

72
MIDI effects
About the Reset and Off buttons
Regardless of the selected mode, you will find two but-
tons labeled “Off” and “Reset” at the top of the control
panel:
• Clicking the Off button will set all controls to their low-
est value, without sending out any MIDI messages.
• Clicking the Reset button will set all parameters to their
default values, and send out the corresponding MIDI mes-
sages.
For most parameters, the default values will be zero or “no adjustment”,
but there are exceptions to this. For example, the default “Send 1” setting
is 64.
GS 1
The following controls are available when the GS 1 Con-
trols mode is selected:
XG 1
The following controls are available when the XG 1 mode
is selected:
XG 2
In this mode, the parameters affect global settings in the
instrument(s). Changing one of these settings for a track
will in fact affect all MIDI instruments connected to the
same MIDI output, regardless of the MIDI channel setting
of the track. Therefore, to avoid confusion it might be a
good idea to create an empty track and use this only for
these global settings.
The following controls are available:
Control Description
Send 1 Send level for the reverb effect.
Send 2 Send level for the chorus effect.
Send 3 Send level for the “variation” effect.
Attack Adjusts the attack time of the sound. Lowering the value
shortens the attack, while raising it gives a slower attack.
Middle position (64) means no adjustment is made.
Decay Adjusts the decay time of the sound. Lowering the value
shortens the decay, while raising it makes the decay lon
-
ger.
Release Adjusts the release time of the sound. Lowering the value
shortens the release, while raising it makes the release
time longer.
Cutoff Adjusts the filter cutoff frequency.
Resonance Adjusts the filter resonance.
Express Allows you to send out expression pedal messages on
the track’s MIDI channel.
Ch. Press. Allows you to send out aftertouch (channel pressure)
messages on the track’s MIDI channel. This is useful if
your keyboard cannot send aftertouch, but you have
sound modules that respond to aftertouch. The default
value for this parameter is zero.
Breath Allows you to send breath control messages on the
track’s MIDI channel.
Modul. Allows you to send modulation messages on the track’s
MIDI channel (just as you normally do with a modulation
wheel on a MIDI keyboard).
Control Description
Send 1 Send level for the reverb effect.
Send 2 Send level for the chorus effect.
Send 3 Send level for the “variation” effect.
Attack Adjusts the attack time of the sound. Lowering this value
shortens the attack, while raising it gives a slower attack.
Middle position means no adjustment is made.
Release Adjusts the release time of the sound. Lowering this value
shortens the release, while raising it makes the release
time longer. Middle position means no adjustment is
made.
Harm.Cont Adjusts the harmonic content of the sound.
Bright Adjusts the brightness of the sound.
CutOff Adjusts the filter cutoff frequency.
Resonance Adjusts the filter resonance.
Control Description
Eff. 1 This allows you to select which type of reverb effect
should be used:
No effect (the reverb turned off), Hall 1–2, Room 1–3,
Stage 1–2 or Plate.
Eff. 2 This allows you to select which type of chorus effect
should be used: No effect (the chorus turned off), Chorus
1–3, Celeste 1–3 or Flanger 1–2.
Eff. 3 This allows you to select one of a large number of “varia-
tion” effect types. Selecting “No Effect” is the same as
turning off the variation effect.
Reset Sends an XG reset message.
MastVol This is used to control the Master Volume of an instrument.
Normally you should leave this in its highest position and
set the volumes individually for each channel (with the vol
-
ume faders in the Cubase mixer or in the Inspector).