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Using MIDI devices
3. Specify a Default Name below the event display.
The added events will get this name, followed by a number. You can re-
name presets manually in the Patch Banks list later.
4. Click OK.
A number of new presets have now been added to the selected bank or
folder, according to your settings.
Other editing functions
• You can move presets between banks and folders by drag-
ging them to the Patch Banks list.
• You can remove a bank, folder or preset by selecting it in the
Patch Banks list and pressing [Backspace].
• If you specify more than one bank, a Bank Assignment item is
added to the pop-up menu at the top of the window. Use this
to assign banks to the different MIDI channels (see
“About
Patch Banks” on page 359).
About Device panels (Cubase only)
On the following pages we will describe how to use MIDI
Device panels and the powerful MIDI device panel editing
features of the MIDI Device Manager.
Ö We recommend that you first configure the patch
banks, then export the device setup before editing the
panels. This way, most of your settings will be saved in
case of panel configuration problems.
The panels are saved in XML format. For more information,
see the separate PDF document “MIDI Devices”.
Basic concept
The panel editing features in the MIDI Device Manager can
be seen as a separate application or entity within Cubase. It
allows you to build device maps complete with control pan
-
els, including all parameters controllable from within Cu-
base. Building more complex device maps requires that you
are familiar with SysEx programming (see the separate PDF
document “MIDI Devices”). But you can also create simpler
panels by assigning MIDI Control Change messages to
control objects, which does not require any programming
skills.
Although these powerful editing features are there if you
need them, you do not have to use them to use MIDI de
-
vices.
Device panels in the program
In this section we will take a look at a pre-configured MIDI
device panel to illustrate how it can be used in Cubase.
Several device maps can be found in the Knowledge Base
on the Steinberg web site (http://knowledgebase.stein
-
berg.net).
Opening a device setup
Proceed as follows to open a MIDI device setup:
1. Open the MIDI Device Manager from the Devices
menu.
2. Click the “Import Setup” button.
A file dialog opens.
3. Select a device setup file for import by navigating to
the Device Maps folder (see above).
The Device setup files are saved in XML format, for more information see
the separate PDF document “MIDI Devices”.
4. Click Open. The Import MIDI Devices dialog opens
where you can select one or several devices for import.
A device setup file can contain one or several MIDI devices.
5. Select a device and click OK.
The device is added to the list of installed devices in the MIDI Device
Manager.