User manual

373
MIDI processing
• To expand (create greater difference in velocity), use ra-
tio values above 100 %.
Before you expand, you may want to adjust the velocity with the Add/
Subtract function, so that the average velocity is somewhere in the mid
-
dle of the range. If the average velocity is high (near 127) or low (near 0),
expansion will not work properly, simply because velocity values can only
be between 0 and 127!
Limit
This function allows you to make sure that no velocity val-
ues fall outside a given range (the Lower and Upper val-
ues). Any velocity values outside this range are raised/
lowered to exactly the Lower/Upper values.
Fixed Velocity
This function sets the velocity of all selected notes to the
Insert Velocity value on the toolbar in the MIDI editors.
Thin Out Data
Thins out MIDI data. Use this to ease the load on your ex-
ternal MIDI devices if you have recorded very dense con-
troller curves, etc.
Ö Cubase only: This also thins out MIDI controller and
VST
3 events that form part of Note Expression data.
You can also manually thin out the controller data by using
the quantize function in the Key Editor.
Extract MIDI Automation
This is an extremely useful function as it allows you to
quickly and easily convert the continuous controllers of
your recorded MIDI parts into MIDI track automation data,
making them available for editing in the Project window.
Proceed as follows:
1. Select the desired MIDI part containing the continu-
ous controller data.
2. On the MIDI menu, open the Functions submenu and
select “Extract MIDI Automation”.
3. In the Project window, open the automation tracks for
the respective MIDI track. You will find that an automation
track has been created for each of the continuous control
-
lers in the part.
Ö In the MIDI editors, the controller data will automati-
cally be removed from the controller lane.
This function can only be used for continuous controllers.
Data such as Aftertouch, Pitchbend, or SysEx cannot be
converted to MIDI track automation data.
Ö MIDI controller automation is also affected by the Au-
tomation Merge Mode, see “MIDI controller automation”
on page 241.
Reverse
This function inverts the order of the selected events (or of
all events in the selected parts), causing the MIDI music to
play backwards. Note that the effect is different from re
-
versing an audio recording. With MIDI, the individual notes
will still play as usual in the MIDI instrument – it is only the
order of playback that is changed.
Merge Tempo from Tapping (Cubase only)
This function allows you to create a complete tempo track
based on your tapping, see the section
“Merge Tempo
From Tapping (Cubase only)” on page 469.