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The MIDI editors
3. Click OK.
Controller lane presets
Once you have added the required number of controller
lanes and selected the event types you need, you can
store this combination as a controller lane preset. For ex
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ample, you can have a preset with one velocity lane only,
another with a combination of velocity, pitchbend and
modulation, and so on. This can make working with con
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trollers much quicker.
Controller lane presets are organized via the “Controller
Lane Setup” pop-up menu.
The following options are available:
• To add the current controller lane setup as a preset, se-
lect “Add Preset…” on the pop-up menu.
A dialog opens, where you can enter a name for the preset.
• To apply a stored preset, select it from the pop-up
menu.
This immediately brings up the controller lanes and event types in the
preset.
• To remove or rename presets, select “Organize…” from
the pop-up menu.
Entering and editing controller events
Editing the events in the controller display is much like ed-
iting automation data on an automation track in the Project
window (except for velocity values and articulations, see
“Editing velocity values” on page 393 and “Editing articu-
lations (Cubase only)” on page 394).
All controller values can be edited with the Pencil or the
Line tool. If you have selected more than one controller
event on a controller lane, the controller lane editor is dis
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played, see “Working with selection ranges” on page 395.
• To select all events on a controller lane, open the “Con-
troller Lane Setup” pop-up menu and choose the “Select
all Controller Events” option.
Adding and editing events in the controller display
When any option other than “Velocity” is selected for a
controller lane, you can create new events or edit the val
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ues of existing events using the Pencil tool or the Line tool
in its various modes:
• To create a new event, click with the Pencil tool or the
Line tool.
• To modify the values of existing events, press [Alt]/[Op-
tion] and use the Pencil tool or the Line tool.
No new controller events are added in this mode.
You can click and drag to change or add multiple events,
draw controller curves, etc:
Ö With the Pencil tool and the Line tool in Paint mode, the
quantize value determines the “density” of created control
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ler curves (if Snap is activated, see “Snap” on page 381).
For very smooth curves, use a small quantize value or turn
off Snap. However, this will create a very large number of
MIDI events, which can cause MIDI playback to “stutter” in
some situations. A medium-low density is often sufficient.
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The MIDI Controller Setup dialog can be opened
from different areas in the program. The settings are
global, i.
e. the setup you choose here affects all ar-
eas of the program where MIDI controllers can be
selected.
When you move the pointer in the controller lane, the corresponding
value is displayed in this field.