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Note Expression (Cubase only)
In the lower part of the Note Expression tab, the following
global settings and parameters are available:
Showing/hiding controllers
You can specify which parameters are displayed in the
Note Expression editor and in the event display by activat
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ing/deactivating them in the leftmost column in the list.
When you want to edit a single parameter, it might be best
to hide the data for the other parameters. Activating sev
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eral parameters allows you to view them in context, giving
you a better overview. In the Inspector, visible controllers
are shown with a filled rectangle in front of their name.
Hidden controllers are shown with an empty rectangle. To
show or hide a parameter, click on its rectangle.
Filtering the list
If you click on the Parameter column header, a pop-up
menu opens, containing the following filter commands:
Bypassing Note Expression
Like for most other Inspector tabs, you can bypass the
Note Expression settings by clicking on the button at the
top right of the Inspector tab, so that it lights up yellow. If
Bypass is activated, all Note Expression data will be by
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passed for the track.
Bypass is active for the Note Expression Inspector tab.
Mapping controllers
External keyboards have no controls or faders for VST 3
parameters, which can therefore not be recorded directly.
To remedy this, you have the possibility to assign a certain
MIDI controller (or Pitchbend and Aftertouch) to any of the
Note Expression parameters in the list. The MIDI assign
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ment is shown in the CC column in the Inspector.
The same MIDI controller can be used for several parame-
ters, but only one of these controllers can be active at a
time. If the mapping is active, the number for the assigned
MIDI controller is displayed (or PB and AT for Pitchbend
and Aftertouch, respectively). If a MIDI controller is as
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signed but inactive, e. g., because the selected parameter
uses the same assignment as another parameter, a dot is
shown in the CC column.
The VST 3 parameter Tuning is automatically assigned to
the pitchbend wheel of your MIDI controller. All other pa
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rameters are assigned by default to the first MIDI control-
ler (CC1: Modulation).
You can manually specify the record mapping for the pa-
rameters, use the MIDI Learn function, or load a mapping
preset, see below.
Manual mapping
To manually map a MIDI controller to the selected Note
Expression parameter, you can select the MIDI controller
from the MIDI assignment pop-up menu. If the MIDI con
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troller you are looking for is not on the list, select “MIDI
Controller Setup…” and activate it in the dialog. This is
the same as selecting which controllers are available for
the controller lanes in the Key Editor, see
“Selecting the
event type” on page 389.
Option Description
MIDI as Note
Express
ion
If this button is activated, incoming MIDI controllers will
be recorded as Note Expression data, see
“Recording
MIDI controllers as Note Expression data” on page 438.
Overdub When this is activated, you can overdub existing Note
Expression data. See
“Overdubbing” on page 432.
Latch Buffer With this button, you can activate/deactivate the latch
buffer used for overdub recording, see
“Latch mode”
on page 433.
Option Description
Show only used
Parameters
Select this command to only display the parame-
ters in the list for which data exists.
Make all Parameters
visible
Select this command to display all available pa-
rameters in the event display.
Make only edited
Parameter visible
Select this command to display only the currently
edited parameter in the event display.
This controller
is visible.
This controller
is hidden.