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Note Expression (Cubase only)
Recording MIDI controllers as Note
Expression data
To record Note Expression data using standard MIDI con-
troller messages, activate the “MIDI as Note Expression”
button on the Note Expression Inspector tab and enter the
notes and controllers using your MIDI device. Afterwards,
you can copy, paste and move the notes and the associ
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ated controller data will follow.
However, you should not shift individual notes from a
chord, because this leads to conflicting controller mes
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sages. One way to avoid such conflicts is to record MIDI
controllers as Note Expression data for monophonic per-
formances only. Another option is to use a MIDI track set
to “Any” channel and to split polyphony to separate chan
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nels. This is useful when working with guitar-to-MIDI con-
trollers, where each string sends on a separate MIDI
channel.
Ö When recording MIDI controllers as Note Expression
data, keep in mind that this only works within the limits of
standard MIDI controllers. With the exception of Poly
Pressure, all MIDI controllers are channel-specific mes
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sages and therefore not available for notes.
Converting MIDI Controllers into Note
Expression data
You can also convert the MIDI controller data on the con-
troller lanes into Note Expression data.
Proceed as follows:
1. Open the MIDI part in the Key Editor.
2. Make sure that the MIDI controllers to be recorded are
activated in the “Note Expression MIDI Setup” dialog.
3. On the MIDI menu, open the Note Expression sub-
menu and select “Convert to Note Expression”.
The MIDI data of the types you specified in the Note Expression MIDI
Setup dialog is converted from controller lane data into Note Expression
data, leaving the corresponding controller lanes empty.
During this process, the program searches for notes that
are sounding at the same time as the controllers and if
several notes are playing at the same time, the same Note
Expression parameters will be attributed to them, with the
same values.
Ö When converting MIDI controllers into Note Expres-
sion data, release phases (see “Editing the release phase
of a note” on page 436) are automatically created where
necessary, so that no controller data is lost during this
process.
Consolidating MIDI overlaps
It can be problematic to convert regular MIDI controllers
into Note Expression data or to edit MIDI controllers which
have been recorded as Note Expression data. For exam-
ple, when you move notes so that they overlap other notes
containing the same controllers (e. g. by moving or quan-
tizing), these controllers are conflicting. This might cause
trouble, especially for connected MIDI devices.
You can eliminate such controller conflicts using the
“Consolidate Note Expression Overlaps” command on the
Note Expression submenu of the MIDI menu. When you
select this command, the following happens:
• If notes overlap that contain data for the same control-
ler, the controller values of the second note are used from
the beginning of the overlap.
• If a note is moved so that it is positioned entirely within a
longer note and if these notes contain controller data for
the same controller, the controller values of the longer
note are used until the encompassed note starts. The con
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trollers for the “embedded” shorter note are used for the
entire length of that note. At the end of the shorter note,
the controllers of the longer note are used again.
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When you are editing the MIDI notes after recording
them, it might be necessary to consolidate the con
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troller data.
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When you are editing the MIDI notes after the con-
version, it might be necessary to consolidate the
controller data.