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Note Expression (Cubase only)
Distributing notes to different channels
If you do not have a VST 3 instrument, but still want to use
the Note Expression functions, proceed as follows:
1. Add a multi-timbral instrument, open its control panel,
and assign the same sound to different channels.
2. In the Inspector for the corresponding MIDI track,
make sure the MIDI output pop-up menu is set to “Any”.
3. Enable the “MIDI as Note Expression” button and re-
cord or enter MIDI notes with expression as needed.
4. On the MIDI menu, open the Note Expression sub-
menu and select “Distribute Notes to MIDI Channels”.
This will distribute the MIDI notes to different channels (starting at
channel
1).
5. Edit Note Expression for each note independently
without controller conflicts.
Dissolving Note Expression data
• To convert Note Expression data into MIDI controller
data on controller lanes, select the “Dissolve Note Expres-
sion” option from the Note Expression submenu on the
MIDI menu.
Note that this applies only to Note Expression data that consists only of
MIDI controllers (i. e. not the VST 3 controller data).
Removing all Note Expression data
• To delete all the Note Expression data for the current
selection, open the MIDI menu and, on the Note Expres
-
sion submenu, select “Remove Note Expression”.
Trimming Note Expression data
When you reduce the release length of a note after enter-
ing Note Expression data for the release phase, some of
the data ends up behind the release phase, thereby be-
coming unused.
• To keep only those Note Expression events that are ac-
tually used, select the notes and select “Trim Note Expres-
sion to Note Length” from the Note Expression submenu
on the MIDI menu.
This will delete any Note Expression data present after the end of the re-
lease phase for the notes.
HALion Sonic SE
HALion Sonic SE is a VST 3-compatible VST instrument.
For use with Note Expression, it offers the VST 3 parame-
ters “Tuning” (Pitch), “Volume”, and “Pan”. HALion Sonic
SE comes with several presets (with the file name extension
“*.NoteExp”) that can be used with Note Expression. Use
them to get a quick overview of the possibilities HALion
Sonic SE offers when working with Note Expression.
For detailed information about HALion Sonic SE and its
parameters, refer to the separate PDF document “HALion
Sonic SE”.
Ö You can also open the Project Browser to have all the
Note Expression data shown in a list. This is described in
detail in the chapter
“The Project Browser (Cubase only)”
on page 477.