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The MIDI editors
Transmitting a bulk dump back to a device
1. Make sure that the MIDI track with the System Exclusive
data is routed to the device.
You may want to check your device’s documentation to find details about
which MIDI channel should be used, etc.
2. Solo the track.
This might not be necessary, but it is a good safety measure.
3. Make sure that the device is set up to receive SysEx
messages (often, receiving SysEx is turned off by default).
4. If necessary, put the device in “Standby to Receive
System Exclusive” mode.
5. Play back the data.
Some advice
• Do not transmit more data than you need. If all you want
is a single program, do not send them all, it will only make
it harder to find the one you want. Usually, you can specify
exactly what you want to send.
• If you want the sequencer to dump the pertinent sounds
to your instrument each time you load a project, put the
SysEx data in a silent “count-in” before the project itself
starts.
• If the dump is very short (for instance, a single sound)
you can put it in the middle of the project to re-program a
device on the fly. However, you can achieve the same ef
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fect by using Program Change. This is definitely prefera-
ble, since less MIDI data is sent and recorded. Some
devices may be set up to dump the settings for a sound as
soon as you select it on the front panel.
• If you create parts with useful SysEx dumps, you can
put these on a special muted track. When you want to use
one of them, drag it to an empty unmuted track and play it
back from there.
• Do not transmit several SysEx dumps to several instru-
ments at the same time.
• Make a note of the current device ID setting of the in-
strument. If you change this, the instrument may refuse to
load the dump later.
Recording SysEx parameter changes
Often you can use SysEx to remotely change individual set-
tings in a device, e. g. open a filter, select a waveform,
change the decay of the reverb, etc. Many devices are also
capable of transmitting changes made on the front panel as
SysEx messages. These can be recorded in Cubase, and
thus incorporated into a regular MIDI recording.
Here’s how it works: let’s say you open up a filter while
playing some notes. In that case, you will record both the
notes and the SysEx messages generated when you
opened of the filter. When you play it back, the sound
changes exactly like it did when you recorded it.
1. Open the Preferences dialog from the File menu, se-
lect the MIDI–MIDI Filter page and make sure that SysEx
is recorded, i.
e. the SysEx checkbox in the Record section
is deactivated.
2. Make sure that the instrument is actually set to trans-
mit changes of front panel controls as SysEx messages.
3. Record normally.
When you are done, you can check on the controller lane that the events
were recorded properly.
Editing SysEx messages
SysEx events are shown in the controller lane, their entire
content is displayed in the MIDI SysEx Editor.
• To open the MIDI SysEx Editor for an event, double-
click the SysEx event on the controller lane.