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Recording
MIDI recording specifics
Activating MIDI Thru
Normally, when working with MIDI, you will have MIDI Thru
activated in Cubase, and Local Off selected in your MIDI
instruments. In this mode, everything you play during re
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cording will be “echoed” back out again on the MIDI out-
put and channel selected for the recording track.
1. Make sure that the “MIDI Thru Active” option is acti-
vated in the Preferences dialog (MIDI page).
2. Record enable the tracks on which you want to record.
Now, incoming MIDI is “echoed” back out again for all record-enabled
MIDI tracks.
Ö If you just want to use the Thru function for a MIDI
track without recording, activate the monitor button for the
track instead. This is useful, for instance, if you want to try
out different sounds or play a VST instrument in realtime
without recording your playing.
Setting MIDI channel, input, and output
Setting the MIDI channel in the instrument
Most MIDI synthesizers can play several sounds at the
same time, each on a different MIDI channel. This is the
key to playing back several sounds (bass, piano, etc.) from
the same instrument. Some devices (such as General
MIDI compatible sound modules) always receive on all 16
MIDI channels. If you have such an instrument, there is no
specific setting you need to make in the instrument. On
other instruments, you will have to use the front panel con
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trols to set up a number of “Parts”, “Timbres” or similar so
that they receive on one MIDI channel each. See the man-
ual that came with your instrument for more information.
Naming MIDI ports in Cubase
MIDI inputs and outputs are often displayed with unneces-
sarily long and complicated names. However, you can re-
name your MIDI ports to more descriptive names:
1. Open the Device Setup dialog from the Devices menu.
2. Select the MIDI Port Setup item in the Device list.
The available MIDI inputs and outputs are listed. Under Windows, which
device to choose depends on your system.
3. To change the name of a MIDI port, click in the “Show
As” column and type in a new name.
After closing the dialog, the new name will appear on the MIDI Input and
Output Routing pop-up menus.
Setting the MIDI input in the Inspector
You select MIDI inputs for tracks in the Inspector (the area
to the left of the track list in the Project window):
1. Select the track by clicking in the track list.
To select multiple tracks, press [Shift] or [Ctrl]/[Command] and click. The
Inspector shows the settings for the first selected track (for details, see
“The Inspector” on page 29).
2. Click the track name in the Inspector to make sure that
the topmost section is shown.
3. Pull down the Input Routing pop-up menu and select
an input.
The available MIDI inputs are shown. The items on the menu depend on
the type of MIDI interface you are using.
• If you select the “All MIDI Inputs” option, the track will
receive MIDI data from all available MIDI inputs.
• If you hold down [Shift]-[Alt]/[Option] and select a MIDI
input, this will be used for all selected MIDI tracks.
Record Enable button Monitor
button