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Once you have set up the internal input and output busses, you can connect your audio source,
for example, a microphone, to your audio interface and start recording, playing back, and
mixing.
RELATED LINKS
Audio Connections on page 22
Monitoring
In Cubase, monitoring means listening to the input signal while recording.
The following ways of monitoring are available:
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Externally by listening to the signal before it reaches Cubase.
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Via Cubase.
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By using ASIO Direct Monitoring.
This is a combination of the other methods.
RELATED LINKS
External Monitoring on page 188
Monitoring via Cubase on page 188
ASIO Direct Monitoring on page 189
Setting up MIDI
You must set up your MIDI equipment before you can use it in Cubase.
IMPORTANT
Turn off all equipment before making any connections.
PROCEDURE
1. Connect your MIDI equipment (keyboard, MIDI interface, etc.) to your computer.
2. Install the drivers for your MIDI equipment.
RESULT
You can use your MIDI equipment in Cubase.
MIDI Connections
To play back and record MIDI data from your MIDI device, for example, a MIDI keyboard, you
need to connect the MIDI ports.
Connect the MIDI output port of your MIDI device to the MIDI input port of your audio hardware.
This way, the MIDI device sends MIDI data to be played back or recorded inside your computer.
Connect the MIDI input port of your MIDI device to the MIDI output port of your audio hardware.
This way, you can send MIDI data from Cubase to the MIDI device. For example, you can record
your own playing, edit the MIDI data in Cubase, and then play it back on the keyboard and record
the audio that is coming out of the keyboard for a better edited performance.
Setting up Your System
Setting up MIDI
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