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Using MIDI Devices

The MIDI Device Manager allows you to work with MIDI devices, that is, representations of

external MIDI hardware.

You can install preset MIDI devices or dene new ones. This is useful for global control and patch

selection.

Program Change Messages and Bank Select Messages

To select a patch, that is, a sound in your MIDI device you must send a program change message

to that device.

Program Change Messages

You can record program change messages, or enter them in a MIDI part. You can open the

Inspector for the MIDI track and select a value in the Program Selector eld.

Program change messages allow you to select between 128 different patches in your MIDI

device.

Bank Select Messages

Many MIDI instruments, however, contain a larger number of patch locations. To make these

available from within Cubase, you must send bank select messages.

Bank select messages allow you to select between 128 different programs in your MIDI device.

If your device supports MIDI bank select, you can open the Inspector for the MIDI track and

select a value in the Bank Selector eld to select a bank, and then use the Program Selector

eld to select a program in this bank.

Unfortunately, different instrument manufacturers use different schemes for how bank select

messages are constructed, which can lead to some confusion and make it hard to select the

correct sound. Also, selecting patches by numbers seems unnecessarily cumbersome, when

most instruments use names for their patches nowadays.

The MIDI Device Manager allows you to specify which MIDI devices you are using, and to select

to which device each MIDI track is routed. This allows you to select patches by name in the track

list or

Inspector.