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VST Instruments
Importing and converting FXB/FXP files
To import .fxp/.fxb files, proceed as follows:
1. Load any VST 2 instrument you may have installed, and
click on the VST Sound button to open the Preset Man-
agement pop-up menu.
2. Select “Import FXB/FXP” from the pop-up.
This menu item is only available for VST 2 instrument plug-ins.
3. In the file dialog that opens, locate the file and click
Open.
If you loaded a Bank, it will replace the current set of all programs. If you
loaded a single preset, it will replace the currently selected preset pro-
gram only.
4. After importing, you can convert the current program
list to VST Presets by selecting “Convert Program List to
VST Presets” from the Preset Management pop-up.
After converting, the presets will be available. The new converted pre-
sets will be stored in the VST3 Preset folder.
About latency
Depending on your audio hardware and its ASIO driver,
the latency (the time it takes for the Instrument to produce
a sound when you press a key on your MIDI controller)
may simply be too high to allow comfortable real-time VST
Instrument playback from a keyboard.
If this is the case, a workaround is to play and record your
parts with another MIDI Sound Source selected, and then
switch to the VST Instrument for playback.
Ö You can check the latency for your audio hardware in
the Device Setup dialog (VST Audio System page).
The input and output latency values are shown below the ASIO Driver
pop-up menu. For live VST Instruments playing, these values should ide-
ally be a few milliseconds (although the limit for “comfortable” live playing
is a matter of personal taste).
Constrain Delay Compensation
Cubase AI features full delay compensation throughout the
entire audio path. This means that any delay inherent in the
VST plug-ins you use will automatically be compensated for
during playback, so that all channels are kept in perfect
sync (see “About plug-in delay compensation” on page 6).
However, when you play a VST Instrument in real time or
record live audio (with monitoring through Cubase AI acti-
vated), this delay compensation may sometimes result in
added latency. To avoid this, activate the Constrain Delay
Compensation button on the Project window toolbar. This
function tries to minimize the latency effects of the delay
compensation, while maintaining the sound of the mix as
far as possible.
• In the Preferences dialog (VST page) you will find a set-
ting called Delay Compensation Threshold. Only plug-ins
with a delay higher than the value entered here will be af-
fected by the Constrain Delay Compensation function.
• VST plug-ins (with higher delay than the threshold
value) which are activated for VST Instrument channels,
audio track channels that are record enabled, group chan-
nels and output channels will be turned off when you acti-
vate Constrain Delay Compensation.
• VST plug-ins activated for FX channels are not turned
off but their delay is disregarded by the program (delay
compensation is turned off).
After recording or using a VST Instrument with Constrain
Delay Compensation, you should turn off the function to
restore full delay compensation.
Automating a VST Instrument
• Automation of the VST Instrument channel settings is
done in the same way as automating regular channels.
• Automation of the specific parameters for a VST Instru-
ment is done in the same way as automating VST effect
parameters.
See the chapter “Automation” in the Operation Manual.