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Remote controlling the mixer

3. Select the Generic Remote device in the Devices list

to the left.

The settings for the Generic Remote device are displayed, allowing you

to specify which control on your device should control which parameter

in Cubase AI.

4. Use the MIDI Input and Output pop-up menus to select

the MIDI port(s) to which your remote device is connected.

5. Use the pop-up menu to the right to select a bank.

Banks are combinations of a certain number of channels, and are used

because most MIDI devices can control only a limited number of chan-

nels at a time (often 8 or 16). For example, if your MIDI control device has

16 volume faders, and you are using 32 mixer channels in Cubase AI,

you would need two banks of 16 channels each. When the first bank is

selected you control channel 1 to 16; when the second Bank is selected

you control channel 17 to 32. Since you can control Transport functions

as well, you may need several banks.

6. Set up the table at the top according to the controls

on your MIDI control device.

The columns have the following functionality:

• If you find that the table at the top holds too many or too

few controls, you can add or remove controls with the Add

and Delete buttons to the right of the table.

• If you are uncertain of which MIDI message a certain

controller sends, you can use the Learn function:

Select the control in the upper table (by clicking in the Control Name co-

lumn), move the corresponding control on your MIDI device and click the

Learn button to the right of the table. The MIDI Status, MIDI Channel and

Address values are automatically set to those of the moved control.

7. Use the table at the bottom to specify which Cubase

AI parameters you want to control.

Each row in the table is associated to the controller in the corresponding

row in the first table (as indicated by the Control Name column). The

other columns have the following functionality:

Column Description

Control Name Double clicking this field allows you to enter a descriptive

name for the control (typically a name written on the con-

sole). This name is automatically reflected in the Control

Name column in the lower table.

MIDI Status Clicking in this column pulls down a pop-up menu, allow-

ing you to specify the type of MIDI message sent by the

control. The options are Controller, Program Change,

Note On, Note Off, Aftertouch and Polyphonic Pressure.

MIDI Channel Clicking in this column opens a pop-up menu, allowing

you to select the MIDI channel on which the controller is

transmitted.

Address The Continuous Controller number or the pitch of a note.

Max. Value The maximum value the control will transmit. This value is

used by the program to “scale” the value range of the MIDI

controller to the value range of the program parameter.

Flags Clicking in this column pulls down a pop-up menu, allow-

ing you to activate or deactivate three flags:

Receive – activate this if the MIDI message should be

processed on reception.

Transmit – activate this if a MIDI message should be

transmitted when the corresponding value in the program

changes.

Relative – activate this if the control is an “endless” dial,

which reports the number of turns instead of an absolute

value.

Column Description

Device Clicking in this column pulls down a pop-up menu, used

for determining which device in Cubase AI should be

controlled. The special option “Command” allows you to

perform certain command actions by remote control. One

example of this is the selection of remote banks.

Channel/