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Setting up your system
The MIDI signal from the keyboard will be recorded in Cubase
AI and at the same time be re-routed back to the instrument
so that you hear what you are playing, without the keyboard
“triggering” its own sounds.
• If you use a separate MIDI keyboard – one that does not pro-
duce any sounds itself – MIDI Thru in Cubase AI should also
be activated, but you don’t need to look for any Local On/Off
setting in your instruments.
• The only case where MIDI Thru should be deactivated is if you
use Cubase AI with only one keyboard instrument and that in-
strument cannot be set to Local Off mode.
• Note that MIDI Thru will be active only for those MIDI tracks
that are record enabled and/or have the Monitor button acti-
vated. See the chapter “Recording” in the Operation Manual
for more information.
Setting up MIDI ports in Cubase AI
The Device Setup dialog lets you set up your MIDI system
in the following ways:
Ö Note: When you change MIDI port settings in the De-
vice Setup dialog, these are automatically applied in the
program.
Showing or hiding MIDI Ports
The MIDI ports are listed in the Device Setup dialog on the
MIDI Port Setup page. By clicking in the “Visible” column
for a MIDI input or output, you can specify whether or not it
should be listed on the MIDI pop-up menus in the program.
Ö Hiding a MIDI port from view does not turn it off if it is
already selected for a track or a MIDI device.
Setting up the “All MIDI Inputs” option
When you record MIDI in Cubase AI, you can specify
which MIDI input each recording MIDI track should use.
However, you can also select the “In All Inputs” option for
an input port, which causes any MIDI data from any MIDI
input to be recorded.
The “In All Inputs” option on the MIDI Port Setup page al-
lows you to specify which inputs should be included when
you select All MIDI Inputs for a MIDI track. This can be es-
pecially useful if your system provides several instances of
the same physical MIDI input – by deactivating the dupli-
cates you make sure only the desired MIDI data is re-
corded.
Ö If you have a MIDI remote control unit connected, you
should also make sure to deactivate the “In All Inputs” op-
tion for that MIDI input.
This will avoid accidentally recording the data from the remote control
when the “All MIDI Inputs” option is selected as input for a MIDI track.
Connecting a synchronizer
When using Cubase AI with external tape transports you
will most likely need to add a synchronizer to your system.
All connections and setup procedures for synchronization
are described in the
chapter “Synchronization” in the Op-
eration Manual.
When “MIDI Thru” is active
in Cubase AI, MIDI data
received is immediately
“echoed” back out.
When you press a key, it is sent
out via MIDI to Cubase AI.
MIDI data coming in to
the instrument is played
by the “Synth” inside it.
When Local Control is turned on in the instrument, the keys
you press will be played by the “Synth” inside the Instrument.
When Local Control is turned off, this connection is cut off.
MIDI data coming in to
the instrument is played
by the “Synth” inside it.
“Synth”
!
Always make all connections with all equipment
turned off!