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Tutorial 3: Recording and Editing MIDI
2. Make sure that the Cycle button is activated.
3. Click the Start button on the Transport panel and Cu-
base AI will play looping over and over until you click Stop.
Recording modes with cycle off
There are three different modes for recording when the
cycle is turned off. This is called linear recording.
• Normal
“Normal” allows you to record on top of previously recorded MIDI. You
will be able to see both MIDI parts on the screen overlapping each other.
• Merge
“Merge” joins or merges any MIDI data previously recorded on the track.
An example of this is when recording drums – adding the kick drum on
one pass and then the snare drum on another pass. The MIDI data is
then joined together as one MIDI part.
• Replace
“Replace” mode will replace or overwrite any previous MIDI recording
that was on the track.
Cycle recording
You can record MIDI while the Cycle is activated.
Recording MIDI drums
1. Let’s add another “Instrument” track and choose
“HALionOne” as our instrument.
2. Click in the program field in the Inspector and load up
a drum sound of your choice found under under the cate-
gory “Drums&Perc”, sub-category “Drumset GM”.
3. Rename this new track to “Drums”.
4. Make sure the Cycle button is activated and set the
left locator to “9” and the right locator to “13”.
This will loop or cycle between bars 9 and 13.
5. On the Transport panel, make sure “Mix (MIDI)” is se-
lected for the “Cycle Record Mode”.
This will allow us to record the drums, and as each cycle repeats, the MIDI
will mix together into one part. This makes it easy to create complex drum
rhythms.
6. Activate the “AUTO Q” button. This is the automatic
quantize function which will lock our MIDI to the beat as
we record it. Great if we play off time a bit.
7. Next we have to set the value of our quantize. This is so
Cubase AI knows what to lock our MIDI notes to. Choose
“1/8” notes from the “Quantize Type” pop-up menu.
8. Activate the Record Enable and Monitor buttons on
the “Drums” track.
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Load the project called “Cycle Recording MIDI”
found in the “Tutorial 3” folder.
Cycle Record Mode