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Tutorial 3: Recording and editing MIDI
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.
This is described in the section “Creating an instrument track” on page
39.
2. Click in the program field in the Inspector and load a
drum sound of your choice found under the category
“Drums&Perc”, sub-category “Drumset”.
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.
9. Click the “L” button on the Transport panel once.
This will make sure we start recording at the left locator.
10. Activate the Record button on the Transport panel and
let’s record hi-hat on the first pass, kick on the second
pass and then finally snare on the third.
11. Hit “Stop” when you’re finished.
12. Now move and copy this drum part so that the rest of
the song has a drum beat.
This is described in the chapter “Tutorial 2: Editing audio” on page 31.
13. Glue all the parts together as one.
This is described in the chapter “Tutorial 2: Editing audio” on page 31.
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Load the project called “Cycle Recording MIDI”
found in the “Tutorial 3” folder.