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Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Setting Up Your System
- VST Connections
- Project Window
- Project Handling
- Tracks
- Track Handling
- Adding Tracks
- Removing Tracks
- Moving Tracks in the Track List
- Renaming Tracks
- Coloring Tracks
- Showing Track Pictures
- Setting the Track Height
- Selecting Tracks
- Duplicating Tracks
- Disabling Audio Tracks (Cubase Elements only)
- Organizing Tracks in Folder Tracks
- Handling Overlapping Audio
- How Events are Displayed on Folder Tracks
- Modifying Event Display on Folder Tracks
- Track Presets
- Parts and Events
- Range Editing
- Playback and Transport
- Virtual Keyboard
- Recording
- Quantizing MIDI and Audio
- Fades and crossfades
- Arranger Track (Cubase Elements only)
- Markers
- MixConsole
- Audio Effects
- Audio processing and functions
- Sample Editor
- Audio Part Editor
- Pool
- MediaBay
- Working With the MediaBay
- Setting Up the MediaBay
- Define Locations Section
- Scanning Your Content
- Updating the MediaBay
- Locations Section
- Results Section
- Previewer Section
- Filters Section
- Sound Browser and Mini Browser
- MediaBay Preferences
- MediaBay Key Commands
- Working with MediaBay-Related Windows
- Working With Volume Databases
- Automation
- VST Instruments
- Installing and Managing Plug-ins
- Remote controlling Cubase
- MIDI realtime parameters
- Using MIDI devices
- MIDI Processing
- MIDI Editors
- Chord Functions
- Chord Pads
- Editing tempo and signature
- Export Audio Mixdown
- Synchronization
- Video
- ReWire (not in Cubase LE)
- Key Commands
- File handling
- Customizing
- Optimizing
- Preferences
- Index
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Virtual Keyboard
The Virtual Keyboard allows you to play and record MIDI notes by using your
computer keyboard or mouse. This is useful if you have no external MIDI instrument
at hand and you do not want to draw in notes with the Draw tool.
When the Virtual Keyboard is displayed, the usual key commands are blocked
because they are reserved for the Virtual Keyboard. The only exceptions are:
• Save: [Ctrl]/[Command]-[S]
• Start/Stop Record: Num [*]
• Start/Stop Playback: [Space]
• Jump to left locator: Num [1]
• Delete: [Delete] or [Backspace]
• Cycle on/off: Num [/]
• Show/Hide Transport panel: [F2]
• Show/Hide Virtual Keyboard: [Alt]/[Option]-[K]
Recording MIDI With the Virtual Keyboard
PREREQUISITE
You have selected a MIDI or instrument track and activated Record Enable.
PROCEDURE
1. Select Devices > Virtual Keyboard.
The Virtual Keyboard is displayed in the Transport panel.
2. On the Transport panel, activate Record.
3. Perform one of the following actions to enter some notes:
• Click with the mouse on the keys of the virtual keyboard.
• Press the corresponding key on your computer keyboard.
NOTE
Press several keys simultaneously to enter polyphonic parts. The maximum number of
notes that can be played at one time varies between the different operating systems
and hardware configurations.