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Remote controlling Cubase
The Generic Remote device
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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 channels at a time (often 8 or 16).
For example, if your MIDI control device has 16 volume faders, and you are using 32
MixConsole channels in Cubase, you would need two banks of 16 channels each.
When the first bank is selected you can control channel 1 to 16; when the second
Bank is selected you can control channel 17 to 32.
6. Set up the table at the top according to the controls on your MIDI control
device.
The 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 console). This name is
automatically reflected in the Control Name column in the lower table.
MIDI
Status
Clicking in this column opens a pop-up menu, allowing you to specify
the type of MIDI message sent by the control (e. g. Controller, Prog.
Change Trigger).
The NRPN and RPN controllers are part of the MIDI specification and
present a way to extend the available control messages. The “Ctrl
JLCooper” option is a special version of a Continuous Controller where
the 3rd byte of a MIDI message is used as address instead of the 2nd
byte (a method supported by various JL-Cooper remote devices). For a
description of the Ctrl-Houston status value, see the Steinberg Houston
hardware manual.
MIDI
Channel
Clicking in this column opens a pop-up menu, allowing you to select the
MIDI channel on which the controller is transmitted.