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Drum Name Lists
Drum name lists allow you to use the Drum Editor even if no drum map is selected
for the edited MIDI track. The drum sound list then consists of the columns
Audition, Pitch, Instrument (drum sound name), and Quantize.
This means that you can use the drum sound names in any loaded drum map
without using I-notes and O-notes.
In the drum name list mode, the names that are shown in the Instrument column
depend on the selection on the Names pop-up menu at the bottom of the Drum
Editor. The pop-up menu contains the currently loaded drum maps and GM Map.
SysEx Messages
SysEx (System Exclusive) messages are model-specific messages for setting
various parameters of a MIDI device. This makes it possible to address device
parameters that would not be available via normal MIDI syntax.
Every major MIDI manufacturer has its own SysEx identity code. SysEx messages
are typically used for transmitting patch data, for example, the numbers that make
up the settings of one or more sounds in a MIDI instrument.
Cubase allows you to record and manipulate SysEx data in various ways.
RELATED LINKS
Using MIDI devices on page 413
Bulk Dumps
In any programmable device, the settings are saved as numbers in computer
memory. If you change these numbers, you will change the settings. Normally, MIDI
devices allow you to dump (transmit) all or some settings in the device’s memory in
the form of MIDI SysEx messages.
A dump is therefore, among other things, a way of making backup copies of the
settings of your instrument: sending such a dump back to the MIDI device restores
the settings.
If your instrument allows the dumping of a few or all of its settings via MIDI by
activating some function on the front panel, this dump will probably be recordable
in Cubase.