8.0

MIDI Editors
SysEx Messages
502
About Recording and Transmitting Bulk Dumps
• Do not transmit more data than you need. If all you want is a single program,
do not send all. Otherwise, it could get too difficult to find the recognized
program. Usually, you can specify exactly which data you want to send.
• If you want the sequencer to dump the pertinent sounds to your instrument
whenever you load a project, put the SysEx data in a silent count-in before the
project itself starts.
• If the dump is very short, which can, for example, be a single sound you can
put the dump in the middle of the project to quickly re-program a device.
However, you can achieve the same effect by using Program Change. This is
definitely preferable, since less MIDI data is sent and recorded. Some devices
may be set up to dump the settings for a sound as soon as you select it on
the front panel.
• If you create parts with useful SysEx dumps, you can put these on a special
muted track. To make use of these parts, drag it to an empty unmuted track
and play it back.
• Do not transmit several SysEx dumps to several instruments at the same time.
• Make a note of the current device ID setting of the instrument. If you change
this, the instrument may later refuse to load the dump.
Recording SysEx Parameter Changes
Often you can use SysEx to remotely change individual settings in a device, for
example, opening a filter, selecting a waveform, changing the decay of the reverb,
etc. Many devices are also capable of transmitting changes that are made on the
front panel as SysEx messages. These can be recorded in Cubase, and thus
incorporated into a regular MIDI recording.
For example: you open up a filter while playing some notes. In that case, you record
both the notes and the SysEx messages that are generated when you open the filter.
When you play back the recording, the sound changes exactly as it did when you
recorded it.
PROCEDURE
1. Select File > Preferences.
2. In the Preferences dialog, select MIDI > MIDI Filter and make sure that
SysEx is deactivated in the Record section.
3. Make sure that the instrument is set to transmit changes of front panel
controls as SysEx messages.
4. Record.
AFTER COMPLETING THIS TASK
On the controller lane, check if the events were recorded properly.