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Effects Parameters CUBASE LE

MIDI Gate

Gating, in its fundamental form, silences audio signals below a certain

set threshold level. I.e. when a signal rises above the set level, the

Gate opens to let the signal through while signals below the set level

are cut off. MIDI Gate however, is a Gate effect that is not triggered by

threshold levels, but instead by MIDI notes. Hence it needs both audio

and MIDI data to function.

Setting up

MIDI Gate requires both an audio signal and a MIDI input to function.

To set it up, proceed as follows:

Select the audio to be affected by the MIDI Gate.

This can be audio material from any audio track, or even a live audio input (provided

you have a low latency audio card).

Select the MIDI Gate as an insert effect for the audio track.

The MIDI Gate control panel opens.

Select a MIDI track to control the MIDI Gate.

This can be an empty MIDI track, or a MIDI track containing data, it doesn’t matter. How-

ever, if you wish to play the MIDI Gate in real-time – as opposed to having a recorded

part playing it – the track has to be selected for the effect to receive the MIDI output.

Open the Output (“out:”) pop-up menu for the MIDI track and select

the MIDI Gate option.

The MIDI Output from the track is now routed to the MIDI Gate.