9.5

Remote Controlling Cubase
The Generic Remote Device
4. Use the MIDI Input and Output pop-up menus to select the MIDI ports 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 2 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 such as
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-
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