Specifications

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Synchronizing Cubase VST to another MIDI Device via
MIDI Clock
● This method should only be used for MIDI-only material.
If you want Cubase VST to follow the tempo of another MIDI device (such as an-
other sequencer, a drum machine or similar), you need to use MIDI Clock signals.
In this situation, synchronization happens as follows:
• Cubase VST’s tempo is synchronized to the other device’s. In other words, the
other device is the
master and Cubase VST is the slave ).
• Cubase VST’s Master Track and the tempo setting on the Transport Bar have
no effect on playback. Instead, Cubase VST plays in the same tempo as the
other device.
Proceed as follows:
1. In the Synchronization dialog box (reached from the Options menu), set
Timecode Base to Intern.
This tells the program that you are not synchronizing to time code.
2. Set Tempo Base to MIDI Clock.
This prepares the program for synchronizing to MIDI Clock.
3. From the menu just below Tempo Base, select the MIDI input to which
you have connected the device transmitting the MIDI clock signal.
4. Close the Synchronization dialog.
This is actually not necessary, but probably preferable.
5. On the Transport Bar, activate Sync by clicking on the button with the
same name, or by pressing [X].
Sync activated on the Transport Bar.
Sync to time code deactivated
Sync to MIDI Clock activated
The MIDI Input for
the MIDI Clock