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Setting up your system
The MIDI signal from the keyboard will be recorded in Cubase
and at the same time be re-routed back to the instrument so
that you hear what you are playing, without the keyboard “trig
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gering” its own sounds.
• If you use a separate MIDI keyboard – one that does not pro-
duce any sounds itself – MIDI Thru in Cubase should also be
activated, but you don’t need to look for any Local On/Off set-
ting in your instruments.
• The only case where MIDI Thru should be deactivated is if you
use Cubase with only one keyboard instrument and that in-
strument cannot be set to Local Off mode.
• MIDI Thru will be active only for MIDI tracks that are record en-
abled and/or have the Monitor button activated. See the chap-
ter “Recording” on page 89 for more information.
Setting up MIDI ports in Cubase
The Device Setup dialog lets you set up your MIDI system
as follows:
Ö When you change MIDI port settings in the Device
Setup dialog, these are automatically applied.
Showing or hiding MIDI Ports
The MIDI ports are listed in the Device Setup dialog on the
MIDI Port Setup page. By clicking in the “Visible” column
for a MIDI input or output, you can specify whether or not
it is listed on the MIDI pop-up menus in the program.
If you are trying to hide a MIDI port which is already se-
lected for a track or a MIDI device, a warning message will
appear, allowing you to hide – and disconnect – the port
or to cancel the operation and keep the MIDI port visible.
Setting up the “All MIDI Inputs” option
When you record MIDI in Cubase, you can specify which
MIDI input each recording MIDI track should use. How
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ever, you can also select the “In ‘All MIDI Inputs’” option
for an input port, which causes any MIDI data from any
MIDI input to be recorded.
The “In ‘All MIDI Inputs’” option on the MIDI Port Setup
page allows you to specify which inputs are included when
you select All MIDI Inputs for a MIDI track. This can be es
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pecially useful if your system provides several instances of
the same physical MIDI input – by deactivating the dupli
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cates you make sure only the desired MIDI data is recorded.
Ö If you have a MIDI remote control unit connected, you
should also make sure to deactivate the “In ‘All MIDI In-
puts’” option for that MIDI input. This will avoid accidentally
recording the data from the remote control when the “All
MIDI Inputs” option is selected as input for a MIDI track.
When “MIDI Thru” is active in
Cubase, MIDI data received is
immediately “echoed” back out.
When you press a key, it is sent out via MIDI to Cubase.
MIDI data coming in to
the instrument is played
by the “Synth” inside it.
When Local Control is turned on in the instrument, the keys you press
will be played by the “Synth” inside the instrument. When Local Control
is turned off, this connection is cut off.
“Synth”