User Manual

Using MIDI devices
MIDI devices – general settings and patch handling
Selecting a patch for an installed device
If you return to the Project window at this point, you will find that the installed device has been
added to the MIDI Output menus (in the track list and the Inspector). Now you can select patches
by name, in the following way:
PROCEDURE
1. Open the Output menu (in the track list or Inspector) for the track you want to associate
the installed device with, and select the device.
This directs the track to the MIDI output specified for the device in the MIDI Device
Manager. The Bank and Program Selector fields in the track list and Inspector are replaced
by a single Program Selector field that reads “Off”.
2. Click the Program Selector field to display a pop-up menu, hierarchically listing all the
patches in the device.
The list is similar to the one displayed in the MIDI Device Manager. You can scroll the list
up and down (if required), click the plus/minus signs to show or hide subgroups, etc.
You can also use a filter function here. For this, enter a search term such as drum in the
Filter field, and press Return to display all sounds with drum in the name.
3. Click a patch in the list to select it.
This sends the appropriate MIDI message to the device. You can also scroll the program
selection up or down, as with any value.
Renaming patches in a device
The pre-configured devices list is based on the factory-preset patches, i. e. the patches included
in the device when you first bought it. If you have replaced some of the factory presets with
your own patches, you need to modify the device so that the patch name list matches the actual
device:
PROCEDURE
1. In the MIDI Device Manager, select the device in the Installed Devices list.
2. If you are using Cubase, click Open Device.
Make sure that Patch Banks is selected on the pop-up menu at the top of the window.
3. Activate the Enable Edit checkbox.
When this is turned off (default), you cannot edit the pre-configured devices.
4. In the Patch Banks list, locate and select the patch you want to rename.
In many instruments, the user-editable patches are located in a separate group or bank.
5. Click on the selected patch in the Patch Banks list to edit its name.
6. Type in the new name and press Return.
7. Rename the desired patches in this way, and finish by deactivating Enable Edit again (to
avoid modifying the device by accident).
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