Steinberg Cubase 6 Manual

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Tips and Tricks
There are a number of short rests after my notes.
Your Rests value for Display Quantize might be set to too 
small a note value. Raise it. Also check the “Clean Lengths” 
setting.
When I change the length of a note, nothing happens.
This is because the Display Quantize value puts a restric-
tion on what note values can be displayed. Check that Dis-
play Quantize is set to the smallest note value you have in 
your project.
I have adjusted Display Quantize and the other staff 
settings best I can. The notes are still shown with the 
wrong values.
You might need to use one of these three features: insert-
ing Display Quantize events, using polyphonic voicing, or 
applying “Scores Notes To MIDI”.
In the Score Settings dialog, I change the Display 
Quantize settings on the Staff page (Main subpage) and 
nothing happens.
Did you remember to click Apply? Maybe you have already 
inserted Display Quantize events in the score? These 
override the staff settings.
Suddenly many Display Quantize events appear in the 
score.
This is not a malfunction. If you had Auto Quantize on and 
start inserting Display Quantize events, the auto quantiz
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ing is automatically transformed into Display Quantize 
events.
One long note is shown as many tied notes.
Do other notes occur at the same positions but with differ-
ent lengths? Then you need to use polyphonic voicing. 
Are the note(s) syncopated? Then you should try the syn
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copation feature.
Even though I’ve tried the above, notes are not tied as I 
want them.
The way notes are tied in Cubase follows basic notation 
rules. You may need to make exceptions to these rules, by 
using the Cut Notes tool.
I have an unnecessarily large amount of rests.
Especially with polyphonic voicing, superfluous rests may 
be created. Try deactivating rests for one or more voices. 
You might also leave the rests activated in the Score Set
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tings dialog on the Staff page (Polyphonic tab) and then 
hide the rests you do not need, one by one.
When using polyphonic voices, a number of rests are 
drawn on top of each other.
As above, you should try hiding rests in the Score Settings 
dialog on the Staff page (Polyphonic tab), center rests 
and possibly manually moving or hiding rests.
In polyphonic voices, notes that are on the same musical 
position are not displayed exactly vertically above each 
other.
This is not a malfunction. Cubase has built-in automatic al-
gorithms for making the score as legible as possible. 
Sometimes this includes adjustments of the “graphic” po
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sition of notes, especially with small intervals like seconds. 
You can always move the notes using the Layout tool.
When using polyphonic voices, notes with small intervals 
“collide”.
As described above, Cubase tries to avoid this, but only 
for voices 1 and 2 in the upper staff and voices 5 and 6 in 
the lower. For other voices, please use the Layout tool to 
manually move the notes.
When I select a note, nothing is shown on the info line.
The note is probably tied to another note. This means that 
the second note does not really exist, it is just a graphic in
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dication that the main note is long. Try selecting the main 
note instead.
Symbols from the Layout Symbols tab are sometimes 
invisible when I open the score.
This is not a malfunction. Those symbols are part of a lay-
out. If you open the score with another layout, for example 
because you open another combination of tracks, you can 
see another layout which might not contain any Symbols at 
all. See the chapter 
“Working with layouts” on page 655 for 
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Tips and Tricks
I can’t select an object on the screen, or I can’t select an 
object without selecting another object.
Drag a selection rectangle around the objects. Then hold 
down [Shift] and deselect all the objects you do not want 
included, by clicking on them. You should also check out 
the lock layer function.
Symbols have disappeared.
Are they layout symbols? Then maybe they belong to an-
other layout than the one you are editing now.
If that is not the reason, maybe you have inserted the sym-
bol into the wrong staff, see “Important! – Symbols, 
staves, and voices” on page 621.
A symbol doesn’t move with its staff. Auto Layout 
produces far too wide spacing.
Maybe you have inserted the symbol into the wrong staff. 
Please observe the warning in the section 
“Important! – 
Symbols, staves, and voices” on page 621.
A note symbol appears too far from the note I wanted it 
inserted on.
Do you have activated the correct voice? Note symbols 
are inserted into voices, just like notes.
The note I recorded is displayed with the wrong length. 
For example, I recorded a sixteenth and got a quarter 
note.
You probably have the wrong Display Quantize value set. 
Open the Score Settings dialog and select the Staff page. 
If Auto Quantize is activated, deactivate it, unless you have 
mixed triplets and regular notes. Also check the Notes and 
Rests Display Quantize values. If the settings are too 
“coarse”, change them to a smaller note value. If you for 
example need the program to display an eighth note rest, 
Rests Display Quantize must be set to “8” or a smaller 
value (please refer to the chapter 
“How the Score Editor 
works” on page 551). If No Overlap is activated, you might 
want to turn it off.
There is a pause after a note that I don’t want.
You probably added a note with the wrong note value. Ei-
ther lengthen the note (physically or graphically – see 
“Changing the length of notes” on page 582) or delete the 
one you have (see “Deleting notes” on page 585) and add 
a new one with the correct note value. If this problem oc-
curs a lot in your score, try selecting a larger Rests Display 
Quantize value (see 
“Using Rests as Display Quantize 
setting” on page 554).
There is no pause after the note although there should 
be one.
Either the note is too long (use Clean Lengths or change 
the current note’s length), or Rests Display Quantize is set 
to too high a value. Open the Score Settings, select the 
Staff page and lower the value.
The note has an accidental when it shouldn’t, or it 
doesn’t when it should.
Maybe the note is simply of the wrong pitch? Click on it 
(using the Object Selection tool) and look at the info line 
(if this is not shown, see 
“The info line” on page 560). 
Move it to the correct pitch (see “Editing pitches of indi-
vidual notes” on page 581). If this is not the reason, 
maybe you have the wrong key set? And finally, you can 
also use enharmonic shifting (see 
“Accidentals and enhar-
monic shift” on page 606).
Notes are not grouped under beams the way I want it.
Normally the program groups eighth notes, sixteenths, etc. 
under beams. This can be deactivated. There is also de
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tailed control of which notes are grouped under a beam. 
This is described in the section 
“Handling beaming” on 
page 608.
If you wish you had a faster computer
Here are some tips for those who find some operations 
slower than they would like:
•Work on a smaller section of the score at a time. Break 
the project up into parts and work on those parts individu
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ally until the final layout stage.
•Switch on multi-rests as late as possible.
•When working in Edit Mode, set Default Bars Across 
The Staff to a small value, for example 2.
•In Edit Mode, resize the window so that only one grand 
staff at a time is visible.
•Consider upgrading your computer hardware. 
						

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Index
A
Accelerando 610
Accents
Above Staves 622
Above Stems 622
Accidentals
About 606
Distance from note 607
ACID® loops 272
Acoustic Feedback 381
Sample Editor 267
Score Editor 580
VariAudio 290
Activate Project button 50
Adapt (Display Quantize) 589
ADAT Lightpipe 496
Advanced Quantize 110
AES/SPDIF Digital Audio 496
Aftertouch
Deleting 392
Editing 390
Recording 103
AIFF files 489
Algorithms
Sample Editor 271
Time stretching 259
Align
Dynamics 635
Text 647
All MIDI Inputs 21
Appearance 536
General 536
Meters 537
Apple Remote 347
Arranger mode 685
Arranger tracks
Adding 125
Creating a chain 126
Flattening 128
Renaming events 125
Articulations
Auditioning 420
Editing on the controller lane 423
Editing on the info line 423
ASIO
Direct Monitoring 20, 97
ASIO 2.0 20, 97ASIO driver
DirectX Setup 18
ASIO meter 24
ASIO ports
Use for data only 505
Aspect ratio
Video Player window 515
Attributes
About 
323
Defining 326
Editing in the MediaBay 324
Managing lists 326
Marker 140
Audio
Detecting the tempo 473
Record modes 98
Slicing 279
Audio buffer size 23
Audio channels
Copying settings 161
Mixing down to file 485
Saving settings 163
Audio clips
About 245
Creating new versions 302
Definition 58
Deleting 303
Locating events 303
Managing in Pool 302
Opening in the Sample Editor 306
Audio clock
About 496
Audio effects
About 188
Applying 253
Editing 200
External 200
For output busses (Master 
inserts) 192
Freezing 194
Inserts 189
Organizing in subfolders 204
Post-fader inserts 189
Pre/Post-fader sends 197
Recording with 98
Saving 201Selecting presets 201, 214
Sends 196
Surround 218
Tempo sync 189
Using VST System Link 507
Audio events
Create from regions 271
Create parts 75
Definition 58
Editing in Browser 479
Editing in Sample Editor 262
Editing selections 269
Fade handles 118
Making selections 268
Show in Sample Editor 263
Slicing 
279
Volume handles 119
Audio files
Adjusting to the project 
tempo 273
Converting 309
Deleting permanently 303
Exporting 485
Format for recording 92
Formats 306
Importing into Pool 306
Importing into Project window 74
Locating 305
Minimize size 308
Reconstructing missing 305
Removing missing 306
Audio hardware
Connections 15
Externally clocked 18
Setup application 17
Audio loops
Musical Mode 272
Tempo matching 272
Audio parts
About 38
Creating by gluing events 63
Creating from events 75
Drawing 75
Editing in Audio Part Editor 295
Editing in Project Browser 479
Sliding contents 64 
						

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Index
AudioWarp
Unstretch Audio 293
Auditioning
Acoustic Feedback 267
Audio Part Editor 296
MIDI editors 381
Pool 306
Project window 58
Sample Editor 267
Speaker tool 267
Using key commands 267, 296
Auto fades
Global settings 122
Track settings 123
Auto Layout
About 672
Hide empty staves 673
Move bars 673
Move staves 673
Auto Quantize 103, 589
Score Editor 414
Auto Save 52
Automation
Auto-Latch mode 236
Cross-Over mode 236
Delta indicator 229
Editing in Project Browser 481
Follow events 234
Merging part and automation 
data 241
MIDI Controller 241
Opening automation tracks 232
Showing and hiding 232
SurroundPanner V5 225
Tempo 466
Touch mode 236
Trim 236
Automation curves
Editing 231
Automation events
About 228
Editing 230
Removing 231
Selecting 230Automation tracks
Assigning parameters to 232
Hiding and showing 233
Muting 234
Auto-Scroll 47
Marker window 140
MIDI editors 380
Project window 47
Sample Editor 263
Score Editor 558
B
Back up Project 52
Backup (.bak) files 52
Bank assignments 359
Bar handles 631, 689
Bar lines
Breaking 674
Indent 670
Moving 670
Selecting type 667
Bar numbers
Offsetting 654
Settings 653
Spacing 653
Bars
Moving 673
Moving to next/previous staff 669
Number across page 669
Resetting spacing 670
Batch export
Audio channels 485
Beams 609
Across staves 611
Appearance 612
Group settings 611
Grouping 608
Manual adjustment 612
On/Off 608
Slant 612
Stem direction 604
Beat Calculator 468
Bezier slurs 624
Bit resolution
Recording 92
Block text 650
Bounce (Export Audio) 485Bounce MIDI 370
Bounce Selection
Pool 307
Project window 66
Sample Editor 270
Box symbol 637
Braces 672
Bracket heads 607
Brackets 672
Brightness 537
Brillenbass 609
Broadcast Wave files
Exporting 490
Recording 92
Busses
About 26
Adding 28
Child busses 29
Mixing down to file 
485
Bypass
AudioWarp 290
Effect sends 197
Inserts 190
Pitch changes 290
SurroundPanner V5 225
C
Channel Overview
Insert effects 191
Channel Settings windows
Customizing 534
Channels
MIDI 100
Chase events 87
Child busses 29
In surround configuration 219
Chord symbols
Global settings 643
Inserting manually 641
Cleanup 53, 522
Clefs
Editing 585
Inserting 584
Moving 585
Selecting automatically 564
Setting initial 562
Setting up 414 
						

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Index
Click button 106
Clips, see “Audio clips”
Clock sources 496
Close project 50
Color tool
Project window 538
Colors
Assigning to MIDI notes 608
MIDI editors 382
Project window 538
Tracks 72
Comping 77
Conforming
Files 310
Connecting
Audio 15
MIDI 20
Constrain Delay Compensation 216
Context menus
Opening 13
Control Room
About 173
Configuring 173
Disabling 176
Exclusive port assignment 175
Features 173
Main Mix 181
Operations 173
Overview 185
Preferences 182
Suggested settings 181
Control Room channels
About 174
Creating 174
External inputs 174, 180
Inserts 180
Monitors 174, 181
Phones 174
Studios 174
Talkback 175, 181
Control Room Mixer
Configuring 180
Overview 177
Studio Sends 182Controller display
About 379
About lanes 388
Controller lane presets 390
Editing events 390
Editing velocity 393
Selecting event type 389
Controller lanes
Adding 389
Removing 389
Controllers
Deleting 392
Editing 390
Recording 103
Copy
Notes in score 580
Symbols in score 633
Count-in 106
CPR files 50
Crescendo
Drawing 635
Flipping 635
Keeping horizontal 635
Crop 68
Crossfades
Creating 121
Editing in dialog 121
Equal Gain 122
Equal Power 122
Presets 122
Removing 121
CSH files 52
Cue notes 614
Cut
Notes in score 580
Cut Notes tool 613
Cut Time 68
Cutflag events 613
Cycle
About 85
Cycle markers
About 139
Drawing 142
Editing with tools 139
Resizing 142
Using 139
Zooming 139Cycle recording
Audio 92
MIDI 102
D
Damper pedal symbols 636
DC Offset
Removing 251
Delay compensation
About 189
Constraining 216
Delete
Audio files from disk 303
Continuous Controllers 371
Controllers 371
Doubles 371
Events in Project window 66
MIDI controllers 371, 392
MIDI drum notes 399
MIDI notes 386
Notes 371
Notes in score 585
Score symbols 633
Delete Overlaps
Audio 78
Mono (MIDI) 372
Poly (MIDI) 372
Detect Silence 256
Deviation (Display Quantize) 589
Device panels
About 362
Inspector 40
Mixer 156
Device ports
Selecting for busses 28
Setting up 27
Diminuendo
Drawing 635
Keeping horizontal 635
Direct Monitoring
Control Room 186
Disk meter 24 
						

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Index
Display Quantize 413
About 553
Auto 589
In polyphonic voices 599
Rests 554
Tool 554, 571
Display Transpose
About 414, 591
Disable 566
Dithering 193
Drawing
In Sample Editor 268
MIDI controllers 390
MIDI notes 382
MIDI parts 75
Drum Editor
Creating and editing notes 398
Muting drum sounds 399
Selecting drum maps 401
Drum maps
About 400
Editing in score 678
Making settings 400
MIDI channel and output 401
Selecting 401
Setup dialog 402
Drum name lists 403
Drum notes
About 677
Adding and editing 679
Head pairs 678
Setting up staves 679
Single line 679
Drumstick tool 398
Duplicate
Events and parts 61
MIDI notes 385
Notes in score 580
Dynamics symbols
Adding 635E
Edit button
Audio channel strips 158
Audio track Inspector 40
MIDI channel strips 166
MIDI track Inspector 349
Edit groups 80
Edit In-Place 396
Edits folder 245
élastique algorithm
About 259
Enharmonic Shift 417
Manual 606
Envelope
Process 246
Realtime 123
EQ
Bypassing 161
Making settings 159
Presets 161
Equal Gain
Crossfades 122
Equal Power
Crossfades 122
Erase tool
Breaking bar lines in score 674
Deleting notes in score 585
Project window 66
Events
Audio 58
Creating from hitpoints 280
Duplicating 61
Envelopes 123
Grouping 64
Locking 65
Moving 61
Muting 66
Overlapping in Project window 61
Removing 66
Renaming 62
Resizing 63
Resizing with time stretch 64
Selecting 59
Selecting automatically with 
project cusor 60
Sliding contents 64
Splitting 62Explode 572
Export audio mixdown 485
Audio engine settings 488
Channel Selection 486
File Naming 486
In realtime 488
Exporting
Markers 143
Markers as track archive 144
MIDI files 
527
OMF 525
Score as image files 566
Selected tracks 529
Tempo track 467
Expression maps
About 420
Creating 424
Drum Editor 422
In-Place Editor 422
Key Editor 422
List Editor 423
Loading 421
Score Editor 422
External effects 200
About 30
Favorites 33
Freezing 33
Missing plug-ins 33
Setting up 30
External instruments
About 30
Favorites 33
Freezing 33
Missing plug-ins 33
Setting up 32
Extracting
Audio from Video 516
Audio from video 524
Audio to MIDI (VariAudio) 291
MIDI Automation 373
Voices 602 
						

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Index
F
Fade handles 118
Fade In/Out functions 119
Fades
Auto fades 122
Creating 118
Editing in dialog 120
Presets 120
Processing 119
Removing 119
With Range Selection tool 118
Fill Loop 62
Filter bar
List Editor 404
Filtering
MIDI in Project Browser 481
MIDI messages 105
FireWire DV Output 511
Fit Page/Width 558
Fixed Lengths 371
Fixed Stem Length 592
Fixed Tempo 463
Fixed Velocity 373
Flat Ties 614
Flip
Crescendo 635
Slurs and Ties 633
Stems 417, 604
Folder parts 79
Folder tracks
Creating 79
Group editing 80
Hiding/showing data 79
Moving tracks into 79
Muting and soloing 79
Working with 79
Fonts 654
Score 647
Frame count 495
Frame rates
Mismatch 512
Synchronization 495
Video 512
Free Warp
About 275Freeze
Edits 255
MIDI Quantize 111
Tracks 194
VST instruments 211
FX channel tracks
About 194
Adding effects for 195
Mixing down to file 485
Routing sends to 196
Setting up 29, 195
G
Gain 247
Generic Remote Device 345
Glue tool
MIDI editors 386
Project window 63
Score Editor 417
Gluing staves 669
Grace notes
Converting to normal 616
Creating manually 615
Order of 690
Settings 615
Groove quantizing 111
Group channels 165
About 37
Setting up 29
Using effects 193
Grouping
Events 64
Removing in score 610
Repeats 609
Grouping notes
Accelerando 610
Beam 609
Brillenbass 609
Ritardando 610
Guitar chord symbols 625
Guitar library 626
H
Hard disk
Considerations 23
Hardware setup
Control panel (Mac) 18
Control panel (Win) 18
Hiding
Empty staves 673
Objects 666
Pedal markers 636
Hitpoints
About 276
And tempo settings 279
Beats pop-up menu 277
Create events 280
Create markers 280
Create regions 270, 280
Detecting 277
Filtering 277
Slicing audio 279
I
Image files
Inserting in Score Editor 627
Importing
Audio CDs 307
Audio from video file 524
Markers 143
Markers as track archive 144
Media files in Pool 306
MIDI files 527
MPEG files 525
Ogg Vorbis files 525
OMF 525
REX files 524
Tempo track 467
Track archives 529
Video files 511
WMA files 525
Independent track loop
Audio Part Editor 297
MIDI editors 381
Indicate Transpositions 135 
						

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Index
Info line
Changing note length 582
Customizing 534
Drum Editor 397
Editing articulations 423
Editing the note pitch 581
Key Editor 378
Pool 300
Project window 43
Sample Editor 264
Score Editor 560
Score Editor (basic) 411
I-Notes 400
Input busses
About 26
Adding 28
Mixer 147
Input gain
About 153
Setting record level 95
Input levels 16, 94
Input phase
About 153
Input ports 19
Input selection
Multiple audio channels 164
Multiple MIDI channels 101
Input Transformer 450
Inputs
Audio 27
MIDI 100
Insert effect combinations
Saving 203
Insert Silence
Project window 68
Sample Editor 270
Inserts
Audio 189
Bypassing vs. deactivating 190
External inputs 180
MIDI 353
Monitor channels 181
Side-Chain 200
Talkback channel 181Inspector
Audio tracks 40
Customizing 534
Folder tracks 41
General controls 40
Handling 39
MIDI tracks 349
Subpanels 352
Transpose track 41
Instrument Freeze 211
Instruments
Display Transpose 565
Intensity (Appearance) 537
Interpretation Options 589
J
Jog wheel 86
K
Key (Score Editor)
Editing 585
Inserting changes 584
Setting initial 562
Setting local keys 565
Setting up 414
Key commands
About 542
Conventions 13
Default 546
Importing 545
Loading 544
Markers 143
Modifying 542
Quantize 110
Removing 543
Resetting 545
Searching for 543
Keyboard symbols
Adding 625
L
Lanes
About 76
Audio Part Editor 296
Comping 77
Latency 22
Monitoring 96
VST System Link 502Layout settings
About 664
Equal spacing 664
Modern time signature 665
Multi-Rests 664
Real Book 664
Size 664
Staff separators 665
Layout tool
Moving clefs 585
Layouts
About 656
Creating 656
Exporting/Importing 657
Opening 656
Using 656
Ledger lines 607
Legato 371
Length
Compression 351
Quantize 382
Level faders 152
Level meters
Input 95
Post-fader mode 95
Settings 162
Level scale
Half-level axis 266
Sample Editor 266
LFE
About 218
SurroundPanner V5 224
Libraries
About 309
Line mode
Automation 230
MIDI controllers 391
MIDI velocity 393
Linear time base 74
List Editor
Adding events 405
Editing in the list 405
Editing in the value display 407
Filter bar 406
Filtering 406
Locators
Setting 85 
						

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Index
Lock layers 628
Lock Record 107
Logical Editor
About 441
Actions 447
Filter conditions 442
Functions 447
Opening 441
Presets 450
Loop
Audio Part Editor 297
MIDI editors 381
Lyrics
About 648
In voices 649
Inserting manually 648
Verse 649
M
Mac OS X
Port activation 28
Port selection 28
Machine control
About 494
Input source 499
Output destinations 498
Macros 543
Magnetic Cursor (Snap mode) 47
Magnifying Glass tool 56
Main Mix
Control Room 175
Setting up 28
Marker list
Navigating 140
Marker tracks
About 141
Adding 142
Editing markers 142
Marker window
About 139
Editing attributes 140
Filtering markers 140
Reordering columns 141Markers
About 41, 139
Adding in Marker window 140
Attributes 140, 141
Converting to score layout 658
Creating from hitpoints 280
Editing in Project Browser 482
Editing on marker track 142
Exporting 143
Exporting via track archive 144
Importing 143
Importing track archives 144
Key commands 143
Making range selections 142
Marker IDs 141
Snapping to 46
MediaBay
About 312
Attribute filtering 322
Attribute Inspector 323
Defining locations 314, 315
Defining user attributes 326
Editing attributes 324
Filtering 321
Key commands 328
Preferences 327
Previewing 318
Scanning operations 
314
Selecting locations 315
Showing/Hiding sections 312
Viewing results 316
Volume databases 329
VST Sound node 314
Melisma lines 646
Memory 22
Merge Clipboard (function) 247
Merge MIDI in Loop 368
Merge Tempo from Tapping 469
Meters 162
Coloring of 537
Input level 95
Post-fader mode 95
Settings 162
Metronome
Activating 106
Precount 106
Settings 106MIDI
Channel settings 101, 166
Cycle recording 102
Dissolve parts 369
Extract from audio 291
Local On/Off 20
Record modes 102
MIDI channel
In drum maps 401
Selecting for tracks 101
Send effects 354
MIDI clock
Destinations 499
Synchronization 496
MIDI controllers
Automation setup 242
MIDI devices
Defining new for patch 
selection 358
Device Manager 357
Editing patches 360
Installing 359
Selecting patches 360
MIDI editors
Default editor 375
MIDI Input function 387
MIDI effects
About 353
Deactivating 355
Inserts 353
Presets 354
Sends 354
MIDI files 527
MIDI filter 105
MIDI Input function
MIDI editors 387
Sample Editor 288
Score Editor 581
MIDI Input Transformer 450
MIDI inputs
Renaming 101
Selecting for tracks 101
MIDI interface
Connecting 20
MIDI Modifiers 350