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The MIDI editors
Recording SysEx parameter changes
Some advice
• Do not transmit more data than you need. If all you want is a single program, do not
send them all, it will only make it harder to find the one you want. Usually, you can
specify exactly what you want to send.
• If you want the sequencer to dump the pertinent sounds to your instrument each
time you load a project, put the SysEx data in a silent “count-in” before the project
itself starts.
• If the dump is very short (for instance, a single sound) you can put it in the middle
of the project to re-program a device on the fly. However, you can achieve the
same effect by using Program Change. This is definitely preferable, since less MIDI
data is sent and recorded. Some devices may be set up to dump the settings for a
sound as soon as you select it on the front panel.
• If you create parts with useful SysEx dumps, you can put these on a special muted
track. When you want to use one of them, drag it to an empty unmuted track and
play it back from there.
• Do not transmit several SysEx dumps to several instruments at the same time.
• Make a note of the current device ID setting of the instrument. If you change this,
the instrument may refuse to load the dump later.
Recording SysEx parameter changes
Often you can use SysEx to remotely change individual settings in a device, e. g. open
a filter, select a waveform, change the decay of the reverb, etc. Many devices are also
capable of transmitting changes made on the front panel as SysEx messages. These
can be recorded in Cubase, and thus incorporated into a regular MIDI recording.
Here’s how it works: let’s say you open up a filter while playing some notes. In that
case, you will record both the notes and the SysEx messages generated when you
opened of the filter. When you play it back, the sound changes exactly like it did when
you recorded it.
1. Open the Preferences dialog from the File menu, select the MIDI–MIDI Filter page
and make sure that SysEx is recorded, i.
e. the SysEx checkbox in the Record
section is deactivated.
2. Make sure that the instrument is actually set to transmit changes of front panel
controls as SysEx messages.
3. Record normally.
When you are done, you can check in the List Editor that the events were recorded
properly.
Editing SysEx messages
While SysEx events are shown in the List Editor/Project Browser (Cubase only), their
entire content is not (only the beginning of the message is displayed in the Comment
column for the event). Also, you cannot edit the event (other than moving it) as you can
with other event types in the List Editor.
Instead, you have to use the MIDI SysEx Editor for this.