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Remote controlling Cubase Essential
The supported remote control
devices
In the following sections, the remote control devices sup-
ported by Cubase Essential are listed along with a brief
description of the corresponding feature set.
Apple Remote (Macintosh only)
Many Apple computers come with an Apple Remote Con-
trol, a small hand-held device akin to TV remote controls. It
allows you to remotely control certain features in Cubase
Essential.
1. Open the Device Setup dialog and select Apple Re-
mote Control from the Add Device pop-up.
2. In the list on the right, the Apple Remote’s buttons are
listed. For each button you can open a pop-up menu from
which you can select a Cubase Essential parameter.
The parameter you select will be assigned to the corresponding button
on the Apple Remote.
By default, the Apple Remote always controls the applica-
tion that currently has the focus on your Macintosh com-
puter (provided that this application supports the Apple
Remote).
• When the option “Disable when application is not in
front” is not selected, the Apple Remote will control Cu-
base Essential even if it does not have the focus.
Steinberg Houston
Houston is a MIDI/USB remote control device designed
especially for use with VST audio applications such as
Cubase Essential. With clearly laid out controls (including
touch sensitive motorized faders, rotary knobs, transport
controls and a jog/shuttle wheel) Houston allows you to
control Cubase Essential, without having to use the com-
puter keyboard or mouse.
• For details about parameters and hands-on mixing tech-
niques, please see the Houston documentation.
In this version of Cubase Essential, the following functions
have been added:
[Dyn/User1]: Studio Send for selected channel
•Page 01 – Level
•Page 02 – Enable
• Page 03 – Pre/Post
• Page 04 – Pan Left/Right
[User2]: Instrument for selected channel (Instrument
tracks and MIDI track to VSTi from the Rack)
• Page 1 – Select instrument
• Page 2-n – Instrument parameter
Fader Set Section:
• [Shift]+[FX Send1]: Studio Send 1
• [Shift]+[FX Send2]: Studio Send 2
• [Shift]+[FX Send3]: Studio Send 3
• [Shift]+[FX Send4]: Studio Send 4
• Page 1 – Level
• Page 2 – Enable
• Page 3 – Pre/Post
• Page 4 – Pan Left/Right
Mackie Control
Mackie Control is an automated touch-sensitive control
surface. It is a nine-fader (eight channels and master) MIDI
controller that provides in-depth mixing, editing, automa-
tion and navigational control for any supported digital au-
dio workstation.
A special Lexan overlay that shows all Steinberg-specific
key assignments for the Mackie Control device is available
to customize the controller for Cubase Essential.