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Remote controlling Cubase Essential
• If you are uncertain of which MIDI message a certain
controller sends, you can use the Learn function:
Select the control in the upper table (by clicking in the Control Name co-
lumn), move the corresponding control on your MIDI device and click the
Learn button to the right of the table. The MIDI Status, MIDI Channel and
Address values are automatically set to those of the moved control.
7. Use the table at the bottom to specify which Cubase
Essential parameters you want to control.
Each row in the table is associated to the controller in the corresponding
row in the first table (as indicated by the Control Name column). The
other columns have the following functionality:
8. If necessary, select another bank and make settings
for it.
Note that you only need to make settings in the bottom table for this bank.
The table at the top is already set up according to the MIDI remote device.
• If necessary, you can add banks by clicking the Add
button below the Bank pop-up.
Clicking the Rename button allows you to assign a new name to the cur-
rently selected bank, and you can remove an unneeded bank by select-
ing it and clicking the Delete button.
9. When you are finished, close the Device Setup window.
Now, you can control the specified Cubase Essential parameters from
the MIDI remote device. To select another bank, use the pop-up menu in
the Remote Status window (or use a control on the MIDI remote device,
if you have assigned one for this).
Importing and exporting remote setups
The Export button in the top right corner of the Generic
Remote Setup window allows you to export the current
setup, including the Control configuration (the table at the
top) and all banks. The setup is saved as a file (with the
Windows file extension “.xml”). Clicking the Import button
allows you to import saved remote setup files.
• The last imported or exported remote setup will auto-
matically be loaded when the program starts or the Ge-
neric Remote control is added in the Device Setup dialog.
Column Description
Device Clicking in this column pulls down a pop-up menu, used
for determining which device in Cubase Essential should
be controlled. The special option “Command” allows you
to perform certain command actions by remote control.
One example of this is the selection of remote banks.
Channel/
Category
This is where you select the channel to be controlled or, if
the “Command” Device option is selected, the Command
category.
Value/Action Clicking in this column pulls down a pop-up menu, allow-
ing you to select the parameter of the channel to be
controlled (typically, if the “VST Mixer” Device option is
selected you can choose between volume, pan, send
levels, EQ, etc.).
If the “Command” Device option is selected, this is where
you specify the “Action” of the category.
Flags Clicking in this column pulls down a pop-up menu, allow-
ing you to activate or deactivate three flags:
Push Button – When activated, the parameter is only
changed if the received MIDI message shows a value
unequal to 0.
Toggle – When activated, the parameter value is
switched between minimum and maximum value each
time a MIDI message is received. The combination of
Push Button and Toggle is useful for remote controls
which do not latch the state of a button. One example is
controlling mute status with a device on which pressing
the Mute button turns it on, and releasing the Mute button
turns it off. If Push Button and Toggle are activated, the
Mute status will change between on and off whenever
the button is pressed on the console.
Not Automated – When activated, the parameter will not
be automated.