How to Apply VST to MIDI Track in Cubase
Steinberg's Cubase is a powerful Digital Audio Workstation (DAW). In addition to extensive live recording and editing functions, it has comprehensive Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) capabilities. MIDI is a protocol that allows music data to be sent and manipulated before conversion into audio signals. Cubase's MIDI functionality supports Virtual Studio Technology (VST) instruments. VST instruments simulate synthesizers and other instruments, and are used as plugins independent of a specific program. You can use the VST instruments that come with Cubase or use others that you have obtained elsewhere.
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Instructions
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Connect your MIDI controller to your computer's USB port using a USB cable. Every MIDI controller is slightly different. Make sure to use the USB cable that came with your MIDI controller, or one which matches the USB port on your controller.
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Open a new project in Cubase.
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Select the "Device" drop-down menu.
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Select "VST Instruments." A dialog box will open displaying a number of channels and their assigned instruments.
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Click the channel in which you wish to use a VST instrument.
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Select the desired VST instrument for the channel.
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Confirm that you wish to create a MIDI track associated with this VST instrument.
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Click the record button in the global control panel at the top of the screen.
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Play notes on your MIDI controller. You will hear these notes played through the VST instrument and recorded into Cubase.
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Click on the small piano icon in the track properties column. This can be found on the left of the screen. The name of the VST instrument and your MIDI controller are above the piano icon. The track volume and panning controls are above these. The small piano icon opens the VST editor. Each VST editor looks different, with features specific to the instrument. If your VST emulates a mellotron, for example, the editor might look like a mellotron control panel. The virtual knobs and settings in the VST editor can be altered at any time, even while you are recording.
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