Category: Cubase
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Not just for DJs: Native Instruments vintage controllers as Cubase MIDI Remote
I’m using a vintage Native Instruments Traktor Kontrol X1 MIDI controller intended for DJs as one of my Cubase MIDI Remote controllers. This type of setup can also be done with quite a few other vintage DJ controllers by NI.
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Importing a Cubase .midiremote script with mismatching port names
A solution that worked for me to solve problems when importing Cubase .midiremote files with mismatching port names.
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Komplete Kontrol S series – Cubase MIDI Remote – VST Instruments
Context This post assumes the reader already knows Can we use a NI Komplete Kontrol S series keyboard kind of like a hardware synth with any VST Instrument in Cubase using the MIDI Remote? The quick answer is – not fully, but still useful for many scenarios, especially, if we find ourselves repeatedly editing the…
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Avoiding Cubase MIDI Remote Jitter with NI Komplete Kontrol S series MK2 or MK3
It’s a pretty widely reported issue, that using the Cubase MIDI Remote in bi-directional MIDI mode (send and receive) with endless encoders operating in absolute mode causes a problematic “jitter” effect. When recording it as VST Automation, it looks something like this: This isn’t easy to solve for all affected hardware controllers. But we can…
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Cubase MIDI Remote Motorized Fader Problem – My Fix
As of this writing, (Cubase 13.0.41) there’s still a major flaw when using motorized faders with the MIDI Remote. So I’ve created my own work-around, that involves temporarily muting the problematic MIDI message types via inserting a MIDI utility script between the hardware controller and Cubase.
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What’s New in Cubase 8.5 to 13
Around mid April of this year, Steinberg announced, that they will close down their eLicenser service in early 2025. This creates a potential stress and decision point for users of older versions of Cubase (versions 11 and older). Affected users may want to read the official Steinberg announcement just to be sure they have the…
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My 6 favourite New Features from Cubase Pro 10 to 13
Not sponsored I’ve bought every Cubase release and upgrade from Cubase VST 5 on to the current Cubase 13 Pro with my own money, skipping only Cubase SX 2 in 2003. So there’s no sponsored content here. And I’m also not opining on, if Cubase updates are worth their money, since that’s very subjective, depending…
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Cubase MIDI Remote Templates for NI Maschine
Cubase MIDI Remote templates for several Native Instruments Maschine Controllers originally inspired and created by Jef Gibbons for a YouTube video in the spring of 2022.
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Recording my guitar tracks in surround sound?
I really like how my current guitar amplifier setup sounds. Now I want to simultaneously record from that setup at different stages of the audio chain.
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Cubase Generic Remote doesn’t Accept Change
Recently I’ve been deep diving into midi hardware control in Cubase 10.5 on Windows 10 Pro (1809). This often meant having other applications open, like Midi OX and the Native Instruments Controller Editor – in addition to running things like LoopMidi in the the background. With all of that complexity, at times it seemed that…