recording automation with the TI within cubase

[Drammy]

When you say arranger do you mean the arrangement window (ie the main Cubase window) or do you meant he key editor (the piano roll etc...)?

You will only get ControllerChange (CC) messages (like velocity, modulation etc...) in the key editor whereas the Arrangement widnow will display VST automation as well as CC messages - this is different to CC messages.

In the arrangement window, CC messages will appear on the MIDI event, whereas the VST automation is displayed by expanding the corresponding VST instrument / effect lanes.


You need to think in two realms - MIDI and Audio(inc VSTs).

MIDI uses CC messages (and SYSEX in some instances) to control parameter changes on a MIDI device (SYSEX is mainly used to dump/load patches and instrument configs).

VST is "relativley" new technology (as you are probably aware) and therefore not restricted to only 128 parameters like MIDI. Each available parameter in the VST effect or Instrument is mapped into the VST host so they are visible by expanding the + signs against the VST channel (not the MIDI channel - as Azanti and bishopkris40 explained)

So when you view MIDI in Cubase it is just that MIDI, nothing to do with VSTs or anything like that - hence why you can take one MIDI part and copy it to make another instrument play the same part.

Hope this makes sense and apologies if you already understand this - I don't mean to patronise...


Drammy