Remote Control Devices PDF
Remote Control Devices PDF
Remote Control Devices PDF
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Table of Contents
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About this manual Selecting a remote device
1. Pull down the Devices menu and select Device Setup.
It is possible to control the Cubase LE mixer via MIDI. A A dialog window opens with a list of device categories and devices
large number of MIDI control devices is supported. This shown in the left part of the window.
manual describes how to set up Cubase LE for remote
control, and lists the supported devices. 2. If you can’t find the remote device you are looking for,
click on the plus sign in the top left corner and select the
• There is also a Generic Remote Device option, allowing device from the pop-up that appears.
you to use any MIDI controller to remote control Cubase LE. The selected device is added to the Devices list.
How to set this up is described in the section “The Generic Remote de-
vice” on page 7. • Note that it is possible to select more than one remote
device of the same type.
If you have more than one remote device of the same type, these will be
Setting Up numbered in the Devices list.
3. Now select your MIDI control device model from the
Connecting the remote device Devices list.
Connect the MIDI Out on the remote unit to a MIDI In on Depending on the selected device, either a list of programmable function
your MIDI interface. Depending on the remote unit model, commands or a blank panel is shown in the right half of the dialog window.
you may also need to connect a MIDI Out on the interface
to a MIDI In on the remote unit (this is necessary if the re-
mote unit features “feedback devices” such as indicators,
motorized faders, etc.).
If you will be recording MIDI tracks, you don’t want any
MIDI data from the remote unit to accidentally be recorded
as well. To avoid this, you should also make the following
setting:
1. Open the Device Setup dialog from the Devices menu.
2. Select “MIDI Port Setup” in the list to the left.
3. Check the table to the right and locate the MIDI input
to which you have connected the MIDI remote unit.
4. Deactivate the check box in the “In ’All MIDI Inputs’” A Yamaha 01x selected as remote control device.
column for that input, so that the State column reads 4. Select the correct MIDI input from the pop-up menu.
“Inactive”. If necessary, select the correct MIDI output from the pop-up menu.
5. Click OK to close the Device Setup dialog. 5. Click OK to close the dialog.
You can now use the MIDI control device to move faders and knobs, ac-
Now you have removed the remote unit input from the “All tivate Mute and Solo, etc. The exact parameter configuration depends on
MIDI Inputs” group. This means that you can record MIDI which external MIDI control device you are using.
tracks with the “All MIDI Inputs” port selected without risk-
ing to record the data from the remote unit at the same time. ! Sometimes communication between Cubase LE and
a remote device is interrupted or the handshaking pro-
tocol fails to create a connection. To re-establish
communication with any device in the Devices list, se-
lect it and click the Reset button in the Device Setup
dialog. Also, the “Send Reset Message to all Devices”
button at the top of the dialog will reset every device in
the Devices list.
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Operations 1. Open the Device Setup dialog and select one of the
remote devices that support this feature.
On the right side of the window you will find a three column table. This is
Writing automation using remote controls where you assign commands.
Automating the mixer using a remote control device is done
2. Use the “Button” column to locate a remote device
in the same way as when you operate on-screen controls in
control or button to which you wish to assign a Cubase LE
Write mode. However, when it comes to replacing existing
function.
automation data, there is one important difference:
3. Click in the “Category” column for the control, and se-
• If you activate Write mode and move a control on the re-
lect one of the Cubase LE function categories from the
mote control device, all data for the corresponding para-
pop-up menu that appears.
meter is replaced from the position where you moved the
control, up until the position where playback is stopped! 4. Click in the “Command” column, and select the desired
In other words, as soon as you move a control in Write mode, it remains Cubase LE function from the pop-up menu that appears.
“active” until you stop playback. The reason for this is explained below. The available items on the pop-up menu depend on the selected category.
As a consequence, an additional precaution must be taken: 5. Click “Apply” when you are done.
• Make sure you move only the controller you want to re- The selected function is now assigned to the button or
place! control on the remote device.
In order to replace existing automation data for a control,
the computer needs to know how long the user actually A note about remote controlling MIDI tracks
“grabbed” or used the control. When doing this “on While most remote control devices will be able to control
screen”, the program simply detects when the mouse but- both MIDI and audio channels in Cubase LE, the parame-
ton is pressed and released. When you are using an exter- ter setup may be different. For example, audio-specific
nal remote control device, however, there is no mouse controls (such as EQ) will be disregarded when control-
button involved, and Cubase LE cannot tell whether you ling MIDI channels.
“grab and hold” a fader, or simply move it and release it.
Instead, you have to indicate that you have “released” the
control by stopping playback. The Generic Remote device
! This is only relevant when you are using a remote con- If you have a generic MIDI controller, you can use this for
trol device and Write mode is activated in the mixer. remote control of Cubase LE by setting up the Generic
Remote device:
Assigning remote key commands 1. Open the Device Setup dialog on the Devices menu.
If the Generic Remote device isn’t on the Devices list, you need to add it.
For some of the supported remote devices, you can as-
sign any Cubase LE function (to which a key command 2. Click the “+” sign in the top left corner and select the
can be assigned) to generic buttons, wheels or other con- “Generic Remote” device from the pop-up menu.
trols. As of this writing, these devices are:
• When the Generic Remote device is added in the Device
• Tascam US-428 Setup dialog, you can open the corresponding window by
• Yamaha 01x selecting “Generic Remote” from the Devices menu.
• Yamaha DM 2000v2
• Yamaha DM 1000v2
• Steinberg Houston
Proceed as follows:
The Generic Remote window
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3. Select the Generic Remote device in the Devices list Column Description
to the left. MIDI Channel Clicking in this column opens a pop-up menu, allowing
The settings for the Generic Remote device are displayed, allowing you you to select the MIDI channel on which the controller is
to specify which control on your device should control which parameter transmitted.
in Cubase LE. Address The Continuous Controller number or the pitch of a note.
Max. Value The maximum value the control will transmit. This value is
used by the program to “scale” the value range of the MIDI
controller to the value range of the program parameter.
Flags Clicking in this column pulls down a pop-up menu, allow-
ing you to activate or deactivate three flags:
Receive – activate this if the MIDI message should be
processed on reception.
Transmit – activate this if a MIDI message should be
transmitted when the corresponding value in the program
changes.
Relative – activate this if the control is an “endless” dial,
which reports the number of turns instead of an absolute
value.
• If you find that the table at the top holds too many or too
few controls, you can add or remove controls with the Add
and Delete buttons to the right of the table.
• 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
4. Use the MIDI Input and Output pop-up menus to select Address values are automatically set to those of the moved control.
the MIDI port(s) to which your remote device is connected. 7. Use the table at the bottom to specify which Cubase
5. Use the pop-up menu to the right to select a bank. LE parameters you want to control.
Banks are combinations of a certain number of channels, and are used Each row in the table is associated to the controller in the corresponding
because most MIDI devices can control only a limited number of chan- row in the first table (as indicated by the Control Name column). The
nels at a time (often 8 or 16). For example, if your MIDI control device has other columns have the following functionality:
16 volume faders, and you are using 32 mixer channels in Cubase LE, Column Description
you would need two banks of 16 channels each. When the first bank is
Device Clicking in this column pulls down a pop-up menu, used
selected you control channel 1 to 16; when the second Bank is selected
for determining which device in Cubase LE should be
you control channel 17 to 32. Since you can control Transport functions controlled. The special option “Command” allows you to
as well, you may need several banks. perform certain command actions by remote control. One
example of this is the selection of remote banks.
6. Set up the table at the top according to the controls
Channel/ This is where you select the channel to be controlled or, if
on your MIDI control device. Category the “Command” Device option is selected, the Command
The columns have the following functionality: category.
Column Description
Control Name Double clicking this field allows you to enter a descriptive
name for the control (typically a name written on the con-
sole). This name is automatically reflected in the Control
Name column in the lower table.
MIDI Status Clicking in this column pulls down a pop-up menu, allow-
ing you to specify the type of MIDI message sent by the
control. The options are Controller, Program Change,
Note On, Note Off, Aftertouch and Polyphonic Pressure.
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Column Description The supported remote control
Value/Action Clicking in this column pulls down a pop-up menu, allow-
ing you to select the parameter of the channel to be con-
devices
trolled (typically, if the “VST Mixer” Device option is
selected you can choose between volume, pan, send lev- In the following sections, the remote control devices sup-
els, EQ, etc.). ported by Cubase LE are listed along with a brief descrip-
If the “Command” Device option is selected, this is where
you specify the “Action” of the category.
tion of the corresponding feature set.
Flags Clicking in this column pulls down a pop-up menu, allow-
ing you to activate or deactivate three flags: Steinberg Houston
Push Button – When activated, the parameter is only
changed if the received MIDI message shows a value un- Houston is a MIDI/USB remote control device designed
equal to 0. especially for use with VST audio applications such as
Toggle – When activated, the parameter value is Cubase LE. With clearly laid out controls (including touch
switched between minimum and maximum value each
time a MIDI message is received. The combination of sensitive motorized faders, rotary knobs, transport con-
Push Button and Toggle is useful for remote controls trols and a jog/shuttle wheel) Houston allows you to con-
which do not latch the state of a button. One example is
controlling mute status with a device on which pressing
trol virtually every mixer parameter in Cubase LE, without
the Mute button turns it on, and releasing the Mute button having to use the computer keyboard or mouse.
turns it off. If Push Button and Toggle are activated, the
Mute status will change between on and off whenever • For details about parameters and hands-on mixing tech-
the button is pressed on the console. niques, please see the Houston documentation.
Not Automated – When activated, the parameter will not
be automated.
Mackie Control
8. If necessary, select another bank and make settings Mackie Control is an automated touch-sensitive control
for it. surface. It is a nine-fader (eight channels and master) MIDI
Note that you only need to make settings in the bottom table for this bank controller that provides in-depth mixing, editing, automa-
– the table at the top is already set up according to the MIDI remote de-
tion and navigational control for any supported digital au-
vice.
dio workstation.
• If necessary, you can add banks by clicking the Add
A special Lexan overlay that shows all Steinberg-specific
button below the Bank pop-up.
Clicking the Rename button allows you to assign a new name to the cur-
key assignments for the Mackie Control device is available
rently selected bank, and you can remove an unneeded bank by select- to customize the controller.
ing it and clicking the Delete button.
Mackie HUI
9. When you are finished, close the Device Setup window.
Now, you can control the specified Cubase LE parameters from the MIDI Specifications
remote device. To select another bank, use the pop-up menu in the Re-
mote Status window (or use a control on the MIDI remote device, if you Mackie HUI can control any number of channels in groups
have assigned one for this). of 8.
Importing and exporting remote setups • Use the left and right Bank buttons to select channels
1–8, 9 –16 etc.
The Export button in the top right corner of the Generic
Remote Setup window allows you to export the current • Use the left and right Channel buttons to shift the fader
setup, including the Control configuration (the table at the assignment in steps of one channel.
top) and all banks. The setup is saved as a file (with the • The Fader button in the Auto Enable section is used to
Windows file extension “.xml”). Clicking the Import button disable/enable the motors.
allows you to import saved remote setup files.
• The Mute, Pan, Send, Plug In and Send Mute buttons in
• The last imported or exported remote setup will auto- the Auto Enable section are currently not supported.
matically be loaded when the program starts or the Ge-
• Use the Rec/Rdy buttons to arm a track for recording.
neric Remote control is added in the Device Setup dialog.
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• Use the Select buttons to select a single track for de- • The Touch, Latch and Trim buttons in the Auto Mode
tailed settings. section are currently not supported.
• With the Mute and Solo buttons you can mute or solo a • Use the Transport button in the Window section to
track. open or close the Transport panel.
• Use the Default button to un-solo all tracks. • Use the Edit button in the Window section to bring the
current Project window to the front.
• Use the Assign button to un-mute all tracks.
• Use the Status button in the Window section to open or
• To the right of the time display, you find an LED labeled
close the VST Performance window.
“Rude Solo Light”. This LED lights up as soon as any
channel is soloed. • Use the Mix button in the Window section to open or
close the Mixer window.
• Use the Insert buttons to bypass all inserts of one track.
• Use the Mem-Loc button in the Window section to
Pan button in the Select Assign section:
open the Marker window.
• Fader Set: panning left/right or panning front/rear. Press but-
• The Alt button in the Window section is used for user-
ton repeatedly to cycle through the assignments (the eight V-
assigned functions.
Pots control the pan parameters).
• V-Sel button in the Select Assign section: monitor track. • The Undo button in the Keyboard Shortcuts section un-
does the last performed operation in Cubase LE.
Send A to Send E buttons in the Select Assign section:
Hold down the Shift button and press Undo to redo the last undone oper-
• Fader Set: Send 1 level to Send 8 level (Send A to Send D ation.
assigns Send 1 to Send 4, Send E assigns Send 5 to Send 8: • Press the Save button in the Keyboard Shortcuts sec-
press button repeatedly to cycle through the assignments). tion to save the current project.
• V-Sel button in the Select Assign section: send on/off switch Hold down the Shift button and press the Save button to save a backup
(depending on selected Send). copy of the current project.
• V-Sel button with Shift in the Select Assign section selected:
pre/post fader switch (depending on selected Send). • The Edit Mode, Edit Tool, Option/All, Ctrl/Clutch and
Alt/Fine buttons in the Keyboard Shortcuts section are
• The SELECT ASSIGN four character display in the Se- currently not supported.
lect Assign section displays Send or Pan assignment for
V-Pots and V-Sel buttons. • The Cut, Copy, Paste and Delete buttons in the Edit
section control the equivalent Cubase LE functions.
• The four character displays above the Select buttons
display the assigned track names. • The Capture and Separate buttons in the Edit section
are currently not supported.
• The Bypass button in the Select Assign section is al-
ways selected to indicate the bypass function of the Insert • The buttons in the Status/Group section are currently
buttons. not supported.
• The Mute, Rec/Rdy All, Input and Output buttons in the • Use the In and Out buttons above the transport controls
Select Assign section are currently not supported. to set the project cursor to the positions of the left or right
locators.
• Use the Auto buttons to control the status of the Read Hold down the Shift button and press the In or Out button to move the
and Write buttons in the Mixer of Cubase LE, depending left or right locator to the current project cursor position.
on the Read/Write status in the Auto Mode section.
• Use the RTZ and END buttons to set the project cursor
• Use the Off button in the Auto Mode section to control to the beginning or the end of the project.
the Read All or Write All button in the mixer of Cubase LE,
depending on the Read/Write status in the Auto Mode
section.
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• Press the Quick Punch button to switch automatic F2 button: Selected Channel: Sends
punch in on or off.
• Pages 1 to 8 – Level, Enable, Pre/Post and Bus for Sends 1
Hold down the Shift button and press the Quick Punch button to switch
automatic punch out on or off.
to 8
• Buttons above dials: bypass sends
• Press the Loop button to switch Cycle mode on or off.
F3 button: Selected Channel: Routing
• Press the On Line button to switch Synchronisation on
or off. • Page 1 – Output Bus, Monitor, Input Bus, Input Gain
• Page 2 – Input Phase
• The Audition, Pre and Post buttons are used for user • Buttons above dials: monitor
assignable functions (see function keys F1 to F7).
F4 button: Selected Channel: Inserts
• The Mackie HUI Play, Stop, Record, Rewind and Fast
Forward transport controls control the equivalent func- F5 button: Global mode Send Effects
tions in Cubase LE. F6 button: Global mode Master Effects
• The jog wheel is used for moving the project cursor po- F7 button: Global mode Instruments
sition in Cubase LE.
• Use the Locate/Numerics buttons to set the project cur-
• The Scrub and Shuttle buttons are currently not sup- sor position.
ported.
• Immediately after you enter a numeric character, the Mackie
• Pressing the cursor keys located to the left of the jog HUI time display will no longer show the project cursor posi-
wheel is the same as pressing the arrow keys on your tion, but the new value.
computer keyboard. • You don’t have to enter decimal points, colons, or semicolons
When the Mode button is selected, pressing the cursor keys will control for a new value.
zooming in the Project window. • Use the CLR button to delete the last character. Holding
• Use the Scroll control in the DSP Edit/Assign section to down Shift (in the Keyboard Shortcuts section) and pressing
scroll through the pages of one parameter group. the CLR button will delete the new value.
• Press the Enter button to set the project cursor to the position
• Use the Compare button in the DSP Edit/Assign sec- according to the new value.
tion for page up. • Use the "+" and "-" buttons to shift the project cursor position
Hold down the Shift button in the Keyboard Shortcuts section and press
forward or backward by the amount of time set with the new
the Compare button to jump to the last page.
value.
• Use the Bypass button in the DSP Edit/Assign section
• The three LEDs left of the time display indicate whether
for page down.
Hold down the Shift button in the Keyboard Shortcuts section and press
Bars+Beats (BEATS), a frame based timecode (TIME
the Bypass button to jump to the first page. CODE) or Samples (all LEDs off) is selected.
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Tascam US-428 • EQ-Freq
Controls the EQ frequency for each band selected with the Low, LoMid,
Specifications HiMid and High buttons. These correspond to the four EQ bands in Cu-
base LE, starting from the leftmost band.
The US-428 can remote control up to 64 mixer channels.
• EQ-“Q”
• When the Tascam US-428 device is added in the Device
Controls the EQ “Q” for each band selected with the Low, LoMid, HiMid
Setup dialog, you can open the Remote Status window by and High buttons. These correspond to the four EQ bands in Cubase LE,
selecting “Tascam US-428” from the Devices menu. starting from the leftmost band.
This indicates which bank (group of eight channels in Cubase LE) is cur-
rently being controlled by the remote device. To select another bank, use • Aux 1 to Aux 4 and shuttle wheel:
the pop-up menu in the window or use the Bank Left/Right buttons on The effect send levels for sends 1 to 4.
the remote device.
• The shuttle wheel will act as position shuttle if no Aux
• The US-428 transport keys will have the equivalent send button is selected.
functionality in Cubase LE. Press the activated button to deselect it.
• To set markers, hold down “Set” while pressing a loca- • Holding down the “Asgn” button and pressing the Low,
tor key. LoMid, HiMid and High EQ buttons switches the corres-
ponding EQ band “On” button status.
• If you hold down the function key [Null] and then move a
fader, the Select and Rec indicators above the fader will • Holding down the “Asgn” button and pressing the Aux1
indicate whether the fader position is below or above the to Aux4 buttons switches the corresponding Effect Send
current fader level in Cubase LE. 1–4 “On” button status.
If the upper indicator is lit, the fader position on the panel is above the
fader level in Cubase LE and vice versa. When both indicators are dark, Yamaha 01V
fader positions are matched for that channel.
Specifications
! The US-428 supports “MIDI Feedback”, allowing for
mute/solo, channel selection, EQ band, Aux 1 to 4 The Yamaha 01V can remote control the Cubase LE
and transport status to be indicated on the panel. For mixer. Before you can initiate remote control operation, the
this (and the fader position indication described 01V must be set up in the following way:
above) to work, you need to select the “US-428 • MIDI Parameter Change and Receive must be enabled.
Control” port as input and output.
• MIDI Control Change and Receive must be disabled.
Cubase LE mixer • Device ID / MIDI Channel Receive must be set to “1”.
The following US-428 controls will remote control the fol- • Local Control should be set to “Off”.
lowing mixer parameter for each channel strip: When Local Control is set to “Off”, remote control of the mixer is enabled.
• Fader: volume The 01V remote operation of the Cubase LE mixer is very
• Mute/Solo: mute and solo (selected via the Solo switch) straightforward, with (almost) every parameter having the
equivalent parameter controller in the 01V mixer. The cur-
• Select: selects channel for editing rent status of all controllable parameters is fed back to the
• Pan-Dial: pan 01V and indicated on the panel, using the motorized fad-
ers, indicators, etc. (for this to work, you need a twoway
• EQ-Gain MIDI connection between the 01V and Cubase LE).
Controls the EQ gain for each band selected with the Low, LoMid, HiMid
and High buttons. These correspond to the four EQ bands in Cubase LE, To facilitate 32 channel remote control, two separate con-
starting from the leftmost band. trol “Layouts” are used, each controlling 16 mixer chan-
nels. The “Memory” button on the 01V is used to switch
between VST layout 1 and 2. Page 1 displays VST Layout
1, and page 2 VST Layout 2.
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The following parameters are remote controllable for Yamaha DM1000
channels 1–32 in the mixer:
The Yamaha DM1000 is a digital mixing console that pro-
! The value ranges for the parameters in the 01V may vides full automation of virtually all console parameters. It
not match the ranges for the corresponding parame- is designed to integrate effectively with digital audio work-
ters in all cases. stations such as Cubase LE.
• Fader level, mute and pan. • For detailed information about features, parameters,
01V controls for these parameters control the equivalent Cubase LE pa- etc., please see the documentation which comes with the
rameters. Yamaha DM1000.
• Effect sends 1–6.
01V Aux 1–4 control effect send 1–4, 01V effect 1 and 2 control effect
Yamaha 01v96v2
send 5 and 6. The Yamaha 01v96v2 is a digital mixing console that pro-
• EQ Frequency, Gain and Q (4 bands). vides full automation of virtually all console parameters. It
01V controls for these parameters control the equivalent Cubase LE pa- is designed to integrate effectively with digital audio work-
rameters. stations such as Cubase LE.
• Stereo Master Volume. • For detailed information about features, parameters,
The 01V control for this parameter controls the equivalent Cubase LE etc., please see the documentation which comes with the
parameter. Yamaha 01v96v2.
• Send effects master volume 1–4 are controlled by 01V
Aux Master 1–4. Send effects master 5 and 6 are con- Yamaha 02r96v2
trolled by 01V effect master 1 and 2. The Yamaha 02r96v2 is a digital mixing console that pro-
vides full automation of virtually all console parameters. It
With Layout 1 the 01V controls the following channels:
is designed to integrate effectively with digital audio work-
• Channel 1–12, 13/14 and 15/16 will control channels stations such as Cubase LE.
1–14.
• For detailed information about features, parameters,
• 01V Return 1 and 2 will control channels 15 and 16. etc., please see the documentation which comes with the
With Layout 2 the 01V controls the following channels: Yamaha 02r96v2.
• Channel 1–12, 13/14 and 15/16 will control channels Yamaha 01x
17–30.
The Yamaha 01x is a digital mixing console that provides
• 01V Return 1 and 2 will control channels 31 and 32. full automation of virtually all console parameters. It is de-
signed to integrate effectively with digital audio worksta-
Yamaha DM2000/DM 2000v2 tions such as Cubase LE.
The Yamaha DM2000 is a digital mixing console that pro- • For detailed information about features, parameters,
vides full automation of virtually all console parameters. It etc., please see the documentation which comes with the
is designed to integrate effectively with digital audio work- Yamaha 01x.
stations such as Cubase LE.
• For detailed information about features, parameters,
etc., please see the documentation which comes with the
Yamaha DM2000.
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Index
G
Generic Remote Device 7
H
Houston 9
M
Mackie Control 9
Mackie HUI 9
R
Remote control
Key commands 7
Setting up 6
Writing automation 7
T
Tascam US-428 12
Y
Yamaha 01V 12
Yamaha 01v96v2 13
Yamaha 01x 13
Yamaha 02r96v2 13
Yamaha DM1000 13
Yamaha DM2000/DM2000v2 13
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