MIDI Sequencing
Cubase 4 offers versatile, easy-to-use tools and editors for MIDI sequencing and composition. You can import MIDI parts via drag & drop or play on a connected keyboard MIDI and record parts directly. Various highly versatile editors put numerous tools at your fingertips; they afford you access to every conceivable MIDI parameter for purposes of further processing.
Key Editor
The graphical Key editor lets you intuitively generate and process notes and other MIDI events such as velocity or MIDI controllers. With the Inplace Editing function, you can also process MIDI parts directly in the Project window in context with other tracks.
Drum Editor
The Drum editor was developed especially for drum sequencing. A few clicks are all it takes to create complete drum tracks. And you can create an individual drum map for every employed instrument.
List Editor
The List editor shows all the events of a MIDI part as a list indicating numeric values. A display filter lets you show and hide special events.
MIDI Effects
Cubase 4 offers numerous MIDI effect plug-ins for every MIDI track, including creative tools such as a powerful Arpeggiator, a MIDI pattern sequencer and a MIDI chord processor, as well as functional plug-ins such as a MIDI compressor for equalizing velocity variance and a Context Gate for selective MIDI data triggering/filtering. Sixteen different MIDI effect plug-ins are available. You can insert most effects directly while playing and of course automate them as well.
Quantization Functions
Alongside standard quantization options for fixing mistakes, Cubase 4offers special quantization functions that you can use for creative purposes. Ultra precise quantization right on the beat usually sounds stale. Cubase 4 solves the problem by letting you do things like exempt selected notes from the quantization operation or automatically generate random mistakes. Twist the Swing knob, and the position of every other note is shifted slightly in the grid to create swinging or shuffled grooves. What’s more, you can extract grooves from MIDI parts and audio events and store them as quantization presets.
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