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For percussion tracks, check out the drum mapping abilities of Cubase.
If you divert a track through a drum map, it’s possible (start with a generic general MIDI map) to divert individual kit pieces (MIDI Notes) to any channel/plugin/port you like. You can even key in real time transpositions and such.
With a bit of creative thinking, these might also come in handy for some types of ‘non-percussive’ needs.
For percussion plugins like Groove Agent that are capable of exporting a ready-made drum kit map for Cubase…the channel and port endpoints get ‘locked’ for some reason. I’ve discovered an xml hack to get around this and unlock those fields if you ever wish to mix/match percussion plugins that support this without having to build a custom map ‘by hand’. It can save a little time, and lead to neatly scored drum tracks of which any kit piece can point to any plugin/port and channel you like 