Hi everyone,
I’m using Cubase 15 Pro with a multi-timbral rack instrument and I’m trying to figure out the correct workflow. I’ve spent almost 6 hours on this problem without a solution, I apologize in advance, if I am missing something obvious..
I have one MIDI track routed to one rack instrument instance. Inside the instrument, I have several patches loaded on different MIDI channels, for example:
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Channel 1 = Patch A
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Channel 2 = Patch B
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Channel 3 = Patch C
What I’m trying to do is use one MIDI track to switch between those patches/articulations by MIDI channel, while also using CC1 / CC11 for swells and fades.
If the MIDI track is set to Any, I can manually set individual notes in the Key Editor to channels 1, 2, 3, and the correct patches play.
The problem is that the CC1/CC11 data seems to stay on channel 1. So patches on channels 2 and 3 do not respond unless I manually change the MIDI channel of the CC data as well. That works technically, but it is not really practical (there are dozens of data for a single note.. so it may go up to thousands of data on the CC1/CC11 lane that I have to select the channels manually.)
I also tried creating an Expression Map with sound slots using MIDI Modifier Channel 1, 2, 3. With that setup, CC1/CC11 seems to work, but the notes no longer switch properly to channels 2/3 and everything plays using the Patch A assigned to channel 1.
So I seem to be able to get either:
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manual MIDI note-channel switching, but CC1/CC11 does not follow
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Expression Map active, where CC1/CC11 works, but the notes do not switch channels correctly
May I ask… If anyone can advise, what is the correct Cubase 15 Pro workflow for one MIDI track controlling a multi-timbral rack instrument, where articulation switching by MIDI channel and CC1/CC11 dynamics both work properly?
Should this be done with Expression Maps, MIDI Modifiers, Logical Editor/Input Transformer, or is a different setup required?
Any guidance would be very appreciated.
Many thanks in advance for the help.