I have my lead melody on one track and my bass on another, using midi events for both.
Both events - on separate tracks - are aligned horizontally, but I need to adjust when the bass notes play, so it is synced well with the lead melody.
What’s the best tool or method for doing that, instead of going in and out the midi editors, separately?
Can I adjust midi notes directly from the project window, without entering midi events, one at a time?
Alternatively, can I display midi notes from several tracks inside the midi event, that I’m currently inside of, so that I still can distinguish between notes on the current track and another track?
I know I could enable metronome clicks, snapping and use grid. But the result might become too perfect and mechanical. I often want to adjust stuff manually by hand.
Thanks but this Groove Quantize Preset confuses me. It says: “You can create a groove quantize preset, based on hitpoints that you have created in the Sample Editor.“
What about midi?
I tried selecting my midi event and going to the menu you suggested. Nothing really happened, as far as I can see.
Ah yes, I selected multiple midi events, pressed Enter and I can see both now. That is awesome!
Is there a way to make it easier to see which midi notes belong to another layer?
When you create a Groove Quantize Preset from a source MIDI part, you can then select it and apply this very quantization to the target MIDI part. This transfers the groove (the start points of the notes) to the notes of the MIDI part to be adjusted.
I haven’t tried this on my new Cubase 14 Pro, but what worked for me in the past was to select both midi tracks (bass and melody track) when double clicked, they would open in the midi editor with one track colours active and the other a greyscale looke. You could see the alignment of the notes in the two tracks without having to jump back and forth treying to remember from track to track with the positions were. Then you could edit the length, or start point of each not so that eventually they both aligned.
Again, I have not tried this in Cubase 14 Pro, but a lot of the older tricks from earlier versions seem to still hold in the newer versions. I hope I’m not steering you wrong on this but it might be worth a try….
Are we talking about Instrument tracks and midi tracks? I never use midi tracks anymore. If I record something on an instrument track and it becomes an event, does it count as that “target midi part”, that you are referring to here?
The method works for both MIDI and Instrument tracks, because the latter are actually just MIDI tracks that additionally have an “integrated” sound generator. Both track types use the same editors, and parts can be moved or copied between them.
Yes, the Edit-in-place function (MIDI>Open in-Place Editor) allows this (Ctrl+Shift+I).
