The process here isn’t “automatic”, but it’s not to difficult with a little explanation.
The MIDI Port setup shows your Hammer 80 has 4 separate MIDI ports. Each with a different purpose. All 4 are in All MIDI In - which means all 4 will send data directly to the active midi track in Cubase - that would mean for example that the Transport control MIDI messages from the Mackie/HUI port will go to the MIDI track which is clearly undesirable.
I had to go look up the Hammer 80 Cubase DAW user guide which you’ve no doubt found. For completeness the link is M-Audio
That manual does show the older Cubase Studio Setup but the instruction do map to the same thing in more recent versions Cubase.
You mentioned you have the hardware set so I’ll focus on the Software Setup section of that manual. Two most critical parts are:
- In Step 2 of that guide it says to switch ONLY Hammer 88 Pro in All MIDI In. So in you screen shot uncheck the other three. - that will stop the other ports going o the track
- In step 3 it says add the Mackie Control - I can see you’ve already done that.
So with the All MIDI In change (turned off for all but one) you should find you can record midi when not in DAW mode and your transport controls work with the keyboard in DAW mode.
In the guide Two of the Ports are NOT Visible - That will be MIDI DIN and USB MIDI. Not sure what those are but my guess would be they are a pass through from the Hammer 88s MIDI DIN and USB ports when you have other instruments plugged into them (I seen other keyboards that do this). If you aren’t using them I’d make the invisible too.
The MIDI Remote is a different beast altogether. You need to build an actual mapping to the Hammer 88 controls. I’ve not seen a pre-existing one for the Hammer 88 but perhaps someone else has one and can share.
I hope this is helpful.