How do I change the default midi inputs for when new tracks are created?

Cubase
#1

Is it possible to set up Cubase’s preferences to only use the midi inputs I select when creating a new track?

When I create a new track, in the inspector, it defaults to “all midi inputs”. This is a problem because besides using a midi keyboard, I also have a Behringer control surface for faders, etc, which is set up as a Mackie user interface. If I don’t remember to immediately change the input on a new track to the keyboard only, as soon as I touch a Behringer fader, it does nasty things to my tracks because it’s trying to apply CC messages and my original settings are unrecoverable.

#2

Have you considered excluding your Mackie control surface from “all midi inputs” in the Studio settings? https://steinberg.help/cubase_pro/v11/en/cubase_nuendo/topics/setting_up/setting_up_midi_port_setup_r.html

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#3

Use Track Preset:

  1. Create a new Midi track,
  2. Change its Midi input to the desired port,
  3. Save it as a track preset.
    From then on create Midi tracks by using that preset.
    Downside: It requires more mouse clicks than just changing the inout manually each time. However, you can assign a key binding to opening the preset browser.

Alternatively you can exclude your Behringer input from “All MIDI Input”:
Studio-Setup -> MIDI -> MIDI connection setup: It is the last column.

#4

Thanks for both the replies. I didn’t realize that the “All MIDI Input” was specifically for that field in the inspector. I thought it was a general descriptor for all MIDI going into the program.

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