Midi channels in inspector

[dg2468]

The first one is midi channel input. It says so when I place the mouse over it.

The second one, channel 16, is labeled “group and channel.”
I take it this is the midi output channel? What is the group?

[Martin.Jirsak]

Hi,

As the tooltip says…

The upper one is the Input MIDI Channel (so you can receive from all MIDI Channels or filter just a specific Channel).

The bottom one is the Output Channel (same as or was in previous Cubase versions).

[dg2468]

Thank you Martin.

I’ve been reading some of your explanations on other threads To try to get a better understanding of How midi Works in Cubase.

I quote you here:
There is no MIDI Input Channel in Cubase. Cubase (and its tracks) always receives the data at all MIDI Channels.

Yet we choose midi “Channel input” in the inspector. See my confusion?

[Grim]

Well if the quote was made before the release of Cubase 14 then that would be perfectly correct.

[dg2468]

The quote is from January 2023, so probably not 14. I have cb 13, So it should apply to my situation.

[Grim]

Ah…then it must have been introduced in 13 not 14.
Jan 2023 was still C12.

MIDI Input Channel Filter available since Cubase 13

Hi, Since Cubase 13 you can use the Channel Input. [Channel Input] Instead of Any, set the dedicated MIDI Channel for the given MIDI/Instrument Track, you want to listen to. Moreover, unlike the Input Transformer, this feature is available even in Cubase Elements, LE and AI.

[dg2468]

This is from version 10.5. It looks like there is no Option to select a midi input channel. Is this what you were referring to? Yes I guess that would explain it.

[Grim]

Yes…as Martin’s quote said there was no way to set channel and Cubase just received all channels (you could work around it with a channel filter plugin)
Now this is added so you can filter channels directly if you need to.

[cubic13]

@Grim

Yes…as Martin’s quote said there was no way to set channel and Cubase just received all channels (you could work around it with a channel filter plugin)

I guess you mean using the Input Transformer with the Channel Filtering presets category, as I don’t see a Channel Filtering plug-in that could be set in a pre-record position.

EDIT - Correction : it’s also doable with the Transformer MIDI plug-in set as insert, at a pre-record position and using the Delete option…

[Johnny_Moneto]

@dg2468

I take it this is the midi output channel? What is the group?

Regarding the group: That is a new concept introduced with MIDI 2.0.
In the initial MIDI specification each MIDI port had 16 channels.
With MIDI 2.0 each MIDI port has 16 groups, each group having 16 channels - for a total of 256 channels.
If you don’t use any device that supports MIDI 2.0 you can ignore the group.

[Thor.HOG]

@Johnny_Moneto

With MIDI 2.0 each MIDI port has 16 groups, each group having 16 channels - for a total of 256 channels.

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