When locating the project cursor on a muted MIDI clip, ‘Chase Events’ doesn’t ignore the clip, but reads (and misinterprets) MIDI CC curves. For example, when placing the project cursor on a muted MIDI clip with MIDI Volume commands (MIDI CC #7), the channel will fall silent, regardless of the latest MIDI Volume event, muted or unmuted, but only if the CC data is represented in the Key Editor by a ‘CC Curve.’
To reproduce this problem, follow these steps:
- Launch a new project in Cubase 11
- Create a MIDI track for a hardware MIDI instrument
- Create an audio track for the same hardware MIDI instrument
- Using a hardware MIDI controller, verify that MIDI pass-thru is enabled and that sound is produced from the instrument by use of the hardware MIDI controller
- Create two consecutive, empty, one-bar MIDI clips
- Using the Key Editor, draw a single MIDI Volume event (MIDI CC #7) of 127 (max) in the first MIDI clip
- Using the Key Editor, draw a single MIDI Volume event (MIDI CC #7) of 0 (min/off) in the second MIDI clip
- Move the project cursor between the two MIDI clips
- Using the hardware MIDI controller, note that the hardware synthesizer’s volume is at 100%
- Move the project cursor after the second MIDI clip
- Using the hardware MIDI controller, note that the hardware synthesizer’s volume is 0% (off)
- If volume remains at 100% verify that ‘Chase Events’ is enabled for CC events in Preferences, and try again
- In the Project window, mute (Shift + M) the second MIDI clip
- Using the hardware MIDI controller, note that the hardware synthesizer’s volume returns to 100%
- Move the project cursor over the muted MIDI clip but after the MIDI Volume = 0 event
- Using the hardware MIDI controller, note that the hardware synthesizer’s volume remains at 100%
- Using the key editor, modify the MIDI Volume = 0 event, creating a CC Curve, such that MIDI volume ramps smoothly from 100% to 0%
- Using the hardware MIDI controller, note that the hardware synthesizer’s volume is now 0% (when, in fact, it should remain at 100%)
- Move the project cursor to the middle of the MIDI Volume CC curve you created
- Using the hardware MIDI controller, note that the hardware synthesizer’s volume remains at 0%
- Using the Key Editor, replace the CC curve with stepped values, first deleting the CC curve’s nodes entirely and then drawing a series of MIDI Volume events by hand, using the Draw or Line tools
- Using the hardware MIDI controller, note that the hardware synthesizer’s volume returns to 100%
My system:
Windows 10 Pro Version 10.0.19041 Build 19041
Cubase 11 Pro Version 11.0.10 Build 321 - Built on Jan 13 2021
Intel Core i7-4930K CPU @ 3.40 GHz 3300 MHz, 6 cores, 12 logical…