I have been playing around with C8 and I am running into a problem that I’m sure is due to me missing something but I can figure it out.
I have a Yamaha Motif XF plugged in to my computer via USB and am using it as a midi keyboard. I am trying to record a midi track into C8 of an real time arpeggiated tune (a melody). However C8 is capturing the data and apparently is quantizing it as chords. When I play back the midi track everything is playing back as chords which is not what I want. Is there something I am missing? Is there a parameter that automatically quantizes midi inputs or something. I looked all morning and I can’t find it.
I am sure I am missing something, but if this has occurred with someone else, I’d appreciate some feedback.
What’s making the chords arpeggiate? If the Motif is arpeggiating chords that you’re holding, then it’s just an internal function and Cubase is only being fed the whole-note chords.
You need to tell the Motif to output the arpeggio, or turn it off in Motif, and have a MIDI plugin in Cubase arpeggiate it.
My guess is that the arpeggiation is on the Motif… If that is the case, the MIDI aspect is just the notes you are holding down (chords). You’ll have to check if the Motif has mode that allows it to send the arpeggio data over midi.
However, you should be able to route the chords back to the same patch on the Motif and it should play properly.
Sorry about that. I was not clear. I am using the Motif as a midi controller. I am playing the melody live while recording the midi track. However, instead of playing back the midi track exactly as I played the melody, it is playing back chords. For example, if I record an arpeggiated C chord (the notes played individually), C8 plays it back as a C chord (all three notes played simultaneously).