They are two different methods…
The one you have been using is “offline” (non-realtime) and will change the actual audio file (if you Freeze Edits), whereas the Info Line method is realtime, and doesn’t modify the actual audio file at all. Both methods have their uses .
Yes, I understand the difference, but I didn’t know if was even possible to do it real-time in Cubase. Just assumed it wasn’t ‘designed’ to work that way and if you wanted that, you’d need a sampler.