Please How do I activate my Pitch Bend?
Could something have been turned off or something is missing in Cubase 14 artist. That’s the only thing I’m missing in my setup and it’s embarrassing… the connection is there and the signal is there and can be read. The modulation wheel is partially included and half-functioning.
I would just be so happy to get my Pitch Bend back in working order as it is indispensable.
Kind regards, J.S.
Hi, @J_S1
So, I guess that that the two checkboxes in the Preferences > MIDI > MIDI Filter panel are unticked.
Could you be more specific ? Is the issue appearing when tracking or when playing back a record ? I would suggest the use of the MIDI Monitor plug-in as a first MIDI insert on the MIDI/Instrument track(s) involved. It will display the incoming MIDI messages from your MIDI keybord/controller, in case you are struggling to record the pitch bend ones.
hi and thanks for the input, I appreciate it.
I don’t get access to affect instruments with Pitch Bend at all.
but analysis of the signal shows that the signal is there, but does not affect instruments and is not recorded in the tracks as sound. The instruments are there.
so I can’t affect the instruments when they are recorded and played at all.
I’m faced with a dilemma between Cubase 14 artist, Windows 11, HP PC Omen and Nvidia…
Kind regards
JS
Where do you find what you refer to... "I would suggest the use of the MIDI Monitor plug-in as a first MIDI insert on the MIDI/Instrument track(s) involved. It will display the incoming MIDI messages from your MIDI keyboard/controller, in case you are struggling to record the pitch bend ones".
What instruments are involved (external synths, VSTis, MIDI keybpoard/controller…) ?
Which signal ? Could you post a screenshot of the track involved in the recording, with the routing section of its inspector visible ? If you are trying to record pitch bend motions, the pitch bend messages should be included in MIDI parts, these being recorded either in a MIDI or a Instrument track.
A pitch bend command is composed only of MIDI messages (usually generated via a mod wheel on a keyboard controller or a dedicated pedal), thus, viewable in the MIDI Monitor insert. From which, I reiterate my inquiry for a screenshot of the track you are using for your recording attempts.
The actual dilemma is between Cubase 14 and the MIDI messages sources/destinations you are using (see above).
That’s right, I’m constantly trying to localize the problem to get closer to it… and you also say it must be between Cubase 14 artist and MIDI input since the signal is there.
JS
Thanks. I’ll look into it… That means a lot to me.
JS
Ji. Sorry, but that doesn’t mean anything to me because I can’t find any way to add Pitch Bend, which should apply to the Keyboard and thus to the instruments that are set up and used. Pitch Bend just isn’t there… and I can’t find it in the places indicated.
For example, when I download program (Imported into Cubase as Halion 7) and find an instrument, you know that, there is a keyboard piano in the lower part, where there is also a Pitch Bend wheel and a modulation wheel to the left… Pitch bend works on the instrument, but a very difficult way to play it, on a PC and with a mouse. So it works, but cannot be recorded when the instrument is recorded, so Pitch Bend is not there. So Pitch Bend is there…
JS
I can just ask again. This, with a screenshot of the track you are using for recording attempts…
Thank you, yes you are right.
I will follow up…
JS
Hi.
Actually, it’s not any specific instruments, just moving the sound with Pitch Bend… and that’s why I think something is wrong. Trying to locate the problem.
Hi
What specifically about the track do you want to know ore see… you can get a screenshot of the entire Cubase studio’s set up of tracks… but I sense you want to know what, how and with which effects are linked to the tracks. Do you think that my approach to the studio and the tracks may be incorrectly composed or pieced together and therefore excludes Pitch Bend for some reason.
I certainly don’t think I have done anything that prevents Pitch Bend. In the same way, I sense that it may be Cubase that has activated something that closes it off or has not opened for activation of Pitch Bend and connection.
The signal from the Keyboard also seems as if something is missing… the sound doesn’t seem to be of the right quality. This is the very simple picture of Keyboard with connection. (Don’t laugh, it’s for private use)
And here is the acquired instrument - fig 3 (arbitrary) where Pitch Bend works on the small wheel. (But also cannot be recorded on the track with Pitch Bend movements) The musical instrument can be played on the Keyboard at the same time, but Pitch Bend does not work at all… and it is there that there is a break* in the data flow so that it does not move the instrument anymore when recording on the track… the same thing happens with the small wheel. So two kinds of deviating breaks.
Fig 3
OK, I see now what you are using as a controller : AFAIK, there is only a MIDI Out port (no USB involved). Anything in its settings that could filter the pitch bend messages ? Beside this, a screenshot of your Studio > Studio Setup > MIDI Port Setup could help :
As I guess that you are using an Instrument track, I would like to see this kind of view (with the Routing section unfold) :
Additionaly, be sure that none of the Pitchbend checkboxes are ticked in the Preferences…
…and that there is no Input Transformer activated module that could get in the way.
OK, forget my previous inquiries. I have looked more closely at the issue, using specifically as you Halion Sonic 7, with some piano presets. Indeed, the pitch bend was not functional at first, no matter using the UI pitch bend wheel or my keyboard controller one, BUT…
…looking more closely at this @Brian_Roland post, concerning a related issue, it seems that you need to set, in the Options panel, the Program Change setting to GM Mode :
Testing this, I indeed have been able to use pitch bend on a piano sound, whether with the UI pitch bend wheel or with my keyboard controller one. Don’t be scared when seeing that all the preset slots are filled with a GM preset : you can freely change or delete them afterward.
This should allow you to record directly both notes and pitch bend from your keyboard controller. If you want to record any motion done in the UI, things will get more complicated, as Cubase will record only what is coming from your MIDI Input port.
Hi
Today I have been in contact with a Microsoft technician about the problem who tells me the following and is continuously following up on it. So I see we are on the right track in this thread… and am very grateful for your input, knowledge and experiences with Cubase 14 artist. We are so close to seeing a solution.
“Since the Windows connection is already working, we cannot create a system patch for this. You will need to contact Steinberg (Cubase) Support directly. Inform them that your system is correctly receiving MIDI Pitch Bend data (verified via Pocket MIDI) but that Cubase 14 Artist is ignoring it, and ask them to help you check your internal MIDI filters or Input Transformer settings”.
Kind regards
JS
YOU HIT IT!!!
Have been in preferences several times without result. This time we changed the check mark and got a reaction. We did a recording test and got sound on and off Pitch Bend that could be recorded on the tape. Hope it stays there… thank you very much. Probably owe you a beer or more. thank you very much for your positive arrangement and thank you for you, your knowledge and your patience. I appreciate that.
Kind regards
JS
