# Recording Midi (Volume?)

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**Category:** Cubase\
**Tags:** cubase-older-version\
**Created:** [May 18, 2014, 8:07pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/recording-midi-volume/639199 "2014-05-18T20:07:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Neil\_B](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/neil_b/32/877_2.png) [@Neil\_B](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/Neil_B)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 8:08am UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/recording-midi-volume/639199/20 "2014-05-20T08:08:24Z")

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> [@monsterjazzlicks](#):
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> Hi folks,
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> I have a basic question which has been puzzling me for a while now. I have checked the forum but could not see a thread relating to this directly or simplistically.
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> If (as I always do) I record a MIDI TRACK using an external keyboard to play the notes into Cubase (ie. the Midi Data then appears in the ‘piano roll’), does it actually matter what the FADER LEVEL is set at (in the F3 mixer) ?? By default, the mixer (white) fader is all the way down at zero (though the green lights show incoming data regardless of this). Then if I move the (white) fader, it ‘snaps’ and takes control of the level of the incoming data (ie. the green lights for the Midi Track will flash more/less depending where the fader is positioned).
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> Now, is this VOLUME which is being represented in the Midi Track (F3) mixer ?? And more importantly, regardless of whether or not it is, does it matter where the fader is set, or if it is at its zero position ?? As I say, in default, the incoming level (green lights) is high.  
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> Paul

It is midi volume.  
Go to your midi track inserts and insert the midi monitor. Play your midi part back & move the fader - you’ll see the volume CC’s displayed in the midi monitor. However, if you don’t move the fader, what you are seeing in terms of the “pulses” is a midi event - usually the note velocity if you’re just watching the playback. Try playing a few notes, go into key edit & draw a velocity ramp. Play back the midi part and watch the values in the midi fader change to their max value.  
Personally I never or rarely display midi tracks in my mixer. I use the filter to turn off the midi channel in the mixer. It saves a lot of mixer clutter & gives you more “real estate”.  
If you do keep the midi tracks displayed, I’d be tempted to leave the faders at zero. After all, you’re probably and most likely going to mix through the instrument tracks anyway  
Hope that helps  
Neil

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