Cubasis VST 4.0 – Manual - School of Computing, Engineering and ...

Selecting a soundWhen you play your keyboard, you should now hear the sound thatthe instrument plays on this MIDI channel (the track’s “Chn” setting).To select a sound, proceed as follows:1. Open the Inspector.2. Set a numeric Program Change value in the “Prg” field.See also page 81 for more information about Program Change and Bank Select.You may also be able to select sounds by name, using the Patchnamepop-up menu. This is possible if:• The MIDI instrument is SoundFont compatible (e.g. a synthesizer on a soundcard - see also page 83).• The MIDI instrument is a VST Instrument that supports patch selection.3. Play the keyboard to try out the new sound.Setting levelsWhile you can set volume, pan, etc. from the Inspector, it is much easierto do this from the MIDI Track Mixer:1. Pull down the Panels menu and select MIDI Track Mixer, or click theMIDI Track Mixer icon on the Toolbar.The MIDI Track Mixer window opens. This window contains “mixer strips” for all MIDItracks, which you can use to mix your MIDI sound sources, manually or automatically.Pan ControlVolume FaderCUBASIS VST7 – 78 Recording MIDI