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Rechannelizing – The MIDI Channel setting for the Track
When you play back a recording, you want it to be routed to a certain sound in one
of your synthesizers. Let’s say you have a synthesizer that plays a bass sound on
MIDI Channel 3. To route a Track to that sound you set it to MIDI Channel 3.
What now happens is that when you hit play Cubase VST plays back all the data on
the Track, but when doing so it replaces the MIDI Channel number stored in the
Events with that of the Track – in this example, MIDI Channel 3!
This replacement is done as part of the playback procedure, that is it does not affect
the recording permanently. If you check the data on the Track in List edit (as men-
tioned above) all the Events still have their MIDI channel intact.
This is what we refer to as rechannelizing – changing the MIDI Channel of the
Events on playback.
Rechannelizing is very convenient because it lets you forget what MIDI Channel
number your keyboard is set to transmit on. Instead, to route a Track to a certain
sound, you simply set the MIDI Channel number in the Track list in Cubase VST.
And, if you decide you want to route the Track to another synthesizer, later, the
only thing you have to do is to change the MIDI Channel setting for the Track.
Rechannelizing also works on Thru-put!
The text above only described what happens on playback. But in fact, Rechanneliz-
ing happens on the data that passes Thru Cubase VST.
If you click on a Track to activate it, its MIDI Channel setting is used for rechan-
nelizing the data that passes through the program. This automatically routes your
playing to the correct MIDI Channel when you are recording, or rehearsing for a re-
cording you are about to make.
This Track is set to play back
on MIDI Channel 3.
These Events, on different
MIDI Channels...
3
3
3
3
3
...get their MIDI Channel changed to
that of the Track, during playback
If you make a
Track active...
3
3
3
3
3
...its MIDI Channel value is used
for rechannelizing the data that
passes through Cubase VST.
2
6
6
2
6
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