MIDI controller & automation in Cubase

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Member Since: Jul 17, 2010

hi guys, ive been experimenting with automation in my Cubase SX3 all day today. automation record works perfectly when i move VST or VSTi plugin faders and knobs manually with my mouse, but to my disappointment i could not manage to do the same with my BCR2000 MIDI controller. the weird part is that i tweak the plugin knobs with my controller and i can hear the sound alter, but the automation bars of the parameters that i change stay still. ive also noticed that the value of the parameter being altered is not changing either despite the fact that the knob i tweak rotates and alters the sound. ive tried everything, automation with mouse works just fine but it dsnt work with the controller. ive been diggin thru Cubase preferences but didnt want to change anything cause i dont want to mess things up. the manual i read does not mention anything about controller and automation and im stuck. could someone who knows how to do this shed some light and tell me what exactly i should do to make this work or post a link for such a guide? there are some interesting noise/ambient stuff i want to experiment on and this obstacle keeps me away from this. thanx in advance

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Jul 31, 2010 06:03 am

not sure on that one, if you click on the automation parameters and have a look in there, make sure what you want automated is chosen, it might not be picking that part of it up.
You should see a whole range of choices in there, I will jsut have a double check on mine and see what i can see.

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Jul 31, 2010 06:22 am

i already tried that too :(

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Jul 31, 2010 07:14 am

yeah had a look but not really sure to be honest.

cubase cant not be seeing your midi cont as we know that works.
have you tried having cubase set to "draw" yet, as in drawing the automation?

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Jul 31, 2010 10:00 am

if you mean making the automation with the draw tool, yes, ive tried that too and it works without a prob. i was just drawing the automation for filter resonance of my Stillwell Olga synth and everything works. i really find it hard to believe that it can not be done with the MIDI controller or that BCR2000 is not compatible with cubase automation, i really really doubt that, there must be a way

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Jul 31, 2010 12:58 pm

ok, i figured it out myself. the R and W buttons should have been enabled on MIDI track to be automated as well, instead of enabling R and W on VST Instruments track of the MIDI, Olga in this case. as you can see in the picture, the blue automation bar for these two parameters, filter resonance & filter cutoff frequency that is, are still on VST Instruments track, thats where i got tricked initially, because these two bars were moving when i was tweaking these knobs with my mouse and i thought its the same automation place via MIDI controller as well.


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Jul 31, 2010 10:05 pm

cool, considering the midi cont was working then it could only really be a button or setting or whatever.

thats good then mate, youve done well.

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Aug 01, 2010 08:52 am

thanx for the support anyway, it always keeps me going on

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