
To use Cubase, you must set up your audio, and if required, your MIDI system. Here you will find detailed information about all the features and functions in the program. This is the Operation Manual for Steinberg’s Cubase. This setting in the ScoreManager is set automatically when you choose a percussion instrument from the Setup Wizard or add it with the ScoreManager.The following list informs you about the most important improvements in Cubase and provides links to the corresponding descriptions. MIDI Map" column of the ScoreManager (SmartMusic SoftSynth submenu). You must also ensure the desired Percussion MIDI Map is selected for the percussion staff under the "Perc. These percussion soundsĪre available when using SongWriter's SmartMusic SoftSynth (with SmartMusic SoftSynth chosen as the MIDI Out deviceīox).

Percussion sounds used in the various SmartMusic SoftSynth Percussion MIDI Maps. This listing contains all the General MIDI SmartMusic SoftSynth Percussion MIDI Maps

Note that you can choose MIDI/Audio > Device Setup > MIDI Thru to audition the percussion sounds SongWriter interprets if you want to use your MIDI keyboard for input and not for playback. To playback your percussion parts using the correct instrument sounds, ensure the appropriate Percussion MIDI Map is selected under the Percussion Map column of the ScoreManager. These maps are required to properly assign the same percussion notation to various playback devices, and are also used to accommodate the many different percussion sound banks that can be used for input with an external MIDI device. You are here: Reference > Appendix > Percussion MIDI Maps Percussion MIDI MapsĪ Percussion MIDI Map is simply a list that matches each percussion instrument in a sound library with a particular MIDI note number (e.g.
