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Hello, I am following Bad Mister's Montage/Cubase recording videos to replicate his "simple" 4 part midi track recording. I am at the point where I have loaded the four (4) parts (aka musicians) and set the four (4) measure circular recording complete with two (2) measures for free click track. I succesfully created the drum part (quantized, and all...very cool). Then I selected part #2 (Velo Bass Guitar). I initiated the recording step to mix over the drum part. Unfortunately the bass guitar started automatically playing based on the drum part I just recorded, without me touching any keys on the Montage. I even turned off the drum part keyboard control in case that was causing the problem. I'm sure it's simple fix, but since this is my first attempt at midi recording it's been a challenge. Thank you for your help.
Having fun learning and eager to improve!
Paul
Posted : 19/12/2018 11:01 pm
MIDI record through a DAW like Cubase has an important component that keeps each instrument sending and receiving data specifically for that instrument. If Drums are in Part 1 and Bass is in Part 2... then the Drums communicate on MIDI Channel 1, and the Bass on MIDI Channel 2... if the data streams are crossed then you’ll have notes intended for one instrument triggering another instrument.
Depending on the version of Cubase you are using you can avoid mismatching Transmit and Receive problems by activating a single Track to record all the data... set the MIDI Track so that the Channel = Any
“Any” means that Any incoming Channel will be echoed back Out on the Channel it came in on.
Drums come in on Ch1 and will go back out on Ch1
Bass will come in on Ch2 and will go back out on Ch2
And so on.
Later, as pointed out you use the “Dissolve Parts” Function to split the data to separate Tracks. The only reason to place MIDI data on separate tracks is for convenience when Editing it.
Suggestion: Your question is so general. And please recognize there are several different ways to approach recording MIDI data.
For detailed help you might want to include the version of Cubase you are using (Cubase AI, Cubase Artist, Cubase Pro)... what type of computer (Mac or PC). And whether or not you are recording multiple Parts simultaneously, are any Arpeggios involved, etc. we can show you several methods of approaching recording.
For example, if doing a 16 Part multi-timbral Setup, you would want to start with the Init “MULTI/GM” template.
And set your Category Search “Attribute” = Single (green)... doing so makes it easy to deal with one Track, one Part, one Channel...
Posted : 20/12/2018 1:19 pm
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Hello Bad Mister. Thank you for the reply. I am using the Cubase AI DAW that came with my Montage purchase, same as with your Montage/Cubase training videos. Thanks to your explanation re: the individual MIDI channel per part (Drums = Channel 1, Bass = Channel 2, etc) I was able to determine that in the Quick Setup program MIDI Signal Flow for MIDI Rec on Daw was locked/set on MIDI Channel 1. It took me a while to figure out the solution but I got the flow unlocked and saved. After that I was able to play the additional parts on the MIDI Track in Cubase. I need to repeat the Multi/GM recording process another few times to get comfortable with the overall process.
Again, thank you.
Paul
Posted : 20/12/2018 10:11 pm
