Cubase 5.5: Instrument Track vs Midi track

[KinderliedjesMessico]

I need your help.. How can i change a instrument from a IMPORTED midi? (file>import>midi file) now there are 16 tracks, finally i can change the channels for my keyboard recognition, but i cant change the instrument!! anybody can help me!!? all over net reffers at vst instruments, but there are not "vst" i dont know what is that, but opens external programs! FL, piannissimo and others, i just want to change a simple midi instrument!!

[MoBuc001]

Great piece of info for a C5 newbie like myself. I had automatically used MIDI & F11 w/o reason. Thnx for this Tut!!! :-)

[nexus000111]

Finally I know the difference lol Thanks!

[amanz77]

Good info thanx

[BigStacks18]

how did u get ur mixer to look like that? also u use cubase 5 on macbook? cuz i use it on my macbook pro and have audio dropouts now and then.

[MeatyVision]

you can also use grooveagent as an instrument track and have multiple instances of grooveagent on separate instrument tracks.

this will still give you separate outputs for each drum sound and is handy if you want to use the quickcontrols section to automate parameters of the drum sounds.

[barzoman2]

This version OF cubase is full of bugs and problems I got my version 2weeks AGO and it is a nightmare DAW

[Eclipsepoland]

ohh... 5.5 ok nevermind about my question 

[iggyk23]

hy.when I make entire beat in one instance of battery and send each sound to its own channel,how do I then automate the volume of just one of those samples,i.e. closed hihat going down in volume when kick or ohh kicks in and up when there is nothing else interfering...thank you

[cinemats]

...when I'm using Cubase I loose all other sound when I'm for example want to hear something on Spotify or use YouTube. Is there a way to fix this?

[karloff007]

@cinemats Its coz your trying to use two different audio paths. One or the other I`m afraid .

[cinemats]

How does Chorder work? I can't get it to work.

[ILmsCJ]

Thanks for this tutorial. Very helpful.

[Duoggle]

Great tute MP. I am assuming from what you have said that I could include instrument tracks (done in Halion 1) into an Export Audio Mixdown file because the instrument tracks are midi in audio out. Am I correct?

If I normally do my drum tracks as midi (drum editor) which I then record to audio would I be better off inputing them into an instrument track (still using the drum editor)? I will check out your beatmaker tutes. Would love a tute on instrument tracks. Cheers, Doug

[Thorgue]

Thanks a lot. Clear explination.

[Westy196740]

OK how do you change the colour scheme please?

[musicprotutorials]

@Westy196740 - just go to preferences > appearance > General - then you can choose your own colour from a mixture of all three sliders.

[kb1629]

It's a real pity that you can't route instruments tracks. That's why I really don't use them at all.

[musicprotutorials]

@kb1629 - for devices that don't need multiple outs though it's perfect.. much more efficient. You don't need multple outputs on a piano..

[kb1629]

@musicprotutorials I meant that you can't route it to busses, which is very limiting to say the least.

[musicprotutorials]

@kb1629 - it would be an oversight of SB if this were the case but it's not. You CAN route an instrument track to a bus - just not from the inspector. Make sure you can see the routing section of the mixer and set the output to your chosen group there.. make sure you create the group channel track first though ;)

[gdub12345]

Cool vid, very informative.