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Selecting Programs in the GM/GS/XG Editor
As stated in the Getting Started book, you can also use the GM/GS/XG Editor to
send Program Change messages to your instruments. However, there are a couple
of things to note:
• Program Change settings in the GM/GS/XG Editor are sent out when you
open the Song and when you make the actual settings.
They are not updated, “chased” or sent out automatically during playback.
• Program Change settings in the GM/GS/XG Editor have no connection
with the settings in the Inspector.
Combining Program Change settings in Editor and Inspector may cause some
confusion.¨
• The Program settings in the GM/GS/XG Editor are always named accord-
ing to the General MIDI standard.
If your instrument is not GM compatible, you will not get the sound you se-
lect.
Therefore, we recommend that you use the GM/GS/XG Editor:
• When you are working with General MIDI instruments only.
• When your music doesn’t require any Program Changes during playback.
• When you are sure you don’t need to record any Program Change settings, or
make any in the Inspector.
Recording or Entering Program Change in the Editors
You can record Program Change messages if you have equipment that can transmit
them. This is done as with any other MIDI recording in Cubase VST, simply enter
Record mode and transmit the message (probably be selecting a new Program on
the front panel of your instrument). Please also refer to the chapter “Filtering and
Mapping MIDI Data”.
You can also enter Program Change messages “by hand” in List Edit and in Key
Edit’s and Drum Edit’s Controller Display. List edit is probably the best choice in
most situations, since it shows you more precisely where the message has been en-
tered.
Entering Program Change messages in List Edit allows you to put them anywhere
you want them, even in the middle of a Part. It also allows you to perform editing
functions on them.
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