When I change to part 2 (midi 2, editor part 2) and try to make a cutoff sweep the keys I play, mod and pb goes to part 2 but here it is... the knobs always goes to part one, on every track, from the moxf midi tracks. Thats strangre.
I think I can nail it down to this sentence above.
Concerning your expectation about changing to Part 2: The Remote Editor will show you what the Knobs are set to send when you are using the MOXF6/MOXF8 Remote Template.
For example, the default for row 1 is: Cutoff 1, Resonance 1, Chorus 1, and Reverb 1
As you may have guessed seeing them written here, the “1” signifies that you’re currently set to control the Cutoff of Part 1 with Knob 1, Resonance of Part 1 with Knob 2, the Chorus Send of Part 1 with Knob 3, and the Reverb Send of Part 1 with Knob 4.
Open the Remote Editor and change the assignment to the Part you wish to control. (Screenshot )
Set the Template to “MOXF6/MOXF8”
Click on REMOTE (green)
The CONTROLLER SETTINGS (bottom left) allow you choose what each Knob 1-4 is going to Send and to which Part for the three rows.
(I believe you are thinking because you selected something in Cubase or the graphic editor interface of the MOXF VST, this applies to the REMOTE EDITOR...NOPE... they are separate... in that Knob 1 might be set to “Cutoff 1” (Cutoff of Part 1), while Knob 2 of that same row could be doing “Cutoff 2” (Cutoff of Part 2) or any of the available functions for any of the 16 Parts. They do all not have to be assigned to the same Part — each Knob is autonomous.. (Think about it, say you have Drums in one Part and Percussion in another, but you want to create a similar change in both - you can put them side-by-side in the Remote Editor.
This makes it more flexible because Knobs can be set to create automation for several Parts, simultaneously. Each Knob can be set to one of the following Control destinations...
Volume
Pan
Cutoff
Resonance
AEG Attack Time
AEG Decay Time
AEG Sustain Level
AEG Release Time
Chorus Send
Reverb Send
Assignable Function 1
Assignable Function 2
Assign Knob 1
Assign Knob 2
Extra Credit:
__please note that a number will be added to end of the selected function’s Name to indicate which of the 16 Parts you are set to control.
Configure the Knobs freely for what you are doing at the moment.
__please notice the PB and MW are
not listed here and are not supported by the REMOTE function (this is why they transmit normally when you select a Part)
__ if you would rather address all Knobs to one Part, then deactivate the “REMOTE DAW” function... now when you select a Cubase Track or MOXF VST Part, the left front panel Knobs are all assigned to the one *selected* Part, and will send data to control it, as normal.
See the attached graphic, it show the options... I’ve clicked on the first assignment - and you can see the option list has been expanded for Part 1,
If I wish to set the first Knob to Part 2, I would click the “+” to expand the “Part 2” options, and so on....
Please realize that they do NOT all have to be assigned to the same Part, it is designed to be more flexible.
You may want to create automation for several Parts simultaneously - create opposite Pan movement for two Parts, moving one from hard right to hard left, while simultaneously panning another hard left to hard right...
And one additional question:
Everytime I use cubase the audio connections are deactivated and I have to go to studio->soundcard (yamaha moxf is selected) and set inputs to active, go to audio connections and sett MOXF 3&4 to the input I called MOXF MIDI. I have to answer yes when Cubase tells me that It has to be used exclusive and then it works to record.
Why cant it be saved?
It can, you should SAVE your configuration as a Template, you can even have Cubase open with a particular MOXF VST MIXING setup every time.
Please see the following article on creating your own MOXF Defaults:
LINK —
Workflow Sessions: Creating a Default Mix
LINK —
Workflow Sessions: Save Default Mix as Preset in Cubase
Then, next, when you have configured your usual setup for working in Cubase... with your Default MOXF Mix and the MOXF VST open and everything ready to go... exactly like you were ready to start a new session... in Cubase: this is when you SAVE (No music data has been recorded, you are saving just the Setup - so you DO NOT HAVE TO DO IT EVER AGAIN! (lol)!
Go to FILE > select “Save as template...”
At the very bottom of the dialog box, give it a Name that you will recognize, example: “My MOXF template”
Whenever you are ready to start a New Project, go to FILE > NEW PROJECT > and find your “Recording” Template: “My MOXF template”...
Launch it and you’re using Cubase like a pro...
Additional question 2:
When I have a midi track and want to export midi (inputs in C from Moxf is connected) it does a mixdown in realtime cause it contains external sources. But theres no sound.
I have to record to cubase and then do a realtime mixdown to audio.
Making a 3 hour backinhgtrack track (in parts) for a show takes 6 hours to just export a practise mp3.
Do you have any good hints for me?
Real audio is rendered in real time. The MOXF is an External VST, so the computer has zero contribution to the sounds, effects, or noises generated by the MOXF VST. So everything is a ‘surprise’ to the computer.
The MOXF VST allows you to use EXPORT > AUDIO MIXDOWN to render your MOXF VST MIDI tracks to Audio
When you are playing with a plug-in synth, the computer is 100% responsible for the sounds, effects and noises generated by those VSTi. Nothing is a surprise, so it can (quick as it can generate the 0’s and 1’s), assemble the data into an audio track. It takes just seconds to configure everything that would happen if you pushed play — it renders its own sound without the need to play it back at tempo (after all your computer does not listen to your music, it does not enjoy it, it simply organizes the 0’s and 1’s — so it assembles them without any time/tempo reference while generating the Wave data. Tempo is just a setting it will respect on playback. You can’t hear it render the audio data, it’s computer stuff at that point — digital assembly.
But real audio (in this case the “external” MOXF VST) must generate the audio at speed. Just like you would if recording your voice into a microphone... real audio is generated and therefore is documented, in real time. A 3-minute composition will take three minutes (and a few seconds) to render as Audio. That’s physics. Once the audio is rendered you can playback and hear your completed data as an Audio Wave.
Hope that helps.