Controlling Cubase 4 from a Yamaha Motif

comradec · 11th February 2008

I want to use my Yamaha Motif 6 as a control keyboard for Cubase Studio 4. I'm using a Motif Classic, not the ES and XS versions, though I guess that the settings needed will probably be the same in any case. I'd like the Motif's transport section to control play/stop/rec/ffwd/rewind/etc in Cubase too and the faders to control channel volumes.

How should I configure the device manager in Cubase to enable me to achieve this? When I look for the Motif in the device manager a bewildering array of MIDI in/out options come up, many more than for any other keyboard I have, and I'm not sure which ones I need to enable and which to disable.

And should I go for MIDI control via the standard MIDI connections on the Motif or use the USB port?

Any advice would be most appreciated. Many thanks.

11th February 2008	#1
comradec Gear interested Joined: Dec 2006 Location: Stockton-on-Tees, UK Posts: 17 Thread Starter	Controlling Cubase 4 from a Yamaha Motif I want to use my Yamaha Motif 6 as a control keyboard for Cubase Studio 4. I'm using a Motif Classic, not the ES and XS versions, though I guess that the settings needed will probably be the same in any case. I'd like the Motif's transport section to control play/stop/rec/ffwd/rewind/etc in Cubase too and the faders to control channel volumes. How should I configure the device manager in Cubase to enable me to achieve this? When I look for the Motif in the device manager a bewildering array of MIDI in/out options come up, many more than for any other keyboard I have, and I'm not sure which ones I need to enable and which to disable. And should I go for MIDI control via the standard MIDI connections on the Motif or use the USB port? Any advice would be most appreciated. Many thanks. __________________ http://soundcloud.com/stevecooke Software: Ableton Live Suite 8; NI Kontakt 3.5; MusicLab RealGuitar 2, RealStrat; Sony Sound Forge 9 Upstairs: Intel E6600 @ 2.4GHz, 4GB RAM, MS Windows 7; Edirol FA-66; Akai APC40, MPK25; Frontier TranzPort; Roland Fantom-G6; Alesis Fusion 6HD, Micron, ControlPad; Waldorf Blofeld; Samson Resolv 50a Downstairs: Intel T6500 @ 2.1GHz, 4GB RAM, MS Windows 7; Echo Indigo IOx; Alesis LPK25; Korg nanoKontrol

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