Program MIDI like the wind💨 Step/MIDI Input In Cubase-

[@zero-project]

I enjoy every video you upload. I have learned so many things from you. In my opinion, your channel is the best live Cubase encyclopedia. And your videos are always great! Thank you, Dom!

[@MartinAslaksen]

I agree. I have learned alot just by making music myself, but the Dom showed up and has so many tips and tricks that makes production ten times easier, love it!

[@essamusica]

Yes! Me too!!!!!!!!!!

[@GouravRaiMusic]

00:39 DOM’s laugh is so satisfying!😂

[@pattardn]

I'm into prog rock, and keyboard soloing seems like a doodle with such a process! Thanks, as ever.

[@micahslobcrud5958]

in the 90's I used step input to accept various random piano chord shapes played by me, and then edited, based on sound, as a background for a melody I wrote on top of it. The piece is called The Phillipsburg Lubricator--perhaps can send you an mp3 of it. Then I made the backing track onto tape, and had my trombone friend play the melody (loosely interpreted) on top, and it remains a great piece. The midi program I used then was Master Tracks Pro. In the meantime I've taught music and am finally learning jazz, but I wanna use Cubase just to write some flute quartets to share before I die. I will hopefully be able to export the midi to notation, and then I can record myself (or others) for a final product. Thanks for your videos.

[@edgriggs3544]

I'm finally learning how to use this - 2 years later. Your tutorials are always excellent educationally and fun to watch. If only everybody had as much fun at their job as you do! Cheers.

[@sogood_mixing]

I have been rocking Cubase since Cubase 5 lol I have never used this or seen this. And now I will be an arp master

[@dane4890]

That is pretty cool, i discovered the "Step" by trying out different things, it is very useful! :)

[@GwcMuso]

Although I'm a keyboard player, I still find great use for step input. My workflow for this is: My qwerty numerical keyboard key commands are used for quantise values.1=whole note, 2=half note etc...Then, left hand for note input, right hand for changing note values. Also, by using the qwerty arrow keys (right and left), I can also input rests. This can mean working quickly on the fly. I think it's a great tool and has many uses. Also, Dom thanks for all your videos and tips...They are terrific and there is always something new for me to pick up...👍👍👍

[@sanjaycolaco]

Hi Dom, I appreciate you sharing this video. It brings me joy to see you making humorous expressions while demonstrating your compositions. I enjoy it! By the way, as I was watching the MIDI input, I had an idea to record the rhythm of the piece first, and then use MIDI input to match the pitch to that rhythm. This method is beneficial for those who struggle to play musical pieces at a fast tempo.

[@omniburn]

You're the best, Dom!

[@kevinsturges6957]

Your tutorials are amazingly useful. I grow every time I see one.

[@eddiegoldberg9924]

I have been using step input since Cubase XP. It's also useful to programme runs that string ensembles do as a build up to a chorus.

[@andyleigh3466]

It's nice to be reassured that every time I need to find out something Dom is there. In my opinion your the Godfather of Cubase. Thanks

[@audiografie_at59]

Danke!

[@kryonoglou]

Amazing Dom, I had no idea! This feature is realy dope. Thank you!

[@xnotemusic]

You are changing life of lots of people ... Thank you. Lots of love from Nepal.

[@MagicianPrestoDC]

love the video crazyness kicking in at the same time, double fun !

[@mariodjclub8359]

All days i see one video from you; And BAM !!! il level up my skills so easely ! just ouawwww thank you guy ;)

[@CAstudio]

Thank you for an excellent video - from Israel

[@JestlMartin]

TNX that is realy Great for me as non Keyboard Player to bring my ideas to MIDI

[@urbanwikstrom9246]

Thanks Dom. That saved me a lot of manual reading. Very nice tutorial!!! Thanks! 😀👍

[@robduff]

Very helpful Dom, Thank you.

[@albertoechevarria947]

My man Dom aka Cubase Commander aka Lord of Retrologue has done it again. The best.

[@FASTFASTmusic]

Finally I realized the benefit of step input. Thanks so much I'll try it next time I need one!

[@P5SFX]

Knew about Step Input. Never used it. Will use it now though :) Another great video Dom, very informative, many thanks.

[@pedromanuelmorenolara745]

Extraordinario tutorial. Muchas gracias y un fuerte abrazo.

[@caglimedia]

love this! Will definitely use this to make custom arpegii ! thanks!!

[@NickTheMuteChalntoupis]

Super Dom, using it all these years

[@jenshaberkorn7777]

I knew it, but I only used it for the first time the year before last when I covered "Lay all your love on me". Amazing feature.

[@DM-hv6sc]

Thank you Dom.

[@ouchouchouch]

how come I never looked for a step input mode in a DAW? this is a life changer and saves sooo much time. thanks!

[@smossmo51]

You just saved my life, Dom!!! thanx for all this tips :)

[@nathanieldiazrua]

Great feature!!!! Love it! (Never used it before)

[@ELEMIX]

Amazing!!!! More videos like this !

[@gilax]

Maybe Dom forgot to tell something for the part at 8'17. To replace the note you need to swicth from "midi input mode" to "midi mode"

[@johannesvandongen6009]

I knew it but unfortunately is is not available in Cubase Elements. As far as I know. I build my arpeggio's with the pencil tool. BUT: Eureka at 7:22, step input was just hidden. Thanks a lot.

[@SkPsycho]

How to pan left and right in midi

[@TheAtheistworld]

U r one of the best, dom. I’m very thankful

[@khalid91401]

You are absolutely genius in your workflow in cubase. I never knew these midi techniques. You are simply amazing. Hats off to you sir. 🤟

[@sunnyheartley7184]

You sir are a gift...thank you for all you do

[@reziahamed9255]

This is as dope as the Scale lock in Cubase 11, which no other DAW ever has ! SLICK as usual & Praise your talent as always Dom... God Bless & Cheers.. !

[@CruiseLoungeStudio]

you are the man broooo!!! thanks for this essential information!!

[@davidhinchliffe3354]

Ill definitely give this a try tomorrow. Cheers dom. 🎚🎛🎹💥

[@1hotday1]

I use it. Very useful. I switch quantization to get different notes. It's wonderful.

[@earlsfield]

I am using this feature forever, cant believe there are people overlooking it... if you have any midi controller, you should exploit power of midi input in every Cubase/Nuendo editor. Typically, I was using this long before chord tracks etc for fixing off key notes that would slip in during the recording, and also, for messing up with drum elements - any of the different drums spread across the piano roll. Midi input is super awesome feature, turning piano roll into step sequencer kinda.

[@rbingraham]

Yep, I've used step input for many years, going back to synth workstations in the mid to late 90s. There weren't as sophisticated as Cubase is now of course but for the meager keyboard players it's a must use tool. As for how I use it, I use it a lot to figure out what chords to play and how I want to voice them, by turning step input on, hitting my next chord, turning it off and then figuring out my next couple of chords and turning step input on and playing them in, rinse and repeat. I don't always do it that way but it's something I do often. I guess mainly I use step input to get started because even with a click playing, my timing is awful. So I'll step input a couple of tracks to be the foundation for the piece and then play along with those and quantize the tracks I input by hand. That way there is some tracks the feel a bit more human and some are locked in to the grid.

[@JoeySchmidt74]

I used to use this all the time for 303 lines back in the 90s. Good times.

[@bender0rodriguez]

I tried to use MIDI-inpt for tuning the vocals in vari audio. It's Very useful.

[@maestropatron]

Keep them coming Dom! loving the videos about the less used features in Cubase. Thank you for teaching us.

[@javierpenya]

Great again, Dom. You are always showing me interesting things of Cubase that I did not know. Thanks.

[@adamdavis307]

helping me learn everyday

[@vkraghu]

I use the pencil tool in the midi and drum editors. Then copy and paste the notes to more bars. Then I tweak the vertical velocity indicators to "humanise" as much as possible. But it is a long drawn process.

[@jeweldirks]

Absolutely what I wanted! Thanks. Perfect.

[@taqitaqi1170]

Please can you explain to us how to configure parts to stop all sounds exactly at the end of parts? Like delays and reverbs and everything

[@francisescaffre3386]

Always fun and interesting ! Thanks a lot Dom

[@robertkandangwa6226]

Dom always surprises🙌

[@DavidComdico]

Dom makes the best Cubase face.

[@bilderhannes]

Yes really good news. Because I had a problem with the Midi Inserts and you Dom save the time! But in the opposite way. Normally I don't use the function for MIDI-Inserts. But sometime in the past I did something in the Midi Editor and I activate the Midi Insert but I forgot to remember me and at this time I had this problem when I marked a midi step in the editor and after that I hit the keyboard controller it will change the Midi note and I was sooo angry because I don't want it. Now I found the key to fix the problem! ;-) Thanks a lot.

[@robertmacbean8890]

Thnx for this learning event!!;)

[@LOOCK_official]

Amazing. Thanks. ☺️

[@MartinAslaksen]

Watching you work is so inspiring! This will be extremely helpful for an amateur like me!

[@ELEMIX]

Can you make a detailed video on squasher ?😍😍😍

[@DomSigalas]

Here you go : kzbin.info/www/bejne/o6iVioaLlJqfpc0

[@project1265ffo]

Fantastic 😎 i Will explore this more. Thanks for sharing

[@CoolJacketCoder]

That’s nice! Thank you!

[@AlbertBarean]

Wow! I’ve been looking for many many years how to Insert a note and... EUREKA!! Amasing DoM[ajor]

[@alontrigger]

Excellent video, thanks Dom!

[@taalmuzica2048]

Great mantra - Tq❤

[@ArieOrr44]

loved it solved me a current problem

[@Magnus_Loov]

I use it to create actual custom Arps that I then drag into the "Arpache SX " sequence" tab and, viola, you have a custom playable Arpeggiator created from the step sequence. You have to right click in the Arpache SX window and choose "Always On Top" so that it doesn't hide before you drag in the midi part into it!

[@MartinKatscan]

Wow. I always wished for a perfect balance of tight, equal length sequencer style input with the editing features of piano roll and it was there all the time! Can you input rests (empty) notes and ties (joined notes), if so I can die happy! 😊

[@ssrdesigns]

I'm guilty! I didn't know much about the Step Input....now I'm going to have to write some music just to play with it. Thank you!!

[@DanZ905]

The most practical and useful videos, you're the best Dom!

[@gogamusic]

Thank you

[@epicchants]

This is an awesome feature to have. Thanks Dom for your ongoing amazing videos.

[@Antzs-11a]

Sounds good bro

[@TheCubeMusic]

Can you make beats using step midi input

[@pjdahmen]

Thank you for the great tutorial and well done

[@shapourdashtpour63]

how did he add Retrologo Bass to begin with? I am a newbie , I need baby steps please🙄

[@jessewarren817]

Dude you’re a godsend.

[@marmelade5118]

I knew that it existed, but i did not use it until now. This demo convinced me to try it, especially changing pitch while keeping rythm looks very useful for extremely fast parts. Just play the rythm first and then add the correct pitches afterwards... this might save me some time;-)

[@natlove219]

Thanks 🙏

[@TebogoMotlhale]

ONLLLLLLLLY Cubase pioneered this DAW feature. Been in Cubase for agggggges, other DAWSS ??? 😄😄

[@salman11223344]

Amazing stuff as always ♥️

[@ookamimusic4019]

I knew about it, but never really used it, but maybe Your Video change this now : )

[@Wedontwantnowarnomore]

Supa Nice 👍 That was one more smart thing I learnt. To be saved ✅

[@MagicianPrestoDC]

Hi Dom, I LOOOOVE your videos. Is there a way to go from a sequence of 8th notes to 16th notes and BOOM (to use your language) to compress them closer to one another? Now when I am composing on the wrote I draw them with the step editor when I have no keyboard but when I need them to play faster notes and I have drawn them as 4th or 8th notes I need to drag each one of them close to the previous note, is there a cool "hack" to do this quickly please?

[@adamdavis307]

i am interested to see if this can be used for a guitar solo using a guitar plugin.

[@nicolasjchaanine]

One hand on the controller for pitch, and one hand on the LR arrow keys for rhythm (If you know the right beat count of your note). This especially helps me when I'm transcribing Music sheet to MIDI.

[@Kingchord2000]

Dom, I would like to know how you will input irregular groupings of notes, like 5, 7, 9, 11 sixteenth note groupings per beat? In Logic's step input, it is so easy. But in Cubase I cannot see how it is done.

[@timotoki9046]

What would i do without you Dom.

[@garyprater8139]

Ok I have a question if I may? How do you transfer a MIDI sequence from an external sequencer? Also how do you separate the channels to their individual tracks on Cubase? Thanks for sharing your skills.

[@CinderellaVasia]

Hooraay for Dom and his great videos! 😉

[@AcousticBruce]

I am certain this will be useful! I would like to i put chords instead of 1 note at a time. Is there a way to switch bewteen 1 note step and enter a chord with a manual step?

[@omarlopezrincon]

Hey Dom, How did you create those drums from the begining ?

[@thomasvinelli]

Use it for fast string runs

[@beiweik6450]

how to input rest note in Step input，or move the input cursor without mouse.

[@DEADLINETV]

Awesome! And a really inspiring video! :D

[@neilscott9281]

It allows you to punch things in in machine gun rapid fire means. Used to punch in drum programming in these means, start off robotic & if so desired go back & humanise. It's very much the methodology of the hardware sequencers used from programming, it is tactile, so assists pragmatically, in a sense of work happening.

[@djminike]

Dom, as always thank you so much for the great content :)

[@valleyken]

Hooraay for Retrologue :D