Cubase Midi Sounds

[Epicus Furor]

Can someone tell me where the built in cubase midi sounds are? I've got SL3 and can only find VST intruments which have bass, synth pads and drums. Do the standard midi sounds (i.e acoustic guitar, saxophone) come built in Cubase or do you have to buy them?

[EL-CeeDee]

They aren't there..
Hook your midi up to a keyboard(synthesizer, etc. ) is one option
Virtual instruments are another:

Roland hypercanvas is price effective solution and gets you a full gm bank

Hypersonic by steinberg sounds a lot better

[Epicus Furor]

O.k thanks that sounds logical, We have midi keyboards at college used in conjunction with cubase so i guess that's where most of the sounds come from, so where do you plug your synth into? Does it have to be remained plugged in if you want to use the sounds or can you transfer them into cubase?

[3rdeye]

Originally Posted by Epicus Furor

O.k thanks that sounds logical, We have midi keyboards at college used in conjunction with cubase so i guess that's where most of the sounds come from, so where do you plug your synth into? Does it have to be remained plugged in if you want to use the sounds or can you transfer them into cubase?

You need to hook it up using a midi interface and then cubase will play the midi information to the keyboard in realtime. Meaning that it won't transfer any sound data between the two, it will only transfer midi data.
Unless of course you hook the audio outs of your keyboard to the audio ins in your pc and record the performance into cubase as digital audio.

[Epicus Furor]

sorry for my lack of recording knowledge, but can my line 6 toneport act as a midi interface?

[Epicus Furor]

Would this be able to provide midi sounds to cubase? Does anyone know if it's any good, the cheapest price over here in England is £105.00 . Will i need any cables or interface to connect it to my computer?

[Epicus Furor]

http://www.emu.com/products/product....&product=13558

[Epicus Furor]

err hang on i've just found out that software is only compatible with p.c's. I've just spoke to a guy in my local music shop and he said only the budget cubase's have the general midi sound, the more expensive ones like SL3 and SX3 don't have any, just a few VST instruments. He recommended getting a Virtual instrument pack but the one he said costs about £300 .. is there a cheaper alternative? I have a Korg N5 synth with midi input/output, couldn't i use the sounds from that if i use it with a midi interface?

[EL-CeeDee]

Sure, just take the midi out of your soundcard or midi interface and connect to the midi in of the n5
Make sure you set the midi out option on the cubase track to the desired setting.
Remember, the sound will come from the n5, not your computer !

Connecting the midi out of the n5 to the midi in of your interface or soundcard would also enable you to record while playing. Just so you don't have to "click in" everything. Once again, set the midi in of your midi track to the desired option. After playing use Quantize ( in the midi menu, or press Q after selecting the part ) to get everything nice and in-time. Do select the appropriate minimum note value though.

[Epicus Furor]

Thanks that's cleared up a few things, I think i might go for Steinbergs Halion 3 for my midi sounds and use the Korg N5 as an extra. Has anyone got/used Halion, what's your thoughts? Can you just confirm, that will provide me with all my midi sounds once added into Cubase VST Instruments?