Developer Geert Bevin (Moog Music) shared this video tutorial, which looks at using LinnStrument’s ‘ChannelPerNote‘ feature works and how it can be used with Cubase to play VST 2 synths that support it.
Using one Channel Per Note is a way of sending polyphonic MIDI date, using a separate MIDI channel for each note.
The video also demonstrates Cubase’s Note Expression feature, which allows you to record all the nuances with per-note visualization and editing.
The synth used in this demo is U-he DIVA.
Three-dimensional expressive control is a emerging area for MIDI controllers, and software support is still developing. Roger Linn has a guide to DAWs and software instruments that support the LinnStrument’s advanced capabilities at his site.
I tried driving two notes on two different MIDI channels into a single instance of Diva using Ableton Live but was not able to get a per-note expression. Is this a unique feature of Cubase? I am interested in driving Diva from a guitar synth.
Hi TJS, it’s rather an anti-feature of Live, it strips away all midi channel information.
Issue resolved with latest version of Diva. This is great!
I just set up separate MIDI tracks in Live sending different MIDI channels to a single Diva instance on its own track. It seems to work fine. Thank you for posting this!
I just set up separate MIDI tracks in Live sending different MIDI channels to a single Diva instance on its own track.
Thank you Geert Bevin for the post!
Geert is the man when it comes to this stuff! Great demo & discussion, as always.
If the music industry ever gets its polyphonic expression act together, we will owe I in large part to this guy’s evangelism, coding chops and passion.
I am really interested to see if Moog is smart enough to realize what they got, with him as an employee. They are well-positioned to create the most expressive polyphonic synth today.