Section Iv - Using Software Input Monitoring - Lexicon OMEGA - MANUAL 2 Owner's Manual

Recording MIDI Tracks - Section V
1. Here is an example of using a MIDI keyboard. To record MIDI data into the
2. You will need to run the line output of the keyboard to one (mono) or two (ste
3. Open Cubase and start a new default project.

SECTION Iv - USING SOFTWARE INPUT MONITORING

In previous examples we have turned off Cubase's input monitoring software switches
when we have recorded tracks. We have used the monitor mix knob on the front of the
Omega to directly monitor an input without latency. Software monitoring allows you to
listen to software based effects in real time and to adjust the monitor mix independently
of the recording levels, but also introduces some latency (delay) into the input signal. The
amount of latency depends on the amount of buffers assigned in the ASIO control panel.
1. When using Cubase's input software monitoring with the Omega you will want
2. Click on the
computer, connect the MIDI output of the keyboard to the MIDI input of the
Lexicon Omega. Connect the MIDI output of the Omega to the MIDI input of
the keyboard.
reo) line inputs on the back of the Omega to hear your keyboard.
Right click in the middle gray column
and select Add MIDI Track.
Click the
ALL MIDI INPUTS
.
LEXICON USB MIDI
Click the output box (just below the box that
now says
LEXICON USB MIDI)
LEXICON USB MIDI
Click the
RECORD ENABLE
MIDI track 1.
Click on the
RECORD
now recording MIDI data from the keyboard. If you don't see data in the track, check
the settings of the keyboard to make sure it's set to transmit on the same MIDI chan-
nel that Cubase is set to receive on. In some cases, you may want to set the keyboard
to "LOCAL OFF" and set Cubase to "Echo" mode. For more information, consult the
Cubase manual and your keyboard's manual.
to set the
MONITOR MIX
INPUT MONITORING
button on the track you are
recording to. You will now be able
to hear your input. Now you can
try assigning an effect on the input.
In this example we will assign a
Pantheon reverb.
2
box and select
and select
for the MIDI outputs.
button on
button on the transport and play your keyboard. You are
knob all the way to the Playback side.