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!
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!
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.
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...👍👍👍
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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?
I think step imput exist at first cubase ever. :-) - for me it was always distracting that the main cursor and the blue one are different… and never used it. but from time to time i used more often…
Hi, I’m a bad keyboard player and that’s why I use ‘MIDI Input’ to get the right pitch and velocity but preserve the human feeling of playing in real time with wrong notes. Dom, please do me a favor … please reduce the volume of the music in the intro of your videos. My neighbors will eventually get a heart attack when this music screams out of my speakers :)
Here i am searching for a sequencer where i can "ratchet"... Click on this Video... I do not need such a thing, i can do this with Step/Midi Input, switching between 1/16 1/32 or 1/64. Very nice....
HI Dom, I know this question is off topic, is it possible to add Cmin7/9 in the chord editing section, I can't see a way of adding the extra note to the 4 note chord section, its great for adding Chords on block, until you require more than a 4 note chord.
DOM, IF YOU READ THIS, PLEASE DO A COMPARISON OF SCALER 2 AND CUBASE (and the Step/MIDI input, scale assistant and chord pads functions). I'm sure many would like to see how Cubase compares with today's number one "music theory workstation". Step/MIDI input, scale assistant and chord pads introduce Cubase to a whole new market. It's always been designed for people that are trained or experienced in the music production process, especially those with experience from the analog days. So while newer DAWs like FL revolutionized workflow and offered an entirely different approach to making music (Fruity Loops was designed by a video game programmer) which made them more appealing to a younger market of gamers who had no musical training and only used a mouse and keyboard, older DAWs Cubase have always been the musician's DAW. What I like about the introduction of these new tools that they now give Cubase an educational edge above the rest. You may not be to play but with continued use of these tools you will definitely pick up some music theory and improve dexterity because they encourage you to actually play an instrument (midi keyboard controller) instead of relying solely on a computer keyboard and mouse.
Thanks Dom. I just lost a song track due to a Windows error without a backup. Is there a Cubase feature to print out track settings to show instruments that are used? Trying to recreate a track song without knowing the instruments that I used is difficult. If I had a printed list of the instruments, I could recreate the song faster.
Hey Dom and thanks for another great video. I'd like to ask you a question you might already have been asked. Google says you are from the UK but... The way you pronounce the words sounds kind of Spanish so, are you actually from the UK or not?
Hi Dom. Can you use this Step Midi Input to also input dotted eighth note chords or rhythms? If so, can you show me an example or recommend a video that I can watch that would show me how to do what I am requesting?
Hi Dom. I good while ago I ask this question : Can you use this Step Midi Input to also input dotted eight note chords or rhythms? If so, can you show me an example or recommend a video that I can watch that would show me how to do what I am requesting? Your response to me was this : (“I will make a video about this soon;”) Now I would like to know if you have made that video so I can watch it. Please respond to me at your earliest convenience. I would like to incorporate this in my very own music soon. Thank you in advance. Once again I would like to wish you continued success with all of your future video and endeavors and I also wish you continued success financially as well. Have a wonderful day Dom. I await your response.
Dear Dom is the a way to show the keyboard view rather than notation keys in the midi editor I've looked in preferences, no joy any ideas much thanks Michael
@@DomSigalas Hi Dom thanks for getting back, no, when i open the lower zone i have the notes not the black and white keys, any way the switch them? Cheers, Again
In the drop down menu on the key editor you will find an entry that says: Velocity- change it to Notes and voila :) I hope I got your question right ;)
i knew it existed and as non keyboardplayer use it alot, Dom, but do u know MIDI GATE? Why not make a Video how to use it in a creative way. Lets explore the real unknown features.
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.
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.
I find that I make more mistakes trying to do step MIDI entry than if I just play the thing in realtime and then quantize/fix it after the fact. I have no idea why!
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! 😊
Hello! Pls give an advise! I’m recording a MIDI-track piano part, using a wire with usb type b and usb a connecting a laptop and Casio px-750, there’s no issue with recording but the playback, no sound comes out of the computer somehow
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.. !
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.
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.
Hello! I often watch your videos. Can you help me with one problem on Cubase 11. The problem is related to the chord track. If two instruments receive midi from the chord track, then the third instrument cannot be forced to accept midi only from the keyboard, it also responds to the chord track. If I turn it off with the Monitor or Record Enable button, then the review disappears on the midi keyboard.
hey Dom, i want to record midi file, when i hit the spacebar to stop the recording the whole midi file is deleted, it comes out of the blue what need i do to solve this problem i go crazy on this, hope you can help me out thanks in advance mate
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?
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!
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!
Yes! Me too!!!!!!!!!!
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.
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...👍👍👍
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.
Your tutorials are amazingly useful. I grow every time I see one.
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
Amazing Dom, I had no idea! This feature is realy dope. Thank you!
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.
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.
Keep them coming Dom! loving the videos about the less used features in Cubase. Thank you for teaching us.
love this! Will definitely use this to make custom arpegii ! thanks!!
Knew about Step Input. Never used it. Will use it now though :)
Another great video Dom, very informative, many thanks.
TNX that is realy Great for me as non Keyboard Player to bring my ideas to MIDI
You are changing life of lots of people ... Thank you. Lots of love from Nepal.
Extraordinario tutorial. Muchas gracias y un fuerte abrazo.
helping me learn everyday
My man Dom aka Cubase Commander aka Lord of Retrologue has done it again. The best.
Great feature!!!! Love it! (Never used it before)
You sir are a gift...thank you for all you do
Thanks Dom.
That saved me a lot of manual reading.
Very nice tutorial!!!
Thanks! 😀👍
Thnx for this learning event!!;)
Always fun and interesting ! Thanks a lot Dom
I use it. Very useful. I switch quantization to get different notes. It's wonderful.
This is an awesome feature to have. Thanks Dom for your ongoing amazing videos.
Finally I realized the benefit of step input. Thanks so much I'll try it next time I need one!
All days i see one video from you; And BAM !!! il level up my skills so easely ! just ouawwww thank you guy ;)
Very helpful Dom, Thank you.
You just saved my life, Dom!!! thanx for all this tips :)
Thank you Dom.
That is pretty cool, i discovered the "Step" by trying out different things, it is very useful! :)
Sounds good bro
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!!
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.
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"
how come I never looked for a step input mode in a DAW? this is a life changer and saves sooo much time. thanks!
Thank you
ONLLLLLLLLY Cubase pioneered this DAW feature. Been in Cubase for agggggges, other DAWSS ??? 😄😄
Life savior 🔥🎉💯❤️❤️
Hooraay for Retrologue :D
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!
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.
I'm into prog rock, and keyboard soloing seems like a doodle with such a process! Thanks, as ever.
great
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.
9:48 yeaah wellll.........
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?
Can you make a detailed video on squasher ?😍😍😍
Here you go : th-cam.com/video/mw2YSU_5lok/w-d-xo.html
I think step imput exist at first cubase ever. :-) - for me it was always distracting that the main cursor and the blue one are different… and never used it.
but from time to time i used more often…
Hi,
I’m a bad keyboard player and that’s why I use ‘MIDI Input’ to get the right pitch and velocity but preserve the human feeling of playing in real time with wrong notes.
Dom, please do me a favor … please reduce the volume of the music in the intro of your videos. My neighbors will eventually get a heart attack when this music screams out of my speakers :)
Oh no- hahaha super loud mastering 😂 duly noted :)
@@DomSigalas 😜
Here i am searching for a sequencer where i can "ratchet"...
Click on this Video...
I do not need such a thing, i can do this with Step/Midi Input, switching between 1/16 1/32 or 1/64.
Very nice....
How do you add a rest or space?!
I believe pressing right arrow leaves blank spaces if you want.
Click right arrow on keyboard it move blue cursor and play
Right arrow to move forward according to the quantize value- left to go back :)
Thanks All !
HI Dom, I know this question is off topic, is it possible to add Cmin7/9 in the chord editing section, I can't see a way of adding the extra note to the 4 note chord section, its great for adding Chords on block, until you require more than a 4 note chord.
DOM, IF YOU READ THIS, PLEASE DO A COMPARISON OF SCALER 2 AND CUBASE (and the Step/MIDI input, scale assistant and chord pads functions). I'm sure many would like to see how Cubase compares with today's number one "music theory workstation".
Step/MIDI input, scale assistant and chord pads introduce Cubase to a whole new market. It's always been designed for people that are trained or experienced in the music production process, especially those with experience from the analog days. So while newer DAWs like FL revolutionized workflow and offered an entirely different approach to making music (Fruity Loops was designed by a video game programmer) which made them more appealing to a younger market of gamers who had no musical training and only used a mouse and keyboard, older DAWs Cubase have always been the musician's DAW. What I like about the introduction of these new tools that they now give Cubase an educational edge above the rest. You may not be to play but with continued use of these tools you will definitely pick up some music theory and improve dexterity because they encourage you to actually play an instrument (midi keyboard controller) instead of relying solely on a computer keyboard and mouse.
Hey Dom, How did you create those drums from the begining ?
Can you make beats using step midi input
Thanks Dom. I just lost a song track due to a Windows error without a backup. Is there a Cubase feature to print out track settings to show instruments that are used? Trying to recreate a track song without knowing the instruments that I used is difficult. If I had a printed list of the instruments, I could recreate the song faster.
Hey Dom and thanks for another great video. I'd like to ask you a question you might already have been asked. Google says you are from the UK but... The way you pronounce the words sounds kind of Spanish so, are you actually from the UK or not?
Originally I am from Athens, Greece but I am both Greek and British citizen :)
@@DomSigalas DOM MILAS ELLINIKA?!?!?! O AGAPIMENOS MOY YTBER EINAI APO TIN ELLADA DLD? KAI GIATI SE VGALANE "DOM"? VGAINEI APO KAPOU?
Hi Dom. Can you use this Step Midi Input to also input dotted eighth note chords or rhythms? If so, can you show me an example or recommend a video that I can watch that would show me how to do what I am requesting?
I will make a video about this soon ;)
Hi Dom. I good while ago I ask this question : Can you use this Step Midi Input to also input dotted eight note chords or rhythms? If so, can you show me an example or recommend a video that I can watch that would show me how to do what I am requesting? Your response to me was this : (“I will make a video about this soon;”) Now I would like to know if you have made that video so I can watch it. Please respond to me at your earliest convenience. I would like to incorporate this in my very own music soon. Thank you in advance. Once again I would like to wish you continued success with all of your future video and endeavors and I also wish you continued success financially as well. Have a wonderful day Dom. I await your response.
The Step midi input Was the reason why i changed from abelton to cubase :)
Dear Dom is the a way to show the keyboard view rather than notation keys in the midi editor I've looked in preferences, no joy any ideas much thanks Michael
Hi Michael, do you mean in the lower zone? The default should be the key editor- is it not for you?
@@DomSigalas Hi Dom thanks for getting back, no, when i open the lower zone i have the notes not the black and white keys, any way the switch them? Cheers, Again
@@DomSigalas Yes Dom in the lower zone how can I switch from notes to keys Thank You
is this different from using the midi editor?
👀👀🤯👀👀🙌🏼
What if Mozart and Bethoven had that, what would they create... 🤯🤓🤔🧐😊
What about scales? Can I pre-configure them?
You can with Cubase Scale assistant :)
@@DomSigalas Thanks!
how did you get your midi lines and velocity to be different colours?
In the drop down menu on the key editor you will find an entry that says: Velocity- change it to Notes and voila :) I hope I got your question right ;)
@@DomSigalas Thank you !!!
Can you press space or something to enter a rest?
You just press right arrow on your keyboard :)
@@DomSigalas Oh, but of course!
Thanks!
I use this for HH fills and drum parts that i can't play accurately
Me too :) for very fast passages
i knew it existed and as non keyboardplayer use it alot, Dom, but do u know MIDI GATE?
Why not make a Video how to use it in a creative way. Lets explore the real unknown features.
I’ve done a video about it :) hehehe it’s called the plug-in you’ve never used hahahaa
@@DomSigalas Sorry DOM what i meant was the CONTEXT GATE, i should have looked it up before.
Good video, but.....your intros are way too long.
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.
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
Thank you for an excellent video - from Israel
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.
I find that I make more mistakes trying to do step MIDI entry than if I just play the thing in realtime and then quantize/fix it after the fact. I have no idea why!
You can probably play quite well Scott! I always do for real-time too most of the times unless it’s for related hi hats or specific midi parts.
you are the man broooo!!! thanks for this essential information!!
How to pan left and right in midi
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! 😊
Hello! Pls give an advise! I’m recording a MIDI-track piano part, using a wire with usb type b and usb a connecting a laptop and Casio px-750, there’s no issue with recording but the playback, no sound comes out of the computer somehow
Great mantra - Tq❤
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.. !
Wow! I’ve been looking for many many years how to Insert a note and... EUREKA!! Amasing DoM[ajor]
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.
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.
Hello! I often watch your videos. Can you help me with one problem on Cubase 11. The problem is related to the chord track. If two instruments receive midi from the chord track, then the third instrument cannot be forced to accept midi only from the keyboard, it also responds to the chord track. If I turn it off with the Monitor or Record Enable button, then the review disappears on the midi keyboard.
easy if you can find the step icon.
it does not appear o n my cubase (in either v 9, or v12)
any ideas?
Watching you work is so inspiring!
This will be extremely helpful for an amateur like me!
hey Dom, i want to record midi file, when i hit the spacebar to stop the recording the whole midi file is deleted, it comes out of the blue
what need i do to solve this problem i go crazy on this, hope you can help me out
thanks in advance mate
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?
I knew about it, but never really used it, but maybe Your Video change this now : )
love the video crazyness kicking in at the same time, double fun !
how did he add Retrologo Bass to begin with? I am a newbie , I need baby steps please🙄
Amazing!!!! More videos like this !
how to input rest note in Step input，or move the input cursor without mouse.
I know it. I use it for "runs" for strings and wood.
You're the best, Dom!
Thanks!! You forgot to tell how set the length/duration of notes :-)
There really is no reason to try any other daw at this point. Cubase is truly a beast of a program
i am interested to see if this can be used for a guitar solo using a guitar plugin.
U r one of the best, dom. I’m very thankful
Amazing. Thanks. ☺️