Cubase/Nuendo Control Surface

Setup Guide for

Cubase/Nuendo �MIDI Remote

on Windows

Create 2 ports in loopmidi

Keep in mind that each port "PORT 1" and "PORT 2" both carry MIDI one input and one output.

Therefore, you will see them listed in both the MIDI inputs and MIDI outputs of your DAW and the MP MIDI app.

Open the MP MIDI standalone app

1. Click on the taskbar icon to open the main window
2. Click Open and select to open the Cubase-04.xml preset (or latest)
3. Click on MIDI DEVICES
4. Select the available virtual ports you created in LoopMidi

Open the MIDI ROUTER on the MP MIDI app

• The MIDI ports may not match the virtual ports you created using LoopMidi
• Greyed out ports are ports which no longer exist but were saved in a preset.

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• Double click on the red lines to be removed. (red lines signify that the connection cannot be established - MIDI ports are in use by another software)
• Drag new lines from the MP MIDI ports to route on the ports that are available �(next slide)

Select and route MIDI in the MP MIDI app

1. Click on the MIDI Router and drag the following lines

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• Save the MP MIDI app preset�
• Close the MP MIDI app and reopen it and load the preset�
• You can save the preset as default.xml so that it opens automatically next time.�
• Open Cubase

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Deselect ports in Cubase/Nuendo

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Uncheck the boxes so that they are not being used by Cubase/Nuendo

�(c1-xMP1 should also be disabled for IN and OUT)

�PORT 1 will be using as input port.

PORT 2 will be used as an output port.

Import the midi remote script in Cubase/Nuendo

1. Open Cubase/Nuendo and open the MIDI Remote Manager
2. Click on Import Script
3. Select the script you have downloaded "MP MIDI_mp controller.midiremote" to import it.

Add the controller in Cubase/Nuendo

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Load up the MP MIDI app as a VST3 plugin

Load up the Cubase preset in the MP MIDI App

Close the MP MIDI standalone app if you will use the VST3 plugin.

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MP MIDI VST3 plugin vs Standalone app

1. Load the Cubase xml preset in the MIDI App by clicking Open and selecting the Cubase xml preset. (You can save it as default so that it opens automatically every time)
2. Make sure in the MIDI app, the MIDI router has the same ports selected for MIDI in and out as Cubase.
3. The controller and Cubase should now be ready to communicate.
4. When you move an encoder, you will see the MIDI indicator of Cubase sending and receiving MIDI.
5. When you change a page in Cubase or the controller, they both should sync and be on the same page.

As you may have noticed, when you click outside Cubase (finder, file explorer etc) it hides all the Cubase windows except the project window. �When using the MP MIDI VST3 plugin, it is part of Cubase so it does not hide any Cubase windows. Therefore, it may suit your workflow better to use the MP MIDI VST3 plugin instead of the standalone app. The plugin can be added on any track as it allows audio to pass through. Only one instance of the MP MIDI plugin should be used.

You can run either the VST3 plugin or the MP MIDI standalone app (but do not run both)

Troubleshooting

If the ports are grey it means that the ports were saved in the preset you opened but are no longer present.

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If the connection lines are red when you open the MP MIDI preset or load a save Cubase project, then in means that the MIDI ports are being using by another application (probably Cubase) and they are not available to use.

To verify that MIDI ports are being used, load up a new empty Cubase project.

Open the MIDIview app and select devices to see if they are available or not.