Enabling Retrospective MIDI Record

The Retrospective MIDI Record setting allows you to capture any MIDI notes that you play in Stop mode or during playback and turn them into a MIDI part after the fact. This is possible because Cubase can capture MIDI input in buffer memory, even when not recording.

Procedure

  1. Select File > Preferences > Record–MIDI.
  2. Enable Retrospective Record and specify a Retrospective Record Buffer Size.

    This activates the buffering of MIDI input.

  3. In the MIDI track list, activate Record Enable.
  4. Play some MIDI material either in Stop mode or during playback.
  5. Select Transport > Retrospective MIDI Record.

Result

The content of the MIDI buffer is turned into a MIDI part on the record-enabled track, and the captured notes end up exactly where you played them in relation to the project.