1. First select MROS as an Output in the Output Module in the IPS. This is done separately for the two Synths IPS A and B.
You may record both “synths” on one Track or use Multi Recording to record them on one Track each.
2. Now select MIDI Setup from the Options menu, and select “System” from the submenu that appears. Make sure the MROS option is ticked on the “Input From” pop-up menu, so that the Output of the IPS gets recorded.
You may or may not disable other recording Inputs. If you have Thru activated on the IPS, and your playing Input activated for recording, you will record both your actual playing and the output of the IPS.
When you select MROS as an output for the IPS and use MROS as a recording input for Cubase VST, you are routing the output of the IPS via Cubase VST’s active Track. This means that output from the IPS will now effectively happen on the MIDI Channel of the Active Track, not on the Channel set in the IPS output module, if the Track is not set to MIDI Channel “Any”, of course.
3. If you want to record the two IPS “synths” on one Track each, Select Multi Recording from the Options menu and enable Channel Split mode from the submenu.4. Set the IPS A and B to output on the right MIDI Channels, so that you route the output to the Tracks you want.
If you for example select MIDI Channel 1 for IPS A, it will be recorded on the Track set to Channel 1 in the Record column of the Track List, and if you set IPS B to MIDI Channel 2, it will be recorded on the Track set to Channel 2 in the Record column of the Track List.
6. If you record on one Track only, select it and set it to output on the right MIDI Channel. If you set it to “Any”, make sure that the MIDI Channel setting in the IPS is valid. This is very important if you plan to change the MIDI Channel in the IPS during the recording, either manually or via Modulator 1 or 2.
7. If you use Multi recording, set each Track to receive on the right MIDI channel. To avoid confusion it might be a good idea to set both Tracks to output to MIDI Channel “Any” for reasons described above.
8. If you wish, select Phrase Synth from the Panels menu again. Or, if the IPS is set up as it should be and activated, just proceed with recording.9. Start recording as usual in Cubase VST. When ready for it, play your keyboard (or whatever you use) to activate and “play” the IPS.
Remember that it is possible to change any parameter at any time, even during recording.
P In Cycle mode, often a lot of notes are put at the Cycle Start position, which in most cases isn’t really what you want. However, recording in Cycle mode may make up beautiful textures, so you could always Quantize your recording and use Delete Doubles to erase any doubled notes, and of course continue editing in an editor. Or why not make your new recording a Phrase?