drag and drop

[sandalwood]

one year after moving I am putting my DAW back together. it is old but has worked great.
window xp
cubase essential 4
ezdrummer
ozone 4
m-audio oxygen 8 midi
lexicon lambda digital interface

it is taking time to remember how everything worked. it is embarrassing how much I have forgotten.
the questions for this forum is : how does drag and drop work? what are the steps I once used to take to pull a sample from Grooves patterns and place it on the waiting track in Cubase Essential 4 (my recording program)?
did I mention embarrassment?

Cubase Essential4 Dell PC Windows XPS 2GB RAM 320GB ATA2 hard drive m-audio oxygen2 midi Lexicon Lambda ezdrummer ozone4

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[Scott]

Make sure you have set up the MIDI Preferences as show below:

This will ensure you don’t create a new MIDI track for every file you drag and drop into your project.

Then, once you create an Instrument Track or use the Instrument Rack/MIDI track method (see the Cubase manual on using VST Instruments), you should be able to just drag a MIDI file from the Groove browser into the Instrument Track or MIDI track.

Scott Sibley - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

[sandalwood]

thanks for the reply.
under Preferences my screen appears almost exactly as your example.
I noticed the boxes you mention to uncheck were checked. (auto dissolve and import to instrument track). I unchecked those.
however I do not see a box for Import marker and Export marker.
otherwise my Preference box looks as yours.

Cubase Essential4 Dell PC Windows XPS 2GB RAM 320GB ATA2 hard drive m-audio oxygen2 midi Lexicon Lambda ezdrummer ozone4

[Scott]

I’m pretty sure that is the preference menu for Cubase 4, not Cubase essential 4 so YMMV.

Scott Sibley - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

[sandalwood]

YMMV?

Cubase Essential4 Dell PC Windows XPS 2GB RAM 320GB ATA2 hard drive m-audio oxygen2 midi Lexicon Lambda ezdrummer ozone4

[Scott]

Your Mileage May Vary

Scott Sibley - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

[sandalwood]

it looks like nearly all of my desktop is outdated and obsolete.
I know windows XP is way old. I still have 52% free space on the drive, but things are getting slow.
I know my recording program, Cubase Essential 4 is outdated and the driver updates will not apply. guess I will flounder around a bit and get some thing working.
recording is a hobby for me, but if I get serious my bass player has Cubase5 and his DAW is very cool; two monitors!

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