1. For the purposes of this exercise we will set up a Brass Section made of 5 Brass samples and mixed using the Record SSL mixing desk.  The great thing about the Record SLL is that it offers more features and channels for 'orchestral stacking' than was previously available in 'Reason'. 

    3. From the Cubase 'Devices' menu.

  3. Select 'Record ReWire'

  4. Click on the first 2 Channel Activation buttons on the left hand side of ReWire Channels ( Mix L and Mix R) so that they show blue.  A ReWire track will be created, along with a corresponding channel in the Cubase mixer.

  5. If you want to, double click on the labels in the right column, and type in another name. These labels will be used in the Cubase mixer to identify the ReWire channels

  6. Close the 'Record Rewire' window.

  
     

 
   

  1. Now we need to assign the Rewire connection to our Brass section to a MID track.

  2. From the Cubase 'Arrange' screen, select or create a new MIDI track.

  3. Select the 'Output' dropdown in the track inspector.  A dropdown menu will appear.

  4. From the dropdown menu select 'Record CC-Brass' as this is the name of the full combinator containing the 5 Brass samplers.

  5. All 5 Brass samplers will now receive MIDI from this track and play simultaneously as a stacked brass section.
  
       
 
  1. Select 'Devices / Mixer 3' from the main arrange page menu.

  2. Locate the mixer audio channel that the signal for the Brass2 MIDI track is going through.

  3. Click on the output selector at the top of the channel (the word 'Brass' above the word 'stereo' on the picture to the right).  A drop down output bus menu will appear.

  4. Select the 'Brass' output buss (seen with a tick next to it on the picture to the far right).

  5. You should now be able to see and hear the signal come through on the 'Brass' channel on the STM2496 mixer.