Production: Make Line 6 Toneport/POD Studio KB37 transport controls work with Cubase

[Zeus]

So you bought the Line 6 KB37 with hopes of making it integrate with your copy of Cubase. Everything works fine, EXCEPT the transport controls. Look no further, follow these very simple instructions.

1. Connect your KB37, start Cubase, and run the Line 6 Audio-MIDI Devices applet in the control panel.

2. In Cubase, open the Device Setup window by clicking on the Devices menu and clicking on Device Setup on the bottom of the menu



3. Click on the + sign to add a new device, then click on Mackie Control. In Mackie Control, for MIDI Input, select Line 6 KB37. Click OK.




4. Now switch over to the Line 6 Audio-MIDI Devices configuration window. Click on the MIDI tab. Click on the Settings button.



5. For Switch/Controller entries that begin with "Transport", modify as shown. For the Switch Mode column, choose either "toggle" or "momentary". You do not have to change the GearBox Control column if you don't use Gearbox. You'll see why soon. Now name your preset, save, press OK, and you're done.



Switch back to Cubase and try our the transport controls. Voila!

Gearbox has a built-in player for you to play along with your favorite songs. The transport controls on the KB37 controls the player by default. The reason I disabled all transport controls in Gearbox is because the buttons trigger both Cubase and Gearbox. Try it yourself - If you press PLAY in Gearbox with Cubase minimized, it will play both the file loaded in Gearbox and your project in Cubase, and vice versa. I personally don't use the player for looping, so I disabled all transport controls for Gearbox altogether. All my knobs and the buttons under them are only for Gearbox, and all my transport buttons are only for Cubase, eliminating all conflicts.