App preset
Steinberg Cubase: controller layout for Mac
Steinberg Cubase can be driven from a game controller, a MIDI pad, or an adaptive controller on a Mac. InputConfig sends real keyboard and mouse events, so the app sees an ordinary keyboard and mouse. This is the layout the app's Smart Preset Maker builds for it: DAW transport: play, record, loop, and zoom from a controller.
Get the preset in two clicks
- Open InputConfig and click Smart Preset Maker on the welcome screen.
- Search for Steinberg Cubase and pick it. The layout below is created as a preset in your sidebar, named and ready.
- Press Activate. Every row can be changed afterwards: the editor's Scan button rebinds any control the moment you touch it.
The full button map
| Controller | Sends | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| A / Cross | Space | A: start/stop playback (Space) |
| B / Circle | Keypad 0 | B: stop (numpad 0) |
| X / Square | Keypad * | X: record (numpad *) |
| Y / Triangle | Keypad / | Y: cycle/loop on-off (numpad /) |
| D-pad left | Keypad 1 | Go to left locator (numpad 1) |
| D-pad right | Keypad 2 | Go to right locator (numpad 2) |
| LB / L1 | Command (Left), Keypad 1 | LB: set left locator to cursor (Cmd+numpad 1) |
| RB / R1 | Command (Left), Keypad 2 | RB: set right locator to cursor (Cmd+numpad 2) |
| D-pad up | Keypad Enter | Return to start (numpad Enter) |
| Right stick right | H | Right stick right: zoom in horizontally (H) |
| Right stick left | G | Right stick left: zoom out horizontally (G) |
| Right stick up | Scroll down | Right stick up: scroll up |
| Right stick down | Scroll up | Right stick down: scroll down |
| Left stick left | Left | Left stick left: nudge cursor left (Left) |
| Left stick right | Right | Left stick right: nudge cursor right (Right) |
| Right trigger | Command (Left), Z | Right trigger: undo (Cmd+Z) |
| Left trigger | Shift (Left), Command (Left), Z | Left trigger: redo (Shift+Cmd+Z) |
| Back / Share / Select | Delete | Back: delete selected event (Delete) |
| Start / Options | Command (Left), S | Start: save project (Cmd+S) |
| L3 (left stick click) | Shift (Left), N | L3: locate next marker (Shift+N) |
| R3 (right stick click) | Shift (Left), B | R3: locate previous marker (Shift+B) |
Button names follow the Xbox / PlayStation pair shown in the editor, so A / Cross is the bottom face button on either pad. On a Switch Pro Controller the bottom button is labelled B; the mapping still fires on position.
Tips
- A is your transport toggle on Space, X arms record on numpad star, and Y turns the cycle loop on and off, mirroring Cubase's numpad transport.
- The D-pad jumps between the left and right locators while the shoulders set them to the cursor, so you can punch a loop without touching the keyboard.
Make it yours
Nothing here is fixed. Rows can be re-scanned to a different control, given hold and double-tap actions, chords, turbo, macros, haptic or spoken feedback, and per-binding deadzones and sensitivity curves. The binding editor guide covers every option, and the controller map shows what each control is called.
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