Just select Cubase 8.5 / 9 as your audio application Series and you’re good to go.
Please let me know if you come across any issues.
Having trouble with MEAP getting track names in Cubase 8? Especially if it has been working fine in earlier Cubase versions?
The symptoms of this could be that you notice the mouse move to the Inspector instead of to the track that is active. Or that you notice MEAP entering odd things instead of the track name.
This is most likely because you have your Inspector open and the Solo button and background in the inspector looks very similar to the Solo button and background on a selected track.
Simple solution – CLOSE THE INSPECTOR when exporting with MEAP using Cubase 8.x (and onwards).
More info:
MEAP gets track names by finding the active Solo button on the selected track and moving the mouse over to get the actual track name.
If MEAP sees something that looks like an active solo button on a selected track it will move to the first image is sees. In Cubase 8 the background in the Inspector has become very similar to the background colour of a selected track.
You can also – Read more about this in the manual.
Symptoms:
You can adjust the tolerance in the ini file or use your own graphics and set the tolerance value to 1.
In the ini file:
def_coef_colour_tolerance=0.7 def_coef_freeze_tolerance=0.97 def_coef_skip_tolerance=0.97
The second setting (def_coef_skip_tolerance=0.97) is for finding a the Mute button (or the folder open / close) on a selected track. If this value is set too low, MEAP may think an ordinary Mute button is a match and skip every track..
Note: If you are having trouble with this area (skipping muted tracks, folder tracks or odd behaviour when using frozen tracks) the best way to resolve it would be to get an exact capture of your setup’s Mute Button, Folder Open / Closed and Frozen Solo on a selected track. Then set the values to 1 (exact match). The easiest way to do this is to use the MEAP SHOTS application. If you are unsure how to do this please contact support.
More Info:
Symptoms:
You can adjust the tolerance in the ini file or use your own graphics and set the tolerance value to 1.
In the ini file:
def_coef_colour_tolerance=0.7 def_coef_freeze_tolerance=0.97 def_coef_skip_tolerance=0.97
The second setting (def_coef_skip_tolerance=0.97) is for finding a the Mute button (or the folder open / close) on a selected track. If this value is set too low, MEAP may think an ordinary Mute button is a match and skip every track..
Note: If you are having trouble with this area (skipping muted tracks, folder tracks or odd behaviour when using frozen tracks) the best way to resolve it would be to get an exact capture of your setup’s Mute Button, Folder Open / Closed and Frozen Solo on a selected track. Then set the values to 1 (exact match). The easiest way to do this is to use the MEAP SHOTS application. If you are unsure how to do this please contact support.
More Info:
Many Cubase 6 and 7 users may not be aware that since Version 7.67.141 of MEAP – The Export Button is actually pressed by a Key Command. This was done in order to make sure MEAP does not have to scan your screen for the Export Button on every export, hence saving time.
Some users miss how important setting up the Key Commands is. Everything MEAP does is controlled by a specific set of Key Commands that must be installed into your audio application.
Make sure you save your existing Key Commands (and Macros) by going to Cubase Key Commands dialog and saving them.
It is absolutely vital that you then select the MEAPKeysVx (where x is your audio application version) set of key Commands in the same area.
Obviously if you have any MACRO keys set up – these may interfere with MEAP’s key commands so they should be removed temporarily (this is why we saved everything above).
Once you have set up the MEAP Key Commands, do a small dummy export and see if it works.
The new Key Command for Export Audio is Ctrl+SHIFT+K and it is included in the new MEAPKeys files.
If for some reason it is still failing or you wish to revert to the old method, you can change the way MEAP presses that button:
Go to the meapdefs.ini file and look for the line:
[other_options]
press_67_button=KeyCommand
Change this to
[other_options]
press_67_button=Button
This will force MEAP to use your button graphic instead of the Key Command.
MEAP can export folder tracks for you.
To do this simply close all folders you wish to export and select the first folder track that you want to export.
For example, if you want to export 3 folder tracks:
Note: You may have to adjust the colour of your folder tracks so that MEAP recognises the Solo Button.
See here for more info: http://www.meap.biz/why-does-meap-fail-when-exporting-a-folder-track/
For more information on folder tracks please refer to the MEAP manual.
This version also adds a new image finding algorithm to drastically reduce (if not completely eliminate) Graphic Not Found Errors.
Latest MEAP Version: 7.90.989 born on March 21 2018
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MEAP is a Windows only application.
MEAP will run on all known current versions of Windows 32 bit and 64 bit.
The most common problem that stops MEAP working is the Graphic Not Found Error.
This happens when MEAP is looking for a particular graphic (for example the Solo button) and because the button may not appear the same on all systems, MEAP may not be able to find it.
This is easy to fix. And as you probably know, if you send a message and Support Zip File to MEAP Support, you will usually receive a custom graphic specifically for your system within a few hours.
However, if you are in a hurry or even just a little interested, you can do it yourself.
So here’s the steps:
MEAP has already tried to give us a clue which graphic it could not find, in the error message.
In this case it was the Solo button. It was lit up within Cubase but for some subtle (or sometimes obvious) reason, MEAP didn’t recognise it.
You can access the ZIP file that MEAP has created directly from this message by clicking the ZIP button.
Or if you have already closed the message, you can go to the place that the ZIP file is stored:
Usually this file can be found in the following location:
Windows Vista: Windows 7: C:\Users\YOUR USER NAME\AppData\Roaming\Phil Pendlebury\MEAP\zip\
Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\YOUR USER NAME\Application Data\Phil Pendlebury\MEAP\zip\
Open the Zip file and you will see a group of files. One of them should be named final.bmp (Note: If the final.bmp does not exist, simply use any screen shot that contains the graphic areas you need).
If you look at this screen shot you should see the button or area that MEAP was looking for. To your eyes it may look OK but sometimes computers can be very picky.
So now we are going to make our own version of the graphic – So it is exactly matched to your system and MEAP will always see it.
First, make some copies of the final.bmp so that you can rename them correctly before editing. The new graphic must be a Bitmap and stay in the same format that MEAP used.
Locate the MEAP graphic folder. In this case Cubase 6 graphics:
Windows Vista: Windows 7 – C:\Users\YOUR USER NAME\AppData\Roaming\Phil Pendlebury\MEAP\graphics\c6gfx\
Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\YOUR USER NAME\Application Data\Phil Pendlebury\MEAP\graphics\c6gfx\
Decide which graphic you are going to make and rename one of your final.bmp copies to the same name as that graphic. In this case the name would be c6solo.bmp
Open your favourite photo editing software and load in the final.bmp
We now need to look at the original graphic (c6solo.bmp) and roughly crop a similar graphic from the newly created c6solo.bmp that came from you final.bmp
Zoom in so that you can see how the original graphic was cropped. It is important that the graphic is cropped in the same way, especially for the Path graphics.
Then we can start to crop down the new graphic and zoom in until they look similar.
Finally you should end up with a graphic that looks almost identical to the original. But remember this has been made from your own screen shot so it will match your setup exactly.
Now – Save the file. Do not change the file type or make any adjustments to colour or contrast, brightness etc. This is why we renamed the final.bmp to the button name before we started editing. So you can simply save the new file.
When you have saved the file and repeated this procedure with any other graphics that may have caused errors you can now copy your new graphics over the original. (Don’t worry the originals are all backed up should you ever need to restore them). Copy the new graphics here:
Windows Vista: Windows 7 – C:\Users\YOUR USER NAME\AppData\Roaming\Phil Pendlebury\MEAP\graphics\YOUR AUDIO APP\
Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\YOUR USER NAME\Application Data\Phil Pendlebury\MEAP\graphics\YOUR AUDIO APP\
In this case YOUR AUDIO APP would be c6gfx
You now have a set of graphics that are totally matched to your current system. Keep them safe! If you ever re-install MEAP or install an update, you will need to copy these graphics over the originals again.
Good luck and happy exporting.
Latest MEAP Version: 7.90.989 born on March 21 2018
MEAP is Compatible with the following Steinberg Windows Audio Applications:
Probably the most powerful part of MEAP is its ability to set locators differently for each file that is exported.
Here is some more information on what the different locator export options actually do.
The locators will be automatically set to encompass all of your project before export begins.
Parts on Tracks
The locators will be automatically set to encompass all of the parts on each track individually.
The locators will be automatically set so that the left locator is always at the beginning of the first part in the project but the right locator is at the end of the last part on each track.
The locators will be automatically set so that the left locator is always at the beginning (zero) of the project in the project but the right locator is at the end of the last part on each track.
The locators will be automatically set so that the left locator is always at the beginning of the first part on each track but the right locator is at the end of the last part of the project.
Each part will be separately exported one at a time. MEAP does this by reading the left locator position of each part and then exporting it. After export MEAP moves the locators to the next part and exports it. When MEAP reaches the first part again it will move to the next track.
MEAP will not change your locators. They will remain as they were before you started your MEAP export. So you can set your locators anywhere.
Don’t forget, any nose or tail you have set up will always be added to any of the locator settings.
Each cycle marker range will be separately exported one at a time. MEAP does this by reading the left locator position of each range (according to your Transport Time Display) and then exporting it. The export will be named after your default file name with _pt01, _pt02 etc. appended to the name. After export MEAP moves the locators to the next cycle range and exports it. When MEAP reaches the first part again it will finish.
Each marker range will be separately exported one at a time. MEAP does this by reading the left and right locator position of each marker range (according to your Transport Time Display) and then exporting it. The export will be named after your default file name with _pt01, _pt02 etc. appended to the name. After export MEAP moves the locators to the next cycle range and exports it. When MEAP reaches the first marker again again it will finish.
You must have the left locator displayed in your audio application transport bar.
If you have Bars+Beats visible in your Transport you should choose Transport Time Display = Bars+Beats
If you have Seconds visible in your Transport you should choose Transport Time Display = Seconds
If you have Timecode visible in your Transport you should choose Transport Time Display = Timecode
If you have Samples visible in your Transport you should choose Transport Time Display = Samples
