I did read the manual (Chapter 16 MIDI realtime parameters page 155 in particular the midi inspector) and it doesn’t give clear unambiguous instructions about how to get the end result that I wanted and had to figure out for myself. And I am not the only person to make the point. I did find it OK for explaining how to use the editor for adding notes etc so I am not a total numpty.
How do you defend Steinberg tech support not bothering to reply to me?. And I bought the Alesis Interface because it came with Cubase thinking it was a well documented and proven product, I could have bought somnething less expensive without Cuibase.