Note Expression: Allows MIDI controllers such as pitch bend, volume, pan, and filters to be applied only to the selected notes.In other DAWs, this requires the use of complicated MIDI program changes and key switches. Expression Maps: Adds a lane to the Key Editor (Cubase's piano roll) that allows the user to define changes to the instrument's articulations and dynamics.Chords can be either entered manually or detected automatically. Chord Tracks: Helps the user keep track of chord changes, and can optionally be used to harmonize audio and MIDI tracks automatically, as well as trigger arpeggios and chords with basic voicings or voicings for piano and guitar.It has a number of features designed to aid in composition, such as: Cubase can be used to edit and sequence audio signals coming from an external sound source and MIDI, and can host VST instruments and effects.