# Free text addresses for custom MIDI Remote scripts

**URL:** <https://forum.metagrid.app/t/free-text-addresses-for-custom-midi-remote-scripts/1666>\
**Category:** Cubase\
**Created:** [October 24, 2026, 10:30am UTC](https://forum.metagrid.app/t/free-text-addresses-for-custom-midi-remote-scripts/1666 "2026-10-24T10:30:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![vinc](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/forum.metagrid.app/vinc/32/1392_2.png) [@vinc](https://forum.metagrid.app/u/vinc)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2026, 10:30am UTC](https://forum.metagrid.app/t/free-text-addresses-for-custom-midi-remote-scripts/1666/1 "2026-10-24T10:30:43Z")

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I use my own Cubase MIDI Remote script next to yours. It sends the names and values of plug-in parameters to MetaGrid Pro, using the same SysEx message as your Selected Channel script (`F0 7D cubase@<address>|<text> F7`), and I show them in buttons titled `@qc1`, `@fqc1`, and so on. It works very well.

The limit: MetaGrid only displays the addresses it already knows (`@qc1-8`, `@fqc1-8`, `@send1-8`, `@insert1-8`, `@selectedTrack`…). An unknown address such as `@nx1` is ignored. I need about 21 texts on one grid, so I would have to borrow `@send5` to `@send8`, which overwrites the real send names on my channel grid.

Request: a set of free addresses, for example `@user1` to `@user32`, displayed in a button, label or fader title exactly like `@qc1`, but never written by your own scripts.

Two related questions:

1. Is this text mechanism specific to the Cubase integration, or is there a general form that any program can use?
2. Is the macro triggered when a grid or scene appears still planned for 1.7? It would let my script know which grid is on screen.

Thanks for the great app!

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**Author:** ![MetaGrid\_Admin](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/forum.metagrid.app/metagrid_admin/32/21_2.png) [@MetaGrid\_Admin](https://forum.metagrid.app/u/MetaGrid_Admin)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2026, 9:05am UTC](https://forum.metagrid.app/t/free-text-addresses-for-custom-midi-remote-scripts/1666/2 "2026-10-25T09:05:18Z")

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Hi Vinc,

Thanks for explaining your setup. We’ve added 32 dedicated custom text slots, `@user1` through `@user32`, to the plan for MetaGrid Pro 1.7.8.

These will use the existing Cubase SysEx message format—for example, `cubase@user1|Cutoff`—with `@user1` in an object’s title. Our built-in scripts won’t write to these slots, so you won’t need to borrow send or Quick Control addresses. Separate custom scripts will still need to coordinate which slots they use.

For MetaGrid Pro 2.0, we’ve also planned optional **On Open** and **On Close** macros for each grid. You could use an On Open macro to notify your script which grid is active and have it send the corresponding text values.

We still need to verify the custom-slot forwarding on both Mac and Windows MetaServer. These are planned changes; they aren’t available in the current release.