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The MIDI editors
The ruler
The ruler shows the time line, by default in the display for-
mat selected on the Transport panel. You can select a
separate format for a MIDI editor ruler on the Ruler pop-up
menu, opened by clicking the arrow button to the right of
it. For a list of the available formats, see “The ruler” on
page 34.
At the bottom of the pop-up menu, there are two addi-
tional items:
• If “Time Linear” is selected, the ruler, note display and
controller display will be linear in relation to time.
This means that if the ruler shows bars and beats, the distance between
the bar lines will vary depending on the tempo.
• If “Bars+Beats Linear” is selected, the ruler, note display
and controller display will be linear in relation to tempo.
This means that if the ruler shows bars and beats, the distance between
beats will be constant.
In most cases, you would probably set the display format
to “Bars+Beats” in “Bars+Beats Linear” mode when edit-
ing MIDI.
The note display
The note display is the main area in the Key Editor. It con-
tains a grid in which MIDI notes are shown as boxes. The
width of a box corresponds to the note length, and the
vertical position of a box corresponds to the note number
(pitch), with higher notes higher up in the grid. The piano
keyboard to the left serves as a guide for finding the right
note number.
For a description on how to display colors in the note dis-
play, see “Coloring notes and events” on page 343.
The chord recognition function
Cubase features a handy chord recognition function that
helps you identify chords in the Key Editor note display. To
find out which chord is formed by simultaneously played
notes, place the project cursor over the notes. All MIDI
notes currently “touched” by the project cursor are ana-
lyzed and the chord recognition display in the toolbar
shows you which chord the notes form.
In the picture above, the project cursor touches the notes C, Eb and G.
As shown in the chord recognition display, this results in a C minor chord.