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The MIDI editors
The controller display
The area at the bottom of the Key Editor window is the
controller display. This consists of one or several control-
ler lanes, each showing one of the following properties or
event types:
• Velocity values of the notes.
• Pitch Bend events.
• Aftertouch events.
• Poly Pressure events.
• Program Change events.
• Any type of continuous controller event.
To change the size of the controller display, drag the di-
vider between the controller display and the note display.
This will make the controller display larger and the note
display smaller, or vice versa.
Velocity values are shown as vertical bars in the controller
display, with higher bars corresponding to higher velocity
values:
Each velocity bar corresponds to a note in the note display.
Events in the controller display (that is, anything other than
velocity values) are shown as “blocks”, the heights of which
correspond to the “values” of the events. However, events
that have been recorded (or drawn with a low quantize
value) may appear more like “filled curves”, simply because
they are positioned very closely:
If you zoom in on the upper “curve”, you will find that it consists of sep-
arate events.
Ö Unlike notes, events in the controller display have no
length. The value of an event in the display is “valid” until
the start of the next event:
For a description of editing in the controller display, see
“Editing in the controller display” on page 350.
Key Editor operations
Zooming
Zooming in the Key Editor is done according to the stan-
dard zoom procedures, using the zoom sliders, the Zoom
tool or the Zoom submenu on the Edit menu.
• When you drag a rectangle with the Zoom tool, the result
depends on the option “Zoom Tool Standard Mode: Hori-
zontal Zooming Only” in the Preferences (Editing–Tools
page).
If this is activated, the window will only be zoomed horizontally; if not, the
window will be zoomed both horizontally and vertically.
Using the Trim tool
The Trim tool allows you to change the length of note
events by cutting off the end or the beginning of notes. It
is available in the Key Editor and in the List Editor.
Using the Trim tool means moving the note-on or the note-
off event for one or several notes to a position defined with
the mouse. Proceed as follows:
1. Select the Trim tool in the toolbar.
The mouse pointer changes to a knife symbol.
2. Locate the notes that you wish to edit.
If you delete the second event… …the first event will be “valid”
until the start of the third event.