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Tutorial 3: Recording and editing MIDI
Creating or drawing in MIDI notes
Now we need to draw in a cymbal crash in bar 25.
1. Scroll over to bar 25 and click on the piano roll on the
left hand side of the Key Editor. Click on the notes until you
hear a crash cymbal that you like. There is a good one at
C#2.
2. Select the Pencil tool of the Key Editor and draw in the
crash cymbal note at bar 25 by clicking and dragging for a
full bar.
The Controller lane
The “Controller Lane” allows us to add in or modify MIDI
data such as velocity and controller information. The most
common use for this is to edit velocity, pitchbend and con-
troller numbers for things like filter etc.
If you find that the MIDI velocity is too loud or quiet on cer-
tain notes, you can view and edit them at the bottom of the
Key Editor.
1. Make sure you can see the Controller Lane by clicking
on the “Controller Lane Presets” button at the bottom left
of the Key Editor.
2. Choose “Velocity Only” to view the velocity.
3. You can choose the MIDI information you wish view or
change from the pop-up menu.
4. You can also select “Setup” to view more controllers.
5. Click and drag in the Controller lane to draw in new
velocities for the notes.
You can even draw in curves and ramps using the Line tool in its various
modes.
Click and drag with the Pencil tool.
Pick one from the list or
choose Setup for more
controllers.