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The MIDI editors
Acoustic Feedback
If the speaker icon on the toolbar is activated, individual
notes will automatically be played back (auditioned) when
you move or transpose them, or when you create new notes
by drawing. This makes it easier to hear what you’re doing.
In the Preferences dialog (MIDI page), you can specify
whether the Acoustic Feedback function should also in-
clude any MIDI sends or inserts used for the track. Activate
the option “Audition through MIDI Inserts/Sends” if you
want the layering of MIDI instruments (by MIDI sends) to be
active within the MIDI editors as well. This way, the acous-
tic feedback of the editors sends the MIDI data not only to
the output selected for the track, but additionally through
any MIDI inserts and MIDI sends assigned to it. Note, how-
ever, that this also means that the MIDI events will be sent
through any MIDI plug-ins assigned to this track.
Snap
Snap is activated on the toolbar.
The Snap function helps you find exact positions when ed-
iting in a MIDI editor. It does this by restricting horizontal
movement and positioning to certain positions. Operations
affected by snap include moving, duplicating, drawing, siz-
ing, etc.
• How Snap works depends on the Snap mode pop-up
menu next to the Snap button.
See “The Snap function” on page 56.
• When the “Bars+Beats” display format is selected in
the ruler, the snap grid is set by the quantize value on the
toolbar.
This makes it possible to snap not only to straight note values but also to
swing grids set up in the Quantize Setup dialog (see “The Quantizing
functions” on page 326).
When any of the other display formats is selected in the
ruler, positioning is restricted to the displayed grid, i.e. you
can snap in finer increments by zooming in, and in coarser
increments by zooming out the display.
Coloring notes and events
By using the Colors pop-up menu on the toolbar, you can
select a color scheme for the events in the editor. The fol-
lowing options are available:
When any of the options (apart from “Part”) is selected,
you can select “Setup” from the Colors pop-up menu.
This opens a dialog in which you can specify which colors
should be associated with which velocities, pitches or
channels, respectively.
Creating and editing notes
To draw in new notes in the Key Editor, you use the Pencil
tool or the Line tool.
Drawing notes with the Pencil tool
With the Pencil tool, you insert single notes by clicking at
the desired time (horizontal) and pitch position (vertical).
• When you move the pointer in the note display, its bar
position is indicated in the toolbar, and its pitch is indicated
both in the toolbar and on the piano keyboard to the left.
This makes it easy to find the right note and insert position.
• If Snap is activated, this determines the start position of
the created note.
Option Description
Velocity The notes get different colors depending on their velocity
values.
Pitch The notes get different colors depending on their pitch.
Channel The notes get different colors depending on their MIDI
channel value.
Part The notes get the same color as their respective part in
the Project window. Use this option when you are work-
ing with two or more tracks in an editor, to make it easier
to see which notes belong to which track.
GridMatch The notes get different colors depending on their time
position. This mode makes it easy to see e.g. if the notes
in a chord start at the exact same beat.