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The MIDI editors
Controller lane presets
Once you have added the required number of controller
lanes and selected the event types you need, you can
store this combination as a controller lane preset. You
could for example have a preset with one velocity lane
only, another with a combination of velocity, pitchbend
and modulation, and so on. This can make working with
controllers much quicker.
• To add the current controller lane setup as a preset, pull
down the pop-up menu to the left of the horizontal scroll-
bar and select “Add”.
Enter a name for the preset in the dialog that appears and click OK.
• To apply a stored preset, select it from the pop-up menu.
This immediately brings up the controller lanes and event types in the
preset.
• To remove or rename presets, select “Organize” from
the pop-up.
Editing velocity values
When “Velocity” is selected for viewing, the lane shows
the velocity of each note as a vertical bar.
Velocity values are edited with the Pencil or the Line tool.
The different tools and Line tool modes offer several pos-
sibilities, as listed below.
Ö The Arrow tool automatically switches to the Pencil tool
when you move the pointer into the controller display.
If you want to use the Arrow tool to select events in the controller display,
press [Alt]/[Option].
Ö If the Speaker icon (Acoustic Feedback) is activated
on the toolbar, the notes will be played back when you ad-
just the velocity, allowing you to audition your changes.
• You can use the Pencil tool to change the velocity of a
single note: click on its velocity bar and drag the bar up or
down.
While you drag, the current velocity value is shown in the display to the left.
• You can use the Pencil tool or the Line tool in Paint
mode to change the velocity values of several notes by
painting a “freehand curve”.
When editing velocity, these two methods have the same functionality.
• Use the Line tool in Line mode for creating linear veloc-
ity ramps.
Click where you want the ramp to start and drag the cursor to where you
want the ramp to end. When you release the mouse button, the velocity
values are aligned with the line between the two points.
• Parabola mode works in the same way, but aligns the
velocity values to a Parabola curve instead.
Use this for smooth, “natural” velocity fades, etc.
• The remaining three Line tool modes (Sine, Triangle and
Square) align the velocity values to continuous curve
shapes (see below).