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MIDI processing
Use Range
When this is activated, transposed notes will remain within
the limit that you specify with the Low and High values.
If a note would end up outside this limit after transposition,
it is shifted to another octave, keeping the correct trans-
posed pitch if possible. If the range between the upper
and lower limit is very narrow, the note will be transposed
“as far as possible”, i.
e. to notes specified with the Low
and High values. If you set Low and High to the same
value, all notes will be transposed to this pitch!
OK and Cancel
Clicking OK performs the transposition. Clicking Cancel
closes the dialog without transposing.
Making your settings permanent
The settings described in the chapter “MIDI realtime pa-
rameters and effects” on page 348 do not change the
MIDI events themselves, but work like a “filter”, affecting
the music on playback. Therefore, you may want to make
them permanent, i.
e. convert them to “real” MIDI events,
for example to transpose a track and then edit the trans-
posed notes in a MIDI editor. For this, you can use two
commands from the MIDI menu: “Freeze MIDI Modifiers”
and “Merge MIDI in Loop”.
Freeze MIDI Modifiers
“Freeze MIDI Modifiers” applies all filter settings perma-
nently to the selected track. The settings are “added” to
the events on the track, and all modifiers are set to zero.
The “Freeze MIDI Modifiers” function affects the following
settings for MIDI tracks:
• Several settings on the main tab of the Inspector (program
and bank selection and the Delay parameter).
• The settings on the MIDI Modifiers tab (i. e. Transpose, Veloc-
ity Shift, Velocity Compression, and Length Compression).
• The settings on the MIDI Inserts tab (for example, if you are us-
ing an arpeggiator and want to convert the added notes to real
events).
The following settings for MIDI parts are taken into account
as well:
• The Transpose and Velocity settings for parts displayed on the
info line – the Volume setting is not taken into account.
Merge MIDI in Loop
The “Merge MIDI in Loop” function combines all unmuted
MIDI events on all unmuted tracks, applies MIDI modifiers
and effects, and generates a new MIDI part, containing all
the events as you would hear them during playback. Pro
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ceed as follows:
1. Mute all the tracks that you do not want to include in
the merge.
Instead of muting whole tracks, you can also mute individual parts.
2. Set up the left and right locators to encompass the
area that you want to merge.
Only events starting within this area will be included.
3. Select the track on which you want the new part to be
created.
If you do not select a track, a new MIDI track is created. If several MIDI
tracks are selected, the new part is inserted on the first selected track.
Existing data on the selected track can be kept or overwritten (see be
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low).
4. On the MIDI menu, select “Merge MIDI in Loop…”.
The MIDI Merge Options dialog opens.
The following options are available:
5. Activate the desired options and click OK.
A new part is created between the locators on the destination track, con-
taining the processed MIDI events.
Ö If you only want to include events from a single track in
the merge operation, you may want to solo the track.
Option Description
Include Inserts If this is activated, any MIDI insert effects and MIDI modi-
fiers currently activated for the tracks will be applied.
Include Sends If this is activated, any MIDI send effects currently acti-
vated for the track(s) will be applied.
Erase
Destination
If this is activated, any existing MIDI data between the left
and right locators on the destination track will be deleted.
Include Chase If this is activated, events placed outside the selected part
but relating to it will be included in the processing, e.
g. a
Program Change right before the left locator. For details
about chase events, see
“About Chase” on page 87.
Convert VST3
(Cubase only)
If this is activated, all VST 3 data within the selected area
is converted to MIDI data.