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MIDI processing
Applying effects to a single part
Normally, the MIDI modifiers and effects affect a whole
MIDI track. This may not always be what you want. For ex-
ample, you may want to apply some MIDI effects to a sin-
gle part (without having to create a separate track for that
part only). The “Merge MIDI in Loop” function can help:
1. Set up your MIDI modifiers and MIDI effects the way
you want them for the part.
This will of course affect the whole track, but focus on the part for now.
2. Set the locators to encompass the part.
An easy way to do this is to select the part and choose Locators to Se-
lection from the Transport menu (or use the corresponding key com-
mand, by default [P]).
3. Make sure that the track holding the part is selected in
the track list.
4. On the MIDI menu, select “Merge MIDI in Loop…”.
The MIDI Merge Options dialog opens.
5. Activate the desired options, making sure that “Erase
Destination” is activated, and click OK.
A new part is created on the same track, containing the processed
events. The original part is deleted.
6. Turn off or reset all MIDI modifiers and effects, so that
the track plays back as before.
Dissolve Part
The Dissolve Part function on the MIDI menu allows you to
separate MIDI events according to channels or pitches:
• When you work with MIDI parts (on MIDI channel “Any”)
containing events on different MIDI channels, activate the
“Separate Channels” option.
• To separate MIDI events according to pitch, activate the
“Separate Pitches” option.
Typical examples are drum and percussion tracks, where different
pitches usually correspond to separate drum sounds.
Ö When dissolving a part into either separate channels
or separate pitches, you can automatically remove the si-
lent (empty) areas of the resulting parts by activating the
“Optimized Display” checkbox in the Dissolve Part dialog.
This option is not available when “Dissolve to Lanes” is
activated, see
“Dissolving to lanes” on page 370.
Dissolving parts into separate channels
Setting a track to MIDI channel “Any” will cause each MIDI
event to play back on its original MIDI channel, rather than
a channel set for the whole track. There are two main situ-
ations when “Any” channel tracks are useful:
• When you record several MIDI channels at the same
time.
You may for example have a MIDI keyboard with several keyboard zones,
where each zone sends MIDI on a separate channel. Recording on an
“Any” channel track allows you to play back the recording with different
sounds for each zone (since the different MIDI notes play back on sepa
-
rate MIDI channels).
• When you have imported a MIDI file of Type 0.
MIDI files of Type 0 contain only one track, with notes on up to 16 different
MIDI channels. If you were to set this track to a specific MIDI channel, all
notes in the MIDI file would be played back with the same sound; setting
the track to “Any” will cause the imported file to play back as intended.
The Dissolve Part function scans MIDI parts for events on
different MIDI channels and distributes the events into new
parts on new tracks, one for each MIDI channel found. This
allows you to work with each musical part individually.
Proceed as follows:
1. Select the parts containing MIDI data on different
channels.
2. Select “Dissolve Part” from the MIDI menu.
3. In the dialog that opens, select the “Separate Chan-
nels” option.
Now, for each MIDI channel used in the selected parts, a
new MIDI track is created and set to the corresponding
MIDI channel. Each event is then copied into the part on
the track with the corresponding MIDI channel. Finally, the
original parts are muted.