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The MIDI editors
The status line
The status line is displayed below the toolbar in the Key
Editor.
It displays the following information:
• To show or hide the status line, click the “Set up Win-
dow Layout” button on the toolbar and activate or deacti-
vate the “Status Line” option.
The info line
The info line shows information about the selected MIDI
note. If several notes are selected, the values for the first
note are displayed (in color). You can edit all values on the
info line using regular value editing (see
“Editing on the
info line” on page 386 for details). Length and position
values are displayed in the format currently selected for
the ruler. Cubase only: If the Note Expression editor is
open, the info line shows information about the selected
Note Expression events (see
“Editing Note Expression
data” on page 434).
• To show or hide the info line, click the “Set up Window
Layout” button on the toolbar and activate or deactivate
the “Info Line” option.
The ruler
The ruler shows the timeline, by default in the display format
selected on the Transport panel. You can select a separate
format for a MIDI editor ruler on the Ruler pop-up menu,
opened by clicking the arrow button to the right of it. For a
list of the available formats, see
“The ruler” on page 44.
At the bottom of the pop-up menu, there are two addi-
tional items:
• If “Time Linear” is selected, the ruler, note display, and
controller display will be linear in relation to time.
This means that if the ruler shows bars and beats, the distance between
the bar lines will vary depending on the tempo.
• If “Bars+Beats Linear” is selected, the ruler, note display,
and controller display will be linear in relation to tempo.
This means that if the ruler shows bars and beats, the distance between
beats will be constant.
In most cases, you would set the display format to
“Bars+Beats” and “Bars+Beats Linear” mode when
editing MIDI.
The Key Editor Inspector
On the left in the Key Editor, you will find the Inspector. It
contains tools and functions for working with MIDI data.
The Expression Map section (Cubase only)
In the Expression Map section you can load an expression
map. This is useful if you are working with articulations,
see
“Expression maps (Cubase only)” on page 419.
The Note Expression section (Cubase only)
The Note Expression section contains functions and set-
tings related to Note Expression, see “Setting up the Note
Expression Inspector tab” on page 430.
The Quantize section
The Quantize section allows you to access the main quan-
tize parameters. These are identical with the functions on
the Quantize panel (see
“The Quantize Panel” on page
111) and the Advanced Quantize submenu of the Edit
menu (see “Advanced Quantize functions” on page 110).
Option Description
Mouse Time
Position
This displays the exact time position of the mouse pointer,
in the format selected for the ruler, allowing you to perform
editing or to insert notes at exact positions.
Mouse Note
Position
This displays the exact pitch of the mouse pointer posi-
tion, making it easier to find the right pitch when entering
or transposing notes.
Current Chord
Display
When the project cursor is positioned over notes making
up a chord, this chord is displayed here.