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The MIDI editors
Coloring notes and events
By using the Event Colors pop-up menu on the toolbar,
you can select a color scheme for the events in the editor.
The following options are available:
For all of the options except “Part” the pop-up menu also
contains a “Setup…” option. This option opens a dialog in
which you can specify the colors that are associated with
which velocities, pitches, or channels, respectively.
Creating and editing notes
To draw in new notes in the Key Editor, use the Pencil tool
or the Line tool.
Drawing notes with the Pencil tool
With the Pencil tool, you can 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 on the status line, and its pitch is indi
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cated both on the status line and on the piano keyboard to
the left.
This makes it easy to find the right note and insert position. For a descrip-
tion of how to show the status line, see “The status line” on page 378.
• If Snap is activated, this determines the start position of
the created note.
• If you click once, the created note will have the length
set on the Length Quantize pop-up menu on the toolbar.
You can create a longer note by clicking and dragging. The length of the
created note will be a multiple of the Length Quantize value. If “Length
Quantize” is set to “Quantize Link” the note value is determined by the
quantize grid.
Drawing notes with the Line tool
The Line tool can be used for creating series of contiguous
notes. To do so, click and drag to draw a line and then re-
lease the mouse button.
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
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ing with two or more tracks in an editor, to make it easier
to see which notes belong to which track.
Grid Match The notes get different colors depending on their time
position. For example, this mode makes it easy to see if
the notes in a chord start at the exact same beat.
Sound Slot
(Cubase only)
The notes get different colors depending on the articula-
tion that has been assigned to the note in the Expression
Map Setup dialog. For more information, see the chapter
“Expression maps (Cubase only)” on page 419.