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The MIDI editors
Ö To determine another mode for the Line tool you can
click on the Line tool and click again to open a pop-up
menu where you can select the desired option.
The button will change appearance according to the se-
lected mode.
Setting velocity values
When you draw notes in the Key Editor, the notes will get
the velocity value set in the Insert Velocity field on the tool
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bar.
You can use different methods to set the velocity:
• When a tool modifier is assigned for the Select tool–
Edit Velocity action (in the Preferences dialog, Editing–
Tool Modifiers page), you can select one or more notes,
press the modifier and click on one of the selected notes
to change the velocity.
The cursor changes into a speaker and, next to the note, a field with the ve-
locity value appears – the Note Velocity slider. Move the mouse pointer up
or down to change the value. Value changes will be applied to all selected
notes, as you can see in the controller lane.
• Selecting a predefined velocity value from the Insert Ve-
locity pop-up menu.
The menu contains five different predefined velocity values. The “Setup…”
item opens a dialog that allows you to specify which five velocity values are
available on the pop-up menu. (This dialog can also be opened by select
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ing “Insert Velocities…” from the MIDI menu.)
• Manually entering the desired velocity value by double-
clicking in the Insert Velocity field and typing in the desired
value.
• Using a key command.
You can assign a key command to each of the five available velocity val-
ues in the Key Commands dialog (MIDI category – the items Insert Ve-
locity 1–5). This allows for quick switching between different velocity
values when entering notes. See
“Setting up key commands” on page
542 for instructions on how to set up key commands.
Selecting notes
Selecting notes is done using any of the following methods:
• Using the Arrow tool.
The standard selection techniques apply.
• Using the Select submenu of the Edit menu or context
menu.
The Select menu options are:
Mode Description
Line This is the default mode for the Line tool. When this mode
is selected, you click and drag to create a straight line, in
any angle. When you release the mouse button a series
of notes will be created, aligned with the line. If Snap is
activated, the notes will be spaced and sized according
to the Quantize value.
Parabola, Sine,
Triangle,
Square
These modes insert events along different curve shapes.
While they can be used for creating notes, they are prob
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ably best suited for controller editing (see “Adding and
editing events in the controller display” on page 390).
Paint Allows you to insert multiple notes by dragging with the
mouse button pressed. If Snap is activated, the notes will
be positioned and sized according to the Quantize and
Length Quantize values. If you press [Ctrl]/[Command]
while painting, movement will be restricted to horizontal
(i.
e. the painted notes will have the same pitch).
Option Description
All Selects all notes in the edited part.
None Deselects all events.
Invert Inverts the selection – all selected events are deselected
and all notes that were not selected are selected instead.
In Loop Selects all notes that are partially or completely inside the
boundaries of the left and right locators (only visible if lo
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cators are set).
From Start
to Cursor
Selects all notes that begin to the left of the project cursor.
From Cursor
to End
Selects all notes that end to the right of the project cursor.
Equal Pitch –
all Octaves
This function requires that a single note is selected. It se-
lects all notes of this part that have the same pitch (in any
octave) as the currently selected note.