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The MIDI editors
• If conflicting controller data exists in two different
places, you can specify what will happen on playback by
making settings for the Automation Merge Mode (see
“Merging automation data” on page 241). The resulting
curve is displayed in addition to the curve you entered on
the controller lane.
• On the controller lane, you can also see the controller
curve that is applied before the part starts. That way, you
know which controller value (if any) is currently being used
at the starting point of the part so that you can choose the
start value accordingly.
Note that this value also depends on the Automation Merge Mode.
Editing velocity values
When “Velocity” is selected, the lane shows the velocity of
each note as a vertical bar.
Velocity values are edited with the Pencil or the Line tool.
The Arrow tool automatically switches to the Pencil tool
when you move the pointer into the controller display. If
you want to use the Arrow tool to select events in the con
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troller display, press [Alt]/[Option]. The different tools and
Line tool modes offer several possibilities:
• You can use the Pencil tool to change the velocity of a
single note: click on its velocity bar and drag the bar up or
down.
While you drag, the current velocity value is shown in the display to the left.
• You can use the Pencil tool or the Line tool in Paint
mode to change the velocity values of several notes by
painting a “freehand curve”.
When editing velocity, these two methods have the same functionality.
• Use the Line tool in Line mode for creating linear veloc-
ity ramps.
Click where you want the ramp to start and drag the cursor to where you
want the ramp to end. When you release the mouse button, the velocity
values are aligned with the line between the two points.
• Parabola mode works in the same way, but aligns the
velocity values to a Parabola curve instead.
Use this for smooth, “natural” velocity fades, etc.
Controller curve
entered on the
controller lane
Resulting controller curve (if controller automa-
tion was also recorded on a track). These values
depend on the selected Automation Merge Mode.
The controller curve before the part starts. This curve depends on the
existing controller data (if any) and on the selected Merge Mode.