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The MIDI editors
• The remaining three Line tool modes (Sine, Triangle and
Square) align the velocity values to continuous curve
shapes.
If there is more than one note at the same position (e. g. a
chord), their velocity bars will overlap on the controller
lane. If none of the notes are selected, all notes at the
same position will be set to the same velocity value when
you draw. To edit the velocity of only one of the notes at
the same position, first select the note in the note display.
Now, editing will only affect the velocity of the selected
note.
Ö If the Speaker icon (Acoustic Feedback) is activated
on the toolbar, the notes will be played back when you ad
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just the velocity, allowing you to audition your changes.
Ö You can also adjust the velocity of a single note by se-
lecting it and changing its velocity value on the info line.
Editing articulations (Cubase only)
It is also possible to add and edit musical expressions or
articulations in the controller lane. This is described in de
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tail in the chapter “Expression maps (Cubase only)” on
page 419.
Editing dynamics (Cubase only)
Provided that the Dynamics mapping is set up and acti-
vated for the track, you can insert 12 dynamics symbols in
the lower part of the Articulations/Dynamics lane. Dynam-
ics are described in detail in the section “Working with
mapped dynamics” on page 685).
• To insert a dynamics symbol, click in the controller lane
with the pencil tool.
A mezzo forte symbol is inserted.
• To select another dynamics symbol for an event, click
on the triangle in the upper left corner of the event and se-
lect a symbol from the pop-up menu.
If several events are selected, the same symbol will be applied to all the
events.
• To step through the available dynamics symbols, use
the mouse wheel or the key commands “One down” and
“One up” (in the Key Commands dialog, Score Functions
category).
If several events are selected, they will all change in increments, i. e. rela-
tive to the original values.
Ö Moving and copying dynamics events works as with
other events on the controller lane.
You can modify the settings for the Dynamics symbols in
the Dynamics Mapping Setup dialog. You can open this
dialog via the pop-up menu for a dynamics event or by se-
lecting “Dynamics Mapping…” on the “Controller Selec-
tion and Functions” pop-up menu.
Adding and editing Poly Pressure events
Poly Pressure events are special, in that they “belong to” a
specific note number (key). That is, each Poly Pressure
event has two editable values: the note number and the
amount of pressure. Therefore, when Poly Pressure is se
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lected on the “Controller Selection and Functions” pop-
up menu, there are two value fields to the left of the con
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troller display, one for the note number and one for the
amount.