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The Project window
Editing transpose and velocity for MIDI parts
When one or several MIDI parts are selected, the info line
contains Transpose and Velocity fields.
• Adjusting the Transpose field transposes the selected
parts in semitone steps.
Note that this transposition does not change the actual notes in the part
– it is just a “play parameter”, affecting the notes on playback. The trans
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position you specify for a part on the info line is added to the transposi-
tion set for the whole track. For more information on transposing, see the
chapter
“The transpose functions” on page 131.
• Adjusting the Velocity field shifts the velocity for the se-
lected parts – the value you specify is added to the veloc-
ities of the notes in the parts.
Again, this velocity shift only affects the notes on playback, and again,
the value you specify is added to the Vel.Shift. value set for the whole
MIDI track in the Inspector.
The overview line
The overview line is displayed below the info line in the
Project window. In the overview line, events and parts on
all tracks are displayed as boxes.
• To show/hide the overview line, proceed as for the info
line (see above), but activate the Overview Line option in-
stead.
You can use the overview line to zoom in or out, and for
navigating to other sections of the project. This is done by
moving and resizing the track view rectangle in the over
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view line:
• The track view rectangle indicates the section of the
project currently displayed in the event display.
• You zoom in or out horizontally by resizing the rectangle.
Resize it by dragging the edges of the rectangle.
• You can drag the track view rectangle to view other
sections of the project.
This can also be done by clicking anywhere in the upper part of the over-
view – the track view rectangle will be moved to where you clicked.
The ruler
The ruler at the top of the event display shows the time-
line. Initially, the Project window ruler uses the display for-
mat specified in the Project Setup dialog (see “The
Project Setup dialog” on page 54), as do all other rulers
and position displays in the project. However, you can se-
lect an independent display format for the ruler by clicking
the arrow button to the right of it and selecting an option
from the pop-up menu (you can also bring up this pop-up
menu by right-clicking anywhere in the ruler).
• The selection you make here affects the ruler, the info
line and tooltip position values (which appear when you
drag an event in the Project window).
You can also select independent formats for other rulers and position
displays.
Option Positions and lengths displayed as
Bars+Beats Bars, beats, sixteenth notes and ticks. By default there
are 120 ticks per sixteenth note, but you can adjust this
with the “MIDI Display Resolution” setting in the Prefer
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ences dialog (MIDI page).
Seconds Hours, minutes, seconds and milliseconds.
Timecode This format displays hours, minutes, seconds, and
frames. The number of frames per second (fps) is set in
the Project Setup dialog with the Frame Rate pop-up
menu (see
“The Project Setup dialog” on page 54).
Samples Samples.
fps (User) Hours, minutes, seconds and frames, with a user-defin-
able number of frames per second. You set the desired
number of fps in the Preferences dialog (Transport page).
Time Linear When this is selected, the ruler will be linear relative to
time. This means that if there are tempo changes on the
tempo track, the distance between the bars will vary in
Bars+Beats mode.
Bars+Beats
Linear
When this is selected, the ruler will be linear relative to
the meter position – bars and beats. This means that if
there are tempo changes on the tempo track, there still
will be the same distance between bars in Bars+Beats
mode. If the ruler is set to a time-based mode, the dis
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tance between seconds will vary depending on the
tempo changes.