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MIDI processing and quantizing
Dissolve Part
The Dissolve Part function on the MIDI menu allows you to
separate MIDI events according to channels or pitches:
• When you work with MIDI parts (on MIDI channel “Any”)
containing events on different MIDI channels, activate the
option “Separate Channels”.
• To separate MIDI events according to pitch, activate the
option “Separate Pitches”.
A typical example would be drum and percussion tracks, where different
pitches usually correspond to separate drum sounds.
Ö When dissolving a part into either separate channels
or separate pitches, you can automatically remove the si-
lent (empty) areas of the resulting parts by activating the
“Optimized Display” checkbox in the Dissolve Part dialog.
Dissolving parts into separate channels
Setting a track to MIDI channel “Any” will cause each MIDI
event to play back on its original MIDI channel, rather than
a channel set for the whole track. There are two main situ-
ations when “Any” channel tracks are useful:
• When you record several MIDI channels at the same
time.
You may for example have a MIDI keyboard with several keyboard zones,
where each zone sends MIDI on a separate channel. Recording on an
“Any” channel track allows you to play back the recording with different
sounds for each zone (since the different MIDI notes play back on sepa-
rate MIDI channels).
• When you have imported a MIDI file of Type 0.
MIDI files of Type 0 contain only one track, with notes on up to 16 different
MIDI channels. If you were to set this track to a specific MIDI channel, all
notes in the MIDI file would be played back with the same sound; setting
the track to “Any” will cause the imported file to play back as intended.
The Dissolve Part function scans MIDI parts for events on
different MIDI channels and distributes the events into new
parts on new tracks, one for each MIDI channel found. This
allows you to work with each musical part individually. Pro-
ceed as follows:
1. Select the parts containing MIDI data on different
channels.
2. Select “Dissolve Part” from the MIDI menu.
3. In the dialog that appears, select the “Separate Chan-
nels” option.
Now, for each MIDI channel used in the selected parts, a
new MIDI track is created and set to the corresponding
MIDI channel. Each event is then copied into the part on
the track with the corresponding MIDI channel. Finally, the
original parts are muted.
An example:
Dissolving parts into separate pitches
The Dissolve Part function can also scan MIDI parts for
events of different pitches, and distribute the events into
new parts on new tracks, one for each pitch. This is useful
when the different pitches are not used in a melodic con-
text, but rather for separating different sounds (e.g. MIDI
drum tracks or sampler sound FX tracks). By dissolving
such parts, you can work with each sound individually, on
a separate track.
Proceed as follows:
1. Select the parts containing MIDI data.
2. Select “Dissolve Part” from the MIDI menu.
3. In the dialog that appears, select the “Separate
Pitches” option.
A new MIDI track is created for each used pitch in the selected parts.
The events are then copied into the parts on the track for the corres-
ponding pitch. Finally, the original parts are muted.
This part contains
events on MIDI
channels 1, 2 and 3.
Selecting “Dissolve Part” creates new parts on new tracks, set to
channels 1, 2 and 3. Each new part contains only the events on the
respective MIDI channel.
The original MIDI part is
muted.