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The MIDI editors
• If “Time Linear” is selected, the ruler, note display and
controller display will be linear in relation to time.
This means that if the ruler shows bars and beats, the distance between
the bar lines will vary depending on the tempo.
• If “Bars+Beats Linear” is selected, the ruler, note display
and controller display will be linear in relation to tempo.
This means that if the ruler shows bars and beats, the distance between
beats will be constant.
In most cases, you would probably set the display format
to “Bars+Beats” in “Bars+Beats Linear” mode when edit-
ing MIDI.
The note display
The note display is the main area in the Key Editor. It con-
tains a grid in which MIDI notes are shown as boxes. The
width of a box corresponds to the note length, and the
vertical position of a box corresponds to the note number
(pitch), with higher notes higher up in the grid. The piano
keyboard to the left serves as a guide for finding the right
note number.
For a description of how to display colors in the note dis-
play, see “Coloring notes and events” on page 188.
The chord recognition function
Cubase AI features a handy chord recognition function
that helps you identify chords in the Key Editor note dis-
play. To find out which chord is formed by simultaneously
played notes, place the project cursor over the notes. All
MIDI notes currently “touched” by the project cursor are
analyzed and the chord recognition display in the toolbar
shows you which chord the notes form.
In the picture above, the project cursor touches the notes C, Eb and G.
As shown in the chord recognition display, this results in a C minor chord.
The controller display
The area at the bottom of the Key Editor window is the
controller display. This consists of one or several control-
ler lanes, each showing one of the following properties or
event types:
• Velocity values of the notes
• Pitchbend events
• Aftertouch events
• Poly Pressure events
• Program Change events
• SysEx events
• Any type of continuous controller event (see “Editing conti-
nuous controllers on the controller lane” on page 197)
To change the size of the controller display, drag the di-
vider between the controller display and the note display.
This will make the controller display larger and the note
display smaller, or vice versa.