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The MIDI editors
Setting velocity values
When you draw notes in the Key Editor, the notes will get
the velocity value set in the insert velocity field on the tool-
bar.
You can use one of four different methods for determining
the velocity:
• When a tool modifier is assigned for the Select tool–
Edit Velocity action (in the Editing–Tool Modifiers page of
the Preferences dialog), you can select one or more notes,
press the modifier (by default [Ctrl]/[Command]-[Shift])
and click on one of the selected notes to change the ve-
locity.
The cursor changes into a speaker and, next to the note, a field with the
velocity value appears – the Note Velocity slider. Move the mouse
pointer up or down to change the value. Value changes will be applied to
all selected notes, as you can see in the controller lane.
• Selecting a predefined velocity value from the insert ve-
locity pop-up menu.
The menu contains five different predefined velocity values. The “Setup…”
item opens a dialog that allows you to specify which five velocity values
should be available on the pop-up menu. (This dialog can also be opened
by selecting “Insert Velocities…” from the MIDI menu.)
• Manually entering the desired velocity value by clicking
in the insert velocity field and typing in the desired value.
• Using a key command.
You can assign a key command to each of the five available velocity val-
ues in the Key Commands dialog (MIDI category – the items Insert Ve-
locity 1–5). This allows for quick switching between different velocity
values when entering notes. See “Setting up key commands” on page
269 for instructions on how to set up key commands.
Selecting notes
Selecting notes is done using any of the following methods:
• Use the Arrow tool.
The standard selection techniques apply, like selecting by clicking on the
note or using a selection rectangle. Note that when you press [Shift] and
click on notes or draw a selection rectangle, these notes will be added to
the overall selection. When you press [Ctrl]/[Command] and click on
notes or draw a selection rectangle, these notes will be removed from
the overall selection (standard Windows behavior).
• Use the Select submenu on the Edit menu or context
menu.
The Select menu options are:
• You can also use the left and right arrow keys on the
computer keyboard to step from one note to another.
If you press [Shift] and use the arrow keys, the current selection will be
kept, allowing you to select several notes.
• To select all notes of a certain pitch, press [Ctrl]/[Com-
mand] and click on the desired key in the keyboard display
to the left.
You can also press [Shift] and double-click on a note to select all the fol-
lowing notes of the same pitch.
• If the option “Auto Select Events under Cursor” is acti-
vated in the Preferences (Editing page), all notes “touched”
by the project cursor are automatically selected.
Option Description
All Selects all notes in the edited part.
None Deselects all events.
In Loop Selects all notes that are partially or completely inside the
boundaries of the left and right locators (only visible if lo-
cators are set).
From Start
to Cursor
Selects all notes that begin to the left of the project cur-
sor.
From Cursor
to End
Selects all notes that end to the right of the project cur-
sor.
All notes of the corresponding
pitch are selected.