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The MIDI editors
Deleting notes
To delete notes, either click on them with the Erase tool or
select them and press [Backspace].
Editing on the info line
The info line shows the values and properties of the se-
lected event(s). If a single event is selected, its values are
displayed on the info line. If several events are selected,
the info line shows the values of the first of these events in
yellow.
Several events are selected.
You can edit the values on the info line using regular value
editing. This allows you to move, resize, transpose or
change velocity of events in a very precise manner. It is
also possible to click the Pitch or Velocity field in the info
line and play a note on your MIDI keyboard – the pitch or
velocity will be adjusted according to the note you played.
Ö If you have several events selected and change a value,
all selected events will be changed by the set amount.
Ö If you have several events selected, hold down [Ctrl]/
[Command] and change a value, the change will be abso-
lute.
In other words, the value setting will be the same for all selected events.
How the Key Editor handles drum maps
When a drum map is assigned to a MIDI or instrument track
(see “Working with drum maps” on page 202), the Key Ed-
itor will display the drum sound names as defined by the
drum map.
In Cubase AI, the name of the drum sound is displayed in
the following locations:
This allows you to use the Key Editor for drum editing, e.g.
when editing drum note lengths (which may be necessary
for some external instruments) or when editing several
parts, to identify drum events.
Editing notes via MIDI
You can change the properties of notes via MIDI. For ex-
ample, this can be a fast way to get the right velocity value,
since you will hear the result even as you edit:
1. Select the note you want to edit.
2. Click on the MIDI Input button on the toolbar to enable
editing via MIDI.
3. Use the note buttons on the toolbar to decide which
properties should be changed by the MIDI input.
You can enable editing of pitch, note-on and/or note-off velocity.
With this setting, the edited notes will get the pitch and velocity values
of the notes input via MIDI, but the note-off velocities will be kept as
they are.
4. Play a note on your MIDI instrument.
The note selected in the editor will get the pitch, velocity and/or note-off
velocity of the played note.
The next note in the edited part is automatically selected,
making it easy to quickly edit a series of notes.
In the info line, in the Pitch field. In the Mouse Note Value field.
In the event itself (provided that the
zoom factor is high enough).
When dragging a note.