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Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- About this manual
- Setting up your system
- VST Connections
- The Project window
- Working with projects
- Creating new projects
- Opening projects
- Closing projects
- Saving projects
- The Archive and Backup functions
- Startup Options
- The Project Setup dialog
- Zoom and view options
- Audio handling
- Auditioning audio parts and events
- Scrubbing audio
- Editing parts and events
- Range editing
- Region operations
- The Edit History dialog
- The Preferences dialog
- Working with tracks
- Playback and the Transport panel
- Recording
- Quantizing MIDI and audio
- Fades and crossfades
- The arranger track (Cubase Elements only)
- Using markers
- The Mixer
- Audio effects
- VST instruments and instrument tracks
- Automation
- Audio processing and functions
- The Sample Editor
- The Audio Part Editor
- The Pool
- The MediaBay
- Working with track presets
- Remote controlling Cubase
- MIDI realtime parameters
- Using MIDI devices
- MIDI processing
- The MIDI editors
- Introduction
- Opening a MIDI editor
- The Key Editor – Overview
- Key Editor operations
- The Drum Editor – Overview
- Drum Editor operations
- Working with drum maps
- Using drum name lists
- Working with SysEx messages
- Recording SysEx parameter changes
- Editing SysEx messages
- The Score Editor – Overview
- Score Editor operations
- Editing tempo and signature
- Export Audio Mixdown
- Synchronization
- Video
- ReWire (not in Cubase LE)
- File handling
- Customizing
- Key commands
- Index
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The MIDI editors
The Key Editor – Overview
The toolbar
The toolbar contains tools and various settings for the Key
Editor. The following toolbar elements are available:
Ö You can show/hide most of the toolbar elements by
activating/deactivating the corresponding options on the
context menu. Furthermore, you can store/recall different
toolbar configurations, see
“Using the Setup options” on
page 336.
Toolbar
Info line
Controller
display
Ruler
Status line
Note display
Option Description
Set up Window
Layout
Clicking this button allows you to show/hide the status
line and info line for the editor.
Solo Editor This function is described in the section “The Solo Edi-
tor button” on page 258.
Acoustic
Feedback
This function is described in the section “Acoustic Feed-
back” on page 259.
Auto-Scroll This button activates/deactivates Auto-Scroll for the
Key Editor, see
“Auto-Scroll” on page 258.
Tool buttons These are the tools used for editing in the Key Editor.
Independent
Track Loop
This button activates/deactivates the independent track
loop, see
“The independent track loop” on page 258.
Auto Select
Controllers
Use this button to also select all available controller
data for a note when selecting the note in the editor.
Multiple Part
Controls
These controls allow you to show/hide the part borders
and switch between several selected parts, see
“Han-
dling several parts” on page 254.
Insert Velocity Use this field to specify a velocity value for any notes
that are entered in the editor.
Nudge Palette The Nudge buttons allow you to move or trim elements
in the editor, see
“Moving and transposing notes” on
page 262.
Snap/Quantize The Snap controls are described in the section “The
Snap function” on page 35 and the quantize functions in
the chapter “MIDI processing” on page 244.
Step/MIDI Input These controls are described in the sections “Editing
notes via MIDI” on page 264 and “Step input” on page
265.
Event Colors The Color options are described in the section “Color-
ing notes and events” on page 259.
Edit VST
Instrument
This button opens the VST Instrument panel (if the track
is routed to a VST instrument).
Option Description