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The MIDI editors
Creating and editing notes
To draw in new notes in the Key Editor, use the Pencil tool
or the Line tool.
Drawing notes with the Pencil tool
With the Pencil tool, you can insert single notes by clicking
at the desired time (horizontal) and pitch position (vertical).
• When you move the pointer in the note display, its bar
position is indicated on the status line, and its pitch is indi
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cated both on the status line and on the piano keyboard to
the left.
This makes it easy to find the right note and insert position. For a descrip-
tion of how to show the status line, see “The status line” on page 256.
• If Snap is activated, this determines the start position of
the created note.
• If you click once, the created note will have the length
set on the Length Quantize pop-up menu on the toolbar.
You can create a longer note by clicking and dragging. The length of the
created note will be a multiple of the Length Quantize value. If “Length
Quantize” is set to “Quantize Link” the note value is determined by the
quantize grid.
Drawing notes with the Line tool
The Line tool can be used for creating series of contiguous
notes. To do so, click and drag to draw a line and then re
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lease the mouse button.
Ö To determine another mode for the Line tool you can
click on the Line tool and click again to open a pop-up
menu where you can select the desired option.
The button will change appearance according to the se-
lected mode.
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
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bar.
You can use different methods to set the velocity:
• When a tool modifier is assigned for the Select tool–
Edit Velocity action (in the Preferences dialog, Editing–
Tool Modifiers page), you can select one or more notes,
press the modifier and click on one of the selected notes
to change the velocity.
The cursor changes into a speaker and, next to the note, a field with the ve-
locity 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.
Mode Description
Line This is the default mode for the Line tool. When this mode
is selected, you click and drag to create a straight line, in
any angle. When you release the mouse button a series
of notes will be created, aligned with the line. If Snap is
activated, the notes will be spaced and sized according
to the Quantize value.
Parabola, Sine,
Triangle,
Square
These modes insert events along different curve shapes.
While they can be used for creating notes, they are prob
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ably best suited for controller editing (see “Adding and
editing events in the controller display” on page 267).
Paint Allows you to insert multiple notes by dragging with the
mouse button pressed. If Snap is activated, the notes will
be positioned and sized according to the Quantize and
Length Quantize values. If you press [Ctrl]/[Command]
while painting, movement will be restricted to horizontal
(i.
e. the painted notes will have the same pitch).