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Menu Reference
Advanced Quantize
Transpose…
This opens the Transpose dialog, where you can make
transpose settings for selected notes.
Freeze MIDI Modifiers
This function permanently applies all MIDI modifiers to the
respective track.
Dissolve Part
This opens a dialog where you can separate MIDI events
according to channels or pitches:
• When you work with MIDI parts (on MIDI channel “Any”)
containing events on different MIDI channels, activate the
option “Separate Channels”.
• To separate MIDI events according to pitch, activate the
option “Separate Pitches”.
A typical example would be drum and percussion tracks, where different
pitches usually correspond to separate drum sounds.
The dialog also contains the option Optimized Display. If
this is activated, the silent (empty) areas of the resulting
parts are automatically removed.
Functions
Option Description
Quantize
Lengths
This will quantize the length of the notes without chang-
ing their start positions. At its most basic level, this func-
tion will set the length of the notes to the Length
Quantize value on the toolbar of the MIDI editors.
Quantize Ends The Quantize Ends function on the Quantize submenu
will only affect the end positions of notes. Apart from that,
it works just like regular quantizing, taking the Quantize
pop-up menu setting into account.
Undo Quantize You can revert the selected MIDI notes to their original,
unquantized state at any time. This is independent from
the regular Undo History.
Freeze
Quantize
There may be situations when you want to make the
quantized positions “permanent”. For example, you may
want to quantize notes a second time, having the results
based on the current quantized positions rather than the
original positions. To make this possible, select the notes
in question and use this function.
Option Description
Legato Extends each selected note so that it reaches the next
note. You can specify the desired gap or overlap with the
“Legato Overlap” setting in the Preferences dialog (Edit-
ing–MIDI page).
Fixed Lengths Resizes all selected notes to the length set with the Length
Quantize pop-up menu on the MIDI Editor toolbar.
Delete
Doubles
Removes double notes, i.e. notes of the same pitch on
the exact same position. Double notes can occur when
recording in Cycle mode, after Quantizing, etc. This func-
tion always affects whole MIDI parts.
Delete
Controllers
Removes all MIDI controller events from the selected
MIDI parts. This function always affects whole MIDI parts.
Delete
Continuous
Controllers
Removes all continuous MIDI controller events from the
selected MIDI parts. On/Off events, such as sustain
pedal events, are not removed. This function always af-
fects whole MIDI parts.
Delete
Notes…
Allows you to delete very short or weak notes. This is
useful for automatically removing unwanted “ghost
notes” after recording. Selecting “Delete Notes…” opens
a dialog in which you set up the criteria for the function.
Restrict
Polyphony
Selecting this item opens a dialog in which you can spec-
ify how many “voices” should be used (for the selected
notes or parts). Restricting the polyphony this way is use-
ful when you have an instrument with limited polyphony
and want to make sure all notes will be played. The effect
is achieved by shortening notes as required, so that they
end before the next note starts.
Pedals to
Note Length
This function scans for sustain pedal on/off events,
lengthens the affected notes to match the sustain pedal
off position, and then removes the Sustain Controller on/
off events.
Delete
Overlaps
(mono)
This function allows you to make sure that no two notes
of the same pitch overlap (i.e. that one starts before the
other ends). Overlapping notes of the same pitch can
confuse some MIDI instruments (a new Note On is trans-
mitted before the Note Off is transmitted). This command
can then be used to automatically rectify the problem.
Delete Over-
laps (poly)
This function shortens notes when required, so that no
note begins before another ends. This happens regard-
less of which pitch the notes have.
Velocity… Opens a dialog that allows you to manipulate the velocity
of notes in various ways.
Fixed Velocity This function sets the velocity of all selected notes to the
Insert Velocity value on the toolbar in the MIDI Editors.
Thin Out Data This thins out your MIDI data. Use this to ease the load on
MIDI devices if you have recorded very dense controller
curves, etc.