3 MIDI notes can be added a few different way in Ardour:
6 <h2 id="add-new-notes-using-the-mouse">Using the mouse</h2>
9 Drawing notes with the mouse requires that a MIDI track <a
10 href="@@create-midi-tracks">exists</a>, and a blank MIDI region has
11 been <a href="@@create-midi-regions">created</a> in this track.
14 In either <em>Draw</em> or <em>Internal Edit</em> <a
15 href="@@toolbox">Mode</a> new notes can be added with a click or
16 drag: a mouse <em>click</em> creates a note at the pointer location
17 (or the nearest grid anchor if grid is enabled), and its duration is
18 one <a href="@@grid-controls">Grid unit</a>. A mouse <em>drag</em>
19 creates the note like a click does, but allows continuously setting
20 the duration of the note until the mouse button is released.
24 The toolbar available in the <dfn>Draw</dfn> mode helps drawing notes
25 of exact length, in a certain MIDI channel, with predefined velocity:
29 <img style="width:75%" src="/images/midi-draw-toolbar.png" alt="MIDI draw toolbar">
30 <figcaption>MIDI draw toolbar</figcaption>
34 While the <dfn>Velocity</dfn> drop-down list only displays presets,
35 you can hover it and use mouse wheel scrolling to increment the current
36 value by 1. Scrolling above the other two drop-down lists will cycle
41 The <dfn>Auto</dfn> option in three drop-down lists works differently
48 <td>The length will be defined by the grid snapping setting</td>
52 <td>This value will be inherited from the closest note</td>
56 <td>The value will be an interpolation between two closest notes,
57 the position of the newly added note relative to either of the two
58 notes will also be taken into consideration</td>
62 <h2 id="add-new-notes-using-step-entry">Using Step Entry</h2>
65 The <a href="@@step-entry">Step Entry editor</a> allows to enter a
66 melody in sequence along time, using a virtual keyboard and specific
67 controls. It can be a very handy and fast way create MIDI lines, in a
68 kind of typewriter way, all the more when using its different
72 The Step Entry window is shown by <kbd class="mouse">right</kbd>
73 clicking the record button in the <a
74 href="@@midi-track-controls">MIDI track header</a> and selecting <kbd
75 class="menu">Step Entry</kbd>. This will automatically create a MIDI
76 region to type into at the playhead position, which will automatically expand at each step.
79 <h2 id="add-new-notes-using-the-virtual-keyboard">Using the Virtual Keyboard</h2>
82 The <a href="@@virtual-keyboard">Virtual MIDI Keyboard</a> — or
83 a real MIDI keyboard plugged in as the tracks input — can be
84 used to record MIDI, as a microphone would record audio.
87 It can be started by choosing the <kbd class="menu">Window >
88 Virtual Keyboard</kbd> menu. Exactly like for audio recording, the
89 track(s) must be armed for recording, the main record engaged, then
90 the transport started. As for the Step Entry, a MIDI region will be
91 auto-generated at the playhead position, and expanded as long as the