2 <h2>Adding new notes</h2>
4 In general, most MIDI editing will probably be done with the mouse in object
5 mode. This allows to select notes, copy, move or delete them and alter their
6 properties (see below). But at some point, <em>adding</em> notes to a MIDI
7 region using the mouse will mean dragging with the mouse. Since this would
8 normally be a selection operation if the mouse is in object mode, there needs
9 to be some way to tell Ardour that the user is trying to <dfn>draw</dfn> new
10 notes within a MIDI region. Ardour provides two ways do this. One is to leave
11 the mouse in object mode and <kbd class="mouse mod1">Left</kbd>-drag. The
12 other, useful to enter a lot of notes for a while, is to switch the mouse into
13 <kbd class="menu">Draw Notes</kbd> mode, which will now interpret any drags
14 and clicks as requests to add a new note. For obvious reasons, Draw Notes mode
15 can not be used while using region-level editing.
18 <p>So, to summarize:</p>
20 <tr><th>Selecting, moving, copying, trimming, deleting <em>regions</em></th>
21 <td><kbd class="menu">Note Level Editing</kbd> disabled, using object,
22 range or other mouse modes</td></tr>
23 <tr><th>Selecting, moving, copying trimming, deleting <em>notes</em></th>
24 <td><kbd class="menu">Note Level Editing</kbd> enabled, and using mouse object mode</td></tr>
25 <tr><th>Adding new notes</th>
26 <td>enabling "Note Level Editing" and then either
28 <li>using mouse object mode and <kbd class="mouse mod1">Left</kbd>-drag, or</li>
29 <li>using mouse draw mode.</li>
34 Note that is also a <a href="@@step-entry">a step entry editor</a> allowing to
35 enter notes from a virtual keyboard and lots more besides.