- For light MIDI editing, the Internal Edit Mode can be used. This mode allows
- to select notes, copy, move or delete them and alter their properties. Adding
- new notes in this mode is done by <kbd class="mouse
- mod1">Left</kbd> dragging.
+ MIDI notes can be added a few different way in Ardour:
+<p>
+
+<h2 id="add-new-notes-using-the-mouse">Using the mouse</h2>
+
+<p>
+ Drawing notes with the mouse requires that a MIDI track <a
+ href="@@create-midi-tracks">exists</a>, and a blank MIDI region has
+ been <a href="@@create-midi-regions">created</a> in this track.
+</p>
+<p>
+ In either <em>Draw</em> or <em>Internal Edit</em> <a
+ href="@@toolbox">Mode</a> new notes can be added with a click or
+ drag: a mouse <em>click</em> creates a note at the pointer location
+ (or the nearest grid anchor if grid is enabled), and its duration is
+ one <a href="@@grid-controls">Grid unit</a>. A mouse <em>drag</em>
+ creates the note like a click does, but allows continuously setting
+ the duration of the note until the mouse button is released.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+ The toolbar available in the <dfn>Draw</dfn> mode helps drawing notes
+ of exact length, in a certain MIDI channel, with predefined velocity:
+</p>
+
+<figure>
+<img style="width:75%" src="/images/midi-draw-toolbar.png" alt="MIDI draw toolbar">
+<figcaption>MIDI draw toolbar</figcaption>
+</figure>