- In general, most MIDI editing will probably be done with the mouse in object
- mode. This allows to select notes, copy, move or delete them and alter their
- properties (see below). But at some point, <em>adding</em> notes to a MIDI
- region using the mouse will mean dragging with the mouse. Since this would
- normally be a selection operation if the mouse is in object mode, there needs
- to be some way to tell Ardour that the user is trying to <dfn>draw</dfn> new
- notes within a MIDI region. Ardour provides two ways do this. One is to leave
- the mouse in object mode and <kbd class="mouse mod1">Left</kbd>-drag. The
- other, useful to enter a lot of notes for a while, is to switch the mouse into
- <kbd class="menu">Draw Notes</kbd> mode, which will now interpret any drags
- and clicks as requests to add a new note. For obvious reasons, Draw Notes mode
- can not be used while using region-level editing.
+ For light MIDI editing, you can use the Internal Edit Mode.
+ This mode lets you select notes, copy, move or delete them and alter their
+ properties (see below). To <em>add</em> notes using the mouse, <kbd class="mouse mod1">Left</kbd>-drag.
+
+ For more extensive MIDI editing, you may prefer <kbd class="menu">Draw Mode</kbd>.
+ You can click or drag to add a new note, without having to hold down Ctrl. However,
+ Draw Mode doesn't offer region-level editing.