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 <h2>Adding new notes</h2>
 <p>
-  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, 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.
+
+  For more extensive MIDI editing, the <kbd class="menu">Draw Mode</kbd>.
+  allows to <kbd class="mouse">Left</kbd> click or drag to add a new note, without
+  having to hold down <kbd class="mod1n"></kbd>. However, Draw Mode doesn't offer
+  region-level editing nor rubberband selection.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+       In both modes, a mouse <em>click</em> creates a note at the pointer location
+       (or the nearest grid point if grid is enabled), and its duration is one <a
+       href="@@grid-controls">Grid unit</a>, even if the grid is disabled. A mouse
+       <em>drag</em> creates the note like a click does, but allows to set the
+       duration of the note until the mouse button is released.
 </p>
 
 <p>So, to summarize:</p>
 <table class="dl">
     <tr><th>Selecting, moving, copying, trimming, deleting <em>regions</em></th>
-        <td><kbd class="menu">Note Level Editing</kbd> disabled, using object,
-        range or other mouse modes</td></tr>
+        <td><kbd class="menu">Note Level Editing</kbd> disabled, using Grab,
+        Range or other mouse modes</td></tr>
     <tr><th>Selecting, moving, copying trimming, deleting <em>notes</em></th>
-        <td><kbd class="menu">Note Level Editing</kbd> enabled, and using mouse object mode</td></tr>
+        <td><kbd class="menu">Note Level Editing</kbd> enabled, and using Internal
+        Edit mode</td></tr>
     <tr><th>Adding new notes</th>
         <td>enabling "Note Level Editing" and then either
           <ul>
-            <li>using mouse object mode and <kbd class="mouse mod1">Left</kbd>-drag, or</li>
-            <li>using mouse draw mode.</li>
+                                               <li>using Draw mode and <kbd class="mouse">Left</kbd>
+                                               clicking/dragging, or</li>
+                                               <li>using Internal Edit mode and <kbd
+                                               class="mouse mod1">Left</kbd> clicking/dragging.</li>
           </ul>
         </td></tr>
 </table>
 <p>
-  Note that is also a <a href="@@step-entry">a step entry editor</a> allowing to
-  enter notes from a virtual keyboard and lots more besides.
+  There is also <a href="@@step-entry">a step entry editor</a> allowing to enter
+  notes from a virtual keyboard and lots more besides.
 </p>