<p>
- You can view all the details about a selected note by context-clicking on
- it. The dialog that pops up will also allow you to modify all the properties
- of the selected note(s). You can modify individual properties more efficiently
+ All the details about a selected note can be viewed by context-clicking on
+ it. The dialog that pops up will also allow to modify all the properties
+ of the selected note(s). Individual properties can also be modified more efficiently
using the techniques described below.
</p>
-<dl>
- <dt>Moving notes</dt>
- <dd>
+<table class="dl">
+ <tr><th>Moving notes</th>
+ <td>
Right arrow and Left arrow move the selected note(s) early and later in time.
- </dd>
- <dt>Changing pitch values</dt>
- <dd>
+ </td></tr>
+ <tr><th>Changing pitch values</th>
+ <td>
<kbd>↑</kbd> increases the pitch of the selected notes.<br>
<kbd>↓</kbd> reduces the pitch of the selected notes.<br>
- If any of the selected notes are already at the maximum or minimum value,
- no changes will be made to any of the notes, to preserve relative pitches.
- You can override this with <kbd class="mod2"> </kbd>. The default shift
- distance is one semitone. Use <kbd class="mod3"> </kbd> to alter this to
+ If any of the selected notes are already at the maximum or minimum value,
+ no changes will be made to any of the notes, to preserve relative pitches.
+ This can be overrode with <kbd class="mod2"> </kbd>. The default shift
+ distance is one semitone. <kbd class="mod3"> </kbd> alters this to
one octave.
- </dd>
- <dt>Changing velocity values</dt>
- <dd>
+ </td></tr>
+ <tr><th>Changing velocity values</th>
+ <td>
<kbd class="mod1">↑</kbd> increases the velocity of the selected notes.
<br/>
<kbd class="mod1">↓</kbd> reduces the velocity of the selected
notes.<br>
- If any of the selected notes are already at the maximum or minumum value,
- no changes will be made to any of the notes, to preserve relative velocities.
- You can override this with <kbd class="mod2"> </kbd>.
- You can also press <kbd>v</kbd> to popup a dialog that will allow you to set
- the absolute velocity value of each selected note. Finally, the scroll wheel
- <kbd class="mouse">⇑</kbd> <kbd class="mouse">⇓</kbd> will also
- adjust notes in the same way as the arrow keys (note that like the arrow keys
- it only affects selected notes, not the note the pointer is over).
- </dd>
- <dt>Changing channel</dt>
- <dd>
- Press <kbd>c</kbd> to bring up a dialog that allow you to see and alter the
- MIDI channel of the selected notes. If the selected notes use different
+ If any of the selected notes are already at the maximum or minimum value,
+ no changes will be made to any of the notes, to preserve relative velocities.
+ This can be overrode with <kbd class="mod2"> </kbd>.
+ Also, pressing <kbd>v</kbd> pops up a dialog that will allow to set
+ the absolute velocity value of each selected note. Finally, the scroll wheel
+ <kbd class="mouse">⇑</kbd> <kbd class="mouse">⇓</kbd> will also
+ adjust notes in the same way as the arrow keys (note that like the arrow keys
+ it only affects selected notes, not the note the pointer is over).
+ </td></tr>
+ <tr><th>Changing channel</th>
+ <td>
+ Pressing <kbd>c</kbd> brings up a dialog that allows to see and alter the
+ MIDI channel of the selected notes. If the selected notes use different
channels, they will all be forced to the newly selected channel.
- </dd>
- <dt>Changing start/end/duration</dt>
- <dd>
+ </td></tr>
+ <tr><th>Changing start/end/duration</th>
+ <td>
<kbd>,</kbd> (comma) will alter the start time of the note. <br>
- <kbd>.</kbd> (period) will alter the end time of the note. Both keys will by
- default make the note longer (either by moving the start earlier or the end
- later). For the opposite effect, use <kbd class="mod1">,</kbd>/<kbd
- class="mod1">.</kbd>. The note will be altered by the current grid setting.
- To change the start/end positions by 1/128th of a beat, use the <kbd
- class="mod2"> </kbd> modifier in addition to these shortcuts.
- </dd>
- <dt>Quantization</dt>
- <dd>
- <kbd>q</kbd> will quantize the selected notes using the current quantize
- settings. If the quantize settings have not been set for this session yet,
- the quantize dialog will appear. <kbd class="mod2">q</kbd> will display the
- quantize dialog to allow you to reset the quantize settings, and then
- quantizes the selected notes. The default quantize settings are: quantize
- note starts to the current grid setting, no swing, no threshold, full
+ <kbd>.</kbd> (period) will alter the end time of the note. Both keys will by
+ default make the note longer (either by moving the start earlier or the end
+ later). For the opposite effect, <kbd class="mod1">,</kbd>/<kbd
+ class="mod1">.</kbd> can be used. The note will be altered by the current grid setting.
+ To change the start/end positions by 1/128th of a beat, the <kbd
+ class="mod2"> </kbd> modifier must be added to these shortcuts.
+ </td></tr>
+ <tr><th>Quantization</th>
+ <td>
+ <kbd>q</kbd> will quantize the selected notes using the current quantize
+ settings. If the quantize settings have not been set for this session yet,
+ the quantize dialog will appear. <kbd class="mod2">q</kbd> will display the
+ quantize dialog to allow to reset the quantize settings, and then
+ quantizes the selected notes. The default quantize settings are: quantize
+ note starts to the current grid setting, no swing, no threshold, full
strength.
- </dd>
- <dt>Step Entry, Quantize etc.</dt>
- <dd></dd>
-</dl>
-
+ </td></tr>
+ <tr><th>Step Entry, Quantize etc.</th>
+ <td>Refer to the <a href="@@step-entry">Step Entry</a>, <a
+ href="@@quantize-midi">Quantizing MIDI</a>, etc. specific pages.</td></tr>
+</table>