<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
- using the techniques described below.
+ All details about selected notes can be viewed by context-clicking on them. The dialog that pops up also allows for the modification of all properties of the selected notes. Individual properties can also be modified more efficiently using the techniques described below:
</p>
-<dl>
- <dt>Moving notes</dt>
- <dd>
- Right arrow and Left arrow move the selected note(s) early and later in time.
- </dd>
- <dt>Changing pitch values</dt>
- <dd>
- <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
+<table class="dl">
+ <tr><th>Moving notes</th>
+ <td>
+ <kbd>←</kbd> and <kbd>→</kbd> move selected notes earlier and later in time.
+ </td></tr>
+ <tr><th>Changing pitch values</th>
+ <td>
+ <kbd>↑</kbd> raises the pitch of the selected notes.<br>
+ <kbd>↓</kbd> lowers the pitch of the selected notes.<br>
+ If any of the selected notes are already at their minimum or maximum values,
+ no changes will be made to any them, to preserve their relative pitches.
+ This can be overridden 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 their minimum or maximum values,
+ no changes will be made to them, to preserve their relative velocities. This can be overridden with <kbd class="mod2"> </kbd>.
+ Also, pressing <kbd>v</kbd> pops up a dialog that allows setting
+ the absolute velocity value of all selected notes. 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 viewing and/or altering 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>
- <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
+ </td></tr>
+ <tr><th>Changing start/end/duration</th>
+ <td>
+ To make the note longer, <kbd>,</kbd> (comma) will alter the start time of the note.<br>
+ <kbd>.</kbd> (period) will alter the end time of the note. To make
+ the note shorter (move the start later, or end
+ earlier), <kbd class="mod1">,</kbd>/<kbd class="mod1">.</kbd> can
+ be used. Whether shortening or lengthening the note, its length 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 editing the current quantize settings, and then
+ will quantize 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>
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