-
+
<p>
- Every MIDI note consists of two messages, a NoteOn and a NoteOff. Each one
- has a note number and a channel (also a velocity, but that isn't relevant
- here). The MIDI standard stresses that it is invalid to send a second NoteOn
- for the same note number on the same channel before a NoteOff for the first
- NoteOn. It is more or less impossible to do this with a physical MIDI
- controller such as a keyboard, but remarkably easy to trigger when editing
- in a DAW - simply overlapping two instances of the same note will do it.
+ Every MIDI note consists of two messages, a NoteOn and a NoteOff. Each one
+ has a note number and a channel (also a velocity, but that isn't relevant
+ here). The MIDI standard stresses that it is invalid to send a second NoteOn
+ for the same note number on the same channel before a NoteOff for the first
+ NoteOn. It is more or less impossible to do this with a physical MIDI
+ controller such as a keyboard, but remarkably easy to trigger when editing
+ in a DAW—simply overlapping two instances of the same note will do it.
</p>
<p>
- Ardour offers many options for how to deal with instances where you overlap
- two instances of the same note. Which one to use is a per-session property
+ Ardour offers many options for how to deal with instances where you overlap
+ two instances of the same note. Which one to use is a per-session property
and can be modified from <kbd class="menu">Session > Properties > Misc > MIDI
Options</kbd>.
</p>
<dt>never allow them</dt>
<dd>Edits that would create note overlaps are not allowed</dd>
<dt>don't do anything in particular</dt>
- <dd>Ardour leaves overlapping notes alone — the behaviour of a MIDI receiver (plugin or hardware) is undefined</dd>
+ <dd>Ardour leaves overlapping notes alone—the behaviour of a MIDI receiver (plugin or hardware) is undefined</dd>
<dt>replace any overlapped existing note</dt>
<dd>When one note is moved to overlap another, remove the one that wasn't being moved</dd>
<dt>shorten the overlapped existing note</dt>
<dd>When one note is moved to overlap another, merge them both to form one (longer) note</dd>
</dl>
<p>
- Changing the option in use will not retroactively make changes — it will
+ Changing the option in use will not retroactively make changes—it will
only affect new note overlaps created while the option remains chosen.
</p>
<p class="warning">
- Ardour does not check for note overlaps across tracks or even across regions.
+ Ardour does not check for note overlaps across tracks or even across regions.
If you create these, it is your responsibility to deal with the consequences.
</p>
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