<p>
- Editing MIDI can be a tedious task. Ardour allows using a connected
- MIDI device like a music keyboard or pad controller, or use the mouse.
- A third option, providing fine-grain control, precision and speed of entry
- comes from using a custom note entry dialog.
-</p>
-<p>
- The step entry dialog is accessed via a <kbd class="mouse">right click</kbd>
- context menu on the <kbd>rec-enable</kbd> button, because step entry is related
- to <em>recording</em> MIDI data. Step editing and recording MIDI via the
- track's MIDI port cannot happen simultaneously.
+ Entering notes in Ardour can be done by using a connected MIDI device like a MIDI keyboard or pad controller, or by using the mouse. A third option, which provides for fine-grained control, precision and speed comes from using Ardour's Step Entry dialog.
</p>
<figure>
- <img src="/images/a3_step_entry.png" alt="Ardour's Step Entry dialog">
- <figcaption>
- Ardour's Step Entry dialog
- </figcaption>
+<img class="fit" src="/images/step_entry.png" alt="Ardour's Step Entry dialog">
+<figcaption class="center">Ardour's Step Entry dialog.</figcaption>
</figure>
<p>
- The dialog (quite closely modelled on Logic's) contains:
+ The step entry dialog is accessed by <kbd class="mouse">right</kbd>-clicking on the <kbd class="menu" style="color:red;">●</kbd> (Rec-Enable) button of the <a href="@@midi-track-controls">MIDI track</a> to be edited and selecting <kbd class="menu">Step Entry</kbd> from the menu that appears.
+</p>
+
+<p class="note">
+ Step editing and recording MIDI via the track's MIDI port cannot happen simultaneously.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+ The dialog (closely modelled on Logic's) contains:
</p>
<ul>
<li>Insert a rest of the current grid step size</li>
<li>Move back to the last inserted note</li>
<li>Move forward to the next beat, or bar</li>
- <li>Move forward to the edit point</li>
+ <li>Move to the edit point</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Dynamics controls from pianississimo to fortississimo</li>
</ul>
<p>
- More or less all actions in the step entry dialog can be driven directly from
- the keyboard, so that moving back and forth from the keyboard to the mouse is
- not necessary even for complex data insertion.
-</p>
-<p>
- The default key bindings for this (configured in <tt>step_editing.bindings</tt>) are:
+ Almost all actions in the step entry dialog can be driven directly from the
+ keyboard, so that moving back and forth from the keyboard to the mouse is
+ typically not necessary—even for complex data entry. The default key
+ bindings are:
</p>
<table>
- <tr><td><kbd>grave</kbd></td><td>octave 0</td></tr>
- <tr><td><kbd>1</kbd> to <kbd>9</kbd></td><td>octave 1 to 9</td></tr>
- <tr><td><kbd>0</kbd></td><td>octave 10</td></tr>
+ <tr><td><kbd>`</kbd> (grave accent)</td><td>Set octave 0</td></tr>
+ <tr><td><kbd>1</kbd> to <kbd>9</kbd></td><td>Set octave 1 to 9</td></tr>
+ <tr><td><kbd>0</kbd></td><td>Set octave 10</td></tr>
- <tr><td><kbd>F1</kbd></td><td>note length whole</td></tr>
- <tr><td><kbd>F2</kbd></td><td>note length half</td></tr>
- <tr><td><kbd>F3</kbd></td><td>note length third</td></tr>
- <tr><td><kbd>F4</kbd> to <kbd>F8</kbd></td><td>note length quarter to sixtyfourth</td></tr>
+ <tr><td><kbd>f1</kbd></td><td>Set note length to whole</td></tr>
+ <tr><td><kbd>f2</kbd></td><td>Set note length to half</td></tr>
+ <tr><td><kbd>f3</kbd></td><td>Set note length to third</td></tr>
+ <tr><td><kbd>f4</kbd> to <kbd>f8</kbd></td><td>Set note length to quarter to sixtyfourth</td></tr>
- <tr><td><kbd>a</kbd></td><td>insert C</td></tr>
- <tr><td><kbd>w</kbd></td><td>insert C ♯</td></tr>
- <tr><td><kbd>s</kbd></td><td>insert D</td></tr>
- <tr><td><kbd>e</kbd></td><td>insert D ♯</td></tr>
- <tr><td><kbd>d</kbd></td><td>insert E</td></tr>
- <tr><td><kbd>f</kbd></td><td>insert F</td></tr>
- <tr><td><kbd>t</kbd></td><td>insert F ♯</td></tr>
- <tr><td><kbd>g</kbd></td><td>insert G</td></tr>
- <tr><td><kbd>y</kbd></td><td>insert G ♯</td></tr>
- <tr><td><kbd>h</kbd></td><td>insert A</td></tr>
- <tr><td><kbd>u</kbd></td><td>insert A ♯</td></tr>
- <tr><td><kbd>j</kbd></td><td>insert B</td></tr>
+ <tr><td><kbd>a</kbd></td><td>Insert C</td></tr>
+ <tr><td><kbd>w</kbd></td><td>Insert C♯</td></tr>
+ <tr><td><kbd>s</kbd></td><td>Insert D</td></tr>
+ <tr><td><kbd>e</kbd></td><td>Insert D♯</td></tr>
+ <tr><td><kbd>d</kbd></td><td>Insert E</td></tr>
+ <tr><td><kbd>f</kbd></td><td>Insert F</td></tr>
+ <tr><td><kbd>t</kbd></td><td>Insert F♯</td></tr>
+ <tr><td><kbd>g</kbd></td><td>Insert G</td></tr>
+ <tr><td><kbd>y</kbd></td><td>Insert G♯</td></tr>
+ <tr><td><kbd>h</kbd></td><td>Insert A</td></tr>
+ <tr><td><kbd>u</kbd></td><td>Insert A♯</td></tr>
+ <tr><td><kbd>j</kbd></td><td>Insert B</td></tr>
- <tr><td><kbd>Tab</kbd></td><td>insert rest</td></tr>
- <tr><td><kbd>Primary Tab</kbd></td><td>insert snap rest</td></tr>
- <tr><td><kbd>BackSpace</kbd></td><td>back</td></tr>
+ <tr><td><kbd>tab</kbd></td><td>Insert a one note length rest</td></tr>
+ <tr><td><kbd class="mod1">tab</kbd></td><td>Insert a one grid unit rest</td></tr>
+ <tr><td><kbd>backspace</kbd></td><td>Moves the cursor back one note length</td></tr>
- <tr><td><kbd>z</kbd></td><td>note velocity 𝆏𝆏𝆏</td></tr>
- <tr><td><kbd>x</kbd></td><td>note velocity 𝆏𝆏</td></tr>
- <tr><td><kbd>c</kbd></td><td>note velocity 𝆏</td></tr>
- <tr><td><kbd>v</kbd></td><td>note velocity 𝆐𝆏</td></tr>
- <tr><td><kbd>b</kbd></td><td>note velocity 𝆐𝆑</td></tr>
- <tr><td><kbd>n</kbd></td><td>note velocity 𝆑</td></tr>
- <tr><td><kbd>m</kbd></td><td>note velocity 𝆑𝆑</td></tr>
- <tr><td><kbd>comma</kbd></td><td>note velocity 𝆑𝆑𝆑</td></tr>
+ <tr><td><kbd>z</kbd></td><td>Set note velocity 𝆏𝆏𝆏</td></tr>
+ <tr><td><kbd>x</kbd></td><td>Set note velocity 𝆏𝆏</td></tr>
+ <tr><td><kbd>c</kbd></td><td>Set note velocity 𝆏</td></tr>
+ <tr><td><kbd>v</kbd></td><td>Set note velocity 𝆐𝆏</td></tr>
+ <tr><td><kbd>b</kbd></td><td>Set note velocity 𝆐𝆑</td></tr>
+ <tr><td><kbd>n</kbd></td><td>Set note velocity 𝆑</td></tr>
+ <tr><td><kbd>m</kbd></td><td>Set note velocity 𝆑𝆑</td></tr>
+ <tr><td><kbd>,</kbd> (comma)</td><td>Set note velocity 𝆑𝆑𝆑</td></tr>
- <tr><td><kbd>Up</kbd></td><td>next note velocity</td></tr>
- <tr><td><kbd>Down</kbd></td><td>prev note velocity</td></tr>
- <tr><td><kbd>Primary Up</kbd></td><td>next note length</td></tr>
- <tr><td><kbd>Primary Down</kbd></td><td>prev note length</td></tr>
-
- <tr><td><kbd>apostrophe</kbd></td><td>toggle triplet</td></tr>
- <tr><td><kbd>period</kbd></td><td>toggle dotted</td></tr>
- <tr><td><kbd>Primary period</kbd></td><td>no dotted</td></tr>
- <tr><td><kbd>bar</kbd></td><td>toggle chord</td></tr>
+ <tr><td><kbd>↑</kbd></td><td>Set next note velocity</td></tr>
+ <tr><td><kbd>↓</kbd></td><td>Set prev note velocity</td></tr>
+ <tr><td><kbd class="mod1">↑</kbd></td><td>Set next note length</td></tr>
+ <tr><td><kbd class="mod1">↓</kbd></td><td>Set prev note length</td></tr>
+ <tr><td><kbd>'</kbd></td><td>Toggle triplet</td></tr>
+ <tr><td><kbd>.</kbd></td><td>Set single dotted</td></tr>
+ <tr><td><kbd class="mod1">.</kbd></td><td>Clear dotted</td></tr>
+ <tr><td><kbd>|</kbd> (bar)</td><td>Toggle chord</td></tr>
</table>
+
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