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WTH is “Note Level Editing”? (See table below, “So, to summarize…”.)
++ MIDI notes can be added a few different way in Ardour: +
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+ Drawing notes with the mouse requires that a MIDI track exists, and a blank MIDI region has + been created in this track. +
++ In either Draw or Internal Edit Mode new notes can be added with a click or + drag: a mouse click creates a note at the pointer location + (or the nearest grid anchor if grid is enabled), and its duration is + one Grid unit. A mouse drag + creates the note like a click does, but allows continuously setting + the duration of the note until the mouse button is released. +
- For light MIDI editing, Internal Edit Mode can be used. This mode allows - selecting, copying, moving and deleting notes, and also allows altering - notes’ properties. To add notes using the mouse, Left-drag. For more extensive MIDI editing, Draw Mode may be preferred. New notes can be added with - a click or drag, without having to hold down . - However, Draw Mode doesn't allow region-level - editing. + The toolbar available in the Draw mode helps drawing notes + of exact length, in a certain MIDI channel, with predefined velocity:
-Not sure if the following paragraph is true.
+ +- In both modes, a mouse click creates a note at the pointer location - (or the nearest grid point if grid is enabled), and its duration is one Grid unit, even if the grid is disabled. A mouse - drag creates the note like a click does, but allows continuously - setting the duration of the note until the mouse button is released. + While the Velocity drop-down list only displays presets, + you can hover it and use mouse wheel scrolling to increment the current + value by 1. Scrolling above the other two drop-down lists will cycle + through the presets.
-So, to summarize:
++ The Auto option in three drop-down lists works differently + in all three cases: +
Selecting, moving, copying, trimming, deleting regions | -Note Level Editing disabled, using object, range or other mouse modes | +Length | +The length will be defined by the grid snapping setting |
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Selecting, moving, copying trimming, deleting notes | -Note Level Editing enabled, and using mouse object mode | +Channel | +This value will be inherited from the closest note |
Adding new notes | -Enabling "Note Level Editing" and then either
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+ Velocity | +The value will be an interpolation between two closest notes, + the position of the newly added note relative to either of the two + notes will also be taken into consideration |
- There is also a step entry editor that allows the - entry of notes from a virtual keyboard. +
+ The Step Entry editor allows to enter a + melody in sequence along time, using a virtual keyboard and specific + controls. It can be a very handy and fast way create MIDI lines, in a + kind of typewriter way, all the more when using its different + keyboard shortcuts. +
++ The Step Entry window is shown by right + clicking the record button in the MIDI track header and selecting Step Entry. This will automatically create a MIDI + region to type into at the playhead position, which will automatically expand at each step. +
+ ++ The Virtual MIDI Keyboard — or + a real MIDI keyboard plugged in as the tracks input — can be + used to record MIDI, as a microphone would record audio. +
++ It can be started by choosing the Window > + Virtual Keyboard menu. Exactly like for audio recording, the + track(s) must be armed for recording, the main record engaged, then + the transport started. As for the Step Entry, a MIDI region will be + auto-generated at the playhead position, and expanded as long as the + recording lasts.