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WTH is “Note Level Editing”? (See table below, “So, to summarize…”.)

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Adding new notes

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- For light MIDI editing, the Internal Edit Mode can be used. This mode allows - to select notes, copy, move or delete them and alter their properties. Adding - new notes in this mode is done by Left dragging. - For more extensive MIDI editing, the Draw Mode. - allows to Left click or drag to add a new note, without - having to hold down . However, Draw Mode doesn't offer - region-level editing nor rubberband selection. +

+ 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.

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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 to set the - duration of the note until the mouse button is released. + 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.

So, to summarize:

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Selecting, moving, copying, trimming, deleting regionsNote Level Editing disabled, using Grab, - Range or other mouse modes
Selecting, moving, copying trimming, deleting notesNote Level Editing enabled, and using Internal - Edit mode
Adding new notesenabling "Note Level Editing" and then either -
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  • using Draw mode and Left - clicking/dragging, or
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  • using Internal Edit mode and Left clicking/dragging.
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Selecting, moving, copying, trimming, deleting regionsNote Level Editing disabled, using object, range or other mouse modes
Selecting, moving, copying trimming, deleting notesNote Level Editing enabled, and using mouse object mode
Adding new notesEnabling "Note Level Editing" and then either +
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  • using mouse object mode and Left-drag, or
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  • using mouse draw mode.
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- There is also a step entry editor allowing to enter - notes from a virtual keyboard and lots more besides. + +

+ There is also a step entry editor that allows the + entry of notes from a virtual keyboard.