- In general, you will probably do most MIDI editing with the mouse in object - mode. This allows you to select notes, copy, move or delete them and alter - their properties (see below). But at some point, you're going to want to - add notes to a MIDI region using the mouse, and if they are to be - anything other than a fixed length, this means dragging with the mouse. - Since this would normally be a selection operation if the mouse is in object - mode, there needs to be some way for you to tell Ardour that you are trying - to draw new notes within a MIDI region. Ardour provides two ways - do this. One is to leave the mouse in object mode and - Left-drag. The other, useful if you plan to - enter a lot of notes for a while, is to switch the mouse into - Draw Notes mode, which will now interpret any drags - and clicks as requests to add a new note. For obvious reasons, you cannot - use Draw Notes mode while using region-level editing. + In general, most MIDI editing will probably be done with the mouse in object + mode. This allows to select notes, copy, move or delete them and alter their + properties (see below). But at some point, adding notes to a MIDI + region using the mouse will mean dragging with the mouse. Since this would + normally be a selection operation if the mouse is in object mode, there needs + to be some way to tell Ardour that the user is trying to draw new + notes within a MIDI region. Ardour provides two ways do this. One is to leave + the mouse in object mode and Left-drag. The + other, useful to enter a lot of notes for a while, is to switch the mouse into + Draw Notes mode, which will now interpret any drags + and clicks as requests to add a new note. For obvious reasons, Draw Notes mode + can not be used while using region-level editing.
So, to summarize:
-| Selecting, moving, copying, trimming, deleting regions | +Note Level Editing disabled, using object, + range or other mouse modes |
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| Selecting, moving, copying trimming, deleting notes | +Note Level Editing enabled, and using mouse object mode |
| Adding new notes | +enabling "Note Level Editing" and then either
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- Note that is also a - a step entry editor - allowing you to enter notes from a virtual keyboard and lots more besides. + Note that is also a a step entry editor allowing to + enter notes from a virtual keyboard and lots more besides.
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