- 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. + 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. +
+ ++ 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.
So, to summarize:
| Selecting, moving, copying, trimming, deleting regions | -Note Level Editing disabled, using object, - range or other mouse modes | Note Level Editing disabled, using Grab, + Range or other mouse modes |
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| Selecting, moving, copying trimming, deleting notes | -Note Level Editing enabled, and using mouse object mode | Note Level Editing enabled, and using Internal + Edit 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 to - enter notes from a virtual keyboard and lots more besides. + There is also a step entry editor allowing to enter + notes from a virtual keyboard and lots more besides.