- 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. + 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.
-So, to summarize:
-- Note that is also a - a step entry editor - allowing you to enter notes from a virtual keyboard and lots more besides. + 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 Grab, + Range or other mouse modes |
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| Selecting, moving, copying trimming, deleting notes | +Note Level Editing enabled, and using Internal + Edit mode |
| Adding new notes | +enabling "Note Level Editing" and then either
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+ There is also a step entry editor allowing to enter + notes from a virtual keyboard and lots more besides. +