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  1. Editing should be done without having to enter a new window
  2. - Editing should be able to carried out completely with the keyboard, + Editing should be able to carried out completely with the keyboard, or completely with the mouse, or with any combination of the two.

- Currently, MIDI editing is primarily restricted to note data. Other - kinds of data (controller events, sysex data) are present and can be - added and deleted, but not actually edited. + Currently, MIDI editing is primarily restricted to note data. Other + kinds of data (controller events, sysex data) are present and can be + added and deleted, but not actually edited.

Fundamentals of MIDI Editing in Ardour 3

- MIDI, just like audio, exists in regions. MIDI regions + MIDI, just like audio, exists in regions. MIDI regions behave like audio regions: they can be moved, trimmed, copied (cloned), - or deleted. Ardour allows either editing MIDI (or audio) regions, or MIDI + or deleted. Ardour allows either editing MIDI (or audio) regions, or MIDI region content (the notes), but never both at the same time. The - e key (by default) toggles between region level + e key (by default) toggles between region level and note level editing, as will double-clicking on a MIDI region.

One very important thing to note: editing note information in Ardour - occurs in only a single region. There is no way currently to edit in note - data for multiple regions at the same time, so for example you cannot select - notes in several regions and then delete them all, nor can you copy-and-paste - notes from one region to another. You can, of course, copy and paste the + occurs in only a single region. There is no way currently to edit in note + data for multiple regions at the same time, so for example you cannot select + notes in several regions and then delete them all, nor can you copy-and-paste + notes from one region to another. You can, of course, copy and paste the region(s), just as with audio. -

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