X-Git-Url: http://shamusworld.gotdns.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=include%2Fhandling-overlapping-notes.html;fp=include%2Fhandling-overlapping-notes.html;h=a658e32a8542ad5d112a8ebd73646c2429df55f5;hb=7a4c28bd8605e90876ebee619de364ab7001e405;hp=d55109ab27be7996f90e8f4b4c309b3b02721b8b;hpb=2a78650ae3df3a17c9c33f07aea597eb5f36da61;p=ardour-manual diff --git a/include/handling-overlapping-notes.html b/include/handling-overlapping-notes.html index d55109a..a658e32 100644 --- a/include/handling-overlapping-notes.html +++ b/include/handling-overlapping-notes.html @@ -1,16 +1,16 @@ - +

- Every MIDI note consists of two messages, a NoteOn and a NoteOff. Each one - has a note number and a channel (also a velocity, but that isn't relevant - here). The MIDI standard stresses that it is invalid to send a second NoteOn - for the same note number on the same channel before a NoteOff for the first - NoteOn. It is more or less impossible to do this with a physical MIDI - controller such as a keyboard, but remarkably easy to trigger when editing + Every MIDI note consists of two messages, a NoteOn and a NoteOff. Each one + has a note number and a channel (also a velocity, but that isn't relevant + here). The MIDI standard stresses that it is invalid to send a second NoteOn + for the same note number on the same channel before a NoteOff for the first + NoteOn. It is more or less impossible to do this with a physical MIDI + controller such as a keyboard, but remarkably easy to trigger when editing in a DAW—simply overlapping two instances of the same note will do it.

- Ardour offers many options for how to deal with instances where you overlap - two instances of the same note. Which one to use is a per-session property + Ardour offers many options for how to deal with instances where you overlap + two instances of the same note. Which one to use is a per-session property and can be modified from Session > Properties > Misc > MIDI Options.

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When one note is moved to overlap another, merge them both to form one (longer) note

- Changing the option in use will not retroactively make changes—it will + Changing the option in use will not retroactively make changes—it will only affect new note overlaps created while the option remains chosen.

- Ardour does not check for note overlaps across tracks or even across regions. + Ardour does not check for note overlaps across tracks or even across regions. If you create these, it is your responsibility to deal with the consequences.