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- Sometimes you will want to edit MIDI data directly from a connected - MIDI device like a music keyboard or pad controller. Sometimes you will - want to use the mouse. Sometimes you'll want the fine-grain control, - precision and speed of entry that comes from using a custom note entry - dialog. + Entering notes in Ardour can be done by using a connected MIDI device like a MIDI keyboard or pad controller, or by using the mouse. A third option, which provides for fine-grained control, precision and speed comes from using Ardour's Step Entry dialog.

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+Ardour's Step Entry dialog +
Ardour's Step Entry dialog.
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- The step entry dialog is accessed via a right click context menu on the - rec-enable button, because step entry is related to recording - MIDI data. You cannot simultaneously step edit and record MIDI via the - track's MIDI port. + The step entry dialog is accessed by right-clicking on the ● (Rec-Enable) button of the MIDI track to be edited and selecting Step Entry from the menu that appears.

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The dialog (quite closely modelled on Logic's) contains:

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+ Step editing and recording MIDI via the track's MIDI port cannot happen simultaneously. +

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+ The dialog (closely modelled on Logic's) contains: +

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  • Dynamics controls from pianississimo to fortississimo
  • Channel selector
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  • - Explicit numerical velocity selector, for more precise control - than the dynamics selectors offer -
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  • Explicit numerical velocity selector, for more precise control + than the dynamics selectors offer
  • Octave selector
  • Buttons to add bank or program change events
  • a full 10 octave virtual keyboard
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    - More or less all actions in the step entry dialog can be driven - directly from the keyboard, so you do not need to keep moving back - and forth from keyboard to mouse to do complex data insertion. + Almost all actions in the step entry dialog can be driven directly from the + keyboard, so that moving back and forth from the keyboard to the mouse is + typically not necessary—even for complex data entry. The default key + bindings are:

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    ` (grave accent)Set octave 0
    1 to 9Set octave 1 to 9
    0Set octave 10
    f1Set note length to whole
    f2Set note length to half
    f3Set note length to third
    f4 to f8Set note length to quarter to sixtyfourth
    aInsert C
    wInsert C♯
    sInsert D
    eInsert D♯
    dInsert E
    fInsert F
    tInsert F♯
    gInsert G
    yInsert G♯
    hInsert A
    uInsert A♯
    jInsert B
    tabInsert a one note length rest
    tabInsert a one grid unit rest
    backspaceMoves the cursor back one note length
    zSet note velocity 𝆏𝆏𝆏
    xSet note velocity 𝆏𝆏
    cSet note velocity 𝆏
    vSet note velocity 𝆐𝆏
    bSet note velocity 𝆐𝆑
    nSet note velocity 𝆑
    mSet note velocity 𝆑𝆑
    , (comma)Set note velocity 𝆑𝆑𝆑
    ↑Set next note velocity
    ↓Set prev note velocity
    ↑Set next note length
    ↓Set prev note length
    'Toggle triplet
    .Set single dotted
    .Clear dotted
    | (bar)Toggle chord
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