X-Git-Url: http://shamusworld.gotdns.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=include%2Fstep-entry.html;h=24afb9fe357048637365afd5ce417a0a735cff83;hb=a61fbacdfcb7a76fe425fada61f49fc85751e47a;hp=ffe906d0987c542e23ddff85152728bbece00e2b;hpb=863067a18b869f66a7d14f760b84c789827fb9a1;p=ardour-manual diff --git a/include/step-entry.html b/include/step-entry.html index ffe906d..24afb9f 100644 --- a/include/step-entry.html +++ b/include/step-entry.html @@ -1,26 +1,23 @@

- Editing MIDI can be a tedious task. Ardour allows using a connected - MIDI device like a music keyboard or pad controller, or use the mouse. - A third option, providing fine-grain control, precision and speed of entry - comes from using a custom note 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. Step editing and recording MIDI via the track's MIDI port cannot happen - simultaneously. + 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.

- Ardour's Step Entry dialog -
- Ardour's Step Entry dialog -
+Ardour's Step Entry dialog +
Ardour's Step Entry dialog.

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

  • Dynamics controls from pianississimo to fortississimo
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    - More or less 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 - not necessary even for complex data insertion. -

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    - The default key bindings for this (configured in step_editing.bindings) are: + 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
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    octave-0
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    1
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    octave-1
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    2
    -
    octave-2
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    3
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    octave-3
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    4
    -
    octave-4
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    5
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    octave-5
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    6
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    octave-6
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    7
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    octave-7
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    8
    -
    octave-8
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    9
    -
    octave-9
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    0
    -
    octave-10
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    -
    -
    F1
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    note-length-whole
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    F2
    -
    note-length-half
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    F3
    -
    note-length-third
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    F4
    -
    note-length-quarter
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    F5
    -
    note-length-eighth
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    F6
    -
    note-length-sixteenth
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    F7
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    note-length-thirtysecond
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    F8
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    note-length-sixtyfourth
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    -
    -
    a
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    insert-c
    -
    w
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    insert-csharp
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    s
    -
    insert-d
    -
    e
    -
    insert-dsharp
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    d
    -
    insert-e
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    f
    -
    insert-f
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    t
    -
    insert-fsharp
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    g
    -
    insert-g
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    y
    -
    insert-gsharp
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    h
    -
    insert-a
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    u
    -
    insert-asharp
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    j
    -
    insert-b
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    -
    -
    Tab
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    insert-rest
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    Primary-Tab
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    insert-snap-rest
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    BackSpace
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    back
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    -
    -
    z
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    note-velocity-ppp
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    x
    -
    note-velocity-pp
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    c
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    note-velocity-p
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    v
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    note-velocity-mp
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    b
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    note-velocity-mf
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    n
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    note-velocity-f
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    m
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    note-velocity-ff
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    comma
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    note-velocity-fff
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    -
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    Up
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    next-note-velocity
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    Down
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    prev-note-velocity
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    Primary-Up
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    next-note-length
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    Primary-Down
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    prev-note-length
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    -
    -
    apostrophe
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    toggle-triplet
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    period
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    toggle-dotted
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    Primary-period
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    no-dotted
    -
    bar
    -
    toggle-chord
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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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