X-Git-Url: http://shamusworld.gotdns.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=include%2Fstep-entry.html;h=52e9ed25a1184ab7b47fa535bc4567418aadf4ca;hb=8392c8df34cb7d4edc0fb981d7857cc80dceaef5;hp=bea5151bc1bd8e1f15220361fc5bd5acf63531b1;hpb=2098e011e638b5c86c56e68df7757975fc4d728f;p=ardour-manual diff --git a/include/step-entry.html b/include/step-entry.html index bea5151..52e9ed2 100644 --- a/include/step-entry.html +++ b/include/step-entry.html @@ -1,22 +1,29 @@ +

step_editing.bindings doesn't seem to exist anywhere discoverable by an average user; also, what does "Insert Snap-Rest" mean? And what key is the "bar" key and why doesn't it work?

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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.

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    + The default key bindings for this (configured in step_editing.bindings) are: +

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    ` (grave accent)Set octave 0
    1 to 9Set octave 1 to 9
    0Set octave 10
    f1Set note length whole
    f2Set note length half
    f3Set note length third
    f4 to f8Set note length 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 rest
    tabInsert snap rest (?)
    backspaceSet insert 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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