From: Ed Ward Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2021 21:42:42 +0000 (+0200) Subject: Reworked Add new notes in the MIDI section, that contained obsolete information X-Git-Url: http://shamusworld.gotdns.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=fb17fbb7a7a95eaafcea56a1a5e1ce0b722e7bea;p=ardour-manual Reworked Add new notes in the MIDI section, that contained obsolete information --- diff --git a/include/add-new-notes.html b/include/add-new-notes.html index 44759c5..62b260c 100644 --- a/include/add-new-notes.html +++ b/include/add-new-notes.html @@ -1,51 +1,54 @@ -

WTH is “Note Level Editing”? (See table below, “So, to summarize…”.)

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+ MIDI notes can be added a few different way in Ardour: +

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Adding new notes

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Using the mouse

- For light MIDI editing, Internal Edit Mode can be used. This mode allows - selecting, copying, moving and deleting notes, and also allows altering - notes’ properties. To add notes using the mouse, Left-drag. For more extensive MIDI editing, Draw Mode may be preferred. New notes can be added with - a click or drag, without having to hold down . - However, Draw Mode doesn't allow region-level - editing. + Drawing notes with the mouse requires that a MIDI track exists, and a blank MIDI region has + been created in this track.

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Not sure if the following paragraph is true.

- In both modes, a mouse click creates a note at the pointer location - (or the nearest grid point if grid is enabled), and its duration is one Grid unit, even if the grid is disabled. A mouse - drag creates the note like a click does, but allows continuously - setting the duration of the note until the mouse button is released. + In either Draw or Internal Edit Mode new notes can be added with a click or + drag: a mouse click creates a note at the pointer location + (or the nearest grid anchor if grid is enabled), and its duration is + one Grid unit. A mouse drag + creates the note like a click does, but allows continuously setting + the duration of the note until the mouse button is released.

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So, to summarize:

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Using Step Entry

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Selecting, moving, copying, trimming, deleting regionsNote Level Editing disabled, using object, range or other mouse modes
Selecting, moving, copying trimming, deleting notesNote Level Editing enabled, and using mouse object mode
Adding new notesEnabling "Note Level Editing" and then either -
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  • using mouse object mode and Left-drag, or
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  • using mouse draw mode.
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+ The Step Entry editor allows to enter a + melody in sequence along time, using a virtual keyboard and specific + controls. It can be a very handy and fast way create MIDI lines, in a + kind of typewriter way, all the more when using its different + keyboard shortcuts. +

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+ The Step Entry window is shown by right + clicking the record button in the MIDI track header and selecting Step Entry. This will automatically create a MIDI + region to type into at the playhead position, which will automatically expand at each step. +

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Using the Virtual Keyboard

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- There is also a step entry editor that allows the - entry of notes from a virtual keyboard. +

+ The Virtual MIDI Keyboard — or + a real MIDI keyboard plugged in as the tracks input — can be + used to record MIDI, as a microphone would record audio. +

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+ It can be started by choosing the Window > + Virtual Keyboard menu. Exactly like for audio recording, the + track(s) must be armed for recording, the main record engaged, then + the transport started. As for the Step Entry, a MIDI region will be + auto-generated at the playhead position, and expanded as long as the + recording lasts.