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CHAPTER 10. EDITING MIDI NOTES AND VELOCITIES 130
Enlarge the MIDI Editor
by Dragging the
Window Split Between
Session and Clip Views.
10.4 Editing MIDI
10.4.1 Non-Destructive Editing
You can always return your MIDI clip to its previous state by using the Edit menu's Undo
command. Furthermore, if the MIDI clip being edited originated in a MIDI le on your hard
drive, none of your editing will alter the original MIDI le, as Live incorporates its contents
into your Live Set when importing.
10.4.2 Folding and Looping
An important feature of the MIDI Editor is the Fold button, located in the upper left corner.
Activating this button will immediately hide all rows, or key tracks, that do not contain
MIDI notes. This is very useful when working with percussion kits, for example, which are
oftentimes mapped out along a keyboard in sections corresponding to percussion type
(e.g., snares grouped together two octaves down from hi-hat cymbals, etc.). When working
with a MIDI le created by such a mapping, sometimes only one or two of each type of
percussion sound is used, and it becomes unnecessary to view the entire keyboard range.
The Fold Button Extracts
Key Tracks Containing
Notes.