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412 Chapter 15 Introduction to MIDI Editing
Hearing MIDI Events When Editing
It goes without saying that MIDI editing is made much easier if you can hear every
event and edit you make, whether you are scrolling through the Event List (automatic
selection) or transposing a note by dragging it.
To hear MIDI event edits in real time:
m Click the MIDI Out button at the top left of each editor window.
This is an independent setting for each editor, which will transmit MIDI events
whenever they are added, selected, or edited.
Editing MIDI Events in the Arrange Area
You can not perform any event editing operations—in the Arrange area or the
editors—unless the MIDI data resides in a MIDI region that exists in the Arrange area
(although you can use the Clipboard functions to create a MIDI region in the Arrange).
To create an empty MIDI region:
m Click at the desired position in the Arrange area with the Pencil tool.
This inserts an empty MIDI region, allowing you to manually enter events into it.
In general, event-level editing can not be performed on regions in the Arrange area,
but there are a few exceptions. In some cases, it may actually be more efficient to
perform your edits (or operations) on MIDI regions in the Arrange area, rather than in a
MIDI editor. As examples:
 Altering note lengths by resizing the region (see “Note Handling Options When
Changing MIDI Region Lengths” on page 330).
 Deleting or moving portions of regions (and therefore the events) with the Marquee
tool.
 Adjusting the playback of all events in a region by altering the region playback
parameters.