User guide

Chapter 33 Working With Notation 829
How the MIDI Meaning Functions Works
The MIDI Meaning functions are most useful when you’re inserting notes with the
mouse. This makes it possible to work as if writing music on paper.
 First, you write/insert the notes. They will all have the same velocity, and identical
rhythmic note values will have exactly the same length.
 Accents and phrasing marks are then attached to some of the notes, which changes
the velocity and (playback) length of these notes.
This makes playback sound much more realistic and alive.
The default settings in the MIDI Meaning tab (in new projects) are 0 for velocity, and
100% (no change) for length. If you don’t change these values, the symbols will remain
purely graphical, and will not affect MIDI playback.
If you record your regions in real time (from a keyboard), it’s better to leave these
settings at the defaults, as the notes probably already sound the way you want them
to.
Important: If you do use MIDI Meaning, you need to adjust the settings before you
begin to insert accents and so on. This is because the settings have no influence on
accents and phrasing marks that have already been inserted.
Once set, the velocity and length of notes will be changed as soon as you attach one of
these symbols to a note. When you delete the symbol, note velocity and length are
reset to their initial values.